Cove

Description
Cove is a beautiful town nestled between the mountains at the southern shores of Lock Lake, east of Britain. Cove is dedicated to the Principle of Love and the virtue of Compassion.

Cove is a place where negative feelings only take minor space, where the sick can heal and people can enjoy life. This is also contributed to by the nearby Shrine of Compassion, which the inhabitants keep safe, and the Lover's Walk near the shrine. The town is quiet and peaceful, with little disturbing the inhabitants.

Economically, the city hasn't much to offer to the traveller. Beside the large Emerald tavern/inn, there is a magic shop and a trainer. Cove was never known as a shopping paradise, only a spiritual one.

History of the town
Founded prior to Ultima IV, Cove was hidden away in the mountains and difficult to reach. In Ultima IV and Ultima V the Temple of the Virtues stood in the town, and was the main attraction; however, a healer could always be found nearby. After that time, the mountains opened up, and Cove became accessible to everyone.

By Ultima VI, the Temple was lost, but the healers remained, and the soldiers of the war recovered from their injuries there. By Ultima VII, Cove had expanded nicely, and themed itself around the Principle of Love. Lock Lake became seriously polluted by the Britannian Mining Company, but a law was passed to make sure that Lock Lake would be cleaned up again.

The original city of Cove was destroyed during the Great Cataclysm 20 years before the events of Ultima IX, and was eventually rebuilt alongside Minoc on Dagger Isle, north of Moonglow near the Shrine of Sacrifice, although the geography of this move is is in dispute (see Trivia).

Ultima IV




Ultima V

 * Ambrose: fighter
 * Ava: temple caretaker
 * Enlor: reagent merchant
 * Leona: temple caretaker



Ultima VI

 * Ahrmaand: mayor of Cove
 * Artegal: soldier
 * Gertan: sergeant
 * Golron: soldier
 * Rudyom: mage
 * Sasha: healer
 * Unconscious Man: soldier



Ultima VII

 * De Maria: bard
 * Jaana: town healer
 * Lord Heather: mayor of Cove
 * Nastassia: shrine keeper
 * Pamela: innkeeper
 * Rayburt: trainer
 * Rudyom: mage
 * Zinaida: tavernkeeper



Ultima IV

 * The Healer Shop: healer

Things to see

 * Temple of the Virtues (now destroyed)
 * Lover's Walk
 * Shrine of Compassion

Trivia

 * Although the Ultima IX Journal claims that Cove and Minoc were moved to Dagger Isle after the Great Cataclysm, this remains in dispute, since geographically that area corresponds to what used to be the Drylands. As well, Dagger Isle has historically housed the Shrine of Honesty, while in Ultima IX, Minoc is located near the Shrine of Sacrifice.