Jack of Blades

"This child of (Scarlet)yours is quite a Hero,dear Scarlet,did you know he's been crowned Arena Champion?You would have been so proud of him.It MUST run in the family:That and getting locked in one of my charming little cells."

- Jack of Blades talking with Scarlet about his son. "Your (Hero) blood is next,then i will make this world BURN!"

- Jack of Blades'speech after he kill Scarlet Robe.

Jack of Blades is the main antagonist of the "Fable" videogame, the nemesis of the Heroe's Guild and the responsible of mostly all the tragic events of the Game.

Backstory
It was revealed by the Tales of Albion that Jack of Blades came from a place called the Void. It is also revealed that he had come with the Queen of Blades and the Knight of Blades, who together were known as the Court. He and the others demanded that the people of Albion bow down before them. When the people refused, the Court "burned Albion until the earth turned black and the sky was thick with smoke". When the people refused a second time, they lifted the sea into the sky and flooded the world. The third time they demanded worship, they claimed that they would bring peace, but again the people refused, so the Court twisted their minds until they went insane. Finally, the inhabitants bowed to the Court. Later in the future, when William Black was consulting a tome, Jack transported William from Albion to the Void. Jack tried to enslave William with an ornate sword, however William managed to fight back and escaped, and at the same time managed to steal the sword from Jack, which was later discovered to be the Sword of Aeons.

Their second meeting consisted of yet another battle. William Black managed to break Jack's body, destroying his form for a time. However, Jack's soul was believed to have escaped and possibly took refuge in his Mask.

Fable.
The ages past, and although William Black was death, his linage still had the power of the Archon to wield the mythic Sword of Aeons. Though he doesn't appears directly in the Game until The Arena, He is the main cause of the majority of events in the early game, He was the one who lead an army of bandits to Oakvale, burning down the entire village in order to seeking the boy who will become the Hero. Only that boy and a few more people escaped of Jack, the rest were kiddnaped or killed.While the mother and sister of the Hero, Scarletand Theresa, were kiddnaped for an interrogation, and his father, Brom, die at the hands of Jack.

After burning Oakvale, Jack asked to his prisoners (Scarlet and Theressa) were was the kid. First,he asked to Theressa, but she didn't answer him,she only keep looking him with a glare, then, Jack maliciously drew off Theressa's eyes and left her in the middle of a field. He didn't care of loosing one potencial source of information since he had Scarlet too, he decided to lock her in Bargate Prison.

Meanwhile, one of his servants, Maze, fond the boy, but insteat of give him to Jack, he brought him to the Hero's Guild. Maze was a powerful member of the Guild already, but he was a slave of Jack too, and he wished to destroy him in order to be free.

Find the Archaeologist.
Jack is mentioned for the first time (excluding the book "Jack of Blades") in the gold quest "Find the Archaeologist" in Witchwood, behind the Demon Door in the second area of Witchwood called Witchwood Stones. When the Hero find out the name of the Demon Door (HITS) the Demon Door will open,and the Archaeologist will show a great fear against Jack of Blades, saying that he regret begin studying the Focal Sites.

The Arena
"i have returned,after an eternity away from you all,Jack of Blades is back!" Jack finally shows himself at the Arena of Witchwood. The Arena sets the Hero fighting various creatures from all over Albion, alongside with his companion and friend, Whisper. After defeating Arachanox. Jack, as an honor guest, propose (order) a final round between the two best champions. The Hero will receive a special price while the other will die. At this point,the player can decide two options: kill Whisper in order to receive the special price and evil alignment or forgive Whisper's life. After the final round the Hero will notice a statue of his mother in the Room of Heroes, Jack appear then near the statue and will talk about Scarlet, trying to trick the Hero, before finishing his conversation with the Hero, Jack gave to him the Champion Seal.

Scarlet Robe and the Key
The Hero tried to infiltrate in Bargate Prision, but Jack already knew he was comming, because the Champion Seal was magicaly revealing the position of the Hero all the time. Jack lock up the Hero and Scarlet in Bargate, where they were both tortured by the guards month after month, until the day the Hero escaped of his prision and led his mother and the other prisoners (if they don't die first). Scarlet returned to the Hero's Guild and helped her son how to activate a portal to Hook coast, in which has been founded ghost and another vile creatures. There, the Hero finds Maze, who captured Theressa Maze tries to deceive the Hero, lying cowardly to him, them suddently Jack (who has kiddnap Scarlet Robe too during this events) appears behind the Hero and use magic to weak him and imprison him. Maze,who was a servant of Jack all the time,was using Theressa's blood to obtain the Key, a mysthical object, Jack's most powerfull weapon. After Maze complete the ritual, Theressa is teleported to the Chamber of Fate, but before she is finally teleported, she releases the Hero to confront Maze. After he kills the mage, Maze shows remorses for serving Jack and makes a last effort to reveal Jack's plan of using the key to activate the Focal Sites before die.

The Focal Sites and the Chamber of Fate
"What a touching family reunion:The mother,the son,the daugther...and the sword.There's only one thing missing." The Ancient Focal Sites, If they are activated the Chamber of Fate would be unlocked, a secret Chamber in the Heroe's Guild created by William Black in order to hide the Sword of Aeons. The Hero runs to Witchwood,where is the first Focal Side, in order to stop Jack but he already activate it,mocking the Hero by telling him that he would have kill Maze because he was useless now anyway. The Hero goes to Greatwood to disactivate the Focal Sites, again a futile effort, Jack activates the two missing Focal Sites, and goes to the Heroe's Guild, killing everyone in there (except the Guild Master). The Hero, who is chasing Jack, arrives in time at the Chamber, and there, Jack slits Scarlet's throat in front of her son, the blood flowing awakes the Sword of Aeons and Jack try to use the sword against the Hero and Theressa. After a long battle, Jack is defeated and his dead body becames into a portal to the Void. At this point, the Hero could throw the Sword of Aeons into the portal and destroy it forever, or kill his own sister, Theressa, who still remains in the Chamber, and with her blood empower the Sword. However,in both decisitions, Jack is still alive, locked into the Void until the day he returns.

Fable:The Lost Chapter.
"Ah,there you are...it's been a long wait,but i knew you'd free me eventually.Yes,always the puppet,don't you ever get tired of having your strings pulles?I am no mortal man,the gods and demons you fear are as nothing to me!" Coming soon.

Trivia

 * Jack of Blades features prominently in the 2013 teaser trailer for the Fable remake.
 * Jack is the oldest character in all Albion Series.
 * Despite his horrendous acts and nature,he is one of the most loved characters in the entire franchise by the fans,and many of them consider him as the "spotlight" of Fable.
 * At 2004,Insert coin made a Hoodie based on Jack's costumes(excluding the mask)
 * It is never explained how Jack of Blades can return to Albion without his mask in the DLC:The Lost Chapters
 * In the Lost Chapters it is discovered that the mask that Jack wears it's used to trap souls,and he can posses anyone who wears it.
 * Also,his true form and the name of the person he possessed with the mask are never seen.
 * It is written in the book Jack of Blades that only Maze have seen Jack unmasked
 * In Fable:The Lost Chapters and Fable:Anniversary,his voice is modified to sound more deeply and grim,while in the original Fable,his voice is not modified.