Topo

Topo is a Serpent Islander apprenticed to the Moonshadian artisan Ducio during Ultima VII Part Two

Description
As the time of the Avatar's adventures on Serpent Isle, Topo had been in Ducio's employ for a number of years. Despite being a skilled potter who performed most of the day-to-day tasks relating to his master's business, he had yet to become established as a master artisan in his own right, and he would complain bitterly about Ducio's indolence whenever he was out of the man's sight. Should the hero speak to him while his master was present, it would become clear that the young apprentice was subject to rather regular upbraidings from Ducio, who would insult, interrupt, and chastise the youth regularly. Topo, despite the pointed criticisms he would make regarding his employer in private, would prove deferential in the face of such complaint, silently awaiting the day when he would be able to establish his own shop.

When questioned about matters outside of the scope of his day to day duties, Topo could prove most informative as regarded the affairs of the Mundanes and lesser mages dwelling in Moonshade. Although he would express a general disdain for magic users in the city, he spoke highly of Andrio, a mageling at the nearby Seminarium with whom he had struck up a friendship despite their differences in social standing.

Ultimately, following the release of the Banes of Chaos, Topo would be slain in the destruction visited upon Moonshade by Shamino the Anarch, leaving Ducio, who survived the disaster, as the soul artificer within the ruined city of magic.

Goods
Prices in Ultima VII Part Two were as follows:
 * All prices are represented by: initial asking price (minimum price).

Trivia

 * The model for Topo's character portrait is Mike Fuger. In the early 90s, Fuger was a guitarist for Culture Shock, a metal band based in Austin, Texas and acknowledged in the credits as "Official Serpent Isle Band". Other members of the group included Origin writer/designer Billy Cain (bass), BZ Lewis (guitar), and Jared Thurman (drums), who also appear in the game as Ernesto, Mortegro, and Sethys, respectively.