Mandrake Ventdemer
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| Name: | Mandrake Ventdemer |
| Source: | Ultima 6 |
| Race: | Human, Nu'Jelmish |
| Gender: | Male |
| Affiliation: | Ventdemer Family |
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Mandrake is a bard who wandered the realm in Ultima 6. You could find him in different cities, but he was always to be found in a bar. He would espouse his own virtue system which I will copy down below from the wikipedia article on Ultima Virtues:
The Virtues of Mandrake
The joyful Mandrake the bard, in Ultima VI, has his own set of three Principles, which also form eight Virtues.
| Principle |
|---|
| Wine |
| Women |
| Song |
Eight of the virtues are derived from these three principles:
| Virtue | Principle |
|---|---|
| Drunkenness | Wine |
| Sensuality | Women |
| Harmony | Song |
| Lust | Wine, Women |
| Laziness | Wine, Song |
| Dance | Women, Song |
| Indulgence | Wine, Women, Song |
| Happiness | The opposite of Sadness, which comes from the absence of Wine, Women and Song |
The relationships between the Virtues and Principles is not explained in the game, but the one presented in the table is the only logical deduction that has been made.
Presumably Happiness, just like Humility is to Pride, is the opposite of Sadness.
Somewhat related to this, in Ultima V it is explained that the mantra of eating is "yum".
