[weirdkidinabox]

Im back- where have I been you may ask? Holed up in my basement with nothing but the Fable 2 teaser, a thousand smokes and a lot of coffee. What have I been doing? I have been plotting and creating theories. Lots of them which, over time I will post right here. Now, down to the business. I would also like everybody to note that picking flaws in my theories is a good thing, if I missed something tell me. If you have a good theory shoot it out there and we'll chat about it. Feel free to join in anytime.

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Theory 1- Star Signs

Okay Molyneux had mentioned a while back that there were about ten thing, secrets if you will, which you could be found in the trailer. After looking at the teaser I have come up with several theories- the origami fortune telling device the girl uses is a key element in most of this. Obviously each symbol on the top of it symbolises something- many have speculated these are the different classes such as warrior, mage, so on and so fourth. Now, when the girl opens up this device there are glowing symbols, difficult to make out, which people have jumped to the conclusion that they are the symbols for the Oracles in the Snowspire village or some other kind of thing- WRONG.

They are star signs and I have identified each one of them for your interest;
Libra, Cancer, Scorpio, Saggitarius, Aquarius, Leo, Capricorn, Aries
It is interesting to note that there are only eight star signs here, when normally there should be twelve. So anyway each star sign often has attributes attached to it and each star sign is also linked
to an element.

Earth- Capricorn
Fire- Aries, Leo, Saggitarius
Air- Libra, Aquarius
Water- Cancer, Scorpio

So I guess elements will feature heavily in this new Fable, in various ways. Notice how everything in Fable was sunny and the weather only changed when you went somewhere like cold or dank. Well I assume this new Fable will have constantly changing weather patterns.

Those origami things- you've used them, you know how they work, you pick one thing from the top set- such as your class, Nobleman (crown), Seer (hand with eye), Mage (yin/yang) or warrior (sword) and once you have chosen that the fortune teller open and you select something form the inner sides of it, meaning the elements. Therefore you pick your class, then you pick you element/star sign set. The star sign/element choice will give your character different personality traits and weaknesses along with strengths. This choice will probably also help to determine your characters fate.

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Theory 2- The Yin/Yang
On the top of the fortune telling device there are four symbols- one is a crown, obviously nobility, there is a sword, obviously strength/warrior, there is a hand with an eye represting foresight/magic but the thing which is seemingly a bit vague is the yin/yang symbol. Well not entirely vague- most people assume ying-yang for being good and evil but you need to look a little deeper.

Yin and Yang coexist with each other- one cannot be without the other. Its about balance. Therefore I assume Fable 2 will not be directly about eradicating evil- it will be about maintaining a balance. Also, the symbols are missing something, now this may contradict my first point. The two dots of the opposite colour in each side of the yin/yang are not there- these dots represent the seed of evil inside the good and vice versa. So this would indicate that there is some ultimate good and some ultimate evil in Fable 2. A pure being and one of ulimate evil neither containing a hint of the opposite. You getting this point yet- Skorm and Avo.

Also- yin/yang are opposite and I read somewhere that since they are opposite they can be taken as male and female. The darker of the two being female, the lighter being male. So I guess we will get female characters in Fable 2.

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[FableFreak]

well, you obviously did a lot of thinking and searching and i applaude you for that, and if you die from lung cancer it won't be in vain.

[DrZoid]

Now thats dedication... unless you just copied that off a site... hmmm... probs not.

Anyway interesting info. Thanks.

*is pleased with self after having not mentioned how sad one would have to be to spend 6 weeks watching a fable 2 trailor in ones basement*

[blu phoenix]

yes +rep! was great to read about and you have put a lot of thought and time into this. great job on this weirdkid...

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by blu phoenix

yes +rep! was great to read about and you have put a lot of thought and time into this. great job on this weirdkid...

Now that is why we missed him

Great post man and nice to see you back +rep

[weirdkidinabox]

The thing which sparked it off was a site called alter-ego.net and I was surfing there for a while and found a quote from Molyneux stating about the secrets, they had tried to analyse the teaser and had a screen cap or two from the origami device, I stared at the glowing symbols for about two seconds before I realised I had seen two or three of those symbols before on zodiacs and such, so I went and checked out Star Sign glyphs and found most of what I found.

I am still working on a couple of other ideas, such as the fact that there is a resemblence to a piece of ruined architecture which glimpses past quickly in the teaser and some of the areas of the actual Fable game so that could be a hint to the base location of the game. Also, there has been some speculation that the seer in the teaser is actually Theresa, I can probably put that theory to rest by stating there is a point in the teaser where you can see a reflection of her eyes gimmering, they look deep red, almost crimson to be honest and since Theresa doesnt have eyes I doubt it could be her. I had considered the point of it actually being a descendent of your hero character in Fable or a descenant of Theresa....

[DrZoid]

A true fable fan..

I'd give you more rep but I can't cos i think you were the last person I gave rep too.

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by DrZoid

A true fable fan..

I'd give you more rep but I can't cos i think you were the last person I gave rep too.

I agree, always having theories that are actually worth listening to

[weirdkidinabox]

Ah shucks, you guys flatter me too much... Drak, I sincerely hope your not interesting in getting into my frilly pink, very manly, underwear.....


This whole Fable2 thing has me so damned excited though. To the point of breaking into Molyneuxs house, kidnapping him and torturing him till he tells me what F2 is all about. But I wouldnt that.... Im a nice person... really...

*hides rope, grappling hook, torture devices*
What you looking at....

[Dark Drakan]

Originally Posted by weirdkidinabox

Ah shucks, you guys flatter me too much... Drak, I sincerely hope your not interesting in getting into my frilly pink, very manly, underwear.....

Nah not today

[weirdkidinabox]

Ah darn there goes my weekend fun... so on this Fable 2 thing.... I am going to quote Peter Molyneux right now-

"there's a lot of reasons why Fable will be, you know, a truly customizable game."

That is him, when referring to Fable 2.. actually... I was going to put this in a new thread, I dont know if I should since it may have already been posted, so I shall post it here-

http://games.kikizo.com/features/pet...v_jun06_p1.asp

Interview with Peter, done in June. I get the feeling from the interview that Albion is possibly not going to feature in it. for some reason.

[SorenSwift]

Incredible +rep. Its amazing seriously how you came up with all of that. I've only watched the video once but i should watch it again and see what you mean.

[weirdkidinabox]

Originally Posted by SorenSwift

Incredible +rep. Its amazing seriously how you came up with all of that. I've only watched the video once but i should watch it again and see what you mean.

Ive been skimming through the video loads lately, I also been replaying through one of my old accounts on TLC to see if there is anything I can pick up from there- such as the stone carved emblem on the seers jacket and also seeing if I can make any direct links to the trailer and the new game.

I did notice something though- in Fable the moon is extremely close to the planet, like its massive in the sky wheras in the trailer the moon is farther away from the planet. Dont know if it means anything specific.

Thanks for the rep as well

[TRA Rotid]

That was some really good reading. Keep it up and soon we don`t have anything to wait from Fable 2 .

Wanted to ask how I can give you +rep, but already figured it out.

[weirdkidinabox]

Um cheers for the +rep and I am sure Mr. Molyneux will still have a few tricks up his sleeve for the sequel, I hope to damn that the thing is like an infinite game entirely and utterly free roaming, would be very awesome indeed