The problem with Zobek.

[AlexFabZZ]

I see a lot of people complaining that Zobek is alive at the final cutscene and also coming up with multiple theories of how and why he isn't dead. Not a problem with that but I think there's a much bigger issue concerning Zobek.

Was I the only one that didn't overlook the fact that he is a founding member of the Brotherhood and EVERYONE pretty much knows who he is?

How come when they first met during the Titan fight Gabriel didn't go "Wait a second...you ascended to heaven with Carmilla and Cornell !!!! WTF are you doing back on Earth ?!? How can you even BE on Earth since it was severed from Heaven???"

That was the most ridiculous plot hole I've ever seen in a game.

[Mr Afternoon]

Not true bro. It is told that there are Three Founding Spirit, but they ascended to heaven and as generations past, their names were only known to select few>

If you dont like this explanation, then maybe Zobek was a very popular name by the time? xd

[AlexFabZZ]

Everyone in the Brotherhood knew about the ascention legend. Obviously that includes Gabriel. Nobody knew that the Lords of Shadow were the leftovers of the 3 founders, but the names were well known among the order.

[Shin Dan]

Zobek had a habit of posing as his own descendant, he even cites his armor as being "inherited from the original founder"
also, most of the brotherhood didn't actually know about the founders, rather only the elites seemed to be aware of it, and even then, only the good half of the legend (the part where they ascend, not the part where their dark sides become the lords)
if the entire brotherhood knew about it, they'd go mad with grief, as evidenced by gabriel basically losing his ♥♥♥♥ when he was told by both cornell and carmilla.
in fact, the link between the lords and the founders was never uncovered by anyone save for those who'd been there and seen it, and pan, who also knew, kept that bit of info to himself to ensure that dracula would rise to power at theirs and satan's expense.
they only knew one half of the full story, and the confusion brought on by the tyranny of the lords of shadow likely ensured that the link would never be uncovered.

since few if any brotherhood members could even meet with a lord of shadow and live to tell about it, the lords never told anyone who they truly were and that information was never commonplace.