Serpent Jawbone

A Serpent Jawbone is a very useful item on the Serpent Isle, anabling teleportation. It appears in Ultima VII Part Two.

Description
One of these jawbones enables the Avatar to use the Serpent Gates, which lead to the Dark Path in the Void. From there, any other Serpent Gate can be reached, allowing the party to move about the map quickly. It is also the only way to travel to certain locations (like Monk Isle or the Shrine of Balance).

The Avatar acquired a Jawbone from Erstam the mage. Erstam, after admitting to possessing it, wanted the Avatar to retrieve a Phoenix egg, so that he could begin his experiments to create life. Having acquired the egg, and having helped Erstam to create Boydon, a Frankenstein-like creature, Erstam gave the Avatar the key to a shed where a Jawbone was found. Two Serpent Jawbones exist in Serpent Isle. Erstam gave the second Jawbone to his apprentice Vasculio, who in turn passed it on to his own apprentice Ensorcio. This Jawbone was stolen by Batlin and later found on Batlin's corpse, allowing the hero to gain the teeth Batlin had stolen.

Serpent Teeth
A Jawbone alone is useless without the Serpent Teeth. Each tooth corresponds to a gate, and each gate is unlocked when a tooth is added to the Jawbone. Erstam once had a full set of teeth, but most of them were stolen by the mages of Moonshade, who thought of it as a test of cunning against the old mage. Erstam gave the Avatar the teeth he still had, leaving the hero to find the remainder.

Lore


Trivia

 * The availability of the Serpent Jawbone and the teeth are engineered to control to where the party can travel as the plot progresses.
 * For the location of all the Serpent Teeth and a map of the Dark Path, look to the Dark Path Help.
 * There are duplicates of a number of Serpent Teeth, leading credence to a theory that there was once two full sets (one for each Jawbone).