Guard (NPC)

Guards only seldomly bring about notable personalities. Most of them look the same and also act the way. However, there are noticable differences between the ages, which are looked at here, together with all the guards, that are more noticable.

In the Age of Darkness
The guards in the Age of Darkness were not known for their brains. They avoided any conversation and were fanatical in their job. Trained to be ultra-strong, even the strongest hero could be slain by them, and they only waited for the slightest trangession to dish out punishment to the guilty party. IN Ultima II, guards were the only source of lockpicks, and therefore at one time had to be attacked.

Of note are the guards of Ultima III. These brutal strongmen were very corrupt, and it was possible to bribe them with a big enough sum to leave their post and allow the adventurer to do whatever crime or misdemanor was planned. 

Ultima IV
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Ultima V
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Ultima VI
The guards of Ultima VI were, after the last time, quite polite to the Avatar. Their armament is still the same as in the last game, and they actually have managed to get a STR stat of 31, a feat that the Avatar can't manage to pull off (apart from cheating).

Because of the war times, the guards were told to not tell anyone their name, as they politely told the Avatar. They said that their job of keeping order in Britannia by patrolling the cities, was made very difficult by the fact that thanks to the war, many of them had been drafted into the army, thus thinning their ranks significantly. They feard that they might lose the war, noting a certain resemblance of the Gargoyles to Daemons.

Notable Guards:


 * None to speak of. All the guards are the same.



Ultima VII
The guards of Ultima VII were rather rude and didn't recognise the Avatar. Unlike their earlier incarnations, these guards were easily beatable and their equipment was mediocre, most armed with either a Two-Handed Sword or a crossbow.

The guards of Trinsic were the politest guards the Avatar found during these times. They said that their name was not of consequence and were proud of their job of keeping criminals out of the city. They were also responsible to the city gates and should the Avatar not know the password, recommended to ask the mayor for the password in order to leave the city.

Compared to that, all the other guards in Britannia were very rude. They felt that ther job was enough despription and called the Avatar an idiot when asking about it, saying that the hero should leave them alone.

Notable Guards: 
 * Gilberto, who was knocked out at the Trinsic east gate by the murderers of Christopher.
 * Johnson, the day guard of the east gate, found the unconscious Gilberto.
 * The guard guarding Weston, who shows many arrogant viewpoints.

Ultima Underworld II
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Ultima VII Part Two
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Ultima VIII
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Ultima IX
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