Smith the Horse

Smith the Horse is, as the name says, a speaking Horse living in Iolo's stable at Yew. For a speaking horse he has a real fable for sarcasm and tries to give useful hints. However, his hints are usually useless, since they refer to a problem from the last game.

Smith first appeared in Ultima V. Appearances in Ultima VI, Ultima VII and Ultima VII/2 followed. In the last appearance, he was sleeping, and woke up, before he could give his hint in the dream world.

Trivia

 * The thing with the useless hint came up because Smith was supposed to appear in Ultima IV, but was forgotten, so they decided to make him one game out-of-synch.
 * In Ultima IX there is a lot of confusion around Smith. He is mentioned but never seen, instead we see many hanged horses. It's one of the most confusing story fragments in the game.