Bidney

Bidney is a drunk pirate found in Buccaneer's Den.

Description
Meeting him during the events of Ultima V, it was very difficult to talk with him, as he was constantly drunk and spoke incoherently. However, after a hint from Tierra, the Avatar asked Bidney about his grapple, and Bidney said that mountain climbing had gotten too dangerous for him, so he'd given his equipment to Lord Michael of Empath Abbey and became a pirate. Then finally, overcome by drinking, he fell asleep on the spot.

With this information in hand, the Avatar managed to get the grapple from Lord Michael for mountain climbing.

Ultima V: Lazarus
His seafaring days now long over, in Ultima V: Lazarus Bidney was in a constant drunken stuporous state, serving Lord Dalgrin as the muscle for his various enterprises.

The pitiful drunk told the hero that he had once been a great sailor, and had heard rumors of ship that flew, the magic carpet, so had sought out the highest mountain in Britannia figuring it must be there. Knowing little of mountains, his friends in the expedition had perished, and only he returned. After speaking with Tierra, Bidney revealed that he had used a grapple invented by David to try to scale the peak, and had given it to Lord Michael of Empath Abbey after his expedition failed. He had no idea how a flying ship might work, only magic must be involved which was a subject he knew little about. Scally the bard had tried to weave Bidney's tale into his songs, but the sailor had objected to this and broken his lute. The old drunk thought Lord Dalgrin was a great man, and a fair man, and was probably more just than Blackthorn, who he had no love for.

Bidney admitted he helped kidnap Enlor of Cove's apprentice and send the man to Waveguide for Lord Dalgrin.

The Ultima 6 Project
In The Ultima 6 Project, a tombstone in Empath Abbey reads, "Cap'n Bidney sailed the seas - 'Til he grew old 'n flabby - He gave it up to go and sup - The wine at Empath Abbey. - First a pirate, then a monk - But ever, always, roaring drunk."