Difference between revisions of "Lord British"
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Lord British invented the [[Virtues]]. | Lord British invented the [[Virtues]]. | ||
| − | Lord British disappeared for unknown reasons after Garriott left EA. He later returned around the time of the [[Age of Shadows]] expansion, for a plotline involving [[Minax]]. He left again in short order, in order to take a powerful [[artifact]] of some kind to the Ethereal Void to guard it from Minax. | + | Lord British disappeared for unknown reasons after Garriott left EA. He later returned around the time of the [[Age of Shadows]] expansion, for a plotline involving [[Minax]]. Garriott did not play Lord British for this return, but rather simply allowed UO to use the character on a temporary basis, to have some fictional explanation for the departed king. He left again in short order, in order to take a powerful [[artifact]] of some kind to the Ethereal Void to guard it from Minax. |
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| + | In his stead, the realm is ruled by the [[Britannian Council]], basically a Parliament of some kind, and or by the role-played [[High Council]]s that exist on various, but not all, [[shard]]s. | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott Richard Garriott] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott Richard Garriott] | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 6 January 2008
Lord British was the King of Britannia. He was played in-game by Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima Online.
The fiction was that Lord British was somehow from the real world, as was the Avatar.
Lord British invented the Virtues.
Lord British disappeared for unknown reasons after Garriott left EA. He later returned around the time of the Age of Shadows expansion, for a plotline involving Minax. Garriott did not play Lord British for this return, but rather simply allowed UO to use the character on a temporary basis, to have some fictional explanation for the departed king. He left again in short order, in order to take a powerful artifact of some kind to the Ethereal Void to guard it from Minax.
In his stead, the realm is ruled by the Britannian Council, basically a Parliament of some kind, and or by the role-played High Councils that exist on various, but not all, shards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_British
http://ultima.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_British
