Bantral

Bantral is a shipbuilder with Island Shipwrights on Jhelom in Ultima V.

Ultima V: Lazarus
In Ultima V: Lazarus, Bantral was a small sniveling old man who immediately introduced himself as the "finest shipwright in Britannia", stating that his handiwork was what put Jhelom on the discerning seafarer's map.

Ean related how Bantral had been a small sickly youth, and the robust nature of Jhelom's citizens had led the young boy to be constantly teased and harassed by the stronger children. Even Bantral's father had had disdain for his unhealthy son. At one point, Bantral had fallen in love with a young woman named Evera, but she had merely pitied him, not loved him, and left Jhelom with another warrior. This isolation and disdain had bred a hatred with Bantral, and the shipwright began a solitary existence relying upon the amassing of wealth through his shipwright business to control his being, seeing it as a way of making himself superior to the other citizens of Jhelom.

Disliked by the other citizens of Jhelom, Bantral praised Jonus' brutal and simple-minded control of Jhelom, and felt it was this control that protected the city from thieves and other villains. Bantral felt the current mayor, Fel, was a useless fool, and was glad he had been stripped of his powers, feeling that he and most of Jhelom's citizens were mindless brawlers. He further accused Nicole of The Sword and Keg of trying to rob him after one time incorrectly counting his change at her tavern.

Should the Avatar mention not wanting a vessel, Bantral will fly into a fury and refuse to speak to the hero.