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Character Name: King Logan. (He has no given last name, but as he is a descendant of William Black, let's just go with Black for a surname.)
Character Series: Fable (specifically Fable III)
Character Age: No canon age is given, but most likely in his late 20s. Since I like to have a definite age, I'll go with 28.
Background: Fable (general series) || Fable III || Logan
As far as canon point goes, he's being taken several hours before the execution of Major Swift.
Personality: **Note -- The genders of his Hero parent, his younger sibling, and his younger sibling's friend are all conditional.**
So let's do a little background before I get into personality. Logan is the eldest living child of the late Hero King/Queen of Albion. After his parents' deaths, Logan was charged with the responsibilities of both ruling a kingdom and legal guardianship over his younger sibling. 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. There isn't a detailed account of his encounter, but most attacks from the Crawler are the same. He was 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. As he survived, it's inferred he didn't go down without a fight. Still, 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.
As King of Albion, Logan is responsible for his country and the safety of its people. And this severe sense of duty and strong devotion to his kingdom is what most defines him. 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, you bet he will. 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 costs him his friends and family, his own reputation and welfare, then so be it. He is not morally unsound and cruelty is not his true nature. Rather he feels forced to make these drastic sacrifices to try to ensure his kingdom had a future.
He mentions to no one of what he encountered in the desert. He never speaks of his near-death experience against the Crawler. It is revealed to the Hero in-game by a total stranger--the woman who had saved his life years prior. He never explains the origins of the scars on his face and hid the rest from the public. He says nothing of the suffering Aurorans, speaking of their land only as a desert wasteland, devoid of life. He says not a word of the darkness looming ahead. Nothing good would come of telling them the truth. He would either be deemed a madman or create a massive panic. Instead, he keeps the burden entirely to himself. A practical thinker, he knows 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 believes 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.
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. Some burden he carries alone. He is desperate to save his land, so much so that Reaver, a depraved, sadistic, greedy ex-pirate becomes his most resourceful asset. Most obvious signs are the dark rings beneath his eyes and frequent bouts of ill-temper that serve as a testament to his exhaustion. He stress has aged him physically, looking more like a man in his early forties than his late twenties. And he behaves more like a cankerous, tired aged ruler as well. He also has a tendency to talk to himself when under stress, as seen in the most misleading cutscene in the entire game.
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 probably never the most social creature, but he has 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 is demanding of his subjects and tries to force them to make as many sacrifices as he did. It's to save them, after all. As King, he will not be questioned. He is the Law and the Law is not mocked. His actions are never wrong. He is incredibly paranoid and secretive, believing with good reason that everyone is plotting against him. There was an attempted coup prior to Fable III, led by the General Solomon Turner, formerly head of Logan's armies. He believed the King broke the "unwritten rule" and had to be stopped. Logan, of course, was able to stop the coup and sent Turner to the secret prison, Ravenscar Keep, to rot away for the rest of his life. The Old Guard was no longer trustworthy and As far as he was concerned, they were all plotting against him.
Because of his extreme paranoia and secrecy, he has the worst communication skills ever. Another example is his actions against Ernest Faraday, the head of Faraday Industries and the man responsible for many of the technological advances in Albion. He was unfortunate enough to catch the King's attention. 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, inferred to be a defence against the Crawler, and convinced the King was going mad with power, Faraday refused. Logan publicly declared the man a threat to society and sent him to Ravenscar Keep, wiping his name from any records. He doesn't trust most people with information about himself, his obligations, or his motivations.
The only exception is his younger sibling (the Hero). Logan genuinely cares for him/her and is very much the overprotective big brother. He never seemed to take to the parental figure well. He/she is his only family, and while distant, he tried his best to shelter and protect him/her while he still could. He was deeply hurt by his/her 'betrayal'--that is, said killing the protestors was wrong--and lashed out in anger. But Logan realized that he/she was no longer the child he could keep from the truth and sought to show him/her the difficult decisions one must make as a ruler. This is possibly get him/her to understand and respect the reasons for his actions but also, as he says himself later, to "prepare him/her." Though this is from after the point in which he's being taken in canon, when the Hero and Walter, his former advisor and sibling's father figure, cornered him in the castle, Logan surrendered immediately at the sight of his sibling. With surprising grace no less. He expresses that he had high hopes for his sibling and upon seeing how he/she's matured, believes she may be the better ruler.
Logan may be intelligent, a practical thinker, but emotionally he's pretty damn 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 has been bereft of any close attachment for so long that he no longer knows how to deal with it, and he won't. Can't trust anyone enough to for them to get close. As a tyrant, he pushes away those he cared for. It makes it less difficult to commit such horrific actions. 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 brother/sister, though not much. The closest he/she gets to properly articulated feelings is after his surrender with "You've finally become the man/woman I've always wanted you to be." He isn't exactly capable of soft-hearted love or showing much affection, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel it.
All that aside, he has a good sense of curiosity. He used to travel frequently before his trip to Aurora. He seems to embrace technological advances and is impressed by more advanced technology such as the clockwork robots built by Professor Faraday.
Abilities: Although he comes from the most ancient and powerful of Heroic bloodlines, Logan has inherited none of it. Unless making oneself out to be the most heartless of monsters is a special power, he doesn't have any.
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Personal LJ: radian
Contact Info: aim: tabootycall; e-mail: onetrickpinny@gmail.com
Other Characters Played: N/A
Preferred Housing: N/A
Character Name: King Logan. (He has no given last name, but as he is a descendant of William Black, let's just go with Black for a surname.)
Character Series: Fable (specifically Fable III)
Character Age: No canon age is given, but most likely in his late 20s. Since I like to have a definite age, I'll go with 28.
Background: Fable (general series) || Fable III || Logan
As far as canon point goes, he's being taken several hours before the execution of Major Swift.
Personality: **Note -- The genders of his Hero parent, his younger sibling, and his younger sibling's friend are all conditional.**
So let's do a little background before I get into personality. Logan is the eldest living child of the late Hero King/Queen of Albion. After his parents' deaths, Logan was charged with the responsibilities of both ruling a kingdom and legal guardianship over his younger sibling. 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. There isn't a detailed account of his encounter, but most attacks from the Crawler are the same. He was 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. As he survived, it's inferred he didn't go down without a fight. Still, 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.
As King of Albion, Logan is responsible for his country and the safety of its people. And this severe sense of duty and strong devotion to his kingdom is what most defines him. 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, you bet he will. 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 costs him his friends and family, his own reputation and welfare, then so be it. He is not morally unsound and cruelty is not his true nature. Rather he feels forced to make these drastic sacrifices to try to ensure his kingdom had a future.
He mentions to no one of what he encountered in the desert. He never speaks of his near-death experience against the Crawler. It is revealed to the Hero in-game by a total stranger--the woman who had saved his life years prior. He never explains the origins of the scars on his face and hid the rest from the public. He says nothing of the suffering Aurorans, speaking of their land only as a desert wasteland, devoid of life. He says not a word of the darkness looming ahead. Nothing good would come of telling them the truth. He would either be deemed a madman or create a massive panic. Instead, he keeps the burden entirely to himself. A practical thinker, he knows 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 believes 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.
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. Some burden he carries alone. He is desperate to save his land, so much so that Reaver, a depraved, sadistic, greedy ex-pirate becomes his most resourceful asset. Most obvious signs are the dark rings beneath his eyes and frequent bouts of ill-temper that serve as a testament to his exhaustion. He stress has aged him physically, looking more like a man in his early forties than his late twenties. And he behaves more like a cankerous, tired aged ruler as well. He also has a tendency to talk to himself when under stress, as seen in the most misleading cutscene in the entire game.
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 probably never the most social creature, but he has 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 is demanding of his subjects and tries to force them to make as many sacrifices as he did. It's to save them, after all. As King, he will not be questioned. He is the Law and the Law is not mocked. His actions are never wrong. He is incredibly paranoid and secretive, believing with good reason that everyone is plotting against him. There was an attempted coup prior to Fable III, led by the General Solomon Turner, formerly head of Logan's armies. He believed the King broke the "unwritten rule" and had to be stopped. Logan, of course, was able to stop the coup and sent Turner to the secret prison, Ravenscar Keep, to rot away for the rest of his life. The Old Guard was no longer trustworthy and As far as he was concerned, they were all plotting against him.
Because of his extreme paranoia and secrecy, he has the worst communication skills ever. Another example is his actions against Ernest Faraday, the head of Faraday Industries and the man responsible for many of the technological advances in Albion. He was unfortunate enough to catch the King's attention. 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, inferred to be a defence against the Crawler, and convinced the King was going mad with power, Faraday refused. Logan publicly declared the man a threat to society and sent him to Ravenscar Keep, wiping his name from any records. He doesn't trust most people with information about himself, his obligations, or his motivations.
The only exception is his younger sibling (the Hero). Logan genuinely cares for him/her and is very much the overprotective big brother. He never seemed to take to the parental figure well. He/she is his only family, and while distant, he tried his best to shelter and protect him/her while he still could. He was deeply hurt by his/her 'betrayal'--that is, said killing the protestors was wrong--and lashed out in anger. But Logan realized that he/she was no longer the child he could keep from the truth and sought to show him/her the difficult decisions one must make as a ruler. This is possibly get him/her to understand and respect the reasons for his actions but also, as he says himself later, to "prepare him/her." Though this is from after the point in which he's being taken in canon, when the Hero and Walter, his former advisor and sibling's father figure, cornered him in the castle, Logan surrendered immediately at the sight of his sibling. With surprising grace no less. He expresses that he had high hopes for his sibling and upon seeing how he/she's matured, believes she may be the better ruler.
Logan may be intelligent, a practical thinker, but emotionally he's pretty damn 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 has been bereft of any close attachment for so long that he no longer knows how to deal with it, and he won't. Can't trust anyone enough to for them to get close. As a tyrant, he pushes away those he cared for. It makes it less difficult to commit such horrific actions. 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 brother/sister, though not much. The closest he/she gets to properly articulated feelings is after his surrender with "You've finally become the man/woman I've always wanted you to be." He isn't exactly capable of soft-hearted love or showing much affection, but that doesn't mean he doesn't feel it.
All that aside, he has a good sense of curiosity. He used to travel frequently before his trip to Aurora. He seems to embrace technological advances and is impressed by more advanced technology such as the clockwork robots built by Professor Faraday.
Abilities: Although he comes from the most ancient and powerful of Heroic bloodlines, Logan has inherited none of it. Unless making oneself out to be the most heartless of monsters is a special power, he doesn't have any.
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