Shame

Description
Dungeon Shame. Located on the shore of Lost Lake west of Britain, it was once a gold mine which the miners had fled when monsters invaded it. Shame has since regressed to its original state as a cave system. The place is dangerous, holding the remains of countless miners and populated by headless, corpsers, and other monsters which have made it their home. Traps make scouting the dungeon very dangerous. Teleporters can confuse the careless adventurer, and the right way is not always the obvious one.

These dangers make Shame a difficult and dangerous place, which only more experienced adventurers should enter, as all others will surely perish in Shame because of the traps and monsters in it.

Ultima IV
The Anti-Honor Dungeon of Shame was first entered in Ultima IV. The Purple Stone was found in it, and the magic orb in it gave the good experience boosts and it connected to two of the Altar Rooms. It was, however, hard to reach. After the end of the Quest of the Avatar, the Great Council sealed the dungeon, to lock in the horrors in it.

For a detailed solution, see: Solution for Shame in Ultima IV

Ultima V
The mine started to decay in Ultima V, when Shame again was visited. The Avatar yelled the Word of Power "INFAMA", learned from Sindar, to open the entrance. It connected to the Underworld, where the the only place to dungeon Doom was.

For a detailed solution, see: Solution for Shame in Ultima V

Ultima VI
In Ultima VI, Old Ybarra was missing in Shame, and the Avatar found him there, to get his part of the map.

For a detailed solution, see: Solution for Shame in Ultima VI

Ultima VII


In Ultima VII, the dungeon traditionally known as Shame was instead referred to as the western edge of Despise. See Despise for detailed coverage.

Ultima IX
Dungeon Shame is full of logic puzzles and serves as proving ground for the Paladins of Trinsic. It also provides a confrontation with Blackthorn over the Chalice of Honor. The Wyrmguard Eve guarding the column is the hardest creature in Britannia to kill.

In Ultima IX, Shame and Destard have exchanged their traditional locations with one another.

Trivia

 * In early drafts of Ultima IX, Shame is situated at its traditional location in the mountains surrounding Lost Lake, with its entrance obscured by a waterfall and accessible only by ship. As well as one of the Guardian's columns, the caverns harbor a renegade band of pirates, adventurers and thieves, as well as a small subterranean village.