Lands of Lore

Lands of Lore or LoL is a role-playing video game series by Westwood Studios. The first two games in the series were published by Virgin Interactive, while the third was published by Electronic Arts following their acquisition of Westwood Studios. Lands of Lore follows the tradition of Dungeon Master, but introduced a linear scenario-based storyline, rather than characters and feats.

Westwood Studios made role-playing games (RPGs) for years, most famously Eye of the Beholder 1 and 2. Westwood and SSI had artistic differences over a third Eye of the Beholder game, however, so Westwood chose to make their own RPG without the restrictions from the D&D rule set. Their efforts yielded Lands of Lore. Originally planned as a series of eight titles, the series ultimately spawned three.

The storyline of the games takes place in a fantasy realm known and referred to simply as "The Lands". The main realm of the Lands is Gladstone, where the civilized and "good" races are based.

The history of the Lands is divided into six periods.

In "Guardians of Destiny", a brief reference is made to the Kyragem from The Legend of Kyrandia, while Kyrandia's sequel The Hand of Fate has an easter egg where letters written by Scotia hint at the possibility that both Westwood Studios fantasy games take place in the same continuity.

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