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  Britannia (Ultima) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Britannia is a fictitious land in the Ultima universe.
It consists of the remains of Sosaria which were united under the rule of Lord British after the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain and his offspring Exodus.
In Ultima IV it was just a trio of volcanoes, but by Ultima V enough land was there that Lord Blackthorn was able to build his castle on it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Britannia_(Ultima)   (917 words)

  
 Ultima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ultima tells the story of a hero who would be summoned by the ruler of a different world known first as Sosaria, later as Britannia, whenever troubles would arise and put in danger the peace of the land.
Ultima I-V were originally developed on and released for the Apple II family of computers.
Console versions of Ultima have allowed further exposure to the series, especially in Japan where the games have been bestsellers and were accompanied by several tie-in products including manga based on Ultima.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ultima   (1286 words)

  
 Britannia Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In Celtic mythology, and especially in Britain, Britannia was the patron goddess of the early British Celtic tribes.
Britannia Airways was the name of a charter airline, recently renamed Thomsonfly.
Britannia also refers to a series of British gold bullion coins issued since 1987, which have nominal values of 100, 50, 25, and 10 pounds.
www.swingdancemusic.com /send/6263-britannia%20encyclopedia.html   (460 words)

  
 Paladin's Keep: Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In Ultima V, you restored virtue to the land of Britannia, which was under control of the tyrant Blackthorn.
In Ultima VI, you helped establish a peace between your civilization and the Gargoyle world, and discovered the threat of the Guardian in the process.
As Ultima IV taught you to be virtuous, Ultima VII will test your devotion to the virtuous path and you will discover the evils of blind faith.
home.comcast.net /~paladinrpg/rpg/Ultima/u7.htm   (845 words)

  
 UO Stratics - The Geography of UO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In Britannia, clocks are only useful for telling time and sextants magically provide longitude as well as latitude, although it appears that the heavens are still in some way involved since they don't work underground.
The center of Britannia's coordinate system is Lord British's throne which is at 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude.
Also, since all of Britannia and the Lost Lands are really located on the same rectangular map, the same tile coordinate system may be used for both.
uo.stratics.com /uoam/geo.shtml   (1529 words)

  
 Information Headquarters: Ultima
In Castle Britannia, the Avatar learns that the shrines of Virtue are captured by the gargoyles and he embarks on a quest to rescue Britannia from the invaders.
Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992) 200 years have passed since the Gargoyle threat was solved and the Avatar is suddenly whisked into Trinsic by a red moongate.
Ultima IX: Ascension (1999) Following the Avatar's defeat of the Titans, he is transported back to Britannia for one final battle with the Guardian.
www.informationheadquarters.com /Video_games/Ultima.shtml   (1378 words)

  
 Britannia (Ultima): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Britannia (Ultima)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In the Ultima universe, Britannia was the remains of Sosaria[?] which banded together under the banner of Lord British after the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain[?].
They were incorporated into Britannnia after Ultima IV, but remained rife with gambling and piracy even during the Guardian's attack.
It became Valoria in Ultima IX after a volcano destroyed most of the original city.
www.encyclopedian.com /br/Britannia-(Ultima).html   (590 words)

  
 Iolo article - Iolo Spoiler warning bard Ultima computer game Avatar Britannia Guardian - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
When he first came to Britannia he resided in the town of Britain, however after his great adventuring partner was deemed the Avatar, he moved into the Deep Forest outside Yew, where he keeps his talking horse, Smith (Iolo constantly scolds the horse for his sarcastic comments to the Avatar).
He is also an excellent bowsman, and had two Iolo's Bows shops in Britannia at the height of success, around the time the Fellowship tried to help the Guardian enter Britannia.
By the time the Avatar made his final journey to Britannia, Iolo was an old man. He moved to a woodland estate east of Britain and fell under the Guardian's control in an expedition to Dungeon Despise.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Iolo   (267 words)

  
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By Ultima III, further evil was abroad in the form of the offspring of Minax and Mondain, known only by the name Exodus which was found written in blood on a boat.
Ultima IV was set in a more peaceful Britannia where you had to show your worth to become an Avatar, a being of great wisdom and virtue.
Looking ahead, Ultima VI is already out on the PC and is said to be an improvement on Ultima V and there is a further new series being created by the Origin team, based in a different universe.
www.syntax2000.co.uk /issues/10/u5.rev.txt   (903 words)

  
 Ultima
Possibly one of the longest-lived series in PC game history, the first 'prelude' Ultima game, called 'Akalabeth', was produced back in the early 80's when computers were only just making their way into the home.
In 'Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness', the land of Sosaria is plagued by an evil sorcerer, Mondain.
Ultima Underworld is a brilliant first person RPG, with more depth and character interaction than is reached by most first person, or even RPG games.
www.soulreaver.50g.com /ultima.html   (1868 words)

  
 noctalis.com :: The Ultima Collection :: Press Release :: Ultima Ascension Press Release
Ultima Ascension is the next-generation fantasy role-playing masterpiece that delivers the glory of saving a legendary land of virtue from the ultimate force of evil.
The legendary Ultima System of Virtues—what true role-playing is all about—where advancement is based on your decisions and actions, not your ability to hack and slash.
Platform: PC As the Avatar you ventured from the sunlit shores of Britannia and entered a Moongate that took you to the exotic and unbeknown land of the Gargoyles.
noctalis.com /dis/ultima/pr9910.shtml   (1344 words)

  
 Hacki's Ultima Page - Nitpicks in the whole Ultima series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ultima IV and V make pretty clear that The Quest of the Avatar was your first journey to Britannia.
In Ultima, though, the distance between Empath Abbey and Deceit is in fact the same as that between Skara Brae and the southernmost tip of Verity Isle.
In Ultima IV the guards are refreshingly weak; even a 2nd level shepherd with a sling and Iolo with a bow for an accomplice can defeat a dozen guards in small packs - they seem about as threatening as the common Orc.
members.aon.at /hacki-ultima/english/nitpicks_wholeseries.htm   (2732 words)

  
 The Other Codex: Ultima V - Encyclopaedia Britannia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Lake in north eastern Britannia, it dried in a drought.
An Agent of the Oppression in Castle Britannia.
This keep of the Oppression is hidden in mountains on a small island in the far Northeast of Britannia.
www.ultimainfo.net /Codex/U5Encyclopaedia.htm   (992 words)

  
 Wired News: Chaos in Britannia: Ultima Faces Protests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ultima Online, a massive multiplayer role-playing game that takes place in a fantasy universe named "Britannia" was released on 25 September and boasts 65,000 players already.
More than 200 players (many of whom attest their love for the game) have signed a petition listing their grievances, some penning small manifestos of how they think the game rules should be altered, as well as threatening lawsuits for breach of contract.
But while gamers allege that Ultima hasn't listened to their complaints, Garriott insists that the problems are being fixed one by one.
www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,8545,00.html   (774 words)

  
 Ultima IX -- Rumors and Scuttlebutt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
And this Ultima is meant to be the end of not only the Guardian, but the Avatar and Britannia as well (maybe he finishes off the Guardian by evacuating the planet and casting Armogeddon).
The title that is given to this Ultima is "Ultima IX: Ascension" which would imply that the Avatar transcends his mortal form so that he is on a par with the Guardian in might and magic.
A: Ultima 9 is the end of the "trilogy of trilogies" and is so setting a high value on the story.
www1.minn.net /~hboyer/u9rumor.txt   (2964 words)

  
 Dragon Press : Ultima Fan Fiction
Ultima is a game with a rich tapestry of history and characters.
This is a story set right before the beginning of Ultima 7, Part 2: Serpent Isle, about two dragons and a quest to save the honor and integrity of the dragons, and the weyrmount, while saving Britannia from a growing evil that only the dragons know of, and that only the dragons can defeat.
Ultima, and Britannia, and Origin are registered trademarks of ORIGIN Systems, Inc. The Avatar is a trademark of ORIGIN Systems Inc. This page is copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Keith O' Brien a.k.a Blackthorn.
www.geocities.com /blackthorn2ie/dragonpress   (3602 words)

  
 Ultima Online - I Awoke In Britannia!
It is much closer to my style to insist that the person expressing the opinion may possibly be ill-informed (to wit, the dungeon locations are public knowledge) and perhaps a little bit jealous that they hadn't thought of the idea first.
Ultima Online has what is called an 'isometric 3/4 perspective', but many of the new graphics were drawn as if the viewer were looking straight down at the object instead of off from an angle.
Vice over at UORadio.com was unable to get the beta client to install on his system, so he gave me his beta code (I had been unable to get a code for myself, as I'll touch on in a moment), and have been reading the beta tester's forums over at Stratics with interest.
britannia.blogspot.com   (3499 words)

  
 Dragon Press: Ultima Fan Fiction
This is a brief fan fiction set in the time of Ultima V. It's based on the capture of the Avatar and her companions in Blackthorn's fortress and told from the perspective of one of the guards...
Set between the end of Ultima 5 and after the end of Ultima 6, this tale is all about the Mystics and the one who harnessed their power.
The Decision is a short story set in the world of Britannia in which the Avatar and the Guardian meet face to face and comment on the changes Ultima IX has gone through in the last two years.
dragonpress.tumbolia.org   (4815 words)

  
 Ultima IV Multiplayer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ultima is a series of role-playing computer games by Richard Garriott(Lord British), spanning as far back as 1978.
Ultima IV Mutiplayer is a remake of perhaps the most popular Ultima of all, Ultima IV - The Quest of the Avatar.
Ultima IV, originally a single-player quest, has now expanded to accommodate multiple players on the path to enlightenment.
www.shatteredmoon.com /ultima/index.php   (663 words)

  
 Games: Video Games: Roleplaying: U: Ultima Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ultima II - The Revenge of the Enchantress...
Trigon Dragon's Ultima Dox - A project to scan and transcribe original Ultima documentation and Ultima maps to aid those who bought the Ultima I-VI CDROM or the Ultima Collection CDROM.
Ultima Classics Revisited - Project to remake the engines for Ultima 0 through Ultima 3 and loaders for UW* and U4+ with downloads, forum and screenshots.
freshlinks.net /odp.aspx/Games/Video_Games/Roleplaying/U/Ultima_Series   (504 words)

  
 Mind 'Scapes: Britannian Shores
Excalibur's World of Ultima: If thou art searching for Ultima lore, this is certainly the first place that thou should seek.
Ultima Resource Library: The author of the Ultima Encyclopedia has also created what thou dost call a "search engine" which will certainly help thee locate Ultima resources.
Ultima: Ascension: Official site for the final episode of the first Ultima saga.
www.biggles2k.com /britannia/ultimaLinks.html   (293 words)

  
 The Historical ULTIMA
I hope to expand this chronology to include timelines from the other worlds of the Ultima series, particularly Serpent Isle and Pagan, but for now the Britannian timeline is the only one completed.
The events in this timeline were extracted from the actual game texts of the Ultima games, including documentation, character conversations, and various scrolls and books you read during the course of play.
Ultima is a trademark of Origin Systems, Inc.
www.notableultima.com /history   (206 words)

  
 Hacki's Ultima Page - Ultima V nitpicks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ultima V was also the first Ultima to use NPC schedules - a feature mercilessly eliminated in Ultima IX.
The reason is pretty clear: The spot where the island is located in the game is exactly where the Ultima V logo was placed on the map.
In Ultima V, the three castles are supposed to be opposing Blackthorn.
members.aon.at /hacki-ultima/english/nitpicks_u5.htm   (1257 words)

  
 Britannia (Ultima)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Britannia es una tierra ficticia en el universo de Ultima.
En Ultima IV era apenas un trío de volcanes, pero por Ultima V suficiente tierra era allí que señor Blackthorn podía construir su castillo en él.
Cuando los gargoyles comenzaron a llegar del mundo terrenal en Ultima VI, se encontraron en la isla y establecieron una ciudad, que permanecía allí hasta alguna vez antes de Ultima IX, cuando los gargoyles retiraron a la ciudad subacuática del ambrosia.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/br/Britannia%20%28Ultima%29.htm   (812 words)

  
 Ultima / Britannia
There are many worlds and realms hidden to us in the unseen reaches of the Ether, but Britannia is by far the most fair and magickal of them all.
His goal, and the goal of all good people of the realm, was to establish a set of guidelines through which the people of the land might seek lives of Truth, Love, and Courage rather than seeking to exploit and rule over one another.
But even as all of Britannia rearranged its citizenry and worship along the lines of this philosophy, it was still an abstraction.
www.treesong.org /ultima/britannia   (823 words)

  
 Ultima Worlds Online: Origin First Impression - PC News at GameSpot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Like the original game, Ultima Worlds Online: Origin will be a massively multiplayer persistent-universe role-playing game in which players create and control their own characters in the fantasy world of Britannia.
In the new Britannia, mechanical contraptions - and beings - are about as common as the land's wizards and swordsmen.
Ultima Worlds Online: Origin's design team has been culling feedback from devoted fans, who plan to take these ideas and combine them with their own to help shape the newly reformed world of Britannia.
www.gamespot.com /pc/rpg/ultimaworldsonlineorigin/preview_2568422.html   (375 words)

  
 Virtues of Ultima
The Ultima series of games featured a Virtue system that the player was required to follow in the game as the Avatar.
These Virtues were inspired in part by the codes of Chivalry and the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, and were created specifically for Ultima.
These Principles are themselves derived from the Axiom of Infinity, which is represented in Castle Britannia.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/virtues_of_ultima.html   (372 words)

  
 Trigon Dragon's Ultima IV Dox
True peace pervades the land, renamed Britannia in honor of Lord British, the benevolent (and long-lived) ruler, who creates a quest whose goal all people may achieve: The Quest of the Avatar.
Words and deeds, meditation and enlightenment bring the seeker closer, closer to Avatarhood, the highest attainment of the virtues.
Screenshot peer at a gem/vieda spell map of Britannia.
members.aol.com /trigonman3/u4.html   (139 words)

  
 The World of Ultima: Year Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
A legacy that began in the year 1979, and continues even today, the Ultima series has yet to be surpassed in its depth, appeal and playability, always on the leading edge of computer role-playing.
Throughout these pages, you will find links to all kinds of information relating to the Ultima series and, for the most stalwart of souls, you will find the doorway to the answers you seek.
Ultima and all related characters, things, places and events are creations of
members.aol.com /UltimaWrld   (233 words)

  
 Ultima 9 Review
Britannia can't be as large as it used to because of the 3D, but it's so much more detailed.
Despite being such an old project, Ultima IX has kept up and even beaten the latest and greatest.
Ultima IX has a very high price of admission.
www.firingsquad.com /games/ultima9/page3.asp   (605 words)

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