Merrick

Merrick is a former beggar who has gained the succor of the Fellowship and resides in their homeless shelter in Paws in Ultima VII, working as a recruiter.

Description
Merrick had formerly been a companion of Komor and Fenn, who -like him- had been rendered destitute following the seven year drought. Hoping to escape his plight, Merrick eventually came to join the Fellowship, such as that he could partake of the members-only shelter - a move which his former friends derided as opportunistic and mercenary - despite his best efforts to get them to follow suit.

Although held up as a successful example of the Fellowship's transformational ideology by Feridwyn,  Merrick came across as nervous and duplicitous - frequently changing his opinions to fit with the tide of sentiment. If the Avatar informed Merrick of their legendary personage, the former street beggar would dismiss the hero as a "worm" - taking their claim to be a con such as was practiced by charlatans like Sullivan. Later, should the hero managed to resolve the row over the theft of Morfin's silver serpent venom, Merrick would apologize for his words, and would cattily remark that he ought guard his possession's while under the same roof as the thief, Garritt.