Ziegsturhl

Ziegsturhl was a town that featured in Blood Omen, and it was located to the south of the Pillars. It was the place where Kain's destiny truly began to unfold. As a human nobleman, he stopped in the town's tavern one night, but was refused a drink by the landlord. Despite Kain's heritage, the landlord knew it was risky to keep his business open after dark. Nosgoth's night held many dangers, both human and inhuman.

Forced out into the street, Kain was ambushed by a band of brigands, hired to murder him by the Death Guardian, Mortanius. The town's exits had been blocked by toppled fruit or vegetable carts, and there were so many assailants that Kain had no chance of escape. As he was beaten and knocked to the ground, an assassin drove a sword through his back. It impaled him, the tip emerging through his chest.

Kain was resurrected by Mortanius, and awoke a few days later in his mausoleum. As a vampire, one of his first acts was to kill the brigands who had brought about his untimely demise.