Fable
When the Hero is a child, his village, Oakvale, is raided and destroyed by
bandits on his sister's birthday; it seems the Hero's entire family perishes. An
old hero named Maze arrives on the scene, rescues the Hero, and convinces him to
join the Heroes' Guild to be trained to become a champion; Maze sees great
potential in the boy. The Hero then embarks on a journey to discover the reason
behind his village's destruction, discovering his destiny, and the true fate of
his family along the way.
After a time, and after honing his skills, Maze informs the Hero of a blind
seeress living among a bandit camp near Oakvale, and advises the Hero to
infiltrate the bandit camp. To the Hero's surprise, the blind seeress is
actually his older sister Theresa who was taken in by Twinblade, a former Hero
and the present Bandit King. After a showdown with Twinblade, the Hero is given
the choice of killing or sparing Twinblade.
Later on in the Hero's life, after he has gained more recognition among the
people of Albion, he is invited to fight in the Arena, where he meets the
legendary Hero named Jack of Blades, who is running the arena battles and, as a
final show, issues a challenge against the Hero and his rival and friend
Whisper. When the Hero defeats her, he is given the choice to kill her or spare
her life.
It eventually becomes clear that it was Jack of Blades himself who destroyed
Oakvale during the Hero's childhood. Aided by Theresa, the Hero makes it his
mission to defeat Jack of Blades one way or another, either through good or
evil. The Hero tracks down his mother, and attempts to rescue her from Bargate
Prison, where Jack has kept her since the day of the Oakvale raid. However, the
Hero is captured and spends a year or more in the prison. When he finally
escapes with his mother, the Hero attempts to track down Jack. Maze, however, is
revealed to be a traitor and working with Jack. Maze kidnaps Theresa. After
defeating Maze, the Hero is led into a final confrontation with Jack where his
mother is killed. Jack reveals that The Sword of Aeons can only be wielded if it
receives the blood of Archon. Upon the death of their mother, the Hero and
Theresa are the only two remaining descendants of Archon, and if Jack destroys
them both the sword will be even more powerful. After defeating Jack, the Hero
must choose whether to keep the Sword of Aeons by killing his sister, or cast it
away forever into a portal created by Jack of Blades' death. Depending on the
Hero's alignment and the player's choice of using or destroying the sword, there
are a total of four different endings. Once the ending credits roll, players can
resume their games.
In The Lost Chapters special edition, the story continues. After the defeat
of Jack, the Hero must find passage to the Northern Wastes to aid a legendary
hero named Scythe in stopping an unknown great evil from returning. Should the
hero have discarded the Sword of Aeons he will have the opportunity to gain the
sword "Avo's Tear", a sword of similar design and equal power but that holds a
light alignment rather than dark. After a series of quests revolving around this
new evil, it is learned that Jack of Blades has returned. He must then defeat
Jack of Blades a second time, Jack having returned from the dead in the form of
a dragon. Upon the death of Jack, the hero then uses Jack's mask to capture
Jack's soul, with Scythe telling him that the battle is not over and that he
must destroy the mask. The hero then has the final choice of putting on the mask
and assuming Jack's persona, or destroying it, along with Jack, forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwMDf1Pn7Sw
bandits on his sister's birthday; it seems the Hero's entire family perishes. An
old hero named Maze arrives on the scene, rescues the Hero, and convinces him to
join the Heroes' Guild to be trained to become a champion; Maze sees great
potential in the boy. The Hero then embarks on a journey to discover the reason
behind his village's destruction, discovering his destiny, and the true fate of
his family along the way.
After a time, and after honing his skills, Maze informs the Hero of a blind
seeress living among a bandit camp near Oakvale, and advises the Hero to
infiltrate the bandit camp. To the Hero's surprise, the blind seeress is
actually his older sister Theresa who was taken in by Twinblade, a former Hero
and the present Bandit King. After a showdown with Twinblade, the Hero is given
the choice of killing or sparing Twinblade.
Later on in the Hero's life, after he has gained more recognition among the
people of Albion, he is invited to fight in the Arena, where he meets the
legendary Hero named Jack of Blades, who is running the arena battles and, as a
final show, issues a challenge against the Hero and his rival and friend
Whisper. When the Hero defeats her, he is given the choice to kill her or spare
her life.
It eventually becomes clear that it was Jack of Blades himself who destroyed
Oakvale during the Hero's childhood. Aided by Theresa, the Hero makes it his
mission to defeat Jack of Blades one way or another, either through good or
evil. The Hero tracks down his mother, and attempts to rescue her from Bargate
Prison, where Jack has kept her since the day of the Oakvale raid. However, the
Hero is captured and spends a year or more in the prison. When he finally
escapes with his mother, the Hero attempts to track down Jack. Maze, however, is
revealed to be a traitor and working with Jack. Maze kidnaps Theresa. After
defeating Maze, the Hero is led into a final confrontation with Jack where his
mother is killed. Jack reveals that The Sword of Aeons can only be wielded if it
receives the blood of Archon. Upon the death of their mother, the Hero and
Theresa are the only two remaining descendants of Archon, and if Jack destroys
them both the sword will be even more powerful. After defeating Jack, the Hero
must choose whether to keep the Sword of Aeons by killing his sister, or cast it
away forever into a portal created by Jack of Blades' death. Depending on the
Hero's alignment and the player's choice of using or destroying the sword, there
are a total of four different endings. Once the ending credits roll, players can
resume their games.
In The Lost Chapters special edition, the story continues. After the defeat
of Jack, the Hero must find passage to the Northern Wastes to aid a legendary
hero named Scythe in stopping an unknown great evil from returning. Should the
hero have discarded the Sword of Aeons he will have the opportunity to gain the
sword "Avo's Tear", a sword of similar design and equal power but that holds a
light alignment rather than dark. After a series of quests revolving around this
new evil, it is learned that Jack of Blades has returned. He must then defeat
Jack of Blades a second time, Jack having returned from the dead in the form of
a dragon. Upon the death of Jack, the hero then uses Jack's mask to capture
Jack's soul, with Scythe telling him that the battle is not over and that he
must destroy the mask. The hero then has the final choice of putting on the mask
and assuming Jack's persona, or destroying it, along with Jack, forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwMDf1Pn7Sw