Scythe VS Jack of Blades

Scythe VS Jack of Blades is a fan-made machinima on YouTube that was created, directed and edited by Avarice (also known as Overlord Avarice). The video tries to expand on Fable: The Lost Chapter's lore for the Evil ending, where the Hero of Oakvale decides to wear Jack of Blades' mask. This means that Scythe has one more chance to stop Jack from destroying Albion by fighting him at Archon's Shrine. 
The idea for the machinima comes from the theory that Scythe is in fact William Black and has fought Jack of Blades before, inside of The Void. The creation process mostly involves using both modding tools for editing Fable's cutscenes and video editing. It was created on the 21st of June in 2021.
==Story==
After an epic battle, the Hero of Oakvale defeats the Dragon form of Jack of Blades and then traps his soul inside the Mask. The Hero is then immediately warned by Scythe to not wear the Mask. While inside of the Mask, Jack's soul speaks to the Hero and tries to convince him to wear it. After listening to both Scythe and Jack, the Hero decides to wear the Mask and ends up becoming its new host. This process technically kills the Hero of Oakvale and replaces his soul with Jack of Blades. Upon realising this, Jack gloats about possessing another Hero with the use of the Soul Mask.
The Guildmaster then narrates the ending of the game where the Hero managed to slay the Dragon, however, it is portrayed through cutscenes.
The story then shifts to Scythe's perspective, where he can be seen warning the Hero not to wear the Mask, whilst in Snowspire Village. Jack of Blades then communicates to Scythe in a similar fashion, stating that he is too late to save the Hero of Oakvale and should visit him at the Bronze Gate. Clearly shocked by what has happened, Scythe reluctantly agrees to go visit Jack at Archon's Shrine to try and stop him.
The story shifts back to Jack of Blades perspective, where he can be seen entering Archon's Shrine and laughing to himself about his new powers. Jack then looks to his right and can see Scythe, who walked all the way from Snowspire to confront him.
==Characters==
===Alive===
*Weaver (Narrator)
*Hero of Oakvale
*Jack of Blades
*Earth Troll
*Rock Troll
*Ice Troll
*Minions
*Dragon
*Scythe
===Ghosts===
*Maze
*Brom
*Weaver
*Scarlet
*Theresa
*Whisper
*Thunder
*Twinblade
*Briar Rose
== Inspiration==
The story for Scythe VS Jack of Blades was inspired by the lore for Fable: The Lost Chapter and how the character Scythe is heavily implied to be the legendary hero, William Black in disguise. The lore for Fable states that William Black once fought Jack of Blades in The Void for control of the Sword of Aeons. The idea for Scythe VS Jack of Blades is basically an extension of this fact, which then asks the question "What would Scythe do if he only had one more chance to stop Jack of Blades?" after the events of the first game. 
Avarice also wanted to make a cutscene for the Evil version of the Fresco Art cinematic that plays after defeating Jack's Dragon form.
==Process==
== Milestones ==
* 16th September, 2021 - The video reached 1000 views.
* 27th December, 2021 - The video reached 55 comments.
* 29th December, 2021 - The video reached 100 likes.
== Goofs ==
A "goof" is a form of mistake or oversight that is seen as an inconsistency, whether it be visually in a piece of work or from a storytelling perspective. Bare in mind, that a goof isn't always accidental in nature and could have been done intentionally for entertainment or production-related purposes:
* Scythe uses the same set of animations as Maze in the retail game, which means that he can't use a "sword swinging" animation when holding Avo's Tear.
* Since there is only a ghost model for Scarlet Robe, the other Heroes that Scythe summons to fight Jack of Blades just use their regular character models.
* In the lore for Fable: The Lost Chapters, William Black sold his soul to the Sword of Aeons. This means that Scythe might not be worthy of Avo's Tear.
* In the lore for Fable: The Lost Chapters, Scythe is often considered far too old and decrepit to actually fight anything.
*Jack of Blades has different voice pitches through-out the game, which makes it change depending on the dialogue.
*Scythe will ironically state that Jack of Blades should "Grow up", despite him being alive a lot longer than Scythe has.
* The video uses an unused line of dialogue for Scythe that has no audio, saying "May death close his eyes to you".
* The ghost of Brom just uses a generic male villager character model that can be seen in the Necropolis.
==Trivia==
*The video contains unused lines of dialogue for Jack of Blades, after the Hero of Oakvale puts on his soul mask.
*At the end of the video it is heavily implied that Scythe loses the battle, due to being overwhelmed by Jack's minions.
==Gallery==
File:SvJ-GloriousDay.png|The Mask (Jack's Perspective)
File:SvJ-ScythesPerspective.png|The Mask (Scythe's Perspective)
File:SvJ-TheyBothMeet.png|Scythe Meets Jack of Blades
File:SvJ-ScythesWeapon.png|Scythe's Weapon
File:SvJ-GhostsOfHeroes.png|The Ghosts of Fellow Heroes
File:SvJ-BlocksWillpowers.png|Scythe Blocks Willpowers
File:SvJ-TheHeroesGuild.png|Scythe At The Heroes' Guild
File:SvJ-AvosTear.png|Scythe With Avo's Tear
File:SvJ-WillPowers.png|Scythe VS Jack (Willpowers)
File:SvJ-Melee.png|Scythe VS Jack (Melee Combat)
File:ScytheVSJackIMG.png|Jack of Blades goes Berserk
== Video ==
File:Scythe VS Jack of Blades