Stephen Russell Character for Underworld Ascendant Revealed

The latest update for OtherSide Entertainment’s Underworld Ascendant reveals an interesting tidbit of information. We’ve already known that Stephen Russell, known by many for his iconic voicework on Thief, would be lending his talent to the first-person RPG, but now we know the character he’ll be voicing.

We’re talking about Cabirus, a pivotal character in the lore of the series, known for attempting to establish a utopian colony in the Abyss in the original title. Incidentally, it’s a character that should be dead according to the background lore, so exactly how we’ll meet him and in what circumstances remains to be seen:

Stephen will play the role of Cabirus, the character responsible for the establishing the fallen utopia in Ultima Underworld before his mysterious, untimely death. While you’ve never encountered Cabirus directly before, you’ve certainly seen the huge impact he had on The Stygian Abyss. In Underworld Ascendant you’ll come face-to-face with him… somehow… and learn about the secret pre-history of the series, directly from its enigmatic founder.

You likely know Stephen from such roles as Garrett in Looking Glass’ Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age and Codsworth and Nick (!!!) Valentine from Bethesda’s Fallout series. He’s also set to play Corvo in Arkane’s Dishonored II, which we’re looking forward to playing this coming November.

We’ll reveal much more about Cabirus and his unique place in Underworld Ascendant soon.