Royal Army

Warning: Spoilers This section or article may contain spoilers!

In early Albion, security and public order was kept by the Albion Guard. After the Hero of Bowerstone became the monarch of Albion, the Guard swore allegiance to the new monarch and evolved into the Royal Army as seen in Fable III.

The army fulfils the traditional 'guard' role and is responsible for keeping the peace, investigating crimes and dealing with criminals. For this reason, the Army is still known as the "Old Guard". In addition to guarding towns in Albion and Aurora, the army is charged with the defence of the realm. Pending the Crawler's attack on Albion, the Hero of Brightwall must raise a large amount of gold to fund the Army's attempt to recruit and train enough soldiers to defend all of Albion and Aurora against the coming Darkness. Failing to do so can result in as many as 6.5 million civilian casualties. This has a drastic effect on the game as virtually all towns will appear devoid of people after the main story line is completed.

In the Traitor's Keep DLC, the Royal Army is still allied with the Hero and will protect the Hero from the assassin during the assassination attempt in the throne room. However, due to the guards' preference for long ranged weapons, they will only give the Hero covering fire from their positions unless the assassin comes too close to one of them.

They appear to only use Iron Flintlock Rifles and Iron Longswords. Later, when the Hero has raised money for the army and after the battle against the Darkness, the guards use Iron Flintlock Rifles and Steel Longswords. During the battle against the Crawler, the guards are armed with Master Flintlock Rifles and do not carry any mêlée weapons, instead they use the butts of their rifles in close combat.

Noted Figures in the Military

In order of Appearance:

• Hero of Brightwall (Chief of the Rebellion, later the third Chief of General Staff and slayer of the Crawler)
• Walter Beck (Unknown, partner of the Hero of Bowerstone, adviser to Logan and later the trainer, adviser and mentor of the Hero of Brightwall) (deceased)
• Logan (Second Chief of General Staff and Allegiance)
• Hero of Bowerstone (First Chief of General Staff and uniter of Albion) (deceased)
• Clarence (Private) (later resigned to join the Mercenaries, impersonated by the Hero of Brightwall)
• Stilts (Private) (also resigned to join the Mercenaries, friend of Clarence)
• Captain Saker (Captain) (also resigned to join the Mercenaries, but was soon defeated and resigned from them as well)
• Major Swift (Commanding Officer of Mourningwood Fort, later of the Rebellion) (deceased)
• Ben Finn (Captain, Second in Command of the Rebellion, later first and subsequently of the Royal Army) (resigned to join the Bowerstone Resistance and replaced by an unknown successor)
• Jammy (Private, wounded 724 times) (deceased)
• Lieutenant Simmons (Lieutenant of Mourningwood Fort, Commissioned officer) (deceased)
• Keith (Private) (also resigned to join the Mercenaries and later worked for Nigel Ferret)
• Lemmy (Lieutenant) (also resigned to join the Mercenaries and later became their new Captain)
• Commander Milton (Warden of the Ravenscar Keep prison) (deceased)
• General Turner (Former General, former inmate of Ravenscar Keep) (deceased)
• Lieutenant Hadley (Lieutenant of Ravenscar Keep, later Warden)
• Trevor (Private) (soldier at Mourningwood Fort and rebel)

THE KING JAMES WALTER LEGATE JR

• The uniform is resembles the "redcoat" uniform worn by the British Army from the late 17th century to the early 20th century. The style of the uniform is extremely similar to the British Army uniform of the Napoleonic era (1799-1815).
• The uniform is also reminiscent of Welley's Soldier Outfit from See The Future.
• Once you become the ruler of Albion, the guards will no longer arrest you, but they will defend themselves if attacked. Evidently they despise this, as they will often say things along the lines of "I never joined up just to watch our monarch commit crimes".
• It is they, not Logan's men, who execute prisoners, as seen in the opening cutscene, and Logan's execution. This is done by the soldiers lining up in front of the prisoner, who will stand in an open courtyard, and each firing upon the prisoner in succession.
• It is possible to adorn the clothing worn by the soldiers with the Traitor's Keep DLC. The outfit is called the Bowerstone Guard suit, and is obtained when the DLC is loaded and clothing can be earned.
• If you walk through Chill Breath Caverns, you will find a broken bridge and and frozen waterfall/lake. If you look in the right place, you can see a frozen guard member beneath the ice floor.