Moonshade

Description
Located on the eastern island of Serpent Isle, directly south of the Mountains of Freedom lies the city of Moonshade, city of the mages and former city of Truth. The many Automatons in the city are a real sight.

Prominent places in the city are the Palace of the Magelord, where the mage called ruler, elected by the council of mages, resides. A court room is included to it. The other important building is the Seminarium, the mage school of Moonshade. But despite these fascinating sights, the traveller should avoid Moonshade. The resident mages are very racist against everyone with no magic abilities, seeing them as people second class. Also Truth is worth nothing in the city. And everyone who the mages dislike, is thrown into the Mountains of Freedom, a horrible prison.

Should someone visit the town anyway, a provisioner, a magic shop, artisans and a combined tavern/inn try to sell everything needed. The currency are Guilders.

History
Moonshade was founded by the mages of Moon, a corrupt lot that couldn't accept that Lord British chased them out of town because they denied to accept Honesty, under the nominal leadership of Erstam. The city became fast a place of apartheid, when non-magic users were seen as people second class. Erstam left the city, when the council of mages appointed the first Mage Lord.

The city slid deep into corruption and falsehood and the situation was marked by political intrigue in Ultima VII/2, when the Avatar arrived there. Unable to change anything, the Avatar left Moonshade, after being done with the tasks there. Moonshade was destroyed, when Shamino the Anarch, one of the Banes of Chaos, came to town. Abolishing every law, he watched in glee the mages mostly killing each other, while killing most of the survivors. Only few survived this massacre and Moonshade was in ruins.

Inhabitants

 * Andrio: novice
 * Bucia: shop girl
 * Columna: mage
 * Ducio: master artisan
 * Ernesto: ranger
 * Fedabiblio: mage teacher
 * Freli: novice
 * Filbercio: Magelord
 * Flindo: merchant
 * Frigidazzi: ice sorceress
 * Gustacio: senior mage
 * Hawk: sailor
 * Julia: Ranger Commander
 * Melino: mage
 * Mortegro: necromage
 * Mosh: homeless woman
 * Petra: automaton woman
 * Pothos: apothecary
 * Rocco: tavern owner
 * Rotoluncia: mage
 * Stefano: thief
 * Topo: artisan
 * Torrissio: automaton-maker, mage

Things to see

 * Palace of the Magelord
 * Seminarium

Trivia

 * Originally, Moonshade was supposed to be even bigger, with a whole second layer. However, the hard- and software limits of the time prevented this.