Virtues of Ultima

The Ultima series of games featured a Virtue system that the player was required to follow in the game as the Avatar. These virtues were based on the codes of Chivalry and the Paths of Buddhism and consisted of the following system:

Virtue	Principles	Towns associated	Mantra	Player Class	Dungeon	Color	Notes
Compassion	Pure Love	Britain, Cove	Mu	Bard	Despise	Yellow	Britain is the original town of Compassion, Cove is nearest the shrine.
Honesty	Pure Truth	Moonglow	Ahm	Mage	Deceit	Blue
Honor	Courage, Truth	Trinsic	Summ	Paladin	Shame	Purple
Humility	N/a.	(New) Magincia, Paws	Lum	Shepherd	Hythloth	Grey	Magincia was destroyed by demons for its Pride (Pride's mantra is Mul). New Magincia, built in its ruins, was founded on Humility.
Justice	Love, Truth	Yew	Beh	Druid	Wrong	Green
Self-Sacrifice	Courage, Love	Minoc	Cah	Tinker	Covetous	Orange
Spirituality	Love, Truth and Courage	Skara Brae	Om	Ranger	The Great Stygian Abyss	White
Valor	Pure Courage	Jhelom	Ra	Fighter	Destard	Red

There are three principles that form the eight virtues:

Principle	Place Associated	Item
Courage	Serpent's Hold	Bell
Love	Empath Abbey	Candle
Truth	Lycaeum	Book

These combined to form the axiom of Infinity, which is represented in Castle Britannia.

The Embodiment of the Virtues in the game is the Avatar, who the player is controlling. He (or she) is commonly seen with an Ankh which represents life and luck.

See Also: Britannia