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Secrets Of Albion

by zgame master

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Fable II Intro
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SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

I am a huge fan of role playing games and the Fable series is one of my favourite. After completing Fable 1 I couldn't wait until this game came out. As soon as it did, I bought it and it has given me hours of joy. This is a guide to help people through the tough parts of the game that puzzled even me, an expert gamer...joking. If you like this game I advise you buy Fable I as it has a better story line and you can wear armor. The only downfalls are the graphics are worse and you don't have a dog. And now I hear Fable III is coming soon I am so excited although I have to admit that the Elder Scrolls series are the best role-playing games. 

The game starts off as you controlling a little street orphin by the name of Sparrow who lives with his sister. However one night a trader by the name of Murgo comes selling "magical stuff". He has a music box which came from the era of the Old kingdom. He claims it will grant you one wish, however he doesn't know that it actually does, and is selling it for only five gold peices. However this is a lot for you and your sister so you have to raise money by helping people and geting rewarded. This is also where you meet your dog at first. The twist is that every quest at this time has two outcomes, a good one witch will help the town prosper and an evil one which will turn this town into an evil, lawless, dump like Bloodstone. What you do here effects the game in your adulthood significantly. After raising the money you buy the music box and your sister whishes to live in a castle, specifically the one in Bowerstone owned by Lord Lucien. But after she wishes this the music box dissapears and nothing happens. She is pretty ticked off and goes to bed straight away. However in the middle of the night you are woken up by a few guards that say Lord Lucien wants you to pay him a visit. You travel to Lord Lucien's castle and he tells you of a tale about heroes and how he believs one of you is one. He puts you on trial and tests if you are, however he soon finds out that one of you is the one that will stop him from his mad dream of reviving the Spire, an Old Kingdom artifact of great power. So he tries to stop you from doing this in the future by killing you off now. He shots your sister and then takes aim at you, apologises, then pulls the trigger. You go flying out the window and take a massive fall to the ground some hundred metres bellow. 

He thinks he has stopped you but he was mistaken, you somehow survive. Although it takes you many years to recover you are helped by Theresa, a blind seress who could possibly be the same Theresa that is the sister of your character in the first Fable game. She kindles you back to health slowly taking many years. The next you see is your character in young adulthood, fully recovered. She askes you to travel to the Heroes Guild, well the remnants of it. Here you find that you have the same heroic bloodline as the fabled heroes some five-hundred years ago. You also gain the ability to use your willpower to cast devestating spells. She then tells you to meet her in Bowerstone, yes the same town as in Fable I, although it has changed a fair bit in the last five hundred years. However you soon find out the road is blocked because of local bandit activity caused by Thag, a big tough bandit, okay he isn't that tough as he dies after a few swings of your rusty but trusty sword, but he kicked your dog! After defeating him you can travel to Bowerstone to meet Theresa, however she is a few minutes late and recommends you buy some equipment. When she arrives she tells you the prophecy of the Spire and what you need to stop Lucien. Among these things is three people that believed they were ordinary but they actually also happen to be heroes....coincidence? The three heroes specialize in one area, either strenght, skill or will. This is what makes you superior as you specialize in all of these.

The hero of strength goes by the name of Hannah and is a pacifist monk. However this quickly changes as her father is killed by one of Luciens goons and she gives up the belief of being a pacifist to get revenge on Lucien. She picks up a hammer the size of your character and becomes a great fighter, especially for one that used to be a pacifest.Except when you both have to fight together, she leaves you to do all the work! Because of her giant hammer people give her the nickname of Hammer.

The hero of will is a mage called Garth who used to be the alchemist for Lord Lucien, that is until he found out what Lucien was trying to do. However he is captured right in front of your eyes in his own wizard tower by the Commanadant, another one of Lucien's goons. To rescue him you have to go undercover at the Spire, but you didn't realise you would be at the Spire for some ten years.

The hero of skill is a vicous pirate named Reaver who lives in the lawless town of Bloodstone in the biggest house. It is said he could shot another ships captain more then five hundred metres a way with his pistol, imagine what he could do with a sniper, sadly snipers don't exist in this time. Upon meeting him you find out that he sold the whole of Oakvale, including it's ocupants and his own family, to the Shadow court to retain his youth. You recruit Reaver to your cause right before the end of the main storyline.

All the heroes meet at the top of hero hill to forge the weapon to stop Lucien but Lucien predicts this and captures Hammer, Garth and Reaver. The thing is, he needs them in his plans to destroy the world but he doesn't need you( why does every evil guy want to destroy the world?) .He tells you that he killed your family or Families (biagimist aren't you). He tries to end your life but your loyal, faithful, companion (your dog)  jumps in the way to save you at the cost of his life (don't worry, greenpeace or RSPCA will arrest Lucien for animal cruelty). Your dog dies in his attempt to save your life but it is all in vain as Lucien fires another shot and hits you directly, but somehow you survive again. You are knocked out and all you can hear is Theresa saying this is not your time, which is also what you said when you fell out of the window as a child. You wake up in a dream world where you find the key to defeating Lucien, the music box that you used in your childhood. You wake up from this dream with the music box in hand, and somehow you wake up in the Spire close to Lucien. You see Lucien absorbing power from the other heroes. He sights you and tries to put you to sleep with his powers but the music box protects you. You then take back all the power he absorbs and then he give you his final words. You can shot him then and there or you can listen for about a minute until Reaver shots him in the head. I prefer the first option as that way you get the satisfaction of stoping an evil tyrant trying to destroy a video game world. After this you can use the Spire's power to make your wish, you have the following options:

The needs many-revives all the slave that died in the making of the spire. You get nothing but the satisfaction of righteous. This gives you good side points. Your family and dogs remain dead. This is the good option for all the goody-to-shoes out there.

The needs of few-revives your family or families and most importantly, your dog. You don't get any good or evil points but you get your dog. I've beaten the game three times and I have always chosen this option. I mean come on it's a cute iresistable dog were talking about.....and your family but mainly the dog.

The needs of one- It says it gives you all the gold you can dream of, but it only gives you one million gold. I can dream of more! You get evil side points but not your dog or family. This is the option for all those evil people out their, but it's close to christmas so you need to be nice.

After the main storyline is finished you can still play the game and finish all the quests, including a few new ones. After or the quests are completed the game gets pretty boring unless you are trying to get achievements or just killing people.

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The guide
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The first part of my guide is about the Archaeologist side quest. Your reward for this quest is either Archon's Dream Or 50,000 gold. If you choose the gold you get good side points, however if you choose to keep the gem you will become more evil. You can only find the first four scrolls before the Spire. This is the longest quest (gargoyle's non-withstanding) of the game and it is filled with riddles and...well...confusement. The hardest scroll to find is the one in Gemstone grotto as this is a secret location and is out of your normal travelling path. To get their you need to jump off the bridge in rookridge and swim to the left until you reach the ship-wrecked boat. The secret area will be on the right of this boat. This area can only be accesed in late adulthood after you return from the spire. The next part of my guide is the loacation of, and how to open, the Demon doors. This part of the guide is pretty self-explanatory. I still don't understand why they call them demon doors as they are funny and nice, I mean come on, who else gives you free gifts at the price of a five-hundred year old rock's amusement. The part after this is what you get for silencing the gargoyles, which are grey talking statues that like flinging a few insults your way. You need to have a ranged weapon with at least level two dextorous styles. These things are practically suicidle, I mean how dumb do you have to be to insult a big, strong hero that is holding a gun. A lot of confusion is placed at the final chest, where people find a rotten apple. Yes a rotten apple, all that hard work for an apple. However there is a breakable section of wall just behind this chest which leads to the infamous  crossbow, the Rammer. Then after that it shows the locations of the Gargoyles them selves, yes all fifty of them,not fourty-nine to annoy you, all of them. It then shows all the sculpture locations and random info that is helpful. Contact me if you have any queries, my contact details are at the bottom.

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Table Of Contents
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Archaeologist Digsites.....[AD01]
Demon Doors................[DD01]
Gargoyle Rewards...........[GR01]
Gargoyle Locations.........[GL01]
Sculpture Locations........[SL01]
Helpful Info...............[HI01]
Contacting me..............[CM01]

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Archaeologist dig sites  [AD01]
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The archaeologist quest is started by talking to Belle, who is, suprisingly, an archaeologist. She wants you to travel around the whole of Albion looking for scrolls that will help her find the code to opening the Door to Archon's dream. The following list is the locations of the scroll's digsites in order.

1) Bowerstone Old Town
2) Rookridge
3) Bowerstone Cemetary
4) Oakfield
5) Bower Lake
6) Brightwood
7) Bandit Coast
8) Westcliff
9) Gemstone Grotto(Rookridge, jump of bridge and keep swimming past the hobbe cave) 
10) Wraithmarsh
11) Bloodstone
12) Guild Cave
13) Reaver�s Rear Passage(entrance from Reaver�s House)
The gem archon's dream is guarded by two shards, yes, those things again!

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Demon Doors [DD01]
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These rocks are at it again just demanding your attention. In this section it shows what region the doors are in, what they want to amuse themselves or, in one case, how to eliminate his hunger strike, and what you get for helping these giant talking rocks.

1)Bower Lake-Use required expressions( worship expession from Bowerstone Book Shop �Fiction Burns� as well as most other expressions)-Lucky Charm Augment
2)Bowerstone Cemetary-Kick chicken into him-Balverine Strength Potion,Infused Will Potion & Practised Skill Potion
3)Rookridge-Pefrom 5+ dog tricks-Potion Of Life
4)Bloodstone-Play lute-Master Longsword
5)Westcliff-Be 50% corrupt-The Calavera
6)Brightwood-Give him cheese, change hairstyles to Mullet,handlebar moustache, dreadlocks or mutton chops.AFTER HE TELLS YOU put on a bandit bandana,tart skirt, yokel hat,noble trousers and noble gent�s shirt or corset.-Merchant Cap, Knotted Shirt & Harlequin Trousers
7)Oakfield-Marry a villager infront of him-Serenity Farm & Hammerthyst
8)Wraithmarsh-get a dozen middle class or above people to follow you(preferably from Bowerstone)-The Perforator
9)Fairfaw Gardens-Open all other demon doors-50,000 gold and Marcus�s Poem�s.

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Gargoyle Rewards(number =amount of gargoyles) [GR01]
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These are what you get for slaying the gargoyles. This quest is started by destroying one gargoyle. You then get a mapp which leads to the secret treasure trove under bowerstone bridge. To get rewards you have to slay the gargoyles in lots of ten. There are fifty gargoyles in the whole of Albion and these are hard to find without help.

After destroying ten gargoyles your reward is the growl dog book.
After destroying twenty gargoyles your reward is a Potion of Life.
After destroying thirty gargoyles your reward is three Emeralds.
After destroying fourty gargoyles your reward is 10,000 gold.
After destroying fifty gargoyles your reward is a Ghoul Augment.
After destroying all gargoyles and collecting your reward from all the over chests you gain access to the central chest which contains a rooten apple. Great isn't it, enjoy your apple. Okay, there is also the legendary croosbow the Rammer in the room behind it.

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Gargoyle Locations(Area-Amount) [GL01]
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Here is a detailed guide to find the Gargoyles. Do not get impatient as they can take a lot of time to find even with help as they are hidden in secret areas and hidden ledges and so on.

Archon�s Knot-1 gargoyle
This is a secret area.To access it,escape the spire, then go to the level of Garth�s Brightwood tower you used to get to Wraithmarsh and press A to jump over the gap in the edge and into the well below.
Location: Turn around in the water to see it on the wall
Bandit Coast-2 gargoyles
Location:1:Amongst the cliffs on the trail forking off the main track before the camp. It�s in the cave.2:On a pillar on top of the tower in the fortress.
Bloodstone-3 gargoyles
Location:1:When looking out over the harbour directlt out to sea, swim to the right and onto the beach to see it on the rocks.2:On the crane on the left hand side of the docks as you look out to sea.3: Behind the house with the boat ramp leading out to sea. It should be on a fence.
Bower Lake-4 gargoyles
Location:1: Beyond the waterfall to the south of Bower Lake(follow the river leading off it) you will have to zoom in with a ranged weapon to see it.2: On the ruin of the beach as part of the lake itself.3: To the north-east past the arched wall is the gargoyle on top.4:On the side of the same wall.
Bowerstone Cemetary-4 gargoyles
Location:1:By the building containing the Necromanium(legendary book to raise the dead). 2:Head left when coming from this building to see it on the next temple you come to.3: Follow this path uphill into the gardens.4: On the wall going around the graveyard to the North-West.
Bowerstone Market-4 gargoyles
Location:1: In the Furniture shop top floor.2:On the northern side of the main bridge.3:On the city wall, in a tower.4: Inside the recess with the carriage in.
Bowerstone Old Town-2 gargoyles
Location:1: By the warehouse from childhood.2:On the stairs of the Felling Residence in the centre of the area.
Brightwood-3 gargoyles
Location:1:On the aqueduct near the demon door.2:On the back of the tomb on the island in Brightwood river.3: In the window at the top of Brightwood Tower.
Fairfax Gardens-2 gargoyles
Location:1:In the window as you look high up at Castle Fairfax.2:In the library inside Castle Fairfax-only accessible if you buy it.
Forsaken Fortress-1 gargoyle
Find this ruin near Brightwood tower. This is where the Assasin's guild is.
Location:1: To the Southeast of the main castle.
Guild Cave-1 gargoyle
Location:1:On the left of the first main room you come to.
Hobbe Cave-1 gargoyle
Location:1: In the spiral walkway.
Howling Halls-1 gargoyle
Location:1:In the corner of the main  room over the spike pit.
Lady Gray�s Tomb-1 gargoyle
Location:1:In the corridor before dropping into the sand of the main tomb.
Lion�s Head Isle-1 gargoyle
Location:1: Outside the cave you come to after coming out of the water filled lagoon with the island in the middle and heading up the hill.
Oakfield-3 gargoyles
Location:1:On thebridge at the hub of the village.2:Behind the sculptor�s house.3: Up the shore in the lack below the temple of light, there is a path heading behind the temple.
Rookridge-3 gargoyles
Location:1: Outside the entrance to Hobbe Cave.2: In late adulthood you can go past the previously blocked rail track if you follow the track from the Rookridge Inn all the way along the mining equipment.3: On the wall of the Temple Of Shadows main courtyard.
Shadow Court-1 gargoyle
Location:1:Behind you once you cross the spikes.
Shelley Crypt-1 gargoyle
Location:1: Once you navigate the bridges and orbs in the follow the ledge to the right.
The Temple of Shadows-1 gargoyle
Location:1:To the left of the wheel in the sacrifice chamber.
Tomb Of Heroes-1 gargoyle
Location:1:On the other side of the door on the way to the sarcophagus room.
Twinblade�s Tomb-1 gargoyle
Location:1:Above the door as you come into the final room.
Westcliff-4 gargoyles 
Location:1: On the path on the way to the Howlin Halls, after the second large ben near some stone ruins.2:Turn right at the fork and the next gargoyle is near the tower at the end of the path.3: On the wall of the Howling Halls just before you go inside.4: On the cliffside in the beach you come back from the spire on.
Wraithmarsh-4 gargoyles
Location:1: In the building near your cage at the start of the area.2:On your way to the Drowned Farm from your cage it�s outside the houses before you enter the circle of the village.3: After crossing ther bridge from Oakvale it�s on the right after a short distance.4: To the west of the circle of tombs, on the left of the path as you head downhill.

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Sculpture Locations [SL01]
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Sculptures can be made from the sculptor in Oakfield. The more expensive the sculpture is to make the more renown you get from making it. You get the most renown if you peform the expression perfectly. The harder the expression is to pull off the more renown you get.

1)In front of Oakfield Inn, "The Sandogoose"
2)Bloodstone waterfront
3)In front of Brightwood gate
4)Westcliff shooting range
5)Fairfax Garden�s fountain

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Helpful info [HI01]
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This section is a bit of useful info that will find you loot and help unlock acheivements.

Use clockwork pistol at shooting range to get main prize easier as it can shoot five to six bullets without reloading and it reloads very quickly.Always aim for heads(do not expect to get on first go).
Worship Expression-Bowerstone bookstore 2nd story shelves.
The Daichi(best sword in the game)-travel through archon�s knot(brightwood tower),should be on cliff outside in a chest. This area can only be accessed after you travel to Bloodstone at least once.
At end of game where you have to choose between the three options pick one then as soon as achievement pops up turn off your console. Restart then choose another option(the game won�t save but the achievement will).
People say to get money rent lots of houses and buy lots of shops then set the clock forward on your Xbox. However if you are connected to xbox live like most gamers, you cannot change the clock as it is automatically updated. Their is an easy solution to this, turn your xbox off at the powerpoint so the date and time reset (you won't lose data) and turn off your router/modem. Then start up your game and play it for about half an hour, then turn on your router/modem, hit the xbox guide button on your controller and connect to xbox live. You should get at least fifty times what you normally get as the clock resets to the year 2005.
If you are having trouble killing five human enemies with a spell then try it in the crucible, here you can charge youur spell while your enemies are spawning. If you need help killing three enemies with one shot then use the master blunderbuss on hollow men. The blunderbuss is powerful and get inflict damage on a large group of enemies and the hollow men are brittle and weak.
If you are having trouble defeating the troll in the crucible in under one minute and fifty seconds then use The Red Dragon which is earned from completing the Westcliff shooting range with more then one-hundred and seventy five points. Do not use the slow down time spell as it slows down the troll nerves showing but doesn't slow the clock, even though it appears it does. If you do not choose the family option at the end of this game to revive your dog anf family then you are evil, pure evil, not your character in the game you.
If you do not choose the family option then you don't have your dog, however your dog's ghost appears in places where you need him for quests but it is way cooler if your dog survives.

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Contacting me [CM01]
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This is for helping me with the walkthrough or asking question, not spamming. My email addresS is [email protected] and my Xbox-360 gamertag is Indazone7. If you have any ideas on how to add to this guide or tell me what I've done wrong then please do. Try and use my messenger acount not my xbox as it is easier.
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