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Ultima Underworld - The Stygian Abyss
The Isle of the Avatar was discovered during the Fourth Age (as related in
Quest of the Avatar), at the climax of the Avatar’s quest. The Stranger from Another
World, who came to Britannia in answer to Lord British’s summons,
completed the Test of the Eight Virtues and became the Avatar — the embodiment
of the pure axiom of life.
It was during his journeys that the Avatar unearthed a chilling artifact: the
skull of Mondain the Wicked, the first of the Triad of Evil. There were those
who claimed that the artifact held the power to destroy all life on our world.
Fortunately, it was the Stranger who discovered it, and not someone of lesser
Virtue.
Upon completing the Path of the Eight Virtues, the Avatar embarked on a
search for the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. Legend linked this ancient tome
with the subterranean maze known as the Great Stygian Abyss. “Truly, no one
has ever plumbed its depths,” wrote Shamino, who arranged by magic to obtain
a map of its corridors. “I cannot imagine the horrors that await the first to
venture into the Stygian depths.”
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