Excerpt from "A Short Guide To Shadow Keep v1.1" by Bob Nordling:
"Only the elder knights of Shadow Keep remember the Great Battle with
the Evil Overlord, a battle in which The Black Sword, his powerful
magical weapon, was lost by him in the heat of battle and his forces
routed. Not Even in the dark corners of taverns do they whisper his
name, especially not in the darkness... But through childhood tales,
all in the kingdom have heard of that evil knight/magician, and his
uncanny ability to heal himself even in the midst of battle... and the
tales recount that it was not until The Black Sword was lost to him
did his hideous grin turn into a scornful grimace. For in the final
hours of The Great Battle, The Black Sword was turned against him, and
as many slain and maimed knights had already learned, the blows by
that vile weapon did not heal, neither by nature nor by magic."
> A fun top-town adventure/questing game where you fight weird
> creatures, find treasure, and talk to entertaining NPCs.
>
> One of the cool things about this game was it's open-endedness. You
> might not get the larger story, but that's just fine. Being able to
> rob or attack any NPC (except the king, although trying is always
> amusing) keeps this game fun for longer than you'd expect. Once you
> actually try to go on the quest, you'll find an obnoxious amount of
> level grinding, however. Most of your clues come from conversations
> with the villagers, with almost certainly send you to places your
> character is not ready to handle. There's a big world in Shadowkeep,
> but when I play it, I usually treat it as sort of a "sandbox RPG". -
> sshrugg
