Xardas (center), in the city of Khorinis.The action takes place 140 years before the events in the, on the island of Khorinis.Xardas (one of the main characters from the original Gothic series), an, raised by, is visited one night by the ghost of Buthomar. The ghost tells the young Xardas about an unknown threat and asks him to find ' the other four Chosen Ones'.Reception Awards Gothic 3: The Beginning was awarded up to seven awards. It received the Airgamer Award, from airgamer.de, while handy-player.de gave it the Handy-Player Award. Pocketgamer.co.uk gave it the Bronze Award. The best of crush 40 super sonic songs.