Beyond Divinity

When Lucian the Divine defeated the evil organization known as the Black Ring, he was late to prevent a dark ritual from happening: the soul of the Lord of Chaos was summoned into the body of an innocent boy. Unable to slay the boy, Lucian adopted him and raised him as his own son, naming him Damian. When Damian was fifteen, a young witch called Ygerna seduced him and taught him the ways of magic, hoping to unlock the evil powers contained within him. Lucian killed Ygerna with his own hand, and Damian was unable to forgive him. In order to stop him from unleashing his wrath on the world, Lucian had to seal Damian's memories and prevent him from returning to Rivellon.

Beyond Divinity is a role-playing game and a follow-up to Divine Divinity, its events taking place twenty years after those described in the predecessor. Most locations and characters are different, but over the course of the game the connection to the overarching plot becomes revealed. The game plays out in four Acts over a vast territory. The player begins in a large dungeon-like jail area and progresses out into a more open landscape (once escaping the prison), eventually exploring an imp village, monster-infested forests, atmospheres of fire and ice as well as numerous mysterious islands on the journey. Unlike Divine, there is no open world gameplay, and the game advances in a comparatively linear fashion.