Gothic

=== Setting ===
Gothic takes place in an open world medieval fantasy realm in which humans are fighting a losing war against the Orcs, a humanoid race. In order to fight back, the king needs to extract magical ore from mines, which can be used to forge more powerful weapons and armor. Therefore he decides to send every man who has committed a crime to the ore mines.
To prevent the convicts from escaping, he orders his 12 most powerful magicians to erect a magical dome called the Barrier over the mining colony. However, the Barrier goes out of control during its erection and grows large enough to cover the entire valley, trapping the magicians inside and giving the convicts a chance to kill the distracted guards and take control over the colony. The king, who is not trapped within the Barrier, is thus forced to come to an agreement with the prisoners, trading goods for ore.
Soon after the erection of the Barrier, the convicts separate into three different groups. The Old Camp controls one of the two operational ore mines and trades with the king. The New Camp controls the other ore mine but refuses to trade the ore they mine, instead planning to use its magical power to explode the Barrier. The Brotherhood (Swamp Camp) produces and trades Swampweed with the other camps and believe in a god called the Sleeper. The magicians that created the Barrier also divided, forming the Fire Mages, who joined the Old Camp, and the Water Mages, who joined the New Camp.

Plot

An unnamed prisoner, called the hero, is thrown inside the mining colony, tasked to deliver a letter to the Order of the Magicians of Fire, which is stationed inside of the Old Camp. After getting the chance to talk with the magicians, the hero learns that Xardas, the head of the Fire Mages who is supposed to receive the letter, has deserted in order to study black magic.
After joining one of the three camps, the hero aids the Sect Camp prepare the invocation of the Sleeper, which they believe will show them the way to escape the colony. During the ritual, the members have a vague vision, and Y'Berion, the leader of the Brotherhood who performed the ritual, collapses after contacting the Sleeper. In the vision, the sect members are shown the way to an old Orc cemetery. A guru and a few templars, together with the hero, set off towards the indicated place. Once there, the templars die fighting the Orcs they meet, and only the guru and the hero survive. After searching the entire underground complex the two fail to find anything. The guru goes insane and attempts to kill the hero, accusing him of being the reason that the Sleeper refuses to reveal himself.
After defeating the guru, the hero returns to the camp of the Brotherhood, finding Y'Berion still weakened. Y'Berion warns the camp about the true evil nature of the god they thought was leading them on the path to freedom. He places his hopes on the escape plan of the Water Mages from the New Camp to blow up the Barrier using the power of the magical ore. Despite efforts to help him recover, Y'Berion dies.
Bearing information about the recent events, the hero is granted permission to see the Water Mages, who ask for help with their escape plan. After the hero acquires all of the required artifacts with the help of four convicts he befriends, the Water Mages now require the help of the Fire Mages to channel the magical energy. However, the hero discovers that the Old Camp's gates are closed after their ore mine collapsed. Fearful that this incident would deprive him of his power, the leader of the Old Camp sent his men to take control of the New Camp's mine and killed the protesting Fire Mages; only Milten, the youngest of the magicians, managed to escape.
With no other options, the Water Mages send the hero to seek the aid of Xardas, the magician who deserted the Fire Mages. However, Xardas refuses to help and thinks that their plan will not succeed. Instead, he tells the hero that during his studies, he learned that the Sleeper was summoned by the Orcs to aid them against their enemies, and that the demon is in a temple deep underneath the Orc city. With the help of Xardas, the hero enters the Sleeper's temple and defeats the demon. The Barrier collapses and frees the prisoners of the colony.