Ulthred

Ulthred is a human Flaming Fist who can be encountered at Last Light Inn. Depending on players choices in both Act One and Act Two, he can help the party during the Assault on Moonrise Towers.

	“	Hey. That's close enough. Artefact or no, I don't like the likes of you crashing our party.	„
		— Ulthred, after the party has been cleared.

Involvement

Last Light Inn

Ulthred can be first encountered at the Last Light Inn's plaza, arriving to the sanctuary on a mission to rescue Grand Duke Ravengard. He chats with Essius next to the fountain, and is suspicious of the party at first, not trusting them the slightest to rescue the Grand Duke from Moonrise. On the other hand, Essius will attempt to talk him down and get him to open up to the party's aid.

Through his chats with Essius, Ulthred seems to not trust Jaheira and to be eager to move out rather than sit idly.

Resolve the Abduction

When Flaming Fist Marcus attacks the inn and attempts to kidnap Isobel during Resolve the Abduction, Ulthred will frequently be amongst the Harpers that will avoid being  Impaled, and will run up to fight with the Winged Horrors. If the party fails to protect Isobel, he and everyone in Last Light Inn will turn into a  Shadow-Cursed Undead, save for Jaheira. Ulthred in particular, can be seen agonizingly transforming into an undead.

Assault Moonrise Towers

Main article: Infiltrate Moonrise Towers

If the party successfully prevented Flaming Fist Marcus from capturing Isobel at the Last Light Inn, and once the Nightsong has been freed from her cage and is headed for Moonrise; Ulthred, along with Flaming Fist Helena, Nipawa and Rhed will survive the first assault and assist the party in the remaining battle against Absolute forces.

After the battle, provided he survives, he and the remaining Flaming Fists will scout the Moonrise Towers Prison and enter a second battle against Myrkulites Duckie Verish, Sarabayle, and Willinx Jindlebee, aswell as a Death Shepherd and horde of Necromites. The party can assist in this optional battle and the Fists, and provided they win and survive, will continue to guard the prison until Ketheric Thorm is defeated.

After Ketheric Thorm is killed and the party leaves for Act Three, Ulthred disappears from the game entirely.

Combat

Attack and abilities

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Longsword

Normal weapon damage

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Lacerate ()   –  Longsword

Normal weapon damage

Slash at your target's vital points to make it  Bleed.

Undead and Constructs can't Bleed.

CON Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

 Rush Attack ()   –  Longsword

1d4 (1~4) + Strength or Dexterity modifier Piercing

Charge forward and attack the first enemy in your way, possibly pushing them  Off Balance.

STR Save

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Pommel Strike ()   –  Longsword

1d4 (1~4) + Strength modifier Bludgeoning

Make a non-lethal attack against an enemy and possibly  Daze them.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Pushing Attack (Melee) ()

Normal weapon damage

+ Superiority Die Weapon damage

Spend a superiority die to deal an additional 1d8Physical damage and possibly push the target back 4.5 m / 15 ft.

STR Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

 Disarming Attack (Melee) ()

Normal weapon damage

+ Superiority Die Weapon damage

Spend a superiority die to deal Weapon Damage + 1d8 Physical damage and potentially force the target to drop the weapons they are holding.

STR Save

Loot

• Longsword
• Scale Mail

Related quests

•  Resolve the Abduction
•  Infiltrate Moonrise Towers

Gallery

• 

  Ulthred's ingame model.

Notes

• Unlike the other Fists (Helena, Nipawa, and Rhed) that partake in the assault on Moonrise Towers, Ulthred is level 6 rather than level 7.
• Aubree, Gretta, J'ehlar, and Ulthred are the only remaining Flaming Fists that can actually be found at Last Light Inn after Florrick and her retinue leave for Baldur's Gate. Despite this, the former three all die in the assault on Moonrise, and are replaced by Helena, Nipawa, and Rhed, while Ulthred survives.
• Unlike Harper Antony, Essius, Lymn, and Naysa, Ulthred has no failsafe replacement Flaming Fist if he is killed before the assault.
  • There is a Flaming Fist by the name of "Fist Hadenwell" in the game files, referred to as "S_MOO_AssaultFlamingFist_004" not too unlike the other Fists that appear during the assault. It is possible that this Fist was originally conceived as a replacement, or failsafe in the event of an untimely demise for Ulthred.

External links

• Ulthred on the Forgotten Realms Wiki