Vortigyrn

Vortigyrn is a traveling bard in Cove in Ultima V: Lazarus.

This confused and despondent bard had found his way to Cove, for the supposed reason of visiting the Temple of Virtue to find inspiration for his newest compositions. He told the hero that he made his living by traveling from town to town performing, but was unwilling to perform at the present time, and he failed to remember Iolo, whom he had met at a concert several months back. Vortigyrn sought to be close to the Shrine of Compassion, and asked the hero for the Mantra of Compassion, to help work on his song.

Vortigyrn claimed to know very little about Jessica, but he did admit to knowing Ava and Leona, but only because he sometimes met the girls when he went to the Temple of Virtue to work on his compositions. Vortigyrn further claimed to not know Enlor, even though the mage mentioned they had spoken several times. The confused bard would immediately change the subject if questioned about Ivar, the traveling tinker. Ava felt that Vortigyrn was filled with a burning rage towards Blackthorn, and Leona had had visions of Vortigyrn as a being of darkness with flaming eyes. Carolyn felt the bard was despondent and moody, but Enlor remarked that the bard had an unusually canny knowledge of the magical arts.