History Characters / FableII

* InkSuitActor: Garth resembles his voice actor, [[BarneyMiller Ron]] [[{{Series/Firefly}} Glass]].

* RagsToRoyalty: Although the player never actually sees this happen in their game, the Hero of Bowerstone becomes the King or Queen of Albion.

%%* {{Badass}}

* KilledOffForReal: Damn you, Reaver!

* StockSuperpowers: His Will abilities:
** BlowYouAway: Vortex.
** MindOverMatter: Force Push.
** PlayingWithFire: Inferno.
** ShockAndAwe: Shock, which he can use continuously even though the Hero can't.

* HeroicLineage: The Hero of Bowerstone is a descendant of the Hero of Oakvale from the first game.

* BrokenBird: Sparrow gets shit on in the opening cutscene; it goes downhill from there.

* FragileSpeedster: Catching him is the problem, but once the Hero manages to get a punch in he goes down easy.

%%* DisneyVillainDeath

[[folder: The Player Character]]

!!'''The Hero of Bowerstone'''

The PlayerCharacter, a street urchin who, after losing their beloved sister to Lord Lucien, determined to have revenge against him. Helping along with this is the fact that s/he is the Fourth Hero who is destined to stop him.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The other three Heroes each excel at one of three attributes: Strength, Skill, and [[MagicByAnyOtherName Will]]. The player character excels in all three.
* AntiHero
** PragmaticHero: As Decadent.
** UnscrupulousHero or NominalHero: As Puritan, Opportunist, or Debaser.
** VillainProtagonist/ NominalHero: As Fanatic, Demon, or Ghoul.

* CosmicPlaything: The game starts with the Hero taking a bird dropping to the head. Their life goes downhill from there.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When Sparrow becomes evil enough [[spoiler:or sacrifices their youth to Reaver (which is ironically the good choice)]], their eyes will glow red.

* JackOfAllTrades: Not not as strong as Hammer, less skilled than Reaver and can't ever reach Garth's Will powers, but they are good with all three.

* NoNameGiven: It is extremely unlikely that Sparrow is this character's real name.

!!'''Rose'''

The Hero of Bowerstone's older sister.

%%* GirlishPigtails
%%* PromotedToParent

!!'''Dog'''

%%* NonHumanSidekick

* UndyingLoyalty: To the Hero.

!!'''Sister Hannah, aka Hammer'''

-->''I'm sorry, Father. Not that I broke my vow. I'm sorry I didn't break it sooner. I never did fit in at this place. We both knew that. And now I'm making a new vow...Lucien will die for what he did to you. I won't break this one."''

The Hero of Strength, the daughter of the Abbot who presides over the Temple of Light. Although initially a pacifist, after her father is killed by Lucien's men she resolves to join the Hero of Bowerstone in their quest for vengeance and becomes an ally through the rest of the game.

%%* TheBigGirl
%%* BrawnHilda

* GentleGiant: The Hero of Strength and sized accordingly, but originally a pacifist who chafed at her vows because she wanted to do more than pray to defend the well-being of others. Even after she renounces her vow, she remains firmly on the side of the angels. (And she's always pleased to see your dog.)

* LastOfHerKind: Theresa mentions in ''VideoGame/FableTheJourney'' that Hammer was the last remaining member of a ancient Heroic bloodline descended from the Hero Stone, and that it ended when Hammer died of old age without children following the end of ''Fable II''.
* PetTheDog: Literally. It's the first thing she does upon seeing him. Apparently, the adoration is mutual.
* StoutStrength: She is a very big lady with a very big hammer that she uses very well.

!!'''Garth'''

The Hero of Will. He's an expert on the Old Kingdom and a scholar. Although originally working to help Lucien recover the Spire, his interest was purely academic and he dissolved their partnership; he later becomes an ally of the Hero of Bowerstone.

!!'''Lucien Fairfax'''

The main antagonist of the game. After his wife and child's death, he never truly recovers and becomes obsessed with rebuilding the Spire, a conduit from the Old Kingdom that could grant his wish to bring them back. As time goes on, his ambitions take over and he decides to redo the whole world.

* BigBad: Lucien is the main villain of ''Fable II''.
** NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:Lucien is killed rather unceremoniously in the end either by you or Reaver.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Lucien starts out as this, although he gets corrupted and more insane as he continues his quest.

!!'''The Commandant'''

* {{Badass}}
** BadassBoast: "You are Number 273. That number is not randomly assigned. It is because I have broken 272 guards already. And I will break you."

!!'''Cornelius Grim'''

!!'''Thag'''

!!'''Dash'''

A bandit who is especially quick.

!!'''Ripper'''

A bandit after Farmer Giles for knowing his dark secret, who continually tries to kill him. Previous to the quest "Cold Comfort Farmer," he kills Giles' wife.

* TimeMaster: He is able to use the slow time spell, indicating he may have some Hero blood.

* VillainousCrossdresser: He and his bandits put on womens' clothing that they had raided; this was witnessed by Giles and is the reason he's trying to kill him.

!!'''Darius Zing'''

* TimeMaster: Like Ripper, he can use the slow time spell.

!!'''Great Shard'''

!!'''Barnum'''

!!'''Farmer Giles'''

!!'''Bob'''

* JackOfAllTrades: He's not as strong as Hammer, less skilled than Reaver and can't ever reach Garth's Will powers, but he is good with all three.

* InkSuitActor: Garth resembles his voice actor, [[BarneyMiller Ron]] [[{{Firefly}} Glass]].

!!'''Rose''' (Gemma Boyle)

!!'''Sister Hannah, aka Hammer''' (Julia Sawalha)

!!'''Garth''' (Ron Glass)

%%* FragileSpeedster
%%* GetBackHereBoss

%%* ZeroEffortBoss

%%* VillainousCrossdresser

%%* FinalBoss

* AllYourPowersCombined: The other three Heroes each excel at one of three attributes: Strength, Skill and [[MagicByAnyOtherName Will]]. The player character excels in all three.

** UnscrupulousHero or NominalHero: As Puritan, Opportunist or Debaser.
** VillainProtagonist/ NominalHero: As Fanatic, Demon or Ghoul.

* GoodIsNotNice: As Decadent, Sparrow has [[ReallyGetsAround several couples]], is [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], charges too much rent, pays for sex and/or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking sleeps for a week]], but still a good guy.

* HeroicLineage

* LegendaryInTheSequel
* MeaningfulName: "Sparrow", or "little sparrow" is a term of endearment.

* ActionGirl: Subverted. She tries to protect Dog from a bully but fails utterly.

* DeathByOriginStory
* GirlishPigtails
* PromotedToParent

* HeroicDog
* NonHumanSidekick
* TakingTheBullet

* UndyingLoyalty

-->''I'm sorry, Father. Not that I broke my vow. I'm sorry I didn't break it sooner. I never did fit in at this place. We both knew that. And now I'm making a new vow... Lucien will die for what he did to you. I won't break this one."''

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She finds the life of a monk boring and wants to go adventuring. She does so, but only after her father is killed and she breaks her vow of pacifism to avenge him. [[spoiler:At the very end, she declares she's sick and tired of violence and just wants to be happy again.]]

* TheBigGirl
* BrawnHilda

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl
* TheLadette

* PetTheDog: Literally. It's the first thing she does upon seeing him. Apparently the adoration is mutual.

* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker

* HeelFaceTurn: He was working with Lucien at the start of the game. At that time, he had no idea he was on the bad guy's side--in fact, his first appearance is his walking out on Lucien because he realizes the latter is crazy.

* TheSmartGuy

* BigBad

* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: He started out trying to revive his family with the Spire, but quickly decides to use it to create a world without death or chaos.

* DisneyVillainDeath

* StartOfDarkness: Lucien was a genuinely good and competent ruler before the deaths of his wife, daughter and sister. After that, his sanity very slowly begins to erode as his obsession with the Spire increases.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

** BadassBoast: "You are number 273. That number is not randomly assigned. It is because I have broken 272 guards already. And I will break you."

* TheDragon
* DrillSergeantNasty
* ObviouslyEvil

* BaldOfEvil
* BeardOfEvil
* CardCarryingVillain
* DarkIsEvil

* ObviouslyEvil

* DegradedBoss: Suffer this in a much greater degree than the Commandant. The Spire Soldiers at least retain a status of MiniBoss, while that the Bandit chieftain are just EliteMooks.
* DumbMuscle
* StarterVillain

* GetBackHereBoss
* OneHitKill
* ZeroEffortBoss

* UngratefulBastard: If you kill Farmer Giles for him, he and his men will still try to kill you because you learned they were crossdressers.
* VillainousCrossdresser

* MasterSwordsman
* ProfessionalKiller

* DragonInChief
* FinalBoss

* DelusionsOfEloquence: Studied a horrendously inaccurate thesaurus to boost his vocabulary. Whoever wrote it hadn't the slightest clue what spelling was. It defined synonyms for nasty as 1: distrafolic, respinacious, aggravitising.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim

* NiceGuy

* BadassGrandpa

* DeadpanSnarker

* AntiVillain

* FatalFamilyPhoto
* MauveShirt: Bob is only a [[EliteMook Spire Guard]], but at least Sparrow know his name.

* FragileSpeedster

* DelusionsOfEloquence

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: If Sparrow wishes to revive his/her loved ones.]]

* [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet]]

* AccidentalMisnaming: Played with. Hannah sheepishly says that the other monks called her "Hammer," which she really didn't care for. After her father is killed, when Theresa says "Come with me, Sister Hannah," she growls back, "Call me '''HAMMER'''."

* [[spoiler:DroppedaBridgeonHim]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Damn you, Reaver!]]

* [[spoiler:FatalFamilyPhoto]]

* MeaningfulName

* RagsToRoyalty: Although the player may never actually see this happen in their game, the Hero of Bowerstone becomes the King or Queen of Albion.

** NominalHero: As Puritan, Opportunist or Debaser.

** VillainProtagonist: As Fanatic, Demon or Ghoul.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The other three heroes each excel at one of three attributes: Strength, Skill, and Will (magic). The player character excels in all three.

** PragmaticHero: As decadent.
** NominalHero: As Puritan, Opportunist or Debaser,

* BrokenBird: Sparrow gets shit on in the opening cut scene and it goes downhill from there.

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Sparrow's parents are never mentioned outside of a dream sequence that may or may not be real.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When Sparrow becomes evil enough, [[spoiler: or sacrifices their youth to Reaver (which is ironically the good choice),]] their eyes will glow.
* GoodIsNotNice: As decadent, Sparrow has several couples, is alcoholic, charges too much rent, pays for sex and/or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking sleeps for a week,]] but still a good guy
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: When Sparrow becomes good enough, their hair will lighten until it becomes blond.

* HeroicMime: Sparrow is the only hero never to speak beyond grunting and laughing.

* OlderThanTheyLook: If the Brightwood Tower subquest is completed.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Like in the GlowingEyesOfDoom example, when Sparrow becomes evil enough, [[spoiler:or sacrifices their youth to Reaver]], their eyes will become red.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: If they sacrifice their youth to Reaver]]

* ActionGirl: Subverted: she tries to protect Dog from a bully. She fails utterly.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Played with. Hannah sheepishly says that the other monks called her "Hammer", which she really didn't care for. After her father is killed, when Theresa says "Come with me, Sister Hannah", she growls back, "Call me '''HAMMER'''."

* AppropriatedAppellation: Nicknamed "Hammer", which she doesn't much like, by her fellow monks. When she renounces her vows, she takes the name for real.

* DropTheHammer: She pulled it off a statue with her bare hands. It is '''BIG.''' And made of stone.

* TheLancer: The first of the Hero of Bower Lake's allies and by far the most supportive one.

* WhatTheHellHero: She will call the hero out if [[spoiler:you choose the wealth option over your family or all the people who died.]]

* BadassBookworm: Oh yes. Wanders the world with a pack full of research, and the foremost expert on the Old Kingdom and its artifacts. Obliterated a fleet of ships with magical fire when he got "a little overzealous".

* HeelFaceTurn: He was working with Lucien at the start of the game. At that time, he had no idea he was on the bad guy's side - in fact, his first appearance is his walking out on Lucien because he realised Lucien's crazy.

* ShirtlessScene: In the spire.

* TheStoic: Unlike the more colourful Reaver and Hammer, Garth is extremely dignified and doesn't emote a whole lot (even when he's blowing things up).
* VolcanicVeins: As a practised user of the Will, his body has become covered in glowing blue lines, much more extensively than the player character will ever have.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: He starts by killing the Rose (the Hero's only family) and mortally wounding the hero as a child. It just gets worse from there.

* DegradedBoss: Less powerful versions of The Commandant appear leading Lucien's men after you escape from the Spire.

* EvilPlan: Poison the waters of the Wellspring Cave, destroying the power of the Temple of Light and devistating the town of Oakfield.

* TheBrute: For Lucien: he kidnaps villagers to be put to work building the Spire.
* DegradedBoss: Suffer this in a much greater degree than the commandant. The Spire Soldiers are least retain a status of MiniBoss, while that the Bandit chieftain are just EliteMooks.

* UngratefulBastard: If you kill Giles for him, he and his men will still try to kill you because you learned they were crossdressers.

* TheBarnum: Subverted: everything he does is on-the-level, and he helps a lot of people should the Hero aid him.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Damn you Reaver!]]

* ICallItVera: He had a powerful blunderbuss called "The Enforcer", but buried it in his celler after he retired.

* [[spoiler: FatalFamilyPhoto]]

** UnscrupulousHero: As Puritan or Opportunist.
** NominalHero: As Debaser,