darkSpyro

In the 90s, things that were called MUDS were extremely popular. They were usually text-based but some were different. One of these different ones was called Ultima Online. It was famous for having the "unkillable" Lord British. This is where it all begins.

Who killed Lord British?

Developers of any MMORPG are the Gods of their own world. They can move a player to any point, set a terrible Godzilla on a city, and give your character power against which Hulk would seem a baby. But even gods can descend to the level of mortals because of minor negligence. That very fact took place on August 8, 1997 during Ultima Online stress test. The developers organized a "coming of the King" event to check the server's capability of handling large masses of players. During the event, the Ultima's father, Richard Garriott, gave passionate speeches on behalf of his character, Lord British. Aside from a brief server crash, the event proceeded smoothly and the people were having fun... until someone named Rainz hit Lord British with a field of fire spell. At any other time the developers would just laugh: when they play, they usually turn on invulnerability flag. But after the crash Richard simply forgot to check the box again and the king was roasted in front of his subjects.

"It was in the castle Blackthorne where a lot of people gathered to take a look at celebrities. My thief rummaged through the bags of the crowd in search of anything valuable, and in one of the bags, he found a "Field of Fire" scroll. I immediately decided to test it and cast it on the podium. One of the speakers said: "Hehe, nice try," and I prepared to be struck by a bolt of lightning. But to everyone's surprise, Lord British issued a moan and collapsed to the ground. After that, there was pure mayhem: one of the developers summoned four demons into the castle who killed everyone left and right. I figured it was time to get away and ran as fast as I could,"- the culprit recalled later.
He did get a ban afterwards not for the daring assassination though but for bug abuse.