The Literal ULTIMA




SIGNS of Ultima VI

These signs, gravestones, and some scrolls that can be read in Ultima VI. The books are contained in a separate list. Things in angle brackets appear in the game either in Runic (uppercase) or Gargoyle (lowercase). Like Ultima V, there are a number of references to Origin personnel. The crypts with references are found below the city of Moonglow.





The perpetual motion machine.

Left: The mystery fountain.
Right: The energy field.

A monolith.

The bones of Zog.

Dragon artifacts.

Dairy

Slaughterhouse

House for sale.

Beware the beast!

Abbey Graveyard

Please leave your weapons on the table.

The Well of Humility

This way!

The crypt of Cantrell
( Reference to tester Steve Cantrell. )

The crypt of Spector
( Reference to project director Warren Spector. )

The crypt of Malone
( Reference to tester Paul Malone. )

The crypt of Bourbonnais
( Reference to game artist Dan Bourbonnais. )

The crypt of Beyvin

The crypt of Jannati

The crypt of Romero
( Reference to tester Mike Romero. )

The crypt of Dwyer

The crypt of Gabriella

<vorteks klau, ni canportas>
Vortex Chamber - no admittance

<hiuman klau>
Human Chamber

<librum klau>
Librum Chamber

<naksatilor vidlem>
Naxatilor the seer

<prilem draksinusom>
Lord Draxinusom

<inmanilem>
Healer

<beninlem>
Goodscrafter

<kansinlem>
Foodmaker

<agracarinlem>
Weaponsmith

<atri skitas>
The Hall of Knowledge

<kahmanizende tablap>
The Sacrificial Slab

<teresta sit summle mancar lemmur kahle.>
Here lie the honored remains of those who have been sacrificed.

<kuante esta klau anpor os prilemmur>
Within this chamber rest the bones of kings.

<teresta sit lem antende nom>
Here lie those that had no names.

<AVATAR LANE>

<BELLRINGER LANE>

<SERPENTS LOOP>

<THE KINGS WAY>

<THE SPIRITUAL PATH>

Rope maker

Thread maker

<THE LONG HAUL>

<MUDFISH ROAD>

This scroll is filled with Lord British's notes on his astronomical observations.

"With love, from cousin Manrel."

If you're looking for the clue, there's something for you under a plant in Serpent's Hold.

Your next hint is under a beehive in Minoc.

You're doing well! Next you should search the harpsichord in the Blue Bottle Tavern.

Well done! Now go search the beds in the jail in Yew.

Most people would have given up by now... But since you haven't, you can find the next hint under a cauldron in New Magincia.

You're almost there! Search the stone lions in Lord British's castle.

Ho eyo he hum! You've won, you've won! Go to Iolo's @hut and ask Smith the horse to tell you the @clue!

Iolo's Place

<SEEKING A PRESENT>
<TO GIVE A DRUID>
<TRY A BOTTLE OF OUR>
<ENBALMING FLUID>
<BURMA GRAVE>

<AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I>
<AS I AM NOW YOU SOON SHALL BE>
<PREPARE FOR DEATH WHEN THIS YOU SEE>

<ON HIS WIFES BIRTHDAY>
<RALPH WAS CLEVER>
<A TOMBSTONES THE GIFT>
<THAT LASTS FOREVER>
<BURMA GRAVE>

<GOLDEN LADS AND LASSES MUST>
<LIKE CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST>

<THIS GREAT MUSICIAN>
<IS NOT JUST DOZING>
<HERE HE LIES NOW>
<DECOMPOSING>

<HERE LIES JOHNS BODY>
<WE LOST HIS HEAD>
<BUT HE DOESNT NEED IT>
<BECAUSE HES DEAD>

<HINGES RUSTY>
<ON YOUR LOVED ONES COFFIN>
<TIS NOT A BOX>
<YOULL OPEN OFTEN>
<BURMA GRAVE>

<HERE LIES A MAN TWAS KNOWN AS ED>
<SO LOUD ALIVE SO QUIET DEAD>

<HUSBAND THE FIRST>
<SIR CEDRIC BURNED WITH FIRE BOLD>
<TILL HIS LIFE WAS QUENCHED WITH A DAGGER COLD>

<HUSBAND THE SECOND>
<RODERIC PASSED WITH AN AWFUL WAIL>
<WHEN SOMEONE SERVED HIM POISONED ALE>

<HUSBAND THE THIRD>
<WALTER PASSED ON IN HIS SLEEP>
<HIS LAST THOUGHTS A SECRET>
<THAT DEATH WILL KEEP>

<HUSBAND THE FOURTH>
<ROGERS MANNER WAS FORMAL AND STIFF>
<TILL ONE DAY HE FELL OFF A CLIFF>
<BUT NOW HIS BODYS A CORDIAL HOST>
<TO WORMS AND MAGGOTS>
<FOR HES A GHOST>

<HUSBAND THE FIFTH>
<MARTIN LEFT THIS WORLD OF TOIL>
<WHEN HE FELL IN A VAT OF BOILING OIL>

<THOUGH SHE OUTLASTED HUSBANDS FIVE>
<NOW BETH TOO IS NO MORE ALIVE>
<BUT AS SHE DREW HER FINAL BREATH>
<SHE SMILED A SMILE TO SCOFF AT DEATH>
( Maybe a reference to support staff Beth Miller. )

This painting portrays a square staircase with no beginning or end. There are a number of hooded monks facing in both directions. As you look at the painting, you notice that the monks in the picture are moving, very slowly, ascending and descending the staircase endlessly.

This is a painting of a painting hanging on a wall. The painting within the painting is of a pipe, floating in midair, with smoke curling up from its bowl. The frame in the painting has a little plaque on it that says "This is not a pipe."

This painting shows a strangely familiar scene. In a small museum, several people stand regarding a painting hanging on the wall. You see only their backs. You reach up to scratch your head, and one of the figures in the painting does likewise. It's you! This painting shows whatever happens in front of it, like a mirror, but it shows you the other side of everything, as if it were hanging on the opposite wall.

This is a a very fancy portrait of you. At the bottom of the frame, a small plaque reads simply "The Avatar". The portrait is signed "Woodroffe" in the lower right hand corner.

This is a painting by the famous Captain Fox.

This painting is by the renowned artist Helen Garriott.
( Helen Garriott is Richard's mother, who is a decent artist in her own right, and did much of the original artwork for Ultima III. )

This painting bears the signature of the well known artist Musgrave.

This is a painting by the respected artist Elmore.

This painting shows a satyr playing panpipes for the creatures of the forest. It bears the signature of the highly talented Monica Knighton.

This is a painting of a tiger and a dragon, poised to do battle, painted by the incomparable Elissa Martin.
( Wife of Ultima IX project director Brian Martin. )

<kodeks ultim uis>
The Codex of Ultimate Wisdom

<kodeks balsil>
The Book of Prophecies

<kodeks kir>
The Book of Circles

<HERE LIES CAPTAIN HAWKINS>
<HE DIED A HARD DEATH AND HE DESERVED IT>

This way

Drop to your death!

That way

The Maze of Death!

Off limits

The bearer of this letter is granted permission to visit the solitary confinement cells in the Yew city jail. This permission is given by my hand this day. -- Lenora

Kafiristan Pass

<vorteks lorrel>
The Vortex Lens

<vorteks kuad>
The Vortex Cube

<ara pritas>
The Altar of Singularity




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