I was reading a list of Game Movies that should be made on another forum, and I think that the Avernum/Exile Games would make Good Movies. What does everyone else think?
I mean, think about it... four characters kicked out of an Empire which has existed for so long that it's simply "The Empire". Their job: to survive an underground pit where all the Empire's rejects are thrown into, presumably to die.
But when they arrive, they find that the people thrown out of the Empire have managed to survive and build a civilization where the Empire thinks no one can survive. The first movie has the characters (and Civilization) wanting revenge on the Empire, so they come up with a plan to assassinate the Emperor.
Second movie, the Empire decides to send guards down to kill the throwaway people in response to the Empire's assassination. Now the mission of the characters is to survive and make friends with another underground race so they can wipe out the Empire Soldiers.
The Third movie is: Oops, the Empire now finds that it kind of needs the people they threw away again, but certain people don't want to apologize for the actions they took against the people they threw away. Some of the throwaways have managed to get back to the surface, and the Empire must bite the bullet and admit they need help.
You can even use the same characters, or add the new races (Nephilim and Sliths) when some of the human characters from the surface die in the course of the movies.
I think "Exile" would be the best name, as the characters have been Exiled from the surface world.