Warriors of Destiny

Warriors of Desinty is the name given by the UO manufacturers for what is described as a long-term, epic scenario or event cycle that heralds the coming of the Shadowlords.

The name comes from one of the single-player games upon which UO is based, specifically "Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny."

The Warriors of Destiny event cycle has, at the time of writing (Summer 2008), thus far consisted of the following Chapters.

• Prologue: Inu the Crone

In this chapter, a strange woman from the Tokuno Islands appeared in Britannia, and began to make incoherent statements about the future that had a funny habit of coming true. We also got to enter the Void Shadow Dungeon and thus see the Etheral Void, which would play an important role later. Also, Blackrock began to reappear in the lands.

• Chapter I: Magincia Invasion

In this chapter, the City of Magincia was invaded, and largely smashed, by Demonic entities. Some said this was a punishment for the city's Prideful ways.

• Chapter II: Mad Mage

In this chapter, the Blackrock Detector, a long-delayed project of the "Mad Mage," Kronos, was completed. Instead of doing what it was supposed to do, it tore a hole in the fabric of reality, opened a gate to the Ethereal Void, and allowed the Shadowlords to enter Britannia. Towards the end of this, we met Andrew, a servant of the Shadowlords, and The Six.

• Chapter III: Hope for the Future

This Chapter featured the murder of the Ruling Council, and a desperate race against time to track down their killers. The Followers of Armageddon were revealed to be in league with the Shadowlords. Given the event of this Chapter, we can only assume that the title is sarcastic.

As of the Summer of 2008, this event cycle is not completed.