Great Pentagram

The Great Pentagram

The Great Pentagram rests in the middle of Daemon's Crag in Ultima VIII: Pagan.

Description

The petagram acts as the prison of Pyros, and whenever he is called, he will appear at this place, since it was here where he was first bound to the Tongue of Flames. However, should said artifact touch the middle of the Pentagram, Pyros will be freed, to destroy the world in his anger over his imprisonment. The Avatar was a participant in one of these ceremonies, during which Malchir called Pyros to ask him about the sun. Later however, the hero returned and put the Tongue of Flames into the center, effectively freeing Pyros to run rampant.

Lore

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Finally, the five were ready to begin. They drew a pentagram upon the floor in Pyros' Temple, setting the Blackrock in the center where the Lord of Flame was likely to appear. Four of the Theurgists took a point of the pentagram and knelt in readiness, while the fifth stood at the final point and began the traditional Ritual of Summoning. As expected, Pyros appeared in a searing blaze of fire. Immediately feeling the effects of the Blackrock with which he was in contact, he pointed towards a Theurgist and instantly enveloped him in fire. Before the dying Theurgist's tortured scream could fade, the remaining four made up for the loss and quickly commenced the binding process' chants. Flames licked about the Theurgists as they intoned the various words of power until finally it was over. Pyros was bound in the larger fragment. – from The Chronicle of Pagan (Ultima VIII)

Trivia

• One can either walk onto it, or throw the Tongue of Flames into the middle to free Pyros.
• In the original plot of Ultima IX, the Guardian sent Lord British fake dreams of the Avatar doing evil in order to cause mistrust. One of these dreams involved the Avatar standing in front of the Great Pentagram and freeing Pyros, which destroys Pagan. The pentagram in the dream was somewhat smaller than the one in Ultima VIII. In the final plot, the nightmares were removed, and it was just a pentagram on the Isle of the Avatar.

Gallery

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  Pyros is summoned through the pentagram

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  Pyros is freed

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  The pentagram in Ultima IX