First taking place in 1932, in a place where it appears that the people believe in vampires, as all the doors and windows show crosses. It shows two people (male and female), running down a street. The woman trips, and the man pauses long enough to help her up, only to be dragged into a dark alleyway by a chain. His head is thrown from an alley at the women's feet, with Rayne walking calmly up to the woman. The woman seemingly breaks down crying, but in fact only hides her face to reveal she is in fact a vampire. After a brief fight, Rayne decapitates her and then takes off before a small army of vampires tries to catch her off guard. She drops a grenade on their position as she leaves.


On top of the buildings, two mysterious men, who were watching the events unfold the whole time, are discussing their reason for being here. One reveals they are here to recruit Rayne, who is trying to find where her father is. The other member does not want a Dhampir with the Brimstone society, regardless of the fact that she is only half-vampire and has fewer weaknesses, as the Sociey is trying to rid the world of Vampires (and presumably people with Vampire blood in them). Eventually they agree to recruit Rayne, and leave a necklace with their symbol on it (as seen on the game cover).


Rayne's main attack is her blades, which can either just harm, or dismember the enemy. She performs combo attacks, that is initially had a two-combo attack, consisting of a left or right slash, then round-house kick. but as the game progresses she gains a five-combo attack, adding a scissor-like slash, front flip kick, and jumping slash. Aside from her combo attacks, she has her harpoon (received very early in the game), which she can reel in enemies from a distance to feed on.


Feeding is how Rayne regains health, which at the same time kills the enemy. The player can choose whether or not to let the enemy go, which is useful should the player accidentally start to feed on an enemy while surrounded, or to avoid being hit an explosive device, such as a grenade or rocket.


Rayne's secondary attack is using an assortment of guns, grenades, and rocket launchers. She can use guns dual-handed. Guns are in almost every level, and Rayne almost always automatically picks them up, but if a better category of gun is available, Rayne will drop a gun and pick up the better weapon. For example, if she has four pistols in her light weapons catergory, but walks over a submachine gun, she'll drop the weakest pistol and pick up the other weapon. The exception are the special weapons (machine guns, rocket launchers, etc.), in which the player can choose which one she wants. Her most powerful move is Blood Rage, which slows the game around 1.5X, and goes into a dismembering frenzy [1].


Rayne also has different vision modes, such as Aura vision, Dilated Perception, and Extruded view. Aura vision renders the area Rayne sees in a blue hue. Targets and destinations are in bright blue. Living things (including herself) appear in colors from green to red, with green being the most healthy, and red is near death. Dilated perception renders everything in slow motion, as information is entering Rayne's mind so fast everything appears slower [2]. This ability makes it easier to dodge attacks, and bullets. Extruded view allows her to zoom in, like a sniper, allowing more precise shots. Extruded view leaves Rayne vulnerable, because she stays in place while using it.


Rayne is a Dhampir who is looking for her father, and killing Vampires that cross her path. but now working for the Brimstone Society. Her mentor and friend, Mynce, also with Brimstone, introduces her to the ways of Vampires. She helps her with her first mission, but is presumly killed during it.


Juergen Wulf is a WWI criminal who escaped his punishment by fleeing to South America. He founded the Gegengheist Gruppe (or Anti-Ghost Group a.k.a. the G.G.G.), a group that aimed to bring Hitler into power through use of occult artifacts, including obtaining and reassembling the remains of Beliar.


Beliar is a demon whose body parts (referred to as relics) are sought after. Beliar was the original devil who was usurped by Mephisto, who tore him apart scattering his body parts around the world.


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