The Black Gate
I was teleporting around Britannia in Ultima 7 to explore places where I had never been before, and I was surprised to find out how many I had missed. But I finally stumbled upon the dungeon north of Britain - I think it is Despise but since I've never been there before I can't tell. Over there, I immediately came upon a bag containing 6 love arrows.
Obviously, I didn't want my companions to put their nose into my business and told them to leave. By some extraordinary psychic power, my companions managed to see the rain coming, even though we were still deep within the dungeon.
Having got rid of my friends, I decided to experiment with my new toy arrows. There aren't many pretty girls in Britannia, so I decided to try out Nastassia, the girl at the Shrine of Compassion. I took aim, and...
Nuts. I killed her. The love arrows didn't seem to work - probably someone got some normal arrows and called them love arrows to sell them at a higher price, after which the arrows obviously have their usual effect and kill their target. Anyway, I decided to try out Lord British, since he is immortal, to see if it had any effect on him.
I talked to Lord British to see if the love arrows had any effect.
Although I had all the guards at my back after attacking Lord British, he still responded nicely when I talked to him. Scary.
Maybe the love arrow worked.
Drat, I only hope he doesn't start blinking his eyelids.
RUN!
On the way back to Britain, I came across three guards. I tried shooting love arrows at them to see if they'd work with mortals. One of them died, and the other begged me to stop because he obviously didn't want to fall in love with me, while the third forced me to stay away at the point of his sword.
To this day, my Avatar still can't find a way to make love arrows work. The only thing he managed to do with them is make men run away at the sight of him.
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