Pillar of Ozymandias
Pillar of Ozymandias | |
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Located in: | Lands of the Feudal Lords |
Type: | sign post |
![]() The Pillar of Ozymandias |
The Pillar of Ozymandias is a monument in the days of old Sosaria, located within the Lands of the Feudal Lords during Ultima I.
Description[edit]
This pillar was one of eight major sites of the Sosaria that adventurers once quested after in search of power or at the behest of the numerous kings of the land. In particular, the Stranger would be sent to this location at the command of the lord of the Castle of Olympus of the Lands of the Dark Unknown.
The pedestal of the pillar read "My name is Ozymandias, / king of kings, / look at my works, / Ye mighty, and despair / Nothing beside remains." Those who approached this artifact would be overcome by strange magical forces and would often leave much wiser and better capable of performing holy magics.[1]
After the death of Mondain and the sundering of Sosaria, this pillar, like many prominent landmarks, vanished with the passing of time. It is not known what became of it.
Lore[edit]
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
- From Rosalind and Helen, a modern eclogue, with other poems (Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819)
Trivia[edit]
- Ozymandias is a transliteration into Greek of the throne-name of Ramesses II of Egypt, and was famously employed in the poem by Shelley that is quoted on the in-game artifact.
- In Ultima II, King Ozymandias is the lord of the Castle Barataria: a place which can be found on the mysterious Planet X.
References[edit]
Sosaria |
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ExpandLands of Lord British (or "Sosaria" in Ultima III) |
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ExpandLands of Danger and Despair |
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CollapseLands of the Feudal Lords | |
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Cities | Arnold ☥ Gerry ☥ Helen ☥ John ☥ Linda ☥ Owen ☥ The Snake ☥ Wolf |
Castles | Castle Rondorin ☥ Castle Barataria |
Landmarks | The Pillars of the Argonauts ☥ The Pillar of Ozymandias |
Dungeons | Advari's Hole ☥ The Dead Warrior's Fight ☥ The Gorgon's Hole ☥ The Horror of the Harpies The Horror of the Harpies II ☥ The Labyrinth ☥ The Savage Place ☥ Scorpion Hole ☥ Where Hercules Died |
ExpandLands of the Dark Unknown |
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