PrinceWatercress plays Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - Part 4 of 28

In this entry, we take on Melchiah, the first of our three brothers now turned enemy by Kain.

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0:29 - There's a switch left of where we start here. Flip it, then go up to the crank and press Square. You'll get the machinery downstairs running and the elevator operational. I then head back to the previous area and press Square at the lever. This lowers the floor, so it's really not an elevator after all. There is a block in the wall, however, and you'll want to pull that out before you go...

3:24 - ...down here. This opening leads down to another area. Move the torches on the trails here to the four support beams so you can burn them down. This brings the floor down to where you are now. 

5:32 - Now you'll need to move the torches into the corners of the center platform. When you hear a click, the torch you're moving is in position. When you've got all four torches in the right spots, you'll bring the floor down yet again!

7:09 - One of the corridors lead to Melchiah, and now that the torches are in position, the gate leading to him opens. Before I do that, I head upstairs and heal up in the spiritual realm after using the block I pulled back to go upwards and absorb some souls. Good thing there's a portal back to the material realm!

10:02 - You'll finally meet Melchiah, who is not only more macabre looking than he used to be, but is more than willing to fight you. 

You'll need to high jump up the wall near one of the two gates, then hold Square at the lever. When Melchiah comes towards you, make sure he is below the gate and let go of Square. If you do it right, he gets stabbed, and you'll do damage. You'll then need to get out of there and get to the lever behind a different gate.

Once you stab him twice, the crank in the room will turn, and you can use it. Get to the crank, then wait for Melchaiah to phase through the cage wall in the center. When he's in the cage, turn the crank with Square. The spikes above will tear him to mincemeat, but not before Melchiah taunts you. You'll then absorb Melchaiah's soul and get a new power: the ability to phase through iron gates much like Melchaiah while in the spectral realm. Just keep holding the D-Pad Up towards an iron gate in the spectral realm, and Raziel will phase through it. This ability does not work in the material realm.