“Ultima Online servers have been referred to as “shards” for a long time. The reason for this was the lore behind the original Ultima Online. In that game, the wizard Mondain bound the world of Sosaria into a crystal orb in order to magically control its destiny. When the Avatar defeated Mondain, the orb was shattered into “shards”, each of which contained a perfect copy of Sosaria that continued to exist in parallel. These shards represented the individual servers of the game world.” –UO Trivia

UO Freeshard News

The Ultima Online Freeshard News Feed displays current shard posts from the news section of your shard forums

• An Corp to Officially Shutdown 4/30/2016
  Source: UO An Corp NewsPublished on 2016-04-17
• [AAR] Hunt: The Plague!
  Source: UO An Corp NewsPublished on 2016-01-18
• Anniversary Event: The Plague!
  Source: UO An Corp NewsPublished on 2016-01-15
• Official Tournament This Sunday! 1/10/16 @4 PM EST
  Source: UO An Corp NewsPublished on 2016-01-09
• [AAR] Hunt: Maliel
  Source: UO An Corp NewsPublished on 2016-01-09