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The Shadow Judges are the three members of the Shadow Court. They have glowing red eyes and appear as if they are cloaked. The court resides in Wraithmarsh, the wreckage of what used to be Oakvale. The court's origins are unknown but have tremendous power to destroy the Oakvale region and its villagers.

Reaver[]

Reaver, as a young man and resident of Oakvale, desired to be young forever. He was so determined to achieve eternal youth that he made a deal with the Shadow Court. In exchange for his perpetual youth, Reaver would sacrifice everyone in Oakvale. In addition, Reaver had to send a new human sacrifice to the Court every so often, who would be forced to give up their youth for his. He forces the Hero to choose themself or an innocent as one of his victims in the The Hero of Skill quest.

Reaver himself admits his regret that his sweetheart had to be destroyed along with the rest of Oakvale, and suggests in his diary entries that he didn't know the Shadow Court would kill everyone in Oakvale.

Notes[]

  • In Fable: The Journey, Sgt. Pullman from Stonehaven scolds Private Watkins to turn off the Beacon, but Private Watkins asks, "Doesn't the light keep out the hollow men, Sarge?" Sgt Pullman replies, "I don't care if it keeps out the bleeding Shadow Court, Private!"
  • The central or 'leading' Shadow Court member (the only one who speaks in the scenes aside from the "welcoming" of Elizabeth and the Hero to the Shadow Court) uses a retextured (shadow) version of Theresa's character model. This is most noticeable by the way it shuffles from foot to foot, the same way Theresa does when stationary, and that he appears to be holding his hands level to his waist with the fingers interlocked like Theresa has hers. The other two members of the Shadow Court appear to be retextured Shadow Worshippers, or possible Monks of Light.
    • Should the hero use an expression on the central judge, it is possible to hear one of Theresa's various expression responses. This further concludes that the NPC was a literal retexture of Theresa.
  • The location of the Shadow Court is the same area in which you first meet Theresa in Oakvale in the original Fable.
  • If you go here after the main story is done, the Shadow Judges will be gone.

Trivia[]

  • During a February 2020 Twitch livestream by streamer RTGame, this similarity was brought up, and a former Lionhead employee under the username Lionbum71 in the chat dismissed the reuse of assets as "utter laziness"
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