Petra

Petra is an Automaton the Avatar meets in Moonshade in Ultima VII/2. But not any Automaton. She is the only automaton with a soul and with emotions. Also she is the only female Automaton ever seen in that game.

Petra worked in the Blue Boar Inn of Moonshade and was quite happy with her simple existence. However, After Shamino the Anarch killed almost everyone in Moonshade, including her mentor and friend Rocco, she was stricken with grief. Deciding that she, now that nothing else was left, should help the Avatar, she joined his group and helped him with a mindswap machine, experiencing feeling through a flesh body for the first time. After this was done, she accompanied him/her loyally through the quest.

It is not known what happened to her afterwards.

Trivia

 * Despite being an Automaton, the monks can resurrect her.
 * There is speculation that Petra's soul originated from Elissa, whom the Avatar met 400 years before SI. Some fans believed that Elissa looked very much like Petra, and in SI it is revealed that Elissa was considering to transfer her soul into an Automaton, but still had fears about the procedure. If Petra's soul indeed was Elissa, then Petra has lost her memory in the process, as she does not remember her old existence as Elissa, when meeting her.