You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again.You have been cast down into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, filled with foulmonsters, constant warfare, and thousands and thousands of your fellow prisoners.This is your punishment for not fitting in, for speaking out against the powersthat be, for being an inconvenience to the government of the cruel EmperorHawthorne. You have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the caverns,eventually to die there, forgotten and unmourned. Avernum is a classic fantasy role-playing game, designed for anyone wholongs for an epic quest, enjoys a fascinating tale, or misses theclassic days of Ultima and Wizardry. It features beautiful 3-D, 16-bitgraphics, 80 towns and dungeon levels, an enormous outdoors, and afascinating storyline.