![]() ![]() The Shadowlords eventually captured and imprisoned ruler lord of Britannia, Lord British, entrapping him deep within the dungeon Doom. Their captain, a man known as Johne was left stranded within the lands below, guilt-wracked for allowing this evil to be unleashed upon the world. Corrupted by their malevolence still present within the shattered gem, three of the stranded sailors became transformed into creatures known as the Shadowlords, imbuing them with the forces of Falsehood, Hatred and Cowardice. Centuries later, three shards of the Gem of Immortality resurfaced in the great Underworld which interconnected the dungeons of what was then Britannia, when the survivors of the wrecked Ararat discovered them. ![]() ![]() Mondain was slain shortly after the gem's destruction.Īt the time of the gem's destruction at the hands of the Stranger, the fell magic it had been imbued with did not die with it. The hero shattered the gem before it was completed, rendering the young magician mortal. In Ultima I, however, the Stranger was eventually able to travel from this dark reality through a thousand years of time, to the moment of Mondain's enchantment. ![]() Such a gem would have eventually enabled the enchanter to live forever, free to spread the fruits of his wickedness across Sosaria for ages to come. Taking the sun ruby, Mondain was able to turn its powers against itself through sorcerous means, creating the black Gem of Immortality. The fifteen-year-old boy, not wishing to wait for this inheritance, and envious of his unnamed brother's rite of succession, slew Wolfgang instead. Upon seeing the growing sadistic nature of his child, Wolfgang promised Mondain that he should have the ruby, on the condition that he completed a year of study at a local abbey. It was said that this original red stone was capable of harnessing the power of the Sosarian sun. The Gem of Immortality was once the powerful Sun Ruby Gem owned by King Wolfgang, Mondain's father. ![]()
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