Re-imaging of Ghost Ariel from the Legacy of Kain Series
Fanwork, real time model recreating Ariel's ghost form, attempting to merge the best renditions of her in the series. Burial wraps seen more in Blood Omen and the Soul Reaver games, more closely wrapped like in SR2. Half her face symbolically is either rotted away, or in my hint, possibly burnt away, The cinematic in BO1 shows her tip over one of the scales she lit with fire as she falls to her death. The substance within possibly could have melted her face as she died. Either way, her form represents imbalance in the land of Nosgoth. Bound to the Balance Pillar, I imagine a ceremony at the Pillars by the other Guardians for her body allowed her to see her wrapped body and is why she retains its look.
Ariel - Portrait of the Dead
Ariel Ghost - Glaring with hair and wraps not conforming to gravity
The Specter that Haunts the Pillars of Nosgoth. Pillars scene in the background taken in Unity, modeled and textured by me.
Ariel - glaring pose, like one of the Soul Reaver 2 concepts
Ariel - Tormented Soul
Ariel - pointing low angle
Low angle - dramatic hair
Ariel - reveal from the back
Her ruined face
Close on her ruined side
Medium shot
Ariel Ghost Form - All Views
High Poly Head
High Poly Head Ruined Side
High Poly wraps. Based on the concept art of her in burial wraps and references of mummification
Bottom of the wraps
References from Blood Omen's cinematics up top, Soul Reaver ingame, Soul Reaver 2's model and art, Blood Omen concept pieces, and mumufication examples. I also referenced skulls, anatomy, various realistic-to-stylized horror corpses, burnt and rotted.