Penumbra

Penumbra is a powerful mage and seer in Moonglow.

The Avatar met her for the first time in Ultima VI. When questioned about her partner, Beyvin, she revealed his burial in the Moonglow Catacombs along with the Rune of Honesty. Despite her posture as a charlatan (being clever and subtle about requiring more and more gold), her crystal ball gave unique insight into the Avatar's imminent adventure. Her sister was Karina who travelled with the gypsy Zoltan.

Following the end of the Gargoyle war, she secured her house with a cryptic enchantment and cast herself into a deep magical stasis, predicting her future rewakening by the Avatar.

In Ultima VII, the Avatar solved the puzzle locking Penumbra's house and awoke her from her two-hundred-year slumber. However, the effects of the damaged ether overwhelmed and debilitated her, necessitating the use of four blackrock pieces as a form of protective filter. Once shielded from the ethereal waves, she revealed the existence and location of the Tetrahedron Generator at the heart of the disturbance and directed the Avatar to obtain the Ether Ring from Lord Draxinusom, citing it as a prerequisite in breaking the Generator's defense. Upon its retrieval Penumbra enchanted the ring, enabling the Avatar to exploit its power in the effort to restore the ethereal flow.

After offering her aid, she resumed her former business in Moonglow as a practicing mage.

Trivia

 * Penumbra's real-life equivalent is 'Manda Dee, artist and writer for Ultima VI, Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. More recently she has gone by the name "Talzhemir."