Fawn



Fawn is a city on Serpent Isle that appears in Ultima VII Part Two.

Description
Fawn was built atop the waters of a bay on the western coast of Serpent Isle's mainland, situated to the north of the Knight's Test and the forest surrounding it. A city of sailors and fishermen, it served as its world's primary supplier of fish in its heyday, and the bulk of travel and trade between the Isle of Beyond and the rest of New Sosaria was carried out by the Fawnish fleet.

At the time of the Avatar's adventures on Serpent Isle, an aura of doom seemed to hang over Fawn and its people. In the days leading up to the Imbalance, the entirety of Fawn's fleet was destroyed by magical storms, leaving an economically unstable populace whose thoughts were heavy with grief over those lost at sea and weighed down with fear regarding the increasingly bold Goblin hoardes. As it became clear to many that the powers of the government had been usurped by Kylista, priestess of the state Cult of Beauty, and the royal adviser Voldin, unrest became rife among the city's youth, and the arrival of Fellowship missionaries from distant Britannia proved to be a catalyst that helped to shape an underground "Cause" opposing the current regime.

History
The denizens of Fawn are descendants of the people of an ancient Sosarian city of the same name, which was said to have been founded by and named for the brilliantly beautiful Lady Fawn. Along with dissidents from the twin settlements of Montor and the city of Moon, a number of the original Fawnese joined the magician Erstam in emigrating from what was then becoming the early kingdom of Britannia. They opposed Lord British's attempts to enforce his system of Eight Virtues as a state philosophy, believing that the abstract concept of Beauty should be acknowledged as a ninth virtue and revered as a guiding spiritual principal.

These settlers traversed the mystical Serpent Pillars on a ship known as the Osprey, and eventually came to land on the shores of what had once been the Lands of Danger and Despair in the days before the Stranger had shattered Mondain's gem. The Fawnese built a city here in the vicinity of what would have once been the ancient settlement of Dextron, and there they established their sacred Oracle of Beauty and made the worship of Beauty into a state religion. Under this religion, it was believed only women were capable of True Beauty, and so only women could rule. However, the women of Fawn were also coddled and discouraged from doing anything that might mar their beauty.

The Imbalance Storms however ruined the city, as the fleet was destroyed by the lightning. The last days of Fawn were eventful. The Avatar had discovered a conspiracy of high-up that held Lady Yelinda, the nominal ruler, powerless and ignorant, toppling the conspirators in the end. But the new rule was only short, when Mad Iolo came to Fawn. He killed next to all inhabitants while letting loose vermin and plague. This was the end of Fawn.

Inhabitants

 * Alyssand: weaver
 * Delin: provisioner
 * Delphynia: horticulturalist
 * Garth: Great Captain
 * Jendon: tavern keeper
 * Jorvin: captain of the guard
 * Joth: Great Captain
 * Kylista: Priestess of Beauty
 * Lady Yelinda: Ruler of Fawn
 * Olon: sailor
 * Seth: healer
 * Voldin: Great Captain
 * Zulith: Chancellor of Fawn

Temporary Inhabitants

 * Leon: Fellowship camp leader
 * Kalen: Sailor (pirate)
 * Ruggs: Fellowship sailor
 * Scots: Cartographer

Services

 * Broken Oar: tavern/inn
 * Provisioner
 * Delphynia's Apothecary

Things to see

 * Fawn Palace
 * Fellowship Camp
 * Temple of Beauty