Several Revelations about Fable series

[Dag204]

Several Revelations about Fable series

So I picked up on a few things whilst reading my books for AP LIT,

Theresa gets her name from the blind Seer Teresias who is from Homer's Odyssey and from Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

Also Albion means England which I think explains alot of things (not that fable's albion is actually england but surely based off of it)

Also here is one more thing that I think most people may have picked up on if they are well versed in classic literature

The gravekeeper in bowerstone cemetary is named Victor after Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Also they crypt that is there is called the Shelley Crypt, after Mary Shelley.

I just thought I'd share these with you fellow albionites.

 

[Evil Scarecrow]

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Thanks, I Already Knew About the english thing...just listen to the citizens voices...except for grath. WHY CANT WE HAVE A BLAC CHARCTER. is lion head that racists about having blac or brown characters?

 

[Dag204]

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...just listen to the citizens voices

Sure the voices are an obvious hint that the world is based off of england but, I was reading King Lear by shakespear, and they say Albion several times (at first I was all like lol...) and in the index it says "Albion : England"


ALBION is ancient Greek for England (refering to the brittish ilses)

 

[Man]

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interesting info, i didnt notice those, except for the england bit

 

[Zarkes]

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just cuz their vioces are done by brits doesnt mean its England. Garth doesnt talk like that cuz in the worlds that Alboin is in Black people come from islands and countries across the oceon. In tlc it explains how thunder got to be in Alboin.

 

[Tsuyu]

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just cuz their vioces are done by brits doesnt mean its England.

Actually it does. When the majority of people are speaking with a British accent it is pretty safe to assume that you are indeed in England.

 

[Dag204]

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just cuz their vioces are done by brits doesnt mean its England. Garth doesnt talk like that cuz in the worlds that Alboin is in Black people come from islands and countries across the oceon. In tlc it explains how thunder got to be in Alboin.

The voices don't mean that, and I didn't say that is was england but I did say that

ALBION LITERALLY MEANS ENGLAND! IN REAL LIFE NOT IN THE GAME, REPEAT ALBION MEANS ENGLAND!

 

[moonfever]

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Goodness Dag, we aren't blind, and some of us knew that.

 

[Arld]

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So I picked up on a few things whilst reading my books for AP LIT,

Theresa gets her name from the blind Seer Teresias who is from Homer's Odyssey and from Sophocles' Oedipus Rex

Also Albion means England which I think explains alot of things (not that fable's albion is actually england but surely based off of it)

Also here is one more thing that I think most people may have picked up on if they are well versed in classic literature

The gravekeeper in bowerstone cemetary is named Victor after Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Also they crypt that is there is called the Shelley Crypt, after Mary Shelley.

I just thought I'd share these with you fellow albionites.

Oh lol, thanks for the information - I've always been wondering about that. I've even tried to search the definitions o' it, and I couldn't find it. Once again, thanks!

 

[Purple Nurple]

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The voices don't mean that, and I didn't say that is was england but I did say that

ALBION LITERALLY MEANS ENGLAND! IN REAL LIFE NOT IN THE GAME, REPEAT ALBION MEANS ENGLAND!

what does albion mean?

 

[Arld]

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It means England...

 

[Purple Nurple]

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^^^^
oh really? never would have guessed...which someone would have cleared that up before.......

The voices don't mean that, and I didn't say that is was england but I did say that

ALBION LITERALLY MEANS ENGLAND! IN REAL LIFE NOT IN THE GAME, REPEAT ALBION MEANS ENGLAND!

lool

 

[Arld]

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I guess this isn't a serious topic anymore, or is it?
Well, let's cut the irrelevant, sarcastic statements, and discuss about the main subject instead.

 

[Zarkes]

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Actually it does. When the majority of people are speaking with a British accent it is pretty safe to assume that you are indeed in England.

That's wierd cuz then everyday when i go to lunch i must be in England and when i watch a japanese movie in English it must be in America, no its not. Just because all the voices are played by people with british accents doesnt mean it's England.

Back on topic I only knew the Alboin meaning England thing i thought it was clever when i found it out, i also b4 knowing that had lewked on a bunch o maps and stuff and found alotta places in my country named alboin

 

[Evil Scarecrow]

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How DID thunder become in fable ? i havnt played TLC

 

[laharl]

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i feel stupid :ermm:

 

[Arseface]

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Thanks, I Already Knew About the english thing...just listen to the citizens voices...except for grath. WHY CANT WE HAVE A BLAC CHARCTER. is lion head that racists about having blac or brown characters?

It's really hard to get from Samarkand to Albion. Doesn't mean they're racist, just means that they are accurate.

The voices don't mean that, and I didn't say that is was england but I did say that

ALBION LITERALLY MEANS ENGLAND! IN REAL LIFE NOT IN THE GAME, REPEAT ALBION MEANS ENGLAND!

So? Albion MEANS England. In this context though, it is NOT England, as England does not exist. Albion does though.

Actually it does. When the majority of people are speaking with a British accent it is pretty safe to assume that you are indeed in England.

Not if you're in the fictional world of Albion, where England doesn't exist, but people still have British accents (which are Albion accents because Britain does not exist)

How DID thunder become in fable ? i havnt played TLC

He and Whisper were on a boat that got destroyed by a kraken and they washed up in Albion.

To sum it up...

Who ****ing cares what Albion means?!?!?

 

[laharl]

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ALBION LITERALLY MEANS ENGLAND! IN REAL LIFE NOT IN THE GAME, REPEAT ALBION MEANS ENGLAND!

u mean that england is for albion, albion came first

 

[Zarkes]

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there the same thing^
i wanna fight dragons in fable 3!!

 

[Dagzey]

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Samarkand sound alot like Zanarkand to me!!!

some things about Samarkand:

Samarkand was founded by the Persians in the late 6th century BCE and it was one of the main centers of Persian civilization in the ancient times. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study. At times Samarkand has been one of the greatest cities of Central Asia. Founded circa 700 BC it was already the capital of the Sogdian satrapy under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia when Alexander the Great conquered it in 329 BC.

Samarkand can appear as an archetype of romantic exoticism. (Reaver mention something along those lines)

Samarkand is the name of a planet in the 2001 novel Gridlinked by Neal Asher. The protagonist travels there to investigate after its teleporter explodes with enough force to destroy most of the colony. (this might be something relevant to Garth and the Cullis Gates)

Samarkand has been cited as an inspiration for the fictional city of Zanarkand from Squaresoft's Final Fantasy Xhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand#cite_note-10 (I told you so)

In the Video Game series Fable and Fable 2 made by Peter Molyneux of Lionhead, Samarkand is a place outside Albion (The land in which the games take place). It seems to be similar to the Middle East and Africa in that it is described as a desert land, from where the Negro population of Albion originated. Literature from both games describes Samarkand in greater detail. (well, obviously!!!)

all of this was on wikipedia