The Clerk

The Clerk can be found by at the desk of the Hotel California in New San Antonio in Ultima II.

Description
The clerk will happily welcome the Stranger to the hotel, and for a tip might raise the hero's attributes.

Trivia

 * The Clerk is essential for character advancement in Ultima II.
 * Whenever the Clerk is offered gold, there is a 75% probability that he raises any one random attribute (by 4 units per 100 Gold).
 * In the original Apple II version, the Clerk would not raise Strength, thus forcing the player into creating a character whose Strength is 29 or more since the beginning of the game. In fact, a character with Strength 28 or less is unable to survive space travel, and therefore unable to beat the game.
 * The Hotel California is based upon the 1976 rock song by the Eagles
 * With the Ultima II Upgrade Patch, the clerk always asks which stat to raise and never just pockets the money. This way it's possible to strategically build a character up.