Armoury

Armouries are shops that sell both, weapons and armour, to the adventurer.

Description
Britannia's armouries are a key factor in the security and prosperity of the land. Providing both armaments and armour for the valiant and employment for armourers and blacksmiths, these shops offer high quality armour and weaponry of many types - although most often not missile weapons, which Fletchers and Bowyers offer. Most armouries will consider buying used equipment, as they recognize the likelihood that one will then need new. The prices they will pay vary, but expect not nearly full value, as they must make a profit on resale.

The types of goods sold also vary among armouries; shoppers may have to visit many of them to find the wares they seek. Almost every city has an armoury.

Age of Enlightenment
During the earliest Age of Enlightenment in  Ultima IV, armouries didn't yet exist as weapons and armour each were sold in separate shops, the Weapon Shop and Armour Shop. Only during the dictatorship at the time of Ultima V were both merged into one single business, offering weapons and armour from one source. This situation essentially stayed the same in  Ultima VI as well.

Age of Armageddon
By the Age of Armageddon in  Ultima VII, some provisioners had also taken to sell some armour and weapons - although of course their catalogue was very small compared to what the real armouries had to offer, which despite the long peacetime had flourished. However, during that time, the armouries were not buying used weapons and armour - possibly due to the market being saturated. Even the Great Cataclysm did not manage to harm this business and armouries were still found in Britannia even in  Ultima IX, with the blacksmiths still offering a mix of weapons and armour for sale.

Other Worlds
On the Serpent Isle, the only armoury was located in the city of Monitor, where the warrior arts were taught, run by Standarr, while Pothos in Moonshade sold some magic weapons and armour parts. On Pagan, the only armoury was run by the blacksmith Korick.