Wayfarer's Inn

The Wayfarer's Inn is one of Britannia's oldest places of lodging, having been present in Britain since the time of Ultima V until its eventual disappearance following Ultima VII.

Age of Enlightenment
The first hostel to bear the name "Wayfarer's Inn" was found in the city of Minoc in Ultima IV, where it was owned and operated by a man known as Estro. The foremost building in the still nascent City of Sacrifice, this Wayfarer's Inn housed such travelers as Azure, the rune-carver; and Mike Ward, a Skara Braen wanderer in search of the lost  rune of Spirituality. During this time of emergent virtue, a young boy, Alex also strayed about the inn's hallways, giving flowers to those who stayed within.

In later years the inn seemingly relocated to Britain, where it eventually came to belong to a woman named Donya during the era of Blackthorn's regime in Ultima V. In this oppressive time, the Wayfarer nevertheless appeared to flourish, offering both food and rest to the road-weary. Dominating the northern part of the City of Compassion, the inn had expanded to include a bar and restaurant and as such housed an extensive number of workers, including a bartender, a  chef, a  busboy and a  maid. Attracting such men as the bard, Greyson, the enlarged establishment proved the center of much of city life - and as those within apparently sympathetic to the efforts of the Resistance, the inn also sheltered a secret guest within its walls - Annon, the former British representative of the Great Council.

Years later, by the time of the gargish conflicts that marked the late Age of Enlightenment, the Wayfarer had passed to the even-tempered Peyton, and stood within the rapidly expanding city as an historic site, </ref albeit not as prominent a one as it had been during the dark days of the Oppression. With those seeking drink, food and entertainment increasingly turning to the Blue Boar for its services, the inn had reduced its scope of operations significantly, now serving as a bed and breakfast instead of a full tavern.

Age of Armageddon
Over the next two centuries, the Wayfarer's Inn of the past came to have its niche fully filled by the Blue Boar, and the well-known inn reverted to offering naught but lodging. By the days of Ultima VII it had passed hands to the curmudgeonly James, who did little to keep his discontentment with his inheritance a secret. In the years that followed, the Wayfarer, like much of the old city of Britain, vanished from the area - likely having succumb to either the Imbalance or the Great Cataclysm by the time of Ultima IX, if not having fallen victim to James' despondency in years prior.

Inn Register
In Ultima VII, looking at the register at the Wayfarer's Inn yielded the following names of previous travelers:
 * John-Paul of Serpent's Hold
 * Horffe of Serpent's Hold
 * Featherbank of Moonglow
 * Tarvis of Buccaneer's Den
 * Lord Shamino

Ultima IV
In Ultima IV, three rooms are available - one with a single bed for thirty gold coins; one with two beds for sixty coins; and one with three beds for ninety.

Ultima V
In Ultima V, three rooms are available, costing two gold apiece for each evening.

Ultima VI
In Ultima VI, rooms are available for eight gold a head.

Ultima VII
In Ultima VII, rooms are available for ten gold a head.

Ultima V
In Ultima V, prices were:

Ultima V: Lazarus
In Ultima V: Lazarus, the inn was simply called "Wayfarer Inn," without the possessive. If asked, Donya would explain that her great-grandmother had the inn moved stone to stone from Minoc into Britain.