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<br><br><br><br>Fable is a classic gaming franchise that's deeply beloved by its fans. It's due for a new installment soon, over a decade after the last mainline game, Fable 3, released in 2010 . There was a small Kinect game released a few years later in 2012, but it didn't amaze fans like its predecessors. Hopefully, the next one will be impressive enough to meet the hype ( the company is hiring new writers as of this writing). <br><br><br>Fable games take place in the fictional land of Albion. It's a kingdom that was largely lacking a centralized government until the player arrived and established the monarchy. Otherwise, it's gone through many familiar changes, including an industrial revolution. Let's review a few details fans may have missed about the world while they were off trying to save it. <br><br><br>10  Named After Great Britain <br><br><br> via fable.fandom.com <br><br><br>The name "Albion" actually comes from Great Britain – which makes sense, since the games seem to be styled after Britain and its industrial revolution and almost everyone has British accents. <br><br><br>It's actually the oldest recorded name for the kingdom ; merchants from (present-day) Marseilles passed through Gaul and perhaps Britannia too, and recorded the area's name as Albion. As a result, it was also almost the name for the country of Canada, too, until they changed their minds. <br><br><br>9  The Lionhead Studio Graveyard <br><br><br><br><br><br>Two Lionhead Studio team members who worked on the games are buried at a graveyard in the first Fable. Simone and Dene Carter appear together in multiple Easter eggs throughout the series, but this was their first. <br><br><br>Simone's grave reads "S. Carter, gave his life that Albion might live," and Dene's reads "D. Carter, ever unconvinced there is life before death..." The Carter Brothers were the original creators of Fable, but have left the company since the last game's release. It's anybody's guess whether a tribute to them will appear in the next installment. <br><br><br>8  The Master Sword <br><br><br><br><br><br>Albion even seems to hold claim to its very own version of the Master Sword from The Legend of Zelda. One grave in Fable III reads: "Andrzej Zamoyski 'It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.'" It's not clear who Andrzej Zamoyski is, but his quoted line is iconic from The Legend of Zelda. <br><br><br>Furthermore, digging up this grave (if you can forget all the horrible implications of that action) awards the player a sword! It's a toy sword, admittedly, but no less fun to discover. <br><br><br>7  The Universally Hated Author <br><br><br> via: gamersperspective.com <br><br><br>A man named Meredith Sock writes some books which the player can find in Fable II. His novels are detested throughout Albion, with some choice book titles including (but unfortunately not limited to): "Cold Lips," "Norm and Aggie," "Objection! Overruled!," "Megafowl: The Sword is Mightier than the Hen," and "Megafowl 2: Revenge of the Hen." <br><br><br>Sock's grave can be found in Fable II reading "Meredith Sock. Your novels suck." Despite this widespread hatred, these books seem to consistently crop up in Albion; in Fable II, they can be purchased at book stores, and in Fable III, some Reliquary bookcases seem to hold complete volumes of his works. <br><br><br>6  Thieves Regulate The Economy <br><br><br><br><br><br>During Fable II, the player can find a house in Bowerstone Old Town called "The Invisible Hand." They learn that it's the base of operations for a group of thieves. However, economically-minded fans might have caught on to the fact that the "invisible hand" is a term used to describe how an economy self-regulates itself. <br><br><br>The irony here is simply that the Thieves are regulating this money without their victims ever knowing about it, thus becoming a part of the system. <br><br><br>5  Albion's Robin Hood <br><br><br> via Klobrille on Twitter <br><br><br>By the time that Fable III rolls around, it seems to have been agreed that the economy does need some forced regulation, from thieves or not. One gravestone in the game points to the existence of a Robin Hood in Albion, a character notorious for redistributing wealth via unconventional means. <br><br><br>In Mourningwood, players can find a grave for Little John, one of Robin Hood's accomplices in morally grey crime. The grave is labeled "Here lies Little John – his horse stopped but he went on." <br><br><br>4  The Fate of Fable III's Chicken <br><br><br><br><br><br>If you played Fable III for the first time at a young, impressionable age and were horrified by the opening cutscene, in which an ambitious chicken leaves home to explore the city but it's implied he's killed by the ending, then there is good news. <br><br><br>At the beginning of the game, the player will need to enter the castle's kitchen to speak to the workers there. Keen-eyed fans will catch a black, smoldering chicken wobbling out the door, and the same cook from the cinematic is inside, talking to the staff. The chicken was safe after all! Maybe industrialization isn't as bad in Albion as they're making it out to be...? <br><br><br>3  The Demon Door Retirement Home <br><br><br><br><br><br>In Fable III, the player can discover a retirement home for Demon Doors behind a Demon Door in Mistpeak Valley. These Demon Doors have been a staple of the series ever since the first [https://Www.Advgamer.cc/ Adventure game online guide]. The ones in this old-folks home ramble aimlessly at you, but one Door, in particular, may catch the eye of some fans. It's the Brightwood Demon Door that players met in Fable II! <br><br><br>In the second game, the Door asks the player to dress up silly and bring him cheese, of all things, before he would agree to open up. Here in Fable III, the Door admits that he had no idea what to ask and made that request up on the spot, hoping the Hero would just give up. <br><br><br>2  Albion's Nine Days Queen <br><br><br><br><br><br>Not only does Albion share a name with Britain, but it also seems to share history as well! During a quest from Fable III, the player enters a house in the Bowerstone Old Quarter with a bunch of little exhibits on display. It's part of the quest "The Pen is Mightier..." but if you take a moment to look around, you'll notice a brain in a jar labeled "Lady Jane Grey." <br><br><br>That's the name of a great-grandaughter of Henry VII of England, who was infamously known as the "Nine Days Queen" because she only ruled from 10 July 1553 to 19 July 1553, after which she was beheaded for high treason. <br><br><br>1  Auroran Architecture <br><br><br><br><br><br>Aurora, an island to the east of Albion, isn't considered a part of the kingdom during the first and second games. By the time of Fable III, however, the player brings them into Albion (though whether it's as an active participant or just a colony to exploit for resources, is unclear). <br><br><br>When looking at the houses and military buildings in Aurora from a distance – or from the Sanctuary map – fans may notice that many of them look just like boots! This may be a way to indicate how poor the region is (i.e. living in a shoe). <br><br><br>NEXT: Fable: 10 Reasons The Game Needs A Sequel For One X <br>