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In <3bjekl$7...@news.duke.edu> j...@acpub.duke.edu (Jeffrey John 
Naumowitz) writes: 

>
>
>The Hermit (s010...@cc.ysu.edu) wrote:
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>: 	It seems to me that there is one question posed by U8 that 
really
>: _must_ be answered in U9.  In the intro, we see the Guardian holding 
the 
>: Avatar in the palm of his hand.  Why doesn't he just crush the Avatar 
right
>: there?  Or, alternatively, drop him onto a planet with no atmosphere?
>: Obviously, the designers didn't want the Avatar to die; the sales of 
U8 would
>: have been truly pathetic.  But I feel that they, if this will be the 
>: Guardian's final appearance, must settle this once and for all.
>: 	
>: 	To understand this, we must also find out who the Guardian 
>: really is.  While he seems bent on conquering worlds, why is he doing 
it?
>: I read an interview with Richard Garriot in Ultima: The Avatar 
Adventures 
>: suggesting that the Guardian was some member of a race of superbeings 
from 
>: another dimension.  As a story element, not only is this out of tune 
with 
>: the series, but it isn't even very good, IMHO.
>
>: 	Also, I have heard that U9 or U10 will be the last of the 
series.
>: If this is true, it would seem fitting to return to the series' 
origin.
>: Why not make the Guardian the reincarnated form of Mondain?  Gives 
the 
>: character a fitting history, suppplies his motives, and could 
possibly
>: explain (drawing from U6) his reluctance to kill the Avatar.  As has 
been
>: pointed out before, fallout from U1 has permeated the entire series. 
 I think
>: that this could make for a better conclusion than "go out and kill 
the big
>: evil superbeing".  It would be interesting if you could achieve the 
final
>: victory in a way befitting the Avatar.   
>
>Nah, I don't like it.  It doesn't seem right to make him Mondain.  This 
>is not a soap opera.
>

I don't think the Ultima series should be made into a soap-opera either. 
 As for the origins of Guardian, try something more around these lines: 
the Avatar CREATED Guardian in one of the earlier ultima's (making you 
"daddy").  My memory is not so good, and I missed playing ultima 5-7, so 
I'm not sure if this would be a feasible plot or not.  It WOULD help to 
explain why Guardian would not outrightly kill the Avatar: he wants the 
avatar to see how powerful he has become, before destroying him (he 
wants to impress "daddy.").  That would make Guardian a child: reckless 
and single-minded, and unaware of the consequences of his/her actions.

What do you guys think?