Beyond these Broken Doors

_{"Beyond these broken doors lies the Heroes' Guild. For centuries, this academy trained the most supremely gifted sons and daughters of Albion, bound together by the blood that flowed in their veins. Once worshiped by the people of Albion, the great Heroes came to be feared and hated. No man alive today remembers the night the guild burned. And now, it lies forgotten."
~Theresa}

You really get a better appreciation for Fable 2 after you've played the first game. When I played through it again after Fable 1, the 'old tomb' you explore in the beginning has a much stronger meaning. You know what that place used to be; you know what happened in those walls hundreds of years ago. Seeing it in a decayed state was very powerful, and I wanted to convey that.

I had originally planned a one-shot "comic" if you will that shows flashes between Sparrow's journey through the abandoned guild, and the Hero of Oakvale's quest there when Jack of Blades destroyed it.
I then realized I didn't have the time or patience for something like that, so I condensed that vision down to a single image: Sparrow crossing the bridge that leads to the Chamber of Fate in the abandoned Heroes' Guild. There is also a ghostly presence of the Hero of Oakvale and the past fire the Guild once endured.

I went crazy trying to find a suitable way and place to put the quote, but I went with something simple and off to the side so as not to take away too much attention from the image itself.

Some brushes I used in this piece can be found here: [link] [link]