Ensorcio

Ensorcio is a mage from Moonshade who'd fallen into disfavor and got exiled in the process.

Ensorcio had long watched the antics of the Mage Lord Filbercio and came to the conclusion, that he could very well do something like that as well. He was proven wrong. After using magic to to catch the favor of an adept's daughter, they outright exiled him to the mainland, something that he found especially unfair. However, having been Vasculio's apprentice obviously also had factored into this harsh sentence.

So Ensorico made his home in the Inn of the Sleeping Bull, where he later met Batlin. At first he thought that Batlin was almost a friend, but was in for quite a disappointment when Batlin stole his Serpent Jawbone, while using his henchmen brunt and Deadeye to keep Enscrcio under control.

When meeting Ensorcio in Ultima VII/2 inside the Inn of the Sleeping Bull, the Avatar needed lots of patience, since his behaviour was an annoying mixtured of arrogance and pure self-pity. However, after some patience, he proved to be a spring of information about Moonshade and its inner politics.

Ensorcio showed an especially big hatred of Filbercio, talking of how he'd dumped Rotoluncia to take Frigidazzi as his new "playmate". He gravely doubted the Mage Lord's magic powers and revealed how everyone that got in his way was thrown into the Mountains of Freedom. Ensorcio felt that the other mages were weak, one one day he would get his revenge.

He then went on to talk about Batlin and the teft of his Serpent Jawbone, describing the henchman Palos to the Avatar. He also spoke of Erstam after mentioning the Jawbone, explaining why he'd moved to the Isles of the Mad Mage, and his former muster Vasculio and his discovery of Stoneheart. Ensorcio was willing to reveal the secret of Stoneheart after a really hefty bribe, explaining how to create it and warning that it was quite addictive.

Of the people in the inn he had divided opinions. While he totally loather Flindo and by proxy his shopkeeper Bucia, he was actually fond of Devra and shed some light on the mystery of Angus' disappearance. He also knew some of the inn's past, how Silverpate the founder had tried to cheat Erstam, which had resulted in Erstam sending him to some hungy Daemons. Ensorcio mentioned that Silverpate's treasure still was missing.

The Avatar later returned to him after getting a spellbook, to buy magical spells, and also saw his dreams, in which he tortured the also dreaming Filbercio.

However, even his magical powers were nothing compared to the Wantoness Bane, who slaughtered him when invading the inn some days later.

Trivia

 * Ensorcio is the victim of Plot Cuts in Serpent Isle. Originally, Ensorcio had returned to Moonshade to collaborate with Shamino the Anarch to gain power over the city, enacting his cruel revenge.
 * It is very easy to forget him, which is bad, since he has some unique spells for sale.
 * The face of Jim Hammons (Umbrae Dragon) was used as the face of Ensorcio.