Story
The game begins with the introduction of Ish, a being of few words, whose body the player inhabits for the duration of the game. He is introduced to the statues of four characters from the opera; Alberich (a cruel and sadistic dwarf king), Loge (a fire spirit), Siegmund (the son of Wotan), and Brünnhilde (a Valkyrie warrior).
The story begins with Alberich arriving back in his kingdom to discover that he has very little left, nothing in the kingdom works, and his worker dwarves have formed a union and gone on strike. In order to break up the strike, Alberich must find something to satisfy the disgruntled workers, and with this aim in mind, he sets off to procure the gold of the Rhinemaidens.
The second part has the player in control of Loge, the fire spirit. His story intertwines somewhat with that of Alberich's - in the employ of the gods, he is charged by Wotan with retrieving the Nibelungen ring and the magic crown of Wotan from Alberich.
The third section tells the story of Siegmund, son of Wotan, as he attempts to fathom the circumstances surrounding the death of his mother and sister.
The fourth section tells the story of Brünnhilde, a half-sister of Siegmund, who saves her brother at the end of the third chapter. Her act enrages Wotan, and she is forced to flee to the necropolis Valhalla where she can obtain a magic artifact to bring back to the asteroid on which the story begins - completing the titular "ring".
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