40 Fun Facts About Fable III

Which hub replaces the pause menu in Fable III, letting the Hero walk between rooms of weapons and outfits?

The Sanctuary is a hidden chamber built by the Hero's royal parent. The family butler waits there with advice, and its map table offers fast travel across the kingdom.

Which Monty Python star voices Jasper, the royal butler who flees the castle with the Hero in Fable III?

John Cleese voices Jasper, a butler who even looks rather like the actor. The character's dry humour was inspired by Monty Python.

Which Mistpeak village is home to Albion's only university, an Academy that King Logan has closed down in Fable III?

Brightwall backs the revolution only after the Hero promises to reopen its Academy. The village was once a garrison town, and its bridge is one of its oldest structures.

Which British actor and comedian voices Reaver, the vain factory owner who hosts a deadly masquerade in Fable III?

Stephen Fry voices Reaver, a character returning from Fable II. Once the Hero is crowned, Reaver argues for turning Mistpeak Valley into a logging camp.

Which talking stone guardians in Fable III open only after the Hero meets odd demands, such as bringing a child?

Demon Doors each hide a pocket world and a treasure chest. The Mistpeak Valley one wants two Heroes playing co-op, and behind it lies a retirement home for its fellows from earlier games.

Which marshy region of Fable III holds Bowerstone's new cemetery and a Royal Army fort besieged by Hollow Men?

Mourningwood has more gravestones than any other region in the Fable games, with 120 in its cemetery alone. After the siege, the Hero can buy the empty fort and play a mortar game there.

Which villain leads the forces of the Darkness that devastated Aurora and now threaten Albion in Fable III?

The Crawler almost killed King Logan during an expedition to Aurora. Fear of its coming attack on Albion is what drove his harsh reign.

Which Reaver Industries transport links Mistpeak Valley to Bowerstone's outskirts until hobbes blow it up in Fable III?

A monorail runs through the mountain caves, and the Hero reaches the station just in time to watch an explosion knock a car off the track. The journey continues on foot.

Which British studio developed Fable III, recording more than 47 hours of speech with over 80 actors?

Lionhead Studios built Fable III around rebels and monarchs. Its designers wanted the story to carry on after the tyrant falls, with the player left to run the kingdom.

Which lakeside region of Fable III houses Albion's nobles, including Reaver in his manor beside Hero Hill?

Millfields grew out of the Bower Lake of Fable II. Reaver forced out the gypsies who camped there, at the same camp where the previous Hero was raised.

Which district of Albion's capital in Fable III hides the Resistance headquarters in its sewers?

Bowerstone Industrial is a slum of factories and open sewers. As monarch, the Hero must choose between a school for its children and a return to child labour.

Which Fable III mentor, voiced by Bernard Hill, helps the Hero flee the castle and is possessed during the final battle?

Sir Walter Beck is the one who urges the Hero to escape and plot the king's downfall. In the final battle the Hero has to kill him to end the invasion.

Which otherworldly realm of ten gates and upgrade chests does a blind seer guide the Hero along in Fable III?

Road to Rule chests hold spells, combat upgrades and property packs, and each gate passed counts as a level gained. A new gate opens at set points in the main story.

Which forest region of Fable III is overrun by balverines, with a small hamlet living in fear of attack?

Silverpines villagers hang silver nitrate lanterns at both entrances to their hamlet, because the compound kills a balverine within seconds.

Which coastal settlement in Fable III do travelling caravans build up once the Hero clears out the hobbes?

Driftwood starts as a few gypsy caravans around a fire. Each quest finished for them adds homes and shops, and completing the town unlocks an achievement.

Which blind seer, voiced by Zoë Wanamaker, foresees the Hero becoming monarch and saving Albion in Fable III?

Theresa is the Seeress of the Spire and a distant, ancient relative of the Hero. She warns that the reigning king is not capable of facing what is coming.

Which Royal Army officer, an old friend of the Hero's mentor, does King Logan execute for treason in Fable III?

Major Swift commands the soldiers who join the revolution after the Hero helps them hold their fort. His execution brands the Hero's allies as traitors and drives them into exile.

Which snowy mountain settlement, led by Sabine, is the Hero's first stop after fleeing the castle in Fable III?

Dweller Camp is full of starving families when the Hero arrives, because the king's logging has stripped the forests they relied on for food.

Which dungeon beneath the Academy must the Hero of Fable III brave to prove heroism to Sabine?

The Reliquary was built by the Hero's royal parent as a test for anyone claiming to be a Hero. Almost nobody knew it existed apart from the librarian Samuel.

Which cave does the shipwrecked Hero of Fable III cross on first reaching Aurora, never to be allowed back inside?

Shadelight is where the Hero first faces the Darkness that ruined Aurora. Tormented by its hallucinations, the Hero blacks out in the desert outside and is found by a search party.

Which Auroran ruin, reached through a ravine hung with scarlet banners, holds the Desert Star diamond in Fable III?

Sandfall Palace guards the Desert Star, a diamond worth 700,000 gold. Lifting the gem off its pedestal brings waves of enemies all the way back to the exit.

Which haunted home in Fable III turns solid only after the Hero matches four gazebo statues to their daytime poses?

Sunset House is really two mirrored buildings, one pristine and one ruined. The Hero steps between them through a magic mirror in the dining room.

Which cave system under the Mistpeak mountains holds a wooden fort that the hobbes built for themselves in Fable III?

The Hole gives the Hero a route on foot from the mountains to the marshes. Its hobbes turn out to be the saboteurs who attacked the valley's transport link.

Which Fable III rebel leader, voiced by Naomie Harris, sneaks into Reaver's masquerade alongside the Hero?

Page runs the rebels from a hideout in the city sewers. After the masquerade she makes the Hero promise to end the exploitation of Bowerstone's people.

Which reward, earned from quests, kills and winning people over, does Fable III's Hero spend on spells and upgrades?

Guild Seals replace the experience points and renown of the earlier Fable games. A meter fills as the Hero fights, and each full meter pays out one more.

Which Shaun of the Dead actor voices Ben Finn, the soldier who becomes one of the Hero's closest allies in Fable III?

Simon Pegg voices Ben Finn, who follows the Hero into exile. Pegg described the character as a man who wants to do right but keeps getting pulled back into crime.

Which leader of Aurora, voiced by Adjoa Andoh, nursed King Logan back to health before the events of Fable III?

Kalin took the king in after the Darkness nearly killed him on an expedition. He promised to save her people, then abandoned them when he realised Albion would be next.

Which hidden town did Montague Humes build to escape the Spire, added to Fable III by a downloadable quest pack?

Understone sits beneath Bowerstone, and its people obey a recorded voice. The Hero discovers that the founder behind the recordings died long ago.

Which offshore prison, added to Fable III as downloadable content, holds Albion's most dangerous criminals?

Ravenscar Keep also held anyone the old king wanted out of the way, among them an inventor who refused to build him a mechanical army.

Which Auroran region of Fable III, lined with Sentinel statues, ends at a massive gate whose purpose is never explained?

The Veiled Path was left as a hook for a future add-on. A developer hinted that its great gate had to lead somewhere, then admitted the idea was never used.

Which region outside the City of Aurora is centred on a great stone arch visible from every side in Fable III?

Shifting Sands can gain a military outpost beneath the arch if the monarch pays for one, though its soldiers stay inside the walls and never patrol the dunes.

Which ruined temple in the marshes of Fable III holds the only furnace where the Hero can sacrifice villagers?

Dark Sanctum quests end with the ruin reborn as a haunt for nobles in masquerade dress, complete with a stall selling pies beside the sacrificial barbecue pit.

Which mercenary leader must the Hero of Fable III fight, in disguise, to stop raids on Sabine's mountain people?

Captain Saker surrenders once beaten, and the Hero chooses whether he lives. If spared, he pledges his men to the revolution and his hideout grows into a small settlement.

Which English king did one of Fable III's designers cite as the model for a ruler who abuses power colourfully?

Henry VIII came up as proof that history forgives a colourful tyrant. The designer listed his executed wives and lavish wine cellar, then noted he is still remembered as jolly.

Which foul-mouthed collectibles, fifty in all, scatter across Albion in Fable III and insult the Hero until shot?

Gnomes begin as statues in a collector's garden beside the Academy. Brought to life, they give kindly advice at first, then turn nasty and flee across the kingdom.

Which actor voices Logan, the tyrant king and elder brother whom the Hero overthrows in Fable III?

Michael Fassbender voices Logan, whose fate is the new monarch's first decision: execute him for his crimes, or pardon him for trying to defend Albion.

Which animals can the Hero of Fable III bet on in races at a village farm after completing a quest there?

Chickens first escape from a farmer named Bernard, and the Hero has to dress in a bird suit and cluck to lead them home before any racing can begin.

Which designer of Fable III announced the game at Gamescom in a room hung with medieval shields and banners?

Peter Molyneux argued that third games are hard to get right, so this one would not stop when the villain falls: the player goes on to wear the crown.

Which cave system in Fable III's Mistpeak Valley has three separate entrances and shelters a lost girl named Eve?

Chillbreath Caverns hides different treasure behind each entrance, so the way in decides what the Hero can reach: one leads to a silver key, another to the route to a Gold Key.

Which keepsake of the late monarch does the Hero of Fable III find in a vault under the Academy?

A music box sits alone on a dais in the final chamber. Picking it up whisks the Hero away to a vision of how far the king has fallen.