About us

Sometimes, Britannian towns can seem awfully quiet. A few traders at the bank, a smattering of brave warriors prepairing for a hunt, people recalling in and out on the way to other adventures, but the day to day bustle is missing.

Originally created by EvilZen, and now ably run by Sally Buttons, the serfs basic role is to enrich the RP environment by making cities and towns come to life. Gathering our wares and taking them to market to sell, listening appreciatively to the stories of great warriors, getting kidnapped and generally mistreated by evildoers and generally to bustle around being the ordinary people who would make up most of the popululation of a town like Trinsic. It's a lot of fun, and can be very rewarding, both for us, and the people we come across.

I've listed a few of the things we get up to here, to give you an idea of what we're like, you could also go and look at the Serfs Tales section, and read the stories there. Alternatively, simply come to Trinsic and look for us, we'll be happy to roleplay with you and tell you stories, or listen to yours, after all, you look like you've seen some interesting things in your life ...

Serf Roles and Activities

- Publicly selling the fruits of their labours. Some of us attend markets and run stalls, others simply set up a table in the middle of town and hawk their wares to passers by. This works especially well for food-sellers.

- Getting involved in the RP of others. If someone is a priest, or a merchant, or a mighty warrior, listen to their stories, be impressed, hang on their words, or be disbelieving. Be appropriately deferential to those who act in a noble manner. Get people talking about their lives, their pasts, it's suprising what people will tell a serf, and how much fun it can be.

- Getting captured, kidnapped, robbed and mistreated without complaining OOC. There are few genuinely evil roleplayers in Ultima, in part, because nobody wants to be the victim of another. As serfs, we respond to these things In Character, by struggling and screaming, or running for help and generally acting as our characters would act in the situation.

- Generally living our lives in game. We make friends, spread gossip, fall out with people, argue in the street, fall in love, we've been described as a live soap opera, on occasion, and that about sums up what we aim for.

Above all, we have fun, and try to be fun for the people around us.