Perrin
| Perrin | |||||
 Perrin, from Ultima VII | |||||
| Species: | human | ||||
| Profession: | trainer | ||||
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Perrin is a scholar, author and trainer living in the vicinity of Empath Abbey during Ultima VII.
Description[edit]
A seeming polymath of the age, Perrin had already authored several books on the topics of botany,[1] literature,[2] meteorology,[3][4] and zoology,[5] by the time of the Avatar's adventures in the realm, and had even penned a lengthy allegorical history (The Hundred and Eleven Year, Three-Month, Seven-Day War) illustrating the stability afforded Britannia by its singular and undying ruler.[6]
At the time of the hero's questing regarding the Black Gate, Perrin was engaged in an ongoing observation of the effects which continuous contact with the dead had had on the local undertaker, Tiery, and had cataloged his subject's bizarre necromania in his incomplete work, How Death Affects Those Who Work Around it With Regularity.[7][8]
Should the Avatar speak with Perrin about Empath Abbey as a community, the scholar would offer his opinions on various things topical of the area, although he appeared to have scant knowledge of his neighbors outside of of his current case subject.[9]
Lore[edit]
| “ | A few others, such as Perrin and the hunter, Penni, moved here simply because they love nature.
... “Intelligence measures how well an individual learns and assimilates new information. It is the basis upon which both man and animal may reach self-awareness,” Perrin, a scholar in Yew, states while strolling through the forest. – from Key to the Black Gate (Ultima VII)
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Services[edit]
Perrin offered the following training services:[10]
| Points | Benefit | Cost (gp) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | +2 INT +1 Magic | 45 |
Trivia[edit]
- The complete available corpus of Perrin's work includes The Dragon Compendium, Hither Comes the Rain, How Death Affects Those Who Work Around it With Regularity, The Hundred and Eleven Year, Three-Month, Seven-Day War, The Intrinsic Complexities of Investigating a New Species of Flora in the Land of Britannia, White Rain and The Write Stuff.
- Perrin is cited by Anton as having helped to compile the geographical map of Britannia for the Key to the Black Gate. He also provided brief commentary on the importance of scholarly and intellectual training.[11]
- In the Keyring Mod for Ultima VII, Laurianna could be found in Empath Abbey taking lessons from Perrin after the death of her stepfather, Zauriel.
References[edit]
- ↑ Perrin. The Intrinsic Complexities of Investigating a New Species of Flora in the Land of Britannia (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. The Write Stuff (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. Hither Comes the Rain (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. White Rain (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. The Dragon Compendium (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. The Hundred and Eleven Year, Three-Month, Seven-Day War (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. The Notable Ultima Transcript. Ultima VII. "Tiery".
- ↑ Perrin. How Death Affects Those Who Work Around it With Regularity (Ultima VII – in-game).
- ↑ Perrin. The Notable Ultima Transcript. Ultima VII. "Brotherhood, healer, high court".}
- ↑ Morris, Andrew P. Ultima VII Clue Book (Ultima VII). Origin Systems, Inc.: 1992. Page 51.
- ↑ Morris, Andrew P.. Key to the Black Gate (Ultima VII). Origin Systems, Inc.: 1992. Pages 5, 50.