Fable follows a boy from Oakvale who survives a bandit raid and is taken to the Heroes’ Guild by Maze, an old Hero who trains him. As he grows older, his actions shape his abilities, appearance and moral alignment.
Players help people, slay creatures and make decisions such as killing or sparing defeated opponents. The people of Albion react to the hero’s conduct, appearance, successes and failures with responses ranging from applause and flirtation to mockery and fear. Moral alignment and a late-story choice determine which of four endings concludes the main story.