![]() Not only is the gate different, but the arrival locale is too! The Avatar was summoned to some sort of demonic sacrificial altar. Typically, when the Avatar traveled across the Ethereal Void void, it was through a Blue moongate-this time, when the Avatar is pulled to Britannia, it is through a Red moongate. Ultima VI: The False Prophet finds the Avatar in mortal peril. These shards eventually possessed three people, and transformed them into the Shadowlords-the maligned influence behind Lord Blackthorn’s rule and Lord British’s kidnapping. The Avatar discovers that when the Codex was ripped from the depths of the Abyss, immense underground caverns were created, thus exposing three shards from the corrupt Gem of Immortality. Blackthorn has converted the original Virtues, and now they offer something darker, something more self-serving. Only, something is amiss with the new regency. Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny finds Britannia in crisis! Lord British is missing, and Lord Blackthorn is acting as regent king. Braving the darkest dungeons, and ripping the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom from the depths of the Abyss, the Avatar brings a new age of enlightenment to Lord British’s realm. Becoming a paragon of the 8 Virtues, and their 3 Principles, the Stranger officially becomes known as the Avatar. Coming out of the Dark Ages of Mondain, Minax, and Exodus, Lord British is searching for a new moral code to unite his people. In Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, the Stranger returns to Sosaria to find that with the destruction of Exodus, the world was once again devastated- islands rose and sank fertile plains became desserts and the formation of the continent was again drastically altered. ![]() Or, is Exodus a hellish combination of science and sorcery? This time, a new evil threatens the land: Exodus, the prodigy of Mondain and Minax's dark magic. ![]() In Ultima III: Exodus, the Stranger returns to Sosaria to find the world much changed from the last visit- both in the amount of time passed, and the reformation of the contenents. In Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress, the Stranger was again summoned from across the Ethereal Void to battle Minax (Ultima), Mondain's apprentice and consort. The original "Prime" world continued on its pre-ordained course (the single-player games), whereas life on the Shards continued along without the Stranger (who destroyed the gem). In Ultima I, the Gem of Immortality - which contained a complete copy of Sosaria - was splintered into Shards in order to defeat Mondain. 2 Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress.
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