Fable - Getting Started

       Taken from a solution by Mark and Karen Howell
                downloaded from the Internet

The game starts in The Village of Balkhane. Talk to the village
Elder and say, "Sounds great. But what am I supposed to do?", then
"Do you have any last minute words of advice?" until you get the
medallion. Walk up to The Bridge, cross the stream and walk right
to The Old House.

When you arrive at The Old House, look at the cellar door. It's on
the left of the house, under the porch. Use the cellar door to
open it, then walk into the cellar. Pick up the rope, on the
ground to the left of the altar, and the statuette from the altar.
Walk back up the staircase to leave the cellar.

Use the front door of the house, and a ghost will appear. Use the
medallion on the ghost to exorcise it. Use the front door again to
open it, then walk into the house. Take the bag of seeds that is
to the right of the witch.  Leave the house and walk to The Frozen
Lake. Look at the chair in the boat, then examine it to awaken
Simbeline. Say, "But who..., what kind of creature are you?" and
take the orb.

Walk to The Edge of the Forest and give the statuette to the
well-dressed gentleman. Walk right to The Path of Sculptures.
Examine the thing sticking out of the ground, it is on the ground
in front of the frozen soldiers, then take the rusty shield. Walk
up to The Hollow Tree and examine the tree stump that the Drimm is
sitting on. Use the lever to open the door in the large tree.  Use
the bag of seed on the bird, then walk away from the bag. In front
of the tree is far enough. When the bird leaves the nest look at
it and take the bracelet.

Walk left and return to The Edge of the Forest, then give the
necklace to the well-dressed gentleman. You will get some gloves
in return. Walk right and return to The Hollow Tree again, then
walk into the opening in the large tree.  Use the gloves, then
take a blue fruit. Look at the rightmost dead solider and take the
ring. Don't use the ring on yourself or you will die!  Walk out of
the tree, then walk up to The Well. Use the rope with the spool
above the well, then use the rope again to climb down into the
well. Use the orb to create some light. Examine the small pile of
dirt, then take the clay tablet. The pile of dirt is on the floor
just to the left of the rope. Walk right into the tunnel. Find the
tunnel entrance by moving the cursor across the centre of the
screen from the right. Examine the second pile of dirt, then take
the other part of the clay tablet. The pile of dirt is on the
floor in the middle of the screen. Use one piece of tablet with
the other to join them together. Walk left back to the bottom of
the well, take the orb, then use the rope to climb out of the
well. You can get into the Ogre's cave from the well, but we will
go an easier way.

Walk left to The Crossing, then walk to the bushy path. This path
is through the clump of bushes on the far right side of the scene.
In the next scene use the bushes that are on the far right-hand
side to hide behind. Wait until the Ogre has left, then walk
through the small hole to enter the Ogre's cave. The small hole is
located in the rocks just above and to the left of the large
boulder the Ogre used to seal the cave.

Examine the pillow on the Ogre's bed to discover a key. Use the
key on the chest that is located on the far left of the scene.
Take one of the flasks of oil and leave the cave by walking
through the small hole that you came in by.  The small hole is
more obvious inside the cave because you can see a beam of
sunlight shining through it.

Walk left, back to the forest path, then walk up towards the
mountains. When you are accosted by the bandits say, "I'm off to
kill the Ice Giant", then "Would you settle for some sort of
valuable object instead?". Give the ring to the bandit leader. He
will wear the ring and die. Look at the dead bandit leader and
take first his knife, then his scarf. Carry on walking up towards
the mountains.

Walk to The Ravine. When there, use the ancient clay tablet to
start an earthquake and open the ravine. Before you go to the
castle walk to The Top of the Ravine. This isn't easy to find, but
the path is behind the thin strip of snow on the far right of the
scene. Move the cursor over the centre of this strip to find the
path. Once at the top of the ravine examine the frozen carcass and
take the sulphur stick.

Walk back down to The Ravine. The path is on the far right of the
scene. Walk up to the castle. Once at the castle, walk across the
drawbridge and the Ice Giant will come out to greet you. Use the
flask of oil, then the sulphur stick on the Ice Giant to melt him.
Walk through the palace gates and into the palace.

Once inside the palace use the scarf on the rusty shield to polish
it up. Then, just use the shield. This will protect you as you
walk through the photon pulses. Take the emerald, it is on the
floor in front of the bird. Finally, give the blue fruit to the
bird and you will be transported to The Land of Mists ...


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