Altara

Altara is a sorceress on Atarka fighting against the Guardian in secret.

Prior to the Avatar meeting her, she had tried with others to initiate reforms on Atarka. However, the Guardian's agents crushed them mercilessly and many were executed. Some seen as too useful, like Altara, were spared and punished by being sent to places that were dead ends for their careers. So Altara was sent to Killorn Keep.

The Avatar was told by Bishop to meet Altara in Killorn Keep in Ultima Underworld II. Telling her Bishop's name, she first wanted him/her to kill the Listener, a spy creature of the Guardian in Britannia. Having done this, Altara showed the Avatar her plan for a device to cut the Guardian's lines of power: Altara's Scepter. She needed some more things, to create it, having already an altered Black Pearl. The Avatar brought Altara the egg of a Dread Spider and an Amethyst Rod, so that she could create the Scepter. With it, the Avatar deactivated all eight places of power of the Guardian on the other worlds.

Altara also told him/her her other theories concerning the Guardian's inter-dimensional powers and helped by giving several Rune Stones when seeing that he/she used Runic Magic. However, the inquisition under Mors Gotha caught up with her, and she had to flee the castle, leaving a letter to the Avatar, saying she will continue her secret battle.

Trivia

 * She is a very important person, the game can't be won without her. Accidentally killing her by crashing the keep means a game over.