Morlock (The Tomb Guardian)

Morlock was an adult member of the Turelim clan, charged with guarding part of the Tomb of the Sarafan. He was a Revived Vampire, so for a long period of his vampiric existence his body must have been inanimate. His soul must have wandered the Spectral Realm long enough to become a Vampire Wraith, before returning to his body. In the Material Realm, he retained the powerful soul-sucking ability he had gained as a Wraith.

Raziel encountered Morlock in Soul Reaver, shortly after discovering his Sarafan heritage within the tomb's main chamber. Morlock was fairly arrogant, and confident that he could defeat Raziel. Raziel was unimpressed, saying that Kain had already killed him once. Of course, a Revived Vampire was not a threat compared to what Raziel had already faced.

Morlock was overcome with little difficulty. After he had been destroyed, Raziel claimed an artefact that granted him the Telekinetic Force Projectile ability - a skill that the Turelim had gained naturally through their evolution.

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS

Historically, Morlock has often been mistaken for Turel, and on rare occasions, Malek. Raziel never met the evolved Turel in Soul Reaver (that confrontation eventually happened three games later, in Defiance), but players were expecting to fight all five of his vampire 'brothers'. As Morlock conversed with Raziel like the clan leaders did - and was the only 'ordinary' vampire to do so - the misunderstanding came about. In fact, Morlock's dialogue was an adapted version of the speech intended for Turel, before he was cut from Soul Reaver during the game's production.¹ The confusion with Malek was due to Malek's name appearing in the Tomb of the Sarafan with no explanation of who he was. Only players of Blood Omen knew that history.

Also, Morlock's name is an unofficial holdover from Soul Reaver's production stages. 'Morlock Boss' was the development codename for Turel, and the Turelim were known as 'Morlock' vampires. The name stuck for this particular Turelim.¹ Although it shouldn't really be considered as canon (that is, something officially confirmed in the games or by other sources) it is still almost universally accepted by fans.