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“Few know much about Malchir, the Master Sorcerer, and those who know anything at all are his fellow followers of fire.” – The Chronicle of Pagan, Ultima 8

In the SNES port of Ultima 7, Salamon the Emp doesn’t ask you to stop the logging in the Deep Forest. Pollution is the issue, instead.

“Though ‘Ambrosia’ actually refers to the whole island, its lack of human life results in this name being applied to its dungeons as a whole.” – Key to the Black Gate, the Ultima 7...

Some of the rune stones produced by Runekeeper in Ultima Underworld 2 are marked as Kal stones, but actually function as Corp stones.

It is actually possible to cause Killorn Keep, a floating fortress the Avatar visits in Ultima Underworld 2, to fall from the sky and crash into the desert below.

“Seeing what cannot be seen, hearing what no man hears, communing with beings not present…what ancient spirit possesses the mage that his mind constantly dwells on things not perceived by the common man?” –...

Oooh…Risen 3 Gameplay!

Oooh…Risen 3 Gameplay!

More thoughts on this later. The narration is in German, I think, but even though I can’t understand more than the occasional word here and there, it makes me laugh at a number of...

“The Oracle hath always been a fraud! Dost thou not comprehend?” – Great Captain Voldin, Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle

There’s an extra sequence at the end of the NES port of Ultima 3, in which the player must escape Castle Death as it collapses.

“Even older texts indicate that the Zealans initially believed in not three, but six such deities!” – The Mythology of the Zealan Deities, Ultima 8