Vesper

Description
Vesper is an industrial town located on the edge of the southern Dry Lands at a oasis. The current town is actually the second Vesper, the first destroyed years ago by the growing desert.

Vesper is the only place in Britannia with equal populations of humans and Gargoyles, living on each side of the oasis, with all the racial tension that comes with it. The town relies economically heavy on mining, with the most of its inhabitants working in the Vesper Mines. This of course means, that most of them are difficult and hard people. Other than the mine, only few business are found in Vesper: two taverns/inns(one for each race), a provisioner and a magic shop.

History of the Town
The original town of Vesper was founded in the time between Ultima III and Ultima IV. During that time, the area was green and fertile. However, after Ultima IV, a heavy drought devastated the northeastern Britannia, creating the Dry Lands. Vesper was given up, and the desert swallowed the town.

Between Ultima VI and Ultima VII, the town was re-founded, to become a mining town. When the Avatar visited it in Ultima VII, the racial tensions between humans and Gargoyles were especially prominent in Vesper, with the city practically divided.

In the non-canon plot of Ultima IX, Vesper vanished, wasn't even mentioned.

Lore
''Located on the edge of the desert in northeast Britannia, Vesper is an industrial town. Here the main branch of the Britannian Mining Company is located. Vesper is one of the few places in Britannia where humans and gargoyles live together in an approximately equal number.''

- from "Fellowship", Ultima VII

Ultima VII

 * Aniskhart :tavernkeeper.
 * Auston :mayor of Vesper.
 * Auvidlem :provisioner.
 * Blorn :troublemaker.
 * Eldroth :provisioner.
 * For Lem :storyteller.
 * Iana :secretary.
 * Jongi :tavernkeeper.
 * Kador :miner.
 * Lap Lem :miner.
 * Mara :miner
 * Wis Sur :mage.
 * Zacksam :trainer.

Things to see

 * Vesper Mines

Vesper in Ascension
In Ascension, Vesper had vanished together with the Dry Lands, with no one even mention it at all.