Shrine of Humility

Description
Located on far away from any civilization on the Isle of the Avatar, lies the Shrine of Humility, dedicated to the virtue of the same name. The shrine can only be reached by ship. Despite being hard to reach, the Isle of the Avatar is a peaceful place for the shrine, with all foes and volcanic activity long gone. The shrine itself is nestled between the mountains.

Meditating at the shrine, the traveler has to chant the mantra "LUM", to find the ways of Humility.

History
Erected before the Quest of the Avatar, the shrine was hard to reach in Ultima IV, and also was guarded by hordes of Daemons. Meditating at the shrine gave insight into Humility, and elevated the Stranger to partial Avatarhood.

By the time of Ultima V the Avatar had to prevent the lackeys of Lord Blackthorn from destroying the shrine. The shrine sent the Avatar on a quest to the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom, to understand the true meaning of Humility. Later, the shrine accepted donations for Karma.

By Ultima VI the Gargoyles had captured the shrine. The Avatar freed the shrine, who in return explained again the meaning of Humility to the Avatar, and was responsible to raise the stats of the party.

In the time of Ultima VII, nothing was going on with the shrine.

In Ultima IX, the Shrine of Humility was rather found near New Magincia instead of the Isle of the Avatar and had sunk beneath the Wave. While Katrina mentions that some things have moved around since the Avatar's last visit to Britannia, there is no real explanation as to why the Shrine was moved or reconstructed there. During the events of the game, the Shrine of Humility had also sunk beneath the sea and the Avatar brought it back, later using it to get to the gargoyle city of Ambrosia.

Trivia

 * While there is no explanation in-game for the sudden appareance of the Shrine of Humility on the isle of New Magincia in Ultima IX, this was most likely a design decision in order to have all the related elements of each region of the game close to another.