Lower Monastery Upper Monastery
Lower Monastery Upper Monastery
   
The Lower Monastery is where the adventure begins. You are poor shipwrecked souls who need to find their destiny. (If you import a party you may have another starting point dependent upon the choices you made at the end of Wizardry 7.) Your immediate goal is to get to civilization. There are a lot of hints lying about in the form of written documentation. Check out the open books lying around and the bookcases.
Here, once you gain access to the Upper Monastery, you will encounter Altheides who tells you of what you must do on Dominus, thus beginnig your Ascension Quest. He will give you some direction but departs abruptly leaving you with more questions than answers. A minion of the Dark Savant will also appear and actually points you in a specific direction should you choose to follow its advice.
 
Spellbooks: Light, Stamina Spellbooks: Blessings, Traps
Gadgets: Magnifying Glass, Microwave Chip, Lightning Rod
Custom Item Ingredient: Cleaver Custom Item Ingredient: Cleaver