Zinaida

Zinaida is an attractive woman in forties, who owns and operates The Emerald in Cove during Ultima VII.

Description
Should the Avatar have approached her, Zinaida would provide the hero with a warm welcome and friendly service. Like many restaurateurs of the age, she recommended the newly concocted Silverleaf meal, insinuating that the tree root used to prepare it was rumored to serve as an aphrodisiac. She further would caution the adventurer's company not to drink the water from the nearby Lock Lake, as it had been polluted severely by the runoff from the Minoc branch of the Britannian Mining Company.

If the Avatar learned of her romance with De Maria from Lord Heather, she would go on to praise the colorful bard when asked about him, reporting there to be no better man in existence.

Trivia

 * A "Zinaida Likhitovna Umanskaya" appears on various sites as a previous member of the Society for Creative Anarchonism's kingdom of Bryn Gwlad - where Richard Garriott has been known to participate in his persona of Shamino Salle' Dacil. the person adopting this persona bears a resemblance to the portrait of Zinaida in the game, and may have been the inspiration for the character.