Waterfalls occurred when water flowed over the edge of a vertical cliff or ledge. In Legacy of Kain: Defiance, they served a function in puzzles. Raziel could use the Water Reaver to temporarily freeze certain waterfalls, effectively transforming them into scalable walls.
Profile
An interactive waterfall.
Raziel encountered interactive waterfalls after obtaining the Water Reaver, in the Vampire Citadel's Water Forge, Earth Forge, and Spirit Forge. They were distinguishable by the presence of the symbol representing elemental water, which hovered before the base of the cascade.
By plunging the Water Reaver into the torrents, Raziel would turn the waterfalls to ice, which he could scale to ascend to the upper level. After a few seconds, however, the ice thawed back into flowing water, and would need to be frozen again in order to be traversed.
Behind the scenes
The cut Water Reaver of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver would have been "imbued with water by passing it through running water (e.g., fountains, spouts, waterfalls)."
Another incarnation of the Water Reaver was excised from Soul Reaver 2, which may also have been employed in conjunction with that game's waterfalls.
Gallery
Template:Navbox-Defiance-terms