Serpent Isle Question: Switch on Monk Isle

An Ultima fan posed a question to me today that I didn’t have an answer for:

There’s a switch on Monk Isle… and I have no idea what it does. It’s weird though, it’s clearly unable to be accessed without the hack mover. So yo know the place you go when you die with the the hour glass? It’s directly to the left under the stairs…

Here’s the picture he sent along:

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Anyone have any idea? Is this just something left behind, a remnant of content cut from Serpent Isle to make the ship date? Or does it actually do something?

7 Responses

  1. Thepal says:

    I know exactly what it is! Just look at the setup of the room. Two flames on either side. An altar in the middle. Plenty of room in front of it for the huddled masses…

    http://tinyurl.com/apenm96

  2. joshontheweb says:

    I forgot about that! Never figured out what it was for. Man I miss that game. My weekend might be occupied now.

  3. Shadow of Light Dragon says:

    At first I thought it might be the lever that opens the gates to the Serpent portal downstairs, but if you can only access this via hacking I don’t know! o_O

  4. Frank says:

    Thepal has it right.. it’s a wizard of oz reference.. at least I think

  5. cs2501x says:

    That’s incredible folks, thanks! 😀