Arkandor

Arkandor is not in the original Ultima V, but was an additional NPC introduced in Lazarus for the Lycaeum.

Arkandor was born in Trinsic, his father a soldier in the guard and his mother a healer. His father wished his son to follow in his footsteps and become a city guard, but Arkandor found more pleasure in books than the training ground. In defiance of his father's wishes, he stowed away on a ship to Moonglow where he found a competent teacher and began to study magic. When he had learnt all he could he began to travel in search of other means of power. He was 'taken under the wing' of a mage in the Oppression (Elistaria) who saw his talent and taught him more potent spells - mostly involving death and daemons. After serving in Blackthorn's court for a few years, something shook him to his senses and he fled to the Lycaeum, rejecting the Oppression and avowing his powers to the fight against the Shadowlords.

Quests

 * Furious at the betrayal of her former student, Elistaria can demand the head of Arkandor--which the Avatar can provide after a bit of murder.

Trivia

 * Arkandor was named for Arkandor Dragon of the Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter. This was a token of thanks by dialogue writer Shadow of Light Dragon, as Arkandor was the one who tipped her off that Lazarus was looking for writers. The NPC's description and backstory was created with input from his real world counterpart.