De heren van Lionhead, dat zijn verhalenvertellers pur sang. Die eigenschap hebben ze vandaag weer laten blinken door met het achtergrondverhaal van ene Sterling op de proppen te komen. In een kersverse tekstpost op de Lionhead blog geeft lead writer Andy Walsh de rijke historie van de held:
Dashing, skilful and perfect of skin, Sterling was born with a silver spoon in his mouth*. As first son of the noblest nobleman of a small town in Albion, Sterling was brought up by his father with the hope he would become a gallant, wise member of the town’s elite. Follow in his father’s footsteps to a life of paperwork, diplomacy and ensuring that the cesspits were emptied on time. Sterling’s mother however, had loftier ambitions for her young son. She spent her time busily feeding him every tale of heroic derring-do she could lay her hands on. Minstrels sang of the ancient Heroes, travelling players acted out their deeds and Sterling grew up dreaming of sweeping maidens off their feet and skewering evil villains (or was it the other way around?). It was no surprise to his mother then, that as soon as Sterling could wield a rapier he left home to seek his fortune as a Hero.Aldus het heroïsche verhaal van schrijver Walsh. In zijn blogpost vinden we ook nieuw artwork van de eerste Fable Legends-held:Out in the real world, Sterling soon found that the real land of Albion is a little different from that of the story books. It is less a world of glass footwear and magical mice and more one of unwashed thieves and rabid chickens. Discovering that Albion’s roads are mostly mud and droppings instead of paved with gold hasn’t put Sterling off though. Instead he’s become even more determined to make the world the way he thinks it should be. If a chicken needs rescuing, he’ll rescue it with style. If an ogre is menacing a village, then consider it despatched with panache.
Sterling is dus één van de speelbare helden in Fable Legends. Geen legende die de speler dus opbouwt, maar eentje waar een speler op voort kan bouwen. Meer informatie over de nieuwe Fable-game vind je in onze Fable Legends preview!
