Mantras and Words of Power

Mantras and Words of Power

Words of Power were syllables of an ancient language, which bind and release etheric energy. Outside of the timeline of Ultima Online, additional words of power were added in Ultima V, each of which represent one of the original dungeons, and which were used to seal or unseal those dungeons. It is perhaps worth noting that Gargish is very close to the same language as that ancient language of Britannia.

A mantra is a word meant for meditation at a shrine, though those mantras have occasionally also found their way into spells. Mantras have their origins in an ancient language of Britannia, as well as from Gargish. (Note that the mantra 'bal' for the Chaos shrine did not exist in the single-player Ultima games, and was added to the list of mantras with Ultima Online.) Stygian Abyss added 3 new mantras, for Truth, Love, and Courage.

See this page for a list of spells using words of power and mantras which have been found in game.

Words of Power

Word	Meaning
an	Dispel or Negate
bet	Small
corp	Death
des	Down or Lower
ex	Freedom
flam	Flame
grav	Energy or Field
hur	Wind
in	Cause or Create or Make
jux	Danger or Harm or Trap
kal	Invoke or Summon
lor	Light
mani	Healing or Life
nox	Poison
ort	Magic
por	Move or Movement
quas	Illusion
rel	Change
sanct	Protect or Protection
tym	Time
uus	Raise or Up
vas	Great
wis	Know or Knowledge
xen	Creature
ylem	Matter
zu	Sleep

Ultima V Words of Power

Note that Draconi officially stated that, for the world of Ultima Online, 'veramocor' is the mantra for 'Infinity'.

Word	Meaning
avidus	Sacrifice
fallax	Honesty
ignavus	Spirituality
infama	Honor
inopia	Valor
malum	Justice
veramocor	Doom
vilis	Compassion

Semi-Unofficial Words of Power

As mentioned above, Gargish is very similar to the ancient language of Britannia from which the words of power originated. This section documents words of power which haven't been officially defined within Ultima Online, but which have been used in game and which do exist in the Gargish language.

Word	Meaning
aglo	armor
ben	well
char	part
de	Belong
ew	and
gres	out
in-ten	maintain
init	begin
mur	number or multiple or group or many
nes	Require or Must or Has to
re	to begin or will or shall
sek-de	other
ter-mer	world
trak	to or forward or for or unto
trak-por	pull or draw
tu-tim	always or forever

The language used by Malas natives, used in Chivalry spells, appears to have Latin roots.

Word	Meaning
arma	Weapon
augus	Holy
consecrus	Consecrate
dispiro	Dispel
dium	Noble
divinum	Divine
expor	Cleanse
extermo	Remove
flamus	Fire
forul	Enemy
furis	Fury
luminos	Light
malas	Evil
obsu	Close
prostra	Sacrifice
solum	One
vomica	Curse
vulni	Wounds

Unknown Words of Power

This section lists words of power which are in use, but where the translation is unknown.

• anh
• behi
• gra
• ko
• mi
• pas
• sah
• sar

Mantras

Mantra	Meaning
ahm	Honesty
amo	Love
bal	Chaos
beh	Justice
cah	Sacrifice
cor	Courage
lum	Humility
mu	Compassion
om	Spirituality
ra	Valor
summ	Honor
ver	Truth

Gargish Mantras

Note that the mantras 'or', 'un', and 'us' originally came from 'The Lost Book of Mantras' in Ultima VI.

Mantra	Meaning
ben-in-tas	Precision
le-in-tas	Achievement
mis-tas	Balance
or	Passion
ord	Order
prí-tas	Singularity
sent	Feeling
te-per-tas	Persistence
trak-tas	Direction
un	Control
unorus	Singularity
us	Diligence

Lost Mantras

'The Lost Book of Mantras' originated with Ultima VI, but it became a possible reward book with Stygian Abyss, courtesy of Draconi. 'Ahm', 'beh', 'cah', 'lum', 'mu', 'om', 'or', 'ra', 'summ', 'un', and 'us' have had their meanings 'rediscovered', but the rest remain unknown:

• Bang
• Bem
• Biff
• Cow
• Dim
• Frem
• Kim
• Kyo
• Lis
• Lox
• Meow
• Mho
• Nid
• Ohm
• Ort
• Pey
• Pow
• Rum
• Spam
• Sum
• Tea
• Yum
• Zowie