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Name: Steph
Livejournal: radian
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Other Characters Played: Sho Minamimoto | The World Ends With You | whatthefactor
Are you 18 or over? Yes.
Canon: Fable
Character: Logan
Timeline: Fable III
Personality:
**Note -- The genders of his Hero parent, his younger sibling, and his younger sibling's friend are all conditional. I am just choosing genders for this app for the sake of my sanity.**
Logan was once King of Albion. As such, he was responsible for his kingdom and the safety of its people. And this severe sense of duty and strong devotion to his kingdom is what most defines the former ruler. He puts Albion's well-being above all else. He is willing to do anything or sacrifice anything if necessary to defend his land. If he had to end a few lives to save millions, he would. As he states himself, "If a few had to suffer, it was to build an army. If a few had to die, it was to save a country." If it cost him his friends and family, his own reputation and welfare, then so be it. He is not morally unsound, but rather felt forced to make these drastic sacrifices to try to ensure his kingdom had a future. Every single life his sole responsibility.
Of course, this has led him to a near constant state of stressed the hell out. Though he never expresses these feelings directly, it's fairly obvious something is wrong. A burden he carries alone. Most obvious are the dark rings beneath his eyes and frequent bouts of ill-temper that serve as a testament to his exhaustion. He also has a tendency to talk to himself when under stress, as seen in the most misleading cutscene in the entire game. He's very unhappy and seems to even be thankful when his sister takes the throne (though this occurs after the trial and his point in canon). The attack is still something he'd like to see through to the end ... or at the very least, face his trial. He does realize there is a very good chance he may be executed.
Yet he masks his everything with self-control and a stony facade. So to most, Logan tends to come across as a real hard ass--stern, stubborn, humorless, and cold. Solemn and serious as a heart attack, smiling seems to be a foreign concept to him (unfortunately verified by an actual smile). He is levelheaded and composed, even in the most severe crisis. He still has a lingering air of arrogance and pomposity about him. He usually carries himself with pride, back straight, shoulders squared, and chin up. He's not afraid to look someone else in the eye. Seeming to look down on them because of his position of royalty. Though he does not take great care of his health, he takes some pride in his appearance, almost always well dressed and clean cut. Despite his composure, he has quite the short, nasty temper. One he is much more likely to lose under a state of chronic stress (or when his pride is hurt). He can be quite the formidable enemy, able to keep control even when enraged. Instead of going head first into a fistfight, he seems to use methods that are far more petty and harsh.
With that said, Logan is very detached and distant from those around him. He was never the most social creature, but again, he isolated and alienated himself from everyone during the last four years of his reign. He seems very callous, harsh, and devoid of compassion. He shows little, if any, signs of sympathy or empathy. He has a worker at the very start of the game executed simply for sticking up for a child worker. He orders his guards to start shooting at the protestors without even batting an eyelash. He was demanding of his subjects and expected them to make as many sacrifices as he did. It was to save them, after all. As King, he would not be questioned. His actions were never wrong. Though not nearly as paranoid now, he is still very wary, mistrusting, and even slightly suspicious of most people. Due to his mistrust combined with his own secretive nature, he has the worst communication skills ever. He doesn't trust most people with information about himself or his obligations. There are numerous points where things would have ended much better if he had simply spoken the truth. But of course, he felt he could not trust a soul. They could not understand without experiencing it themselves. And he only gives respect to those who he feel deserve it. It must be earned and can easily be lost. Both can be seen with his treatment towards his sister at and after his surrender as well as his deteriorated relationship with Sir Walter Beck.
The only exception to his ... social detachment is his little sister. Logan genuinely cares for her and is very much the overprotective big brother. He never seemed to take to the parental figure well. She is his only family, and while distant, he tried his best to shelter her and protect her while he still could. He was deeply hurt by her 'betrayal', and lashed out in anger. But he realized that she was no longer the child he could keep from the truth and sought to show her the difficult decisions one must make as a ruler, both to possibly get her to understand the reasons for his actions but also, as he says himself, to "prepare her." And when she and Walter cornered him in the castle, Logan surrendered at the sight of his sister. He would not, could not fight her. He didn't want to. She has finally met the high hopes he had for her, became the extraordinary woman he knew she could be. He knows she deserves to know the truth. She has the potential be the true leader Albion needs. And with the knowledge that she will succeed, he couldn't be any prouder. ... Even if she does decide to kill him.
Logan may be intelligent, a practical thinker, but emotionally he's pretty stupid. Forever the stoic, he would generally prefer to seem emotionless than vulnerable. So he's bottled up his feelings, keeping them all to himself for over the past four years. He feels the best way to cope with traumatic events is to act as if they never happened. Never mention them to anyone. He has been bereft of any close attachment for so long that he no longer knows how to deal with it. As a tyrant, he pushed away those he cared for, so when they inevitably turned their backs on him it would hurt less. When he hurt them, it would not be as painful. Yes, he does indeed care, but he's really bad at showing it. He cares for the citizens of Albion, though the only hint of that is the utter desperation in which he tried to save them. It's slightly better with his sister, though not much. The closest she gets to properly articulated feelings is "You've finally become the woman I've always wanted you to be," implying he's always had high hopes for her. He isn't exactly capable of soft-hearted love or showing much affection, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel it.
Background:
Setting information:
Right so first, Fable games are primarily set in the land of Albion, is a parallel to Great Britain, but if magic and folklore were real. There are extraordinary individuals disciplined in Strength, Skill, and/or Will. Strength is related to melee combat, Skill to ranged combat (such as archers and marksmen) and Will the use of different types of magic. Very rarely, a Hero can master all three disciplines, and they come from the bloodline of the first Archon of the Old Kingdom, William Black. These individuals can endure trials most normal humans cannot as well as fall from incredible heights without breaking any bones. Despite being called Heroes, they can actually choose the path of good or evil.
A brief overview of Fable (as told by TV Tropes): A boy grows up in a colourful fantasy world, and embarks on a quest for revenge against a man in a party mask.
And 500 years later, there's Fable II (also as told by TV Tropes): A boy (or girl) and his dog grow up in a colourful fantasy world, and embark on a quest for revenge against a rich nobleman. He has the help of an inscrutable blind woman, a fat chick with a sledgehammer, a heavily-tattooed black guy, and a smug bisexual pirate.
And YEAH, Fable III takes place 50 years after Fable II, during the Age of Industry.
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Not much is known about Logan's early life. Logan is the eldest living son of the aging Hero Queen of Albion who presumably (re)married some time after the events of Fable II. Despite being the child of a Hero and therefore from the same ancient Heroic bloodline of the first Archon, he never exhibited any signs of being a Hero. His father died not long after the birth of his younger sister. With the death of his mother presumably some time before he turned 20, Logan was charged with the responsibilities of both ruling Albion and legal guardianship over his little sister.
Again, not much is known about Logan's early reign. It is heavily implied that he wasn't always a tyrant, as the leader of the resistance against him described him as being "fairly reasonable" early on. But his change to one was somewhat gradual, yet drastic. His mother's friend and loyal soldier, Sir Walter Beck, was his head advisor. He travelled often, exploring distant and foreign lands. All was seemingly good and well, I suppose.
Four years prior to the beginning of Fable III, Logan and a group of soldiers went on an expedition to the land of Aurora. It was there in the desert that he first encountered the Crawler--an Eldritch Terror and basically, a physical manifestation of/reference to the Black Death. He could do nothing as every single one of his men were slaughtered mercilessly. He was saved for last, a victim to all sorts of physical and psychological torture in the process. His emotions were twisted and toyed with as the Crawler tried to break his fragile human psyche. He was verbally berated, shown horrific hallucinations until he was driven to insanity. Yet he resisted, fought until he fell. He was nearly killed, but the Aurorans rescued him. Saved his life. He saw the plight of the Auroran people, having lived through the terror what they had to endure since the Crawler's initial attack four years prior to his own arrival, he promised to send help, a proper army to help defend them. However, the night of his return to Albion, he received a from the blind Seer of the Spire, Theresa. She informed him that the Darkness that attacked him in the desert, the creature that slaughtered his men and nearly killed the King himself was planning an Attack on Albion. She showed him the future of his land. All the death, all the destruction. It couldn't be stopped or reasoned with. And he had five years to prepare for all out war against such an abomination.
He spoke to no one of what he encountered in the desert. He never spoke of his near-death experience against the Crawler. He never explained the origins of the scars on his face and hid the rest from the public. He spoke nothing of the suffering Aurorans, speaking of their land only as a desert wasteland, devoid of life. He said not a word of the darkness looming ahead. Nothing good would have come of telling them the truth. He would have either been deemed a madman or create a massive panic. Instead, he kept the burden entirely to himself. A practical thinker, he knew the only way he'd ever have any hope of saving his kingdom, saving 6.5 million people, would be to raise one hell of an army. And to raise one hell of any army, one would need to make a fortune. And Logan believed that the only way to raise that money was through the cruelty of a tyrant. Temporary happiness and a good reputation meant nothing if they were all going to die.
And so it was after Theresa's visit that he made relatively sudden, drastic changes in both himself and his ruling style. He stopped traveling and began to isolate himself from all those around him. He left raising his sister to Walter and John Cleese his former butler, Jasper. He started to rule with an iron fist. All those who spoke out against him were sent to Ravenscar Keep, a secret island prison established by his mother.
One such a man was the former leader of Logan's armies, General Solomon Turner. After attempted to overthrow the tyrant king after seeing how he treated his subjects. He broke the "unwritten rule" and had to be stopped. Logan, of course, was able to stop the coup and sent Turner and those responsible to spend the rest of their lives rotting away in the Keep. It was then that he began to focus primarily on his fabulously dressed Elite Guards, sending the regular army on dead-end missions and ways to keep them busy. The Old Guard was no longer trustworthy. As far as he was concerned, they were all plotting against him.
Ernest Faraday, the head of Faraday Industries and the man responsible for many of the technological advances in Albion, was also unfortunate enough to catch the king's attention. His basis of operations was Clockwork Island, an tourist attraction/factory where tourists could take a "glimpse into the future" and he built his creations. Logan was impressed with what the man had created and better yet, had to offer. He tried to force the man to build a clockwork robot army "to defend Albion." Unaware of Logan's true intentions and convinced the King was going mad with power, Faraday refused. Logan promptly declared the man a threat to society and sent him to Ravenscar keep, wiping his name from the records. It's pretty much a setup for a big Iron Man reference, but regardless.
The former pirate Reaver proceeded to take over Faraday Industries. Logan later gave him control over Bowerstone Industrial due to his profiteering ways, desperate to make the money for this army. Almost all of his actions were towards the army; he never spent any of the money lavishly or wastefully.
Rumors are spreading rampantly and unrest is growing throughout Albion. Logan, though keeping himself locked up in the aptly named war room, is well aware. He had successfully alienated himself from everyone he knew. There almost was no one he could trust. They were all plotting against him. The more he felt he was losing control, the harsher he struck back. So one morning, Logan has some worker executed for sticking up for one of the child workers at the factory. It only resulted in further unrest around the castle and a protest from the workers of Bowerstone Industrial. Riiiight on the castle grounds.
Walter, his old advisor, tried to go talk some sense into him, but Logan wouldn't have any of that shit. He proclaimed be was "acting in the best interest of the people," and ordered his guards to start shooting the protestors. His sister, who was spying through the keyhole with her childhood sweetheart Elliot, barged in. She claimed what he was doing was wrong; how he couldn't go through with it.
He had been betrayed by his own blood, the only person he had left. But it was time to face facts, she was no longer a child. So in a mix of punishment and a life lesson, he gave her an ultimatum. If she thought she could do a better job as a ruler, then she was to be given the choice. He made her choose who was to be executed, the head of the protest or her friend Elliot, whom he claimed was a spy. If she didn't choose within a certain time, he would have them all executed. Not only was it cruel and petty, an attempt to hurt her as she had him, but an attempt to show her the difficult choices a ruler must make. He was giving her the choice over life and death; she either had to save the one she loved or sacrifice him for the group of strangers she would never see again. Whatever her choice, she told Logan she would never forgive him and he sent her to her room. She ran away with Walter and Jasper and began to leave a revolution against him.
Theresa, the Blind Seer who warned Logan of the Crawler's attack, became his sister's guide. After she retrieved the music box--important to the plot of Fable II and required to get her first follower--Theresa showed the Hero a vision of her brother talking to himself. It was purposefully taken out of context, the Seer makes him out to be an irredeemable, power-crazed monster. One that must be stopped immediately. In reality, he was pretty much stating fact and showed his desperation to save everyone from the Crawler.
Major Swift, a respected member of the Albion Army and newfound ally to the Rebels, was found in the castle trying to recruit men for the cause. Logan had him tortured to try to get him to talk, but talk he would not. So, Logan had him executed publicly. Swift's death was to serve as a warning and a message--all traitors would be hunted down, no one was going to stand in his way.
SOME TIME PASSED and then there was a Revolution. Hoorah. Logan kept himself holed up in the war room as the battle went on outside. His sister and Walter kicked down the doors, quite possibly expecting a fight. He drew his sword, but promptly sheathed it at the sight of his sister. He surrendered with surprising grace and attempted to tell her the truth for his actions right then and there. Alas, Walter wouldn't have any of that shit and dragged him down the the dungeon to await trial.
Abilities/Additional Notes:
Though Logan comes from a powerful and ancient bloodline of Heroes, he himself possesses no Heoric abilities whatsoever. However, it is implied (since we actually never see him fight) that he is a skilled swordsman and competent in battle. Seeing as he went on numerous expeditions in the past and survived both of his encounters with the Crawler.
Sample Journal Post:
[The video cuts on to the face of a thin, pale man. Two jagged scars run across his pursed lips. Eyebrow raised, he looks at the device with a mix of irritation and mild fascination.]
... Is it working?
[Logan taps at the screen with a gloved hand. He frowns when he gets no immediate response (though he was never actually smiling or anything to begin with). While he's certainly one to talk to himself, he feels ridiculous addressing an inanimate object.]
If anyone can hear me, then an explanation at the very least would-- [clearing his throat] --suffice. It's not every day one is spirited away from his own home, and it is imperative I return to Albion at once.
Sample RP:
Logan had visited to the dungeons of Bowerstone many times before. He brought traitors here before he sent them off to the Keep. He locked up ant had Major Swift tortured there before the public execution. But admittedly, this was the first time he ever found himself locked behind those iron bars. Oh how the mighty had fallen. There was a guard standing outside the cell in order to make sure he couldn't escape justice. He did know these dungeons like the back of his hand, after all. But Logan had no plans to escape. It was imperative that his sister learn the truth. For the sake of Albion. He wanted to tell her when he surrendered, in private, but that wasn't really an option.
So waiting was all he could do until his trial. He lost track of how long it'd been since the old fool threw him in there. Minutes? Hours? Days? It felt like an eternity. But the fallen King had grown accustomed to waiting. He spent the last four years waiting, preparing. It wasn't as if he could pass the time with sleep. Again, nothing new. Sleep began evading his grasp since his return from Aurora. His mind was far too busy anyway.
He had the power over life and death for so long, but now it was his turn to be judged. His sister would never forgive him for what he'd done to her or to his people. She had told him that much. Execution was a very likely outcome. He didn't doubt it for a second. Expected it. But maybe, just maybe, if he explained himself--...even if she didn't forgive him, maybe she'd understand why he had to do what he did. Realize the sacrifices he had to make in order to even try to defend their land from that plague. He had numerous loyal soldiers. Soldiers willing to follow him to the death. He had the beginnings of an army. He'd been preparing for years now. Perhaps she'd give him to help. To see it through to the end.
He sighed and leaned against the cold stone wall, earning a glare from the guard nearby. He assumed soon they would be preparing for his sister's coronation. His former subjects would arrive in front of the castle, waiting with excitement as their new ruler would emerge from the those doors. And despite the circumstances, Logan couldn't help but feel a surge of pride for his little sister, the new Queen of Albion.
Livejournal: radian
Contact: email; onetrickpinny@gmail.com / aim; tabootycall / plurk; pyffamus_prime
Other Characters Played: Sho Minamimoto | The World Ends With You | whatthefactor
Are you 18 or over? Yes.
Canon: Fable
Character: Logan
Timeline: Fable III
Personality:
**Note -- The genders of his Hero parent, his younger sibling, and his younger sibling's friend are all conditional. I am just choosing genders for this app for the sake of my sanity.**
Logan was once King of Albion. As such, he was responsible for his kingdom and the safety of its people. And this severe sense of duty and strong devotion to his kingdom is what most defines the former ruler. He puts Albion's well-being above all else. He is willing to do anything or sacrifice anything if necessary to defend his land. If he had to end a few lives to save millions, he would. As he states himself, "If a few had to suffer, it was to build an army. If a few had to die, it was to save a country." If it cost him his friends and family, his own reputation and welfare, then so be it. He is not morally unsound, but rather felt forced to make these drastic sacrifices to try to ensure his kingdom had a future. Every single life his sole responsibility.
Of course, this has led him to a near constant state of stressed the hell out. Though he never expresses these feelings directly, it's fairly obvious something is wrong. A burden he carries alone. Most obvious are the dark rings beneath his eyes and frequent bouts of ill-temper that serve as a testament to his exhaustion. He also has a tendency to talk to himself when under stress, as seen in the most misleading cutscene in the entire game. He's very unhappy and seems to even be thankful when his sister takes the throne (though this occurs after the trial and his point in canon). The attack is still something he'd like to see through to the end ... or at the very least, face his trial. He does realize there is a very good chance he may be executed.
Yet he masks his everything with self-control and a stony facade. So to most, Logan tends to come across as a real hard ass--stern, stubborn, humorless, and cold. Solemn and serious as a heart attack, smiling seems to be a foreign concept to him (unfortunately verified by an actual smile). He is levelheaded and composed, even in the most severe crisis. He still has a lingering air of arrogance and pomposity about him. He usually carries himself with pride, back straight, shoulders squared, and chin up. He's not afraid to look someone else in the eye. Seeming to look down on them because of his position of royalty. Though he does not take great care of his health, he takes some pride in his appearance, almost always well dressed and clean cut. Despite his composure, he has quite the short, nasty temper. One he is much more likely to lose under a state of chronic stress (or when his pride is hurt). He can be quite the formidable enemy, able to keep control even when enraged. Instead of going head first into a fistfight, he seems to use methods that are far more petty and harsh.
With that said, Logan is very detached and distant from those around him. He was never the most social creature, but again, he isolated and alienated himself from everyone during the last four years of his reign. He seems very callous, harsh, and devoid of compassion. He shows little, if any, signs of sympathy or empathy. He has a worker at the very start of the game executed simply for sticking up for a child worker. He orders his guards to start shooting at the protestors without even batting an eyelash. He was demanding of his subjects and expected them to make as many sacrifices as he did. It was to save them, after all. As King, he would not be questioned. His actions were never wrong. Though not nearly as paranoid now, he is still very wary, mistrusting, and even slightly suspicious of most people. Due to his mistrust combined with his own secretive nature, he has the worst communication skills ever. He doesn't trust most people with information about himself or his obligations. There are numerous points where things would have ended much better if he had simply spoken the truth. But of course, he felt he could not trust a soul. They could not understand without experiencing it themselves. And he only gives respect to those who he feel deserve it. It must be earned and can easily be lost. Both can be seen with his treatment towards his sister at and after his surrender as well as his deteriorated relationship with Sir Walter Beck.
The only exception to his ... social detachment is his little sister. Logan genuinely cares for her and is very much the overprotective big brother. He never seemed to take to the parental figure well. She is his only family, and while distant, he tried his best to shelter her and protect her while he still could. He was deeply hurt by her 'betrayal', and lashed out in anger. But he realized that she was no longer the child he could keep from the truth and sought to show her the difficult decisions one must make as a ruler, both to possibly get her to understand the reasons for his actions but also, as he says himself, to "prepare her." And when she and Walter cornered him in the castle, Logan surrendered at the sight of his sister. He would not, could not fight her. He didn't want to. She has finally met the high hopes he had for her, became the extraordinary woman he knew she could be. He knows she deserves to know the truth. She has the potential be the true leader Albion needs. And with the knowledge that she will succeed, he couldn't be any prouder. ... Even if she does decide to kill him.
Logan may be intelligent, a practical thinker, but emotionally he's pretty stupid. Forever the stoic, he would generally prefer to seem emotionless than vulnerable. So he's bottled up his feelings, keeping them all to himself for over the past four years. He feels the best way to cope with traumatic events is to act as if they never happened. Never mention them to anyone. He has been bereft of any close attachment for so long that he no longer knows how to deal with it. As a tyrant, he pushed away those he cared for, so when they inevitably turned their backs on him it would hurt less. When he hurt them, it would not be as painful. Yes, he does indeed care, but he's really bad at showing it. He cares for the citizens of Albion, though the only hint of that is the utter desperation in which he tried to save them. It's slightly better with his sister, though not much. The closest she gets to properly articulated feelings is "You've finally become the woman I've always wanted you to be," implying he's always had high hopes for her. He isn't exactly capable of soft-hearted love or showing much affection, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel it.
Background:
Setting information:
Right so first, Fable games are primarily set in the land of Albion, is a parallel to Great Britain, but if magic and folklore were real. There are extraordinary individuals disciplined in Strength, Skill, and/or Will. Strength is related to melee combat, Skill to ranged combat (such as archers and marksmen) and Will the use of different types of magic. Very rarely, a Hero can master all three disciplines, and they come from the bloodline of the first Archon of the Old Kingdom, William Black. These individuals can endure trials most normal humans cannot as well as fall from incredible heights without breaking any bones. Despite being called Heroes, they can actually choose the path of good or evil.
A brief overview of Fable (as told by TV Tropes): A boy grows up in a colourful fantasy world, and embarks on a quest for revenge against a man in a party mask.
And 500 years later, there's Fable II (also as told by TV Tropes): A boy (or girl) and his dog grow up in a colourful fantasy world, and embark on a quest for revenge against a rich nobleman. He has the help of an inscrutable blind woman, a fat chick with a sledgehammer, a heavily-tattooed black guy, and a smug bisexual pirate.
And YEAH, Fable III takes place 50 years after Fable II, during the Age of Industry.
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Not much is known about Logan's early life. Logan is the eldest living son of the aging Hero Queen of Albion who presumably (re)married some time after the events of Fable II. Despite being the child of a Hero and therefore from the same ancient Heroic bloodline of the first Archon, he never exhibited any signs of being a Hero. His father died not long after the birth of his younger sister. With the death of his mother presumably some time before he turned 20, Logan was charged with the responsibilities of both ruling Albion and legal guardianship over his little sister.
Again, not much is known about Logan's early reign. It is heavily implied that he wasn't always a tyrant, as the leader of the resistance against him described him as being "fairly reasonable" early on. But his change to one was somewhat gradual, yet drastic. His mother's friend and loyal soldier, Sir Walter Beck, was his head advisor. He travelled often, exploring distant and foreign lands. All was seemingly good and well, I suppose.
Four years prior to the beginning of Fable III, Logan and a group of soldiers went on an expedition to the land of Aurora. It was there in the desert that he first encountered the Crawler--an Eldritch Terror and basically, a physical manifestation of/reference to the Black Death. He could do nothing as every single one of his men were slaughtered mercilessly. He was saved for last, a victim to all sorts of physical and psychological torture in the process. His emotions were twisted and toyed with as the Crawler tried to break his fragile human psyche. He was verbally berated, shown horrific hallucinations until he was driven to insanity. Yet he resisted, fought until he fell. He was nearly killed, but the Aurorans rescued him. Saved his life. He saw the plight of the Auroran people, having lived through the terror what they had to endure since the Crawler's initial attack four years prior to his own arrival, he promised to send help, a proper army to help defend them. However, the night of his return to Albion, he received a from the blind Seer of the Spire, Theresa. She informed him that the Darkness that attacked him in the desert, the creature that slaughtered his men and nearly killed the King himself was planning an Attack on Albion. She showed him the future of his land. All the death, all the destruction. It couldn't be stopped or reasoned with. And he had five years to prepare for all out war against such an abomination.
He spoke to no one of what he encountered in the desert. He never spoke of his near-death experience against the Crawler. He never explained the origins of the scars on his face and hid the rest from the public. He spoke nothing of the suffering Aurorans, speaking of their land only as a desert wasteland, devoid of life. He said not a word of the darkness looming ahead. Nothing good would have come of telling them the truth. He would have either been deemed a madman or create a massive panic. Instead, he kept the burden entirely to himself. A practical thinker, he knew the only way he'd ever have any hope of saving his kingdom, saving 6.5 million people, would be to raise one hell of an army. And to raise one hell of any army, one would need to make a fortune. And Logan believed that the only way to raise that money was through the cruelty of a tyrant. Temporary happiness and a good reputation meant nothing if they were all going to die.
And so it was after Theresa's visit that he made relatively sudden, drastic changes in both himself and his ruling style. He stopped traveling and began to isolate himself from all those around him. He left raising his sister to Walter and John Cleese his former butler, Jasper. He started to rule with an iron fist. All those who spoke out against him were sent to Ravenscar Keep, a secret island prison established by his mother.
One such a man was the former leader of Logan's armies, General Solomon Turner. After attempted to overthrow the tyrant king after seeing how he treated his subjects. He broke the "unwritten rule" and had to be stopped. Logan, of course, was able to stop the coup and sent Turner and those responsible to spend the rest of their lives rotting away in the Keep. It was then that he began to focus primarily on his fabulously dressed Elite Guards, sending the regular army on dead-end missions and ways to keep them busy. The Old Guard was no longer trustworthy. As far as he was concerned, they were all plotting against him.
Ernest Faraday, the head of Faraday Industries and the man responsible for many of the technological advances in Albion, was also unfortunate enough to catch the king's attention. His basis of operations was Clockwork Island, an tourist attraction/factory where tourists could take a "glimpse into the future" and he built his creations. Logan was impressed with what the man had created and better yet, had to offer. He tried to force the man to build a clockwork robot army "to defend Albion." Unaware of Logan's true intentions and convinced the King was going mad with power, Faraday refused. Logan promptly declared the man a threat to society and sent him to Ravenscar keep, wiping his name from the records. It's pretty much a setup for a big Iron Man reference, but regardless.
The former pirate Reaver proceeded to take over Faraday Industries. Logan later gave him control over Bowerstone Industrial due to his profiteering ways, desperate to make the money for this army. Almost all of his actions were towards the army; he never spent any of the money lavishly or wastefully.
Rumors are spreading rampantly and unrest is growing throughout Albion. Logan, though keeping himself locked up in the aptly named war room, is well aware. He had successfully alienated himself from everyone he knew. There almost was no one he could trust. They were all plotting against him. The more he felt he was losing control, the harsher he struck back. So one morning, Logan has some worker executed for sticking up for one of the child workers at the factory. It only resulted in further unrest around the castle and a protest from the workers of Bowerstone Industrial. Riiiight on the castle grounds.
Walter, his old advisor, tried to go talk some sense into him, but Logan wouldn't have any of that shit. He proclaimed be was "acting in the best interest of the people," and ordered his guards to start shooting the protestors. His sister, who was spying through the keyhole with her childhood sweetheart Elliot, barged in. She claimed what he was doing was wrong; how he couldn't go through with it.
He had been betrayed by his own blood, the only person he had left. But it was time to face facts, she was no longer a child. So in a mix of punishment and a life lesson, he gave her an ultimatum. If she thought she could do a better job as a ruler, then she was to be given the choice. He made her choose who was to be executed, the head of the protest or her friend Elliot, whom he claimed was a spy. If she didn't choose within a certain time, he would have them all executed. Not only was it cruel and petty, an attempt to hurt her as she had him, but an attempt to show her the difficult choices a ruler must make. He was giving her the choice over life and death; she either had to save the one she loved or sacrifice him for the group of strangers she would never see again. Whatever her choice, she told Logan she would never forgive him and he sent her to her room. She ran away with Walter and Jasper and began to leave a revolution against him.
Theresa, the Blind Seer who warned Logan of the Crawler's attack, became his sister's guide. After she retrieved the music box--important to the plot of Fable II and required to get her first follower--Theresa showed the Hero a vision of her brother talking to himself. It was purposefully taken out of context, the Seer makes him out to be an irredeemable, power-crazed monster. One that must be stopped immediately. In reality, he was pretty much stating fact and showed his desperation to save everyone from the Crawler.
Major Swift, a respected member of the Albion Army and newfound ally to the Rebels, was found in the castle trying to recruit men for the cause. Logan had him tortured to try to get him to talk, but talk he would not. So, Logan had him executed publicly. Swift's death was to serve as a warning and a message--all traitors would be hunted down, no one was going to stand in his way.
SOME TIME PASSED and then there was a Revolution. Hoorah. Logan kept himself holed up in the war room as the battle went on outside. His sister and Walter kicked down the doors, quite possibly expecting a fight. He drew his sword, but promptly sheathed it at the sight of his sister. He surrendered with surprising grace and attempted to tell her the truth for his actions right then and there. Alas, Walter wouldn't have any of that shit and dragged him down the the dungeon to await trial.
Abilities/Additional Notes:
Though Logan comes from a powerful and ancient bloodline of Heroes, he himself possesses no Heoric abilities whatsoever. However, it is implied (since we actually never see him fight) that he is a skilled swordsman and competent in battle. Seeing as he went on numerous expeditions in the past and survived both of his encounters with the Crawler.
Sample Journal Post:
[The video cuts on to the face of a thin, pale man. Two jagged scars run across his pursed lips. Eyebrow raised, he looks at the device with a mix of irritation and mild fascination.]
... Is it working?
[Logan taps at the screen with a gloved hand. He frowns when he gets no immediate response (though he was never actually smiling or anything to begin with). While he's certainly one to talk to himself, he feels ridiculous addressing an inanimate object.]
If anyone can hear me, then an explanation at the very least would-- [clearing his throat] --suffice. It's not every day one is spirited away from his own home, and it is imperative I return to Albion at once.
Sample RP:
Logan had visited to the dungeons of Bowerstone many times before. He brought traitors here before he sent them off to the Keep. He locked up ant had Major Swift tortured there before the public execution. But admittedly, this was the first time he ever found himself locked behind those iron bars. Oh how the mighty had fallen. There was a guard standing outside the cell in order to make sure he couldn't escape justice. He did know these dungeons like the back of his hand, after all. But Logan had no plans to escape. It was imperative that his sister learn the truth. For the sake of Albion. He wanted to tell her when he surrendered, in private, but that wasn't really an option.
So waiting was all he could do until his trial. He lost track of how long it'd been since the old fool threw him in there. Minutes? Hours? Days? It felt like an eternity. But the fallen King had grown accustomed to waiting. He spent the last four years waiting, preparing. It wasn't as if he could pass the time with sleep. Again, nothing new. Sleep began evading his grasp since his return from Aurora. His mind was far too busy anyway.
He had the power over life and death for so long, but now it was his turn to be judged. His sister would never forgive him for what he'd done to her or to his people. She had told him that much. Execution was a very likely outcome. He didn't doubt it for a second. Expected it. But maybe, just maybe, if he explained himself--...even if she didn't forgive him, maybe she'd understand why he had to do what he did. Realize the sacrifices he had to make in order to even try to defend their land from that plague. He had numerous loyal soldiers. Soldiers willing to follow him to the death. He had the beginnings of an army. He'd been preparing for years now. Perhaps she'd give him to help. To see it through to the end.
He sighed and leaned against the cold stone wall, earning a glare from the guard nearby. He assumed soon they would be preparing for his sister's coronation. His former subjects would arrive in front of the castle, waiting with excitement as their new ruler would emerge from the those doors. And despite the circumstances, Logan couldn't help but feel a surge of pride for his little sister, the new Queen of Albion.