Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, Ultima Aiera is pleased to present four images — three of which are of art prints, one of which is a photograph — of box art and the action figure of a character called Adranath which was planned to be released as promotional material for Ultima Online 2…or Ultima Nexus, as it was called during this phase of its development.
This character was the product of Todd McFarlane’s early involvement with Origin Systems, which began during the development of UO2. Ultimately, many of the concepts McFarlane came up with ended up being included in the Lord Blackthorn’s Revenge expansion to the original Ultima Online, after UO2 was canceled. Before that cancellation occurred, however, plans were hatched — and graphic assets were generated — to launch a series of action figures based on major players in the UO2 narrative.
Amusingly, as BanditLOAF from the CIC has pointed out, the figurines were actually released at some point; the game they were supposed to be from never got that far.
According to Armchair Empire:
If there’s one figure comparable to Spawn in the Ultima Online series it’s Adranath. He has that withered, dead look and a flowing cape that is featured so well with practically any Spawn figure. The one important difference is the big stick that Adranath carries.
Now, a few disclaimers.
These images are JPEG originals; no additional downloads are posted.
Also, most of the images are quite large as resolution goes, and are quite large in terms of file size as well. As such, they may take a while to load when you click on them. Once you click on them, they will appear in a lightbox formatted to fit your monitor resolution; right-clicking on the lightbox and selecting “View Image” (a feature not available in all browsers) will take you to the full-resolution image.
Finally, enjoy. Pull up the images. Pore over them. Print them and mark them up. Pick apart every little detail you can, and see what you find. This is Ultima history at its finest, and Aiera is indebted to Joe Garrity, Electronic Arts, Mythic Entertainment/BioWare Mythic, BanditLOAF and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, Todd McFarlane, and everyone who worked at Origin for it.
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