Fable (video game series)/Characters

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This page is for characters who have appeared in more than one game. For characters who have only made an appearance in a certain game see:

Theresa

Voiced By: ??? (Fable I), Zoe Wanamaker (Fable II, Fable III)

And so it begins...

Theresa is the older sister of the Hero of Oakvale, who at the start of the Fable I is kidnapped by Jack of Blades and left to die in the woods after having her eyes slashed. For years the Hero thinks she is dead, but eventually finds out she had been living with bandits while developing her powerful psychic abilities. She is kidnapped again by Jack of Blades, and at the end the Hero can either kill her and gain great power or let her live.

She reappears in Fable II (making the Good End of Fable I canon), which takes place five-hundred years later. She is the one that directs Sparrow and his/her sister to the music box that eventually gets Sparrow's sister killed by Lord Lucien. She spends the rest of the game (and most of Sparrow's life) guiding or outright manipulating Sparrow's life to the point where Sparrow can kill Lord Lucien but Theresa can keep the magical Spire Lucien has been building.

She appears again Fable III, acting as an advisor for the son/daughter of Sparrow as they try to overthrow their tyrannical brother King Logan and repel the invasion of the Crawler, a role she also played for Logan.

  • Black Cloak: While not evil, per se, Theresa in Fable II is a Mysterious Protector, and wears a heavy cloak. This is also because she is specifically pointed out as a Blind Seeress.
  • Blind Seer
  • Captain Ersatz: Fable II's Theresa looks and sounds a lot like Kreia.
  • The Chessmaster: There's an argument that she's been manipulating Albion for the last five hundred and fifty years. No one is sure as to the purpose yet.
  • Dead Older Sister: The hero believes this was her fate until he learns of her possible survival.
  • Handicapped Badass: Despite being blind and small in stature the first game, she's a very capable warrior.
  • Herald
  • Manipulative Bitch: Although it's still unclear how "evil" she really is, she did directly cause the Hero of Bowerstone's sister's death, and the death of their family if they have one later on. It could be possible she knew Logan would be unable to handle the Crawler without being evil, thus paving the way for his more accomplished younger sibling to rebel.
  • Meaningful Name: Theresa is very similar to the mythological Tiresias. Outside of having similar names, both are blind seers, they appear only to heroes, and both seem to be immortal.
  • The Mentor: To the Hero of Bowerstone.
  • Mysterious Backer: A textbook example.
  • Narrator
  • Necessary Fail: She appears to be a big believer in this being essential to a hero's personal growth. The extent to which she could prevent such tragedy, simply allows events to take their natural course or actively manipulates the desired outcome is still up for debate.
  • The Stoic
  • Word of God: Theresa is the same person in all three games.


Reaver

Voiced By: Stephen Fry

Admiring my weapon are you? The Dragon Stomper .48... only 6 were ever made for a lucky few... well not that lucky, I've killed 4 of them.

Reaver is the Hero of Skill with amazing gun abilities. He has eternal youth, which he gets from annually sacrificing the youth of others to the Shadow Court. Reaver is excessively vain and very trigger happy, as well as being Faux Affably Evil. While part of the party in Fable II, in Fable III Reaver plays a much more directly villainous role.

  • Anything That Moves: Assuming the main player is hot enough, he'll hit on her/him the instant he sees them. He continuously hits on Page after meeting her, even while threatening (and trying) to get her killed. Fable III implies that his sexual deviance at least occasionally includes balverines and chickens.
  • Bad Boss: We can assume his employment doesn't come with a feasible retirement package.
  • Catch Phrase: He's fond of the phrase "tatty-bye" in Fable III.
  • The Chick: In Fable II.
  • Combat Pragmatist: The description of the Red Dragon really says it all. The best shot in Albion heard of Reaver's skill and so challenged him to an "honourable shooting challenge". Reaver's reply was to shoot him in the head then and there.
  • Comedic Sociopathy: Most of the time, though his cruelty isn't always played for laughs.
  • Corrupt Corporate Executive: In Fable III.
  • The Dark Chick
  • Depraved Bisexual
  • Despair Event Horizon: Seems to be the cause of Reaver's cruelty, according to the fifth and final page of his journal. He reacted as many of us would to what he went through as a youth in Oakvale - he broke down and decided that he was a monster for what he'd done. Where he differed was that when he regained his composure, he started acting like one as well.
  • Evil Chancellor: Becomes this in Fable III once you become King/Queen. Of course, he's not really your adviser, so much as the pragmatic devil on your shoulder in debates.
  • Faux Affably Evil
  • Guile Anti-Hero: Although his talent for shooting anyone in the world anywhere any time instantaneously whenever he feels like it forever means that his cunning doesn't get much of a work out.
  • The Gunslinger: Comes with being the Hero of Skill. He'll demonstrate for you because he's also an insufferable show-off.
  • The Hedonist
  • Heroic Comedic Sociopath: In the second game.
  • Hypocritical Humor: "How dare he betray me! Just when I was in the middle of betraying you!"
  • Immortality: Type X.
  • Improbable Aiming Skills: As the Hero of Skill (and given the time he's had to practice), he's insanely gifted in the use of firearms. He takes down ships by shooting the captain dead in one shot from another ship, terrifying the rival crew into submission. With a pistol. There's a reason he did so well as a pirate.
  • It's All About Me: He's frightfully vain and obsessed with his own pleasure. There is almost no indication at all that Reaver is capable of caring about anything aside from himself.
  • Jerkass: Utterly selfish, and takes pleasure in the pain of others, from murdering peasants because he feels like it all the way down to annoying people for the funsies.
  • Karma Houdini: Reaver never suffers any consequences for his actions in any of the games. In fact, in the third game he'll end up profiting no matter what you do.
  • The Lancer: Either him or Hammer in the second game, depending on whether you play your character as evil or good.
  • Large Ham: Jolly ol' Reaver.
  • Life Drinker: Reaver keeps his youth through the centuries by sacrificing the youth of innocents to the Shadow Court.
  • Living on Borrowed Time: Oh, he's having a hell of a time right now, but according to the Shadow Court, no matter how many people he sacrifices, he won't evade them forever.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: He acquired immortality through the destruction of his hometown of Oakvale - which ended up killing his childhood sweetheart. The difference is that after thinking he had become a monster, he started acting like one.
  • Names to Run Away From Really Fast: "Reave", Verb, 1) (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob., or 2) (archaic) To split, tear, break apart.
  • Necessary Evil: In the second game you need his help to defeat Lucien, and tolerate him solely for this reason; good or evil, there are plenty of reasons to hate him. In the third game, a war is approaching and Reaver is the major force in industry, and thus once again you're forced to tolerate him despite his past actions for the greater good.
  • Nice Hat: His massive top-hat in the third game.
  • Not in This For Your Revolution: He only helps you if staying on your good side furthers his own interests, and he will turn on you the very second this is no longer the case.
  • Smug Snake
  • Token Evil Teammate: In the second game.
  • Villainous Crossdresser: In Fable III, a couple of portraits in Reaver's mansion indicate that he is one.


Other Characters

Lady Elvira Grey

Max and Sam Spade

  • Drunk with Power: Both in the literal and metaphorical sense in the third game.
  • Expy: Their appearances are based on members of the team at Lionhead.
  • Fate Worse Than Death: In Fable III, even as ghosts, the two are forever forced to live with their mother.
  • Man Child
  • Mommy Issues
  • Rule of Funny: No sane person would ever give these two morons that book once they got it away from them. Except if you want to see how they'll screw it up yet again.
  • Shout-Out: The names of the two brothers could be a reference to another duo. Sam Spade is also the name of the detective from The Maltese Falcon.
  • Those Two Guys: How bad are they? Their mother's grave says: "Here lies Elizabeth Spade, at peace. ADDENDUM: Now her sons have joined her, the above inscription is no longer accurate."

Sam's Grave: This is all Max's fault.
Max's Grave: I had it all under control, then Sam cocked it up.

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