Budo (U7)

Budo

Budo, from Ultima VII

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Ultima VII
Location:	Buccaneer's Den

This article is about a character from Ultima VII. For the Ultima VI character who is his ancestor, see Budo (U6).

Budo (also known as Budo the Fourth) is a provisioner in Buccaneer's Den in Ultima VII.

Description[edit]

Budo was a direct descendant of guildmaster Budo, with whom the Avatar had once dealt in the midst of the quest to end the Gargish conflict during Ultima VI. He had inherited the honest half of his great-grandfather's business and ran the same provisioner's shop his ancestor had, stocking the local city with basic armour, weapons and dry goods. Speaking to the Avatar, he could relate the slow decline of the Guild of Thieves upon the isle and allude to the rise of the Fellowship in their stead, admitting freely that the organization had saved him from financial ruin and that he tithed half of his earnings to it as a result.^[1]

Should the hero ask after the elusive Crown Jewel, Budo would become evasive, claiming simply that it made frequent stops on the island and that he knew little of the crew's dealings. Under the influence of the Cube Prism, however, he would reveal the vessel had been making regular sojourns to the Isle of the Avatar, giving a clue as to the true location of the Fellowship's base of operations.^[2]

Lore[edit]

“	I suppose old Budo and I are the closest things to honest merchants this town has seen in years. But an innkeeper and a provisioner lend little to clear the reputation that so many others ruin. Then again, maybe the two of us are ruining it for the rest of them! – from Key to the Black Gate (Ultima VII)