Magic Shop

During the earliest Age of Darkness, the magic shop tended to the needs of the magically enabled adventurer.

Description
As magic had only been rediscovered in Sosaria shortly before the time of Ultima I, the magical community was still in its infancy and the magically skilled adventurer could not learn magic from experienced mages - as these didn't exist yet - nor was a purchase from specialised shops such as an apothecary possible, as these didn't yet exist, either. In order to fill this gap, these crude magic shops were established to sell magic scrolls that at least allowed tapping into the vast powers of magic, but offered little other services.

Age of Darkness
At the erliest Age of Darkness in Ultima I, two different chains of these shops existed in Sosaria, with each chain having a different collection of spells available for purchase. In no town were both shops available. Such shops also existed in Ultima II during the disturbances in the timeline of Earth, by then having separated their scrolls into wizard and clerical spells and selling them in bunches of five.

By the time of Exodus, magic had become a part of Sosaria again and these crude shops vanished consequently.