King

Appears on This creature does not appear randomly
Kings serve one basic purpose in the game: to convert your Gold into Hit Points. Unlike most Ultima games, no King (not even Lord British) will outline the plot or give you quests. The only one that does anything worthwhile at all is actually a queen, Queen Susan of Castle Barataria. (Or should I saw "Kween Susan"—yeah, this game really needs a Q tile.)
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Set Creatures: King – 4 shown
The location or world map where this creature is located
Location
This creature's starting hit points in this instance; some creatures are completely invincible and immune to all attacks
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This creature's default behavior; creatures with 'Special' behavior stand still but also have a special response when you Transact with them; if you attack any creature, that creature as well as all guards, monsters (except orcs), and anyone with a behavior of 'Pursue' will change their behavior to 'Attack'
Behavior
Castle Barataria 255 Stand
Castle Barataria 255 Special
Castle of Lord British 255 Stand
Castle of Lord British 255 Stand
Merchant Fighter

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King

Location Castles
Notes Has very high HP, but does not move or fight back
You can attack the King, but you don't get anything from it. He won't fight back or even move, but he has a ridiculous amount of HP.

King

Location Castles
Notes Does not move or fight back, worth 10,000 experience
You can attack the King with impunity, and he gives up a whopping 10,000 Experience if you kill him. However, Experience seems to serve little purpose on this game, so there's no particular reason to bother.

Lord British

Notes Invincible
Lord British finally gets his own sprite in Ultima III. He is the only one who can raise your characters' maximum HP when they Level, though he serves no other purpose in the game. You can try attacking him, but good luck, as he's apparently invincible. (Sadly there are no plaques available to use as Weapons in Ultima III.)