Vardion

Vardion is a Sorcerer living in Daemon's Crag on Pagan. He is the First Acolyte.

When he was still a child, Vardion often listened to stories of his grandmother Mordra, who told him about the lands of Britannia. He was so fascinated with them, he would years later tell them Bentic for the Chronicle of Pagan. But then he lost contact to her as she had died in the big fire of Skara Brae. The Avatar met Vardion in Ultima VIII after speaking with Bane, being tasked with finding out his true-name. At first Vardion was like a jerk, being very rude. Only after the Avatar proved to also have spine, he did become more open and took interest in him/her, once the name of the world Britannia fell. Finally Vardion revealed that he feared Bane could plan something against the master Sorcerer Malchir and told the Avatar to find out her true-name. In return, he would sponsor him/her on the way to become a Sorcerer and revealed his true-name.

Now there are two ways how things continue:

Variant A

The Avatar told Vardion Bane's true-name, believing him. As it turned out, he only wanted to kill her. After the summoning a Daemon who killed her, Malchir scolded him for doing something so foolish. However, there was no time to lose. So he made Vardion responsible for the Avatar's training.

He gave the Avatar lots of information about the magic of Sorcery and oversaw the first tests of spell creation, before sending him/her to the Obsidian Fortress. He later assisted in the summoning of Pyros. After the Avatar got the Tongue of Flames by killing Malchir in a duel, he bowed to the Avatar, recognising his/her power.

Variant B

The Avatar trusted Bane's claims that in fact Vardion was the one cooking up a plot. He/she gave Bane Vardion's true-name. Bane used this information to summon a Daemon who ripped Vardion to pieces after being tasked with his assassination.

Trivia

 * Screwing up two things in the summoning of Pyros results in Vardion's death.