Pillar of Ozymandias

The Pillar of Ozymandias was a monument in the days of old Sosaria, located within the Lands of the Dark Unknown during Ultima I.

Description
This edifice was one of eight major sites in the realm which adventurers once quested to find, in search of power or at the behest of the numerous kings of the land. In particular, the Stranger would be sent to this location at the command of the lord of Castle of Olympus of the Lands of the Dark Unknown.

The pedestal of the pillar read "My name is Ozymandias, / king of kings, / look at my works, / Ye mighty, and despair /N othing beside remains." Those who approached this artifact would be overcome by strange magical forces, and would often leave much wiser and better capable of performing holy magics.

After the death of Mondain, and the sundering of Sosaria, this pillar, like many prominent landmarks, vanished with the passing of time. It is not known what became of it.

Lore
I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

''Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,''

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

''Nothing beside remains. Round the decay''

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away

- From Rosalind and Helen, a modern eclogue, with other poems ( Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819)

Trivia

 * Ozymandias is a transliteration into Greek of the throne-name of Ramesses II of Egypt, and was famously employed in the  poem by Shelley which is quoted on the in-game artifact.
 * In Ultima II, Ozymandias is the name of the lord of the Castle Barataria - a place which can be found on the mysterious Planet X.