Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Imagine a world where magic and technology hold equal power, and an adventurer might wield a flintlock pistol as readily as a flaming sword. Industrial cities rise alongside castle keeps and factories, shared by Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, and Elves. It’s a land of ancient runes and steamworks, where sor...

Arcanum opens with a cutscene aboard the IFS Zephyr, a luxury zeppelin on its maiden voyage from Caladon to Tarant. Two monoplanes, flown by Half-Ogre bandits, attack and manage to shoot the airship down. In the wreckage, an elderly gnome passenger lies dying under burned debris and asks the player to deliver a silver ring to “the boy,” then dies. As the crash’s only survivor, the protagonist is d...