Finnigan

Finnigan is the mayor of Trinsic during Ultima VII.

Finnigan, originally from Britain arrived in Trinsic three years prior to the events of Ultima VII, and assumed the position of mayor shortly thereafter. At the time of the Avatar's arrival, Finnigan was approaching the scene of Inamo and  Christopher's murder. Taking the word of Iolo, a friend of his, that the Avatar was who he/she claimed to be, he charged him/her with investigating the killing, although he initially had his doubts as to his/her identity. During this time, he kept the city guard on alert, refusing to let anyone, including the Avatar, enter or leave Trinsic without a password.

Finnigan was helpful in informing the Avatar of potential leads relating to the crime, and pointed him/her in the direction of Spark], Christopher's son, and Gilberto, a guard who had been injured the night of the murder. He also was the first person to mention similarities between the crime and the murder of a Britain nobleman named Finister four years prior.

Eventually, once the Avatar had satisfactorily conducted inquiries in Trinsic, Finnigan, after testing him/her slightly on Britannian geography, informed him/her that the correct password was 'Blackbird' and thus allowed him/her to leave Trinsic to go seek out the killers elsewhere.

In more general conversations with Finnigan, he commented that he lamented the seeming decline of the virtues, Honor in particular. He mentioned that the Rune of Honor had been stolen from the city by an  Sullivan, and that he felt the empty pedestal on which the rune once stood was sadly symbolic of the times. Like many people in positions of power at the time, Finnigan regarded the Fellowship as a positive force upon society, and did not suspect their involvement in Christopher's death.

Trivia

 * Finnigan managed the copy protection, in that he will only give the password to leave Trinsic after the Avatar manages to answer the questions pertaining to the latitude or longitude of various geographical features, such as that the player would have to refer to the cloth map included with the game