![]() Her actions cause doorways to open to various times and locations throughout Earth's history, and brings forth legions of monsters to all of them. Minax launches an attack on the Stranger's homeworld of Earth. Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress ( 1982) details Mondain's secret student and lover Minax's attempt to avenge him. Since Mondain possesses the Gem of Immortality, which makes him invulnerable, the Stranger locates a time machine, travels back in time to kill Mondain before he creates the Gem, and shatters the incomplete artifact. In Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness ( 1980), the Stranger is first summoned to Sosaria to defeat the evil wizard Mondain who aims to enslave it. Originally, the player character was referred as "the Stranger" in the games but by the end of Ultima IV, he becomes universally known as the Avatar. The protagonist of all games is a canonically male resident of Earth who is called upon by Lord British to protect Sosaria and later, Britannia from various dangers. ![]() What is left becomes known as Britannia, a realm ruled by the benevolent Lord British where the later games mostly take place. The first three games were set in a fantasy world named Sosaria but during the cataclysmic events of The Age of Darkness, it is sundered and three quarters of it vanish. The latter is also referred to as "The Guardian Saga" after its chief antagonist. ![]() The main Ultima series consists of nine installments (the seventh is further divided into two parts) which are grouped into trilogies or " Ages": The Age of Darkness ( Ultima I-III), The Age of Enlightenment ( Ultima IV-VI), and The Age of Armageddon ( Ultima VII-IX).
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