Castle of Lord British

The Castle of Lord British was where Lord British formerly resided, prior to the building of Castle Britannia, which was necessary after the events of Ultima III.



The castle as seen in Ultima I was a single-story structure, and was fairly sparse compared to the castles seen in later Ages. It had storehouses for armour, weapons and food, as well as a Prison with a modest two cells. Lord British's castle in Britannia was actually unseen in Ultima II, but thanks to the temporal meddling of the sorceress Minax, it somehow existed in multiple time-zones on Earth. During these events, the castle appeared the same no matter which era it was visited in, until Minax was brought to justice by the Stranger.

The last appearance of the Castle of Lord British was in Ultima III. By this time, the castle housed a healer and Oracle. Additionally, its treasure vault was now sealed off by an energy field, and the prison had added a torture chamber -- which was thoughtfully left out when the new castle was built.

When Exodus was destroyed, the foundations of Sosaria were rocked by cataclysmic changes. Whether the old castle was destroyed by these events, or was simply remade to take advantage of the new geography has been lost to history. In the end however, the Castle of Lord British was rebuilt thereafter into the great structure known as Castle Britannia.