Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (module)

For the expansion pack, see Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (expansion pack).

Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker is a premium module for the Neverwinter Nights game produced by Floodgate Entertainment and published by Infogrames Entertainment (now Atari). It was released in 2004. The module requires the Hordes of the Underdark expansion pack and offers around eight hours of gameplay. It is available in lite and full versions, with the former lacking voice acting for the different NPCs in the module. The module can be purchased and downloaded directly from the internet for a price less than that of the expansions.

Plot

The module is set in his own setting which borrows many elements from Forgotten Realms and other D&D settings. The story takes place near the Keep of Cyan, a northern part of this world. The game's goal is to win the election and become the Lord of the Keep. In order to do so, the player character has to persuade at least 4 of 9 guilds to aid him. Only then the character will have a chance to fight his nemesis, the Masked Man - a mysterious mage who uses a small army of creatures to conquer the Keep. On his journeys, the player character also has to reveal the mystery of his own nature and past. An unknown ally of great power also helps the character by granting him a sentient magical weapon with a friendly personality. The player could enlist help from two of four NPCs who traveled with him before the beginning of the game.

The official BioWare page describes the module as:

In a party with a cowardly Wererat, a scarred Nymph, an exiled Rakshasa, and a quick-tempered Azer, you seem to be the only normal one... but are you? Embark on a journey to face your nemesis outside the embattled ramparts of the Keep of Cyan. It is a journey that will test your loyalties and cause you to question the very bounds of life and death. Evil lurks in the war-torn keep and it's up to you to unearth it. To learn the truth, you must win the throne.

It is revealed later that the Masked Man is in fact an Illithid, and the mysterious ally is the main character's grandmother, a demoness of great power who once fell in love with a mere man, thus making the character to be partially Tiefling. The Masked Man is also an offspring of her, and thus is considered to be brother of the hero. The whole battle for Cyan is her own challenge for her children, so they could prove themselves and take a worthy position in life. The game culminates with the player killing the Masked Man and realising the truth about himself. After that, he is rightful ruler of Cyan.

Though the game's story is fully finished, it has an open ending.