Corv — the lead developer at Lycantic, busily working on crafting Corven – Path of Redemption – had some exciting news to share earlier this week:

The related news post on the Lycantic website gives a bit more detail:

After reading my story outline for Lord British in Corven, Richard Garriott was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to have a brainstorming session with me to further refine this part of the Corven storyline. Once we were happy with the result, he officially agreed to have the Lord British character in Corven!

Lord British will not just be a gimmick in Corven, but will play an essential role in the main storyline.

I would love to tell you more details about the story, but I don’t want to spoil it for you. I might be biased, but I have to say, the story is amazing and it will translate into an amazing game.

I can also honestly say that Richard Garriott’s keen sense for an exciting CRPG plot is incredible and it was a pleasure to have this brainstorming session with him.

Now it is up to us to turn this plot into a compelling game.

Richard Garriott agreed to have additional brainstorming sessions in the future, so you can be sure that Corven will have a storyline worthy of an Ultima.

That’s certainly exciting news, and we look forward to seeing how Richard Garriott’s influence will shape the story of Corven…which project, you may recall, grew out of the now-cancelled Ultima IX: Redemption. Exactly which ideas from Redemption (and, presumably, its planned follow-up, The New King) were ported over to this new game remains to be seen, of course, but if there’s enough of a hint of Ultima about it to bring Lord British on board, that’s certainly a heartening sign.

Corv also tweeted out another image of his work-in-progress on Corven; he’s been messing about with shaders lately:

For the latest in Corven-related news, do be sure to follow the Lycantic website. You may also want to join their Discord server. Corven will also be coming to Kickstarter at some point in 2020, so be sure to watch for it there as well!