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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Day 9: A villain. The series has many to pick from, but I'll go with the Shadowlords from Ultima V. Mysterious and creepy, they spooked me as a kid playing the game for the first time.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I feel like I wasn't able to do enough when it really mattered but hopefully the little bit I could do made a little bit of difference. 💓

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Day 8: A father. Presumably the dad of Brother Antos and Sister Antos, Father Antos is an important if minor recurring character. Here he is in Ultima IV.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Day 7, a witch. There aren't really "witches" in the traditional sense in Ultima, but Rotoluncia from Serpent Isle is nicknamed "The Red Witch" and fits the bill.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Thank you so so much! It really means a lot. 💞

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Highbury Hazard @highbury.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Thanks again to everybody who gave to @cran.bsky.social 's Gofundme! After a long lull, I'm happy to say that we are LESS THAN $100 AWAY from hitting 100% of our goal!! If anybody has even a dollar or two to spare, we can nickel and dime our way to the goal easily! www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Day 6 (I knew I wouldn't make it every day...) a pirate. While it was never explicitly stated that she had taken to piracy, Leodon and her mate Leonna could be found in Buccaneer's Den. I always had an affinity for these two. Now I know why. Thanks a lot, @doctor-cat.bsky.social !

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Day 5 - a doctor? Well who else but the inimitable Dr. Cat! @doctor-cat.bsky.social

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Aw man, if I weren't honestly to the point of begging myself, I would in a heartbeat.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Day 4: A ghost. There are many choices in the Ultimaverse, but I'll go with the unsolved mystery Quenton.

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Graham White @hamwhite.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Time Bandits' map of all the holes in the universe. (pity Bluesky limits the pics to 1000x1000 pixels.. this image is actually just under 9k pixels wide)

A completely sensical representation of a completely non-sensical concept: that the universe is full of holes that move around at different times, and can transport you to other holes in history.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I'm challenging myself to think of an Ultima character that fits each category without looking it up beforehand. A trivia thing for me! 😄

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Day(-ish) 3: A fighter. This one's a no-brainer, Geoffrey.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Day 2: A queen. She's not talked about often, but here's Queen Susan on Planet X from Ultima II.

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Highbury Hazard @highbury.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

To all friends of @cran.bsky.social (Gallara Dragon) please consider donating to help her and her spouse, or sharing to others who might be able to help. They are in dire financial crisis at the moment and every little bit helps! Thank you so much! gofund.me/66e4f028

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Donate to Urgent Aid for Cran, Fiona, and Amber, organized by Highbury Hazard

CALLING ALL FRIENDS of Cran and Fiona! ***This crowdfunding campaign is bein… Highbury Hazard needs your support for Urgent Aid for Cran, Fiona, and Amber

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Valid! I have a feeling #30 will be pretty easy... or an extra challenge since I have 16,323 choices to pick from 😂

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Can't promise I'll make it here every day either, but I'll start with a robot: Stoker from Martian Dreams.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This looks like fun! I'm gonna see if I can't make it all Ultima-related. Not going to look anything up before I decide what to put if I can help it.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

My uncle probably could. He does all kinds of woodworking and wood installations, anywhere from toys to paneling in hotels, including furniture.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Found out tonight (thanks to @paradiseregaind.bsky.social!) that Origin Systems put out a screensaver pack in 1993 for Windows 3.0/3.1. As a Wing Commander fan since the first game, I definitely wanted to check out the WC commander stuff that comes with it, and yeah, pretty nifty.

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Leonard Euler d'Moogle 🍁🍡🏒 @leonardeuler.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Ultima IV. Originally for the Apple ][+ but ported everywhere in it's day. There's even a version on the NES.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Oooooh! That is awesome, thank you!!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Oh yeah, I remember seeing his name in the credits. Sad news. :(

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Aerlumron @aerlumron.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Many thanks for the include! I am flattered & honored to be on this list. I am a big Ultima fan & it has inspired me to develop my own games And thanks Lord British!!! The Gary Gygax of Video Games!!! On BlueSky I mostly talk politics so please don't be confused, thanks!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Similarly, that's what the Ultima Nitpick site was for. Some took it as Everything Wrong with Ultima (as a certain well-known youtuber got a lot of his material from the site) but for those of us who contributed, it was out of love. You can both enjoy a property and have fun finding its flaws.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Oh that looks so cool! I got my wife something similar for Christmas (the original, smaller one.) I'm interested to hear how it sounds!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It didn’t occur to me until recent years that while U2 and 3 have runic on the maps, there is no key until Ultima 4! HOWEVER… if you did get 2 first, and guess that the continent names match Earth’s (they do, of course) you can translate almost everything on U3’s map and infer the rest.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I played so much Red Alert back in the day. I still quote Tanya sometimes.

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Dante @dantendigitalis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Is there even a higher honour than this? #BananasSaysNUR, thinks not.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

It's possible they used characters, personalities, and setting from an established work, so that's probably what they're getting at, but yeah, it's not clear. I feel like this method is a variation of the rubber duck process.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Huh. Another Dragon I know. Not sure why that happened!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Fantastic! Put one of those GPS trackers on it, or a way to unlock the wheels with your biosignature… retinal scanner tuned to your pattern otherwise a giant boxing glove emerges from the seat, punching the rider off… some manner of security 😄

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Not my home, but I know my way around.

A map of Dinotopia, as printed in the James Gurney book Journey to Chandara.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I was spoiled by playing 5 first, and memorized the runes over a weekend in 1989. It pleased me greatly when I read The Hobbit later that year and could already read the runic!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I’d almost want to play it to see what could possibly be so bad about it.

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I still believe that the Royal Splutting Sir Splut Dragon went through was the most distinguished ceremony, and a far higher honor!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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Neko @neko.stream · 03/03/2025

I have no brain yet I must stream. Nearly stream'o'clock (7pm Australia/Sydney), we're trying to find a way into Destard so we can slay a dragon. See you soon! watch.neko.stream (08:00 UTC, 09:00 CET, 03:00 EST, 00:00 PST)

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Fair enough! I was at the grocery store today and they in fact were selling portions of baklava for $7.99... each maybe only a little larger than one of these diamonds. I could sell mine and make a mint!

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Gallara Dragon @cran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thank you! It's so tasty, if I say so myself.

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Dante @dantendigitalis.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

@cran.bsky.social Happy CranNURversary, let's hope we have 30 years more!

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Dante @dantendigitalis.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So, naturally, when these were requested - I had to oblige. Cran is an absolute gem of a person.

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