Wizardry 8 is the eighth and final title in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games by Sir-Tech Canada. It is the third in the Dark Savant trilogy, which includes Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge and Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant. It was published in 2001 by Sir-Tech, and re-released by Night Dive Studios on GOG.com and Steam in 2013. Story The aim of Wizardry 8 is to collect artifacts and to place them on its pedestal in the final zone. This allows the player to ascend to the Cosmic Circle, in which the player can become a god. Beginnings Wizardry 8 has five beginnings that continue from the producers previous games' multiple endings. In the final area of Wizardry VII, the player has a choice to tell their partner whether or not they have a way to leave the planet Guardia. If the party follows the path of truth, the Girl and Globe endings are open to them. If they lie, the Umpani, T'Rang and Globe endings are open to them. Main Story Although the circumstances of the player's entrance into the world remain vague, the goal of finding the artifacts needed to ascend to godhood remains. The player must find the key to life, the key to knowledge and the key to change. When the artifacts are in the possession of the player they will go to Ascension Peak to begin the path of becoming a god. After travelling to their castle and becoming Rapax Templars the way to the Peak will open. In the Cosmic Circle, the Dark Savant has already arrived and is speaking with Aletheides, the cyborg that the party either joins or follows to planet Guardia in Wizardry VII, depending on their choices in Wizardry VI. The Dark Savant kills Aletheides in anger. As the player approaches they will find that the Cosmic Forge is back in the Circle where it should be (its theft is detailed in Wizardry VI). The Dark Savant reveals to the player that he is Phoonzang, the enigmatic god figure from both Wizardry VII and 8, and a former Cosmic Lord. The other Cosmic Lords cast him down for trying to share the knowledge of the universe with mortals (e.g., humans, T'Rang, elves), and he was forced to become part machine to continue to live past a normal man's lifespan. He then offers the party