Paws

Description
Paws is a small coastal village south of Britain and west of the Fens of the Dead.

There is nothing out of the ordinary in the town. Paws is a farming town, always was. However, its best days are obviously now long past. The town now is very poor, with the seven-year drought having ruined most of the farmers. The Homeless Shelter is a bitter reminder of this. The only other thing that stands out is the Flour Mill at the river that runs through the town.

Not much is found economically in the town. Farmers that sell various products, a slaughterhouse, a mill and the tavern. Every other busniss had broken down when Paws went down.

History of the town
Paws is old, already in the time of Ultima I it existed in the Lands of Lord British. It survived the cataclyst that formed Britannia, and became a farming center in Ultima IV. After that time, a wall was errected around the town. Paws was still a farming center in Ultima V.

After that time, the walls were razed, and the town expanded a bit. Beside farming, Paws was now also famous for their weavers, their fame great at the time of Ultima VI. However, all things come to an end someday. Roughly 180 years later, the horribly seven-year drought ruined most of the farmers of Paws, poverty spread in the town, leaving it as a broken shell.

The poverty was still present in Ultima VII, with Paws only slowly recovering, while fearing to be swallowed by Britian.

Paws was mostly destroyed in Ultima IX-seen as un-canon.

Ultima V
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Ultima VI
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Ultima VII
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Things to see

 * Flour Mill
 * Homeless Shelter

Paws in Ascension
In Ascension, the swamp had flooded the town, making it a malaria-plagued, foul hole. The poor and sick of Britain were deported to it, to ensure the city's wealth.