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'''The Normanomicon''', also known as the '''Book of the Extremely Dead''', is a book in [[Fable II]] used by [[Sam and Max]], who unwittingly summon various monsters.
 
'''The Normanomicon''', also known as the '''Book of the Extremely Dead''', is a book in [[Fable II]] used by [[Sam and Max]], who unwittingly summon various monsters.
   
The book was originally taken from the [[Tomb of Heroes]], an act which cursed the tomb with a horde of [[hollow man|Hollow Men]]. The pair later summon a further infestation in [[Bowerstone Cemetery]], and later still, a [[Queen Banshee]], which attacks [[Bloodstone]].
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The book was originally taken from the [[Tomb of Heroes]], an act which cursed the tomb with a horde of [[hollow men|Hollow Men]]. The pair later summon a further infestation in [[Bowerstone Cemetery]], and later still, a [[Queen Banshee]], which attacks [[Bloodstone]].
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
   
* [[The Summoners]] quest is a parody of the movie "[[Wikipedia:Army of Darkness|Army of Darkness]]" (third of the "Evil Dead" movies), in which the hero must retrieve the Necronomicon from its place in a cemetery by reciting the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto."
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* [[The Summoners]] quest is a parody of the movie "[[Wikipedia:Army of Darkness|Army of Darkness]]" (the third of the "Evil Dead" movies), in which the hero must retrieve the Necronomicon from its place in a cemetery by reciting the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto."
 
* The "Necronomicon" was originally a creation of H.P. Lovecraft.
 
* The "Necronomicon" was originally a creation of H.P. Lovecraft.
 
* The [[Banshee]] summoning during [[Evil in Wraithmarsh]] is foretold in ''[[The End is Almost Nigh]]'': "Two brothers of little wit who shall release howling death upon a town of blood."
 
* The [[Banshee]] summoning during [[Evil in Wraithmarsh]] is foretold in ''[[The End is Almost Nigh]]'': "Two brothers of little wit who shall release howling death upon a town of blood."
 
* A load screen states that if the Normanomicon should fall into the wrong hands, it would spell disaster for [[Albion]].
 
* A load screen states that if the Normanomicon should fall into the wrong hands, it would spell disaster for [[Albion]].
* It is impossible that Max and Sam retrieved the Normanomicon in the Heroes Tomb, because in that moment it is filled with water and can't be opened.
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* It is impossible that Max and Sam retrieved the Normanomicon in the Tomb of Heroes, because at that moment it was filled with water and couldn't be opened. Although they ''could'' have gotten the book during a season when the lake had dried up enough so that they could get in.
   
 
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The Normanomicon, also known as the Book of the Extremely Dead, is a book in Fable II used by Sam and Max, who unwittingly summon various monsters.

The book was originally taken from the Tomb of Heroes, an act which cursed the tomb with a horde of Hollow Men. The pair later summon a further infestation in Bowerstone Cemetery, and later still, a Queen Banshee, which attacks Bloodstone.

Trivia

  • The Summoners quest is a parody of the movie "Army of Darkness" (the third of the "Evil Dead" movies), in which the hero must retrieve the Necronomicon from its place in a cemetery by reciting the phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto."
  • The "Necronomicon" was originally a creation of H.P. Lovecraft.
  • The Banshee summoning during Evil in Wraithmarsh is foretold in The End is Almost Nigh: "Two brothers of little wit who shall release howling death upon a town of blood."
  • A load screen states that if the Normanomicon should fall into the wrong hands, it would spell disaster for Albion.
  • It is impossible that Max and Sam retrieved the Normanomicon in the Tomb of Heroes, because at that moment it was filled with water and couldn't be opened. Although they could have gotten the book during a season when the lake had dried up enough so that they could get in.