You, as the Avatar, return to New Britannia and are tasked with following the eponymous Virtues (Truth, Courage, and Love), facing the Hidden Villain, and ultimately restoring peace and harmony to the world. Furthermore, the population of the world is under constant threat from the monsters spawned by the Cataclysm, and the prophecies tell about the impending End of an Age, which many fear will be much like the Cataclysm itself. The game is set in a Wide-Open Sandbox of the Constructed World of New Britannia, which is still recovering from the massive Cataclysm that destroyed the old civilization several generations ago. Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is Richard 'Lord British' Garriott's Spiritual Successor both to his own cult RPG series Ultima and to its MMORPG offshoot, Ultima Online, created by his new studio Portalarium.
