Melino
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Melino is a Moonshadian mage dwelling on Serpent Isle. He appears in Ultima VII Part Two.
Description[edit]
Melino was an elderly adept whose specialized in archival research, with his most recent project being to procure lists of magical reagents on behalf of Torrissio.[1] Little did he know that his the life mage was cuckolding him, carrying on a tryst with his seemingly young and beautiful wife, Columna.
A haughty and supercilious man, Melino would consider it beneath him to speak to any mundane, and he would only converse with the Avatar once the hero had procured a book of spells.[2] Taking the hero for a new magician, he would speak freely regarding various affairs of the city and prove willing to teach variety of magical spells. He could additionally provide some scant information about Gwenno and Batlin's recent passage through the city,[3] and he proved eager to extol the virtues of his wife, boasting about her fame and the utility of her spell, Columna's Intuition.[4]
Eventually, Melino would perish in the days following the release of the Banes of Chaos, falling victim to the havoc wrought by the possessed Shamino as he attacked the city.
Lore[edit]
| “ | To the right of Columna sat her husband Melino. A quiet man, he said little during the dinner. I found out that his specialty is research. Mages who need help researching a spell or component ask Melino and he uses his powers to find out what he can. – from Balancing the Scales (Ultima VII Part Two)
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Goods[edit]
For Melino's prices for spells in Ultima VII Part Two, see Ultima VII Part Two Magic Shops.
Trivia[edit]
- The model for Melino's character portrait is Henri Wendel.[5]
- The Avatar will need to find a three-pronged, tan key in a chest in Columna and Melino's house and use it to gain access to the basement. There, they will be greeted by a buzz saw trap, and may thereafter find a scroll of Time Stop and a green key, which will open a chest hidden within the trees outside of the home. In order to access this chest, which contains the Comb of Beauty, the hero will need to locate a hidden door within the mages' bedroom. A more general search of the property will additionally yield a curative red potion and strange, undrinkable potion in a bronze-colored container.
- Filbercio, who also wished to bed Columna, contracted Stefano to steal a pair of her stockings from Torrissio's home, such that he could blackmail her by threatening to bring them to Melino.[6] This article was exchanged for the Avatar's blackrock serpent during a teleport storm, and the hero could show them to Melino. Doing so, however, would enrage the magician, who would take issue with his wife's infidelity being flaunted before him, and he would speak to the Avatar no more.
- Melino mistakenly says Columna's Intuition is the only spell known to be named after the magician who created it, although the game features a spell called Erstam's Surprise.[4]
- All the inhabitants of Moonshade have Italian or Italianish names. Melino is a shortened form of "Carmelino", in turn a diminutive form of "Carmelo", an actual Italian name.
References[edit]
- ↑ Melino. Paul Carr’s Ultima transcripts. Ultima VII Part Two. "research".
- ↑ Melino. Paul Carr’s Ultima transcripts. Ultima VII Part Two. "new mage".
- ↑ Melino. Paul Carr’s Ultima transcripts. Ultima VII Part Two. "young woman".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Melino. Paul Carr’s Ultima transcripts. Ultima VII Part Two. "Columna's Intuition, famous, Green Enchantress".
- ↑ Armintrout, Bill. Ultima VII, Part Two: THE SERPENT ISLE - Moonshade Townplot (MOONSHAD.DOC) (Ultima VII Part Two). September 8, 1992. Page 18.
- ↑ Torrissio. Paul Carr’s Ultima transcripts. Ultima VII Part Two. "Stefano".