With Vorador's skills and with vampire magic Janos created the Soul Reaver, a sword capable of defeating the Elder God, to which the god was unaware of.Ĭenturies after the corruption of the Pillars, the now ruler of Nosgoth Kain throws his lieutenant Raziel into the abyss. The Sarafan did, in fact, succeed in wiping out most of the Ancients, with the exception of Janos Audron, who went on to birth the human vampires starting with the blacksmith Vorador. Moebius, the powerful human guardian of the Pillar of Time, become his most faithful servant, serving his master by creating the Order of Sarafan priests to exterminate the vampires. From this moment on, he decided to wipe out the vampires, turning his eyes to the humans. Because of their inability to die, the Elder God silenced himself to the vampires, as their immortal souls couldn't return to the Wheel, thus not feeding him. The Ancients banished the Hylden to the Demon Dimension, erecting the Pillars of Nosgoth to trap them there, but the Hylden took vengeance upon the Ancients by placing a curse upon them by turning them into vampires unable to reproduce, thirsting for human blood and worst of all suffering from immortality.
The Hylden, another race of Nosgoth, refused to be submitted to the Wheel, so the Elder God incited the Ancients on waging war against them. They praised his Wheel of Fate, his cycle of life and rebirth to which all souls return upon death, although it was just his justification for feeding on souls. One’s destiny exists (in the sense that it is written and meant to be), but it is not always realized.The Elder God is an ancient Omnipresent and Nigh-Omniscient creature, who was worshipped by the Ancients, one of the races that inhabited Nosgoth. When one is not on that course, however, one’s life is not fulfilled. The novel also suggests that when one is on that course of pursuing destiny, all knowledge is available.
While this ability to have complete knowledge may seem contradictory to the ability to change the future, the book argues that the world (in which all things are interconnected) is certain, as is one’s destiny, and yet any individual can choose to pursue that destiny or not.
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This knowledge helps Santiago to learn how to turn himself into the wind when he needs to impress and escape from the desert tribesmen who take him and the alchemist captive. This is because everything, including the future, is indeed pre-written. This implies that the future is not completely settled or “written” in a way that is unchangeable-but once Santiago understands that all things are “written,” he is able to speak the Language of the World. Santiago foresees the future-an invasion of the oasis-and he is able to intervene and prevent this outcome. Maktub can also be a confusing concept, however, as it includes both change and permanence. If he does not return, it is because their love was not intended to be eternal and true. This relieves her of the anxiety of his departure, because she trusts that what is “written” will come to pass. She believes that if she and Santiago are intended to be together, he will return to her. Fatima also employs the term “Maktub” to explain her trust in Santiago and their love for each other.
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The camel driver explains that death is simply a fact, something that is written, and its horror and dread vanishes when one lives in the moment without anxiety over what cannot be changed.
For example, the camel driver’s trust in the ways of world, which he believes are “written,” helps him to show Santiago why death need not be feared. The concept of “Maktub” relieves several of the characters of the anxiety of decision-making and risk-taking.
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And yet within the novel, the idea of “Maktub” is never presented as contradictory to the free will of the individual in choosing to seek his or her Personal Legend. The phrase means, “It is written,” and it is used by these characters to express their conviction that some things are “meant to be.” Rather than having faith in a God with a changeable will, these characters believe in a steadfast, universal plan behind all things. “Maktub” is a phrase first used by the crystal merchant who employs Santiago, and later it is adopted by other characters, including Santiago, the camel driver, and Fatima.
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