Wagner also created his own mystical and pre-historical hero, Kane (fantasy), whose name and background are based on traditional conceptions of the biblical Cain.

Cain - homeless drifter, who may be the biblical Cain.

Indeed, because his exact appearance is never directly described in Old English by the original Beowulf poet, part of the debate revolves around what is known, namely his descent from the biblical Cain (who was the first murderer in the Bible).

Depending on the path players take, the protagonist comes to learn that Naoya and himself are the reincarnations of the biblical Cain and Abel, respectively.

A wanderer on the face of the earth like the biblical Cain, marked by this great eternal vigor which separated him from all humankind forever?

The monster Grendel, for example, is described as a descendant of the biblical Cain.

Claiming to be the direct descendants of the biblical Cain, the Gypsies considered themselves a race elite.

The biblical Cain was the first to commit fratricide.

Fantasy author Karl Edward Wagner wrote a series of novels and stories about an immortal red-bearded warrior named Kane, who is modeled on the biblical Cain.

In the universe of the story, it's revealed that the book is originally written by the biblical Cain, and has been passed down since, namely to people with a special set of "talents".