Weapon Shop

The weapon shop is the place during the beginning of Sosaria and the earlier days of the Age of Enlightenment where shoppers could buy weaponry of different kinds, from the mundane to the otherworldly. Its counterpart is the armour shop.

History
As per today, the more combat-orientated purchaser can simply buy both armour and weaponry at one of the armouries that can be found in the cities or towns of Britannia. However, it has not always been that way.

Pre-History to Akalabeth
In the far history of Sosaria also known as "Akalabeth", arms dealers did not yet exist, but there were some shops selling a very primitive and small assortment of armoury. For instance, axes,  bows and  arrows, rapier, Shields, besides  food and the mystical Amulet were its primary wares.

Age of Darkness
It wasn't until the second attack on the Realm by the wizard Mondain with his hordes of evil and foul magic, when things clearly started to change. Instead of one single primitive assortment, a more advanced establishment of different merchandise started to blossom. Now, individuals could actually buy weapons or armour in two separate shops.

Due to Mondain's alliances with starwalking monsters of unparalleled savagery, strange and alien technology were brought into the Realm. One of them, the highly advanced weapons became truly sought-after by the customers in the weapon shop.

With the defeat of the Evil One, nothing of this alien technology remained on Sosaria. However, weapons that are more sophisticated came in its place. This became the norm in the following ages of these dark times.

Minax's Earth
During the altered time line of Terran history, created by the sorceress Minax, strange devices such as  vehicles,  highly advanced armour,  highly advanced weapons started to appear throughout all four major time zones as trade goods in the towns and cities on this strangely altered world. Most of the same technology as weaponry that were brought by the Mondain's alliances with starwalking monsters existed once more. Only to disappear again, as the Stranger slew the consort and apprentice of the Evil One and therefore history righted itself.

Age of Enlightenment
After the unification of Britannia and during the Quest of the Avatar, the economy flourished even more. People still could buy their arms at these weapon shops. All these weapon shops became profitable armouries during the reign of the tyrannical Lord Blackthorn.

Notable Examples

 * The Adventure Shop: One of the first shops on Sosaria.
 * Naughty Nomaan's Weapons Unlimited: a weapon shop in the original version of Ultima I who was at that time, the only arms dealer in different towns.
 * The Weapon Shop of Lord Eldric D'Charbonneux: a weapon shop in Ultima I in Britain.

Trivia

 * Although, the merchandise may vary in each town, there was only one and the same weapon shop (Naughty Nomaan's Weapons Unlimited) in the original version of Ultima I.