Carlyle

Carlyle is a wise mage living in Skara Brae during Ultima IV.

Description
Carlyle is an innovator, who works on writing new forms of magic. He has strong convictions regarding the necessity of belief and emotionality over rational thought, and seemingly applied such considerations in his pursuit of the mystic arts. Should the Stranger declare their own belief in magic, Carlyle would advise them that the Magic Missile spell required one part ash in its casting.

Trivia

 * Carlyle takes his name from the philosopher and writer Thomas Carlyle, who is famous for his work On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History in which he examines the various archetypes of heroes and their relation to society. The Ultima character quotes this publication directly in the course of gameplay, stating that "One lives by believing in something." He also echoes Carlyle's contemporary, cleryman and reformer,  Charles Parkhurst, with the words, "Great discoveries are made by those whose feelings run ahead of their thinking."