Thrud

Thrud is the blacksmith of Windemere.

After the Avatar had been told by Elistaria in Ultima V that Thrud had something special in store, the hero went to meet the man himself.

Soon after introducing himself, Thrud boasted of how he had once murdered an entire village merely because he didn't care for the food he had been served at the inn. The Avatar then asked what the special item was, and Thrud told the hero of the Jeweled Weapons and Armour. However, the price he asked for the arms was steep - nothing less than the password of the Resistance.

Ultima V: Lazarus
In Ultima V: Lazarus, Thrud was a cruel man who served the Oppression by forging weapons within the heart of Windemere, and using his wares to kill all who opposed Blackthorn's rule. He was certain Lord British had died in the Underworld, and felt it only right for Lord Blackthorn to hold power, for he was the most powerful man in the land. Harboring no love for Elistaria, Thrud had been ordered to manufacture weapons for the sorceress so that she might distribute as seen fit, not allowed to sell any of his wares personally.

Thrud missed his days of indiscriminate slaughter which ended when he was ordered to serve at Windemere, glorying in how he had once laid waste to an entire village with his own hand. He regaled the hero with how after a long campaign at sea, he had stopped at a small town to spend the night at its only inn as he returned home. Tired of seafaring morsels, he had ordered a large meal from the inn which had given him indigestion, leaving him bedridden for 2 days in agony. Upon recovering, he decided to enact revenge upon the innkeeper, slaughtering the man and raping his daughter. When the remainder of the town had tried to arrest him, he had destroyed them in kind. Finally, after half a day his bloodlust was abated.

If the Avatar talked to Elistaria and received the Black Badge, Thrud would reward the hero with the Jeweled Weapons and Jeweled Shield, a finely worked set of sword and shield which offered the hero no physical protection.

Trivia

 * Agreeing to Thrud's proposition and betraying the Resistance comes at a hefty penalty to the Avatar's karma. Furthermore, the Jeweled Weapons and Armour are purely decorative and of no actual use in combat.
 * Declining the deal has another outcome - Thrud calls upon the keep's guards to attack!