Parable Pieces are tokens or charms found throughout the Dark Parables game series that, once collected, enable the player to read the Parables that make up a large part of the lore surrounding these games.
Parable Pieces were first seen in Rise of the Snow Queen, where they took on the appearance of photos in a cameo-like frame. The next game, The Red Riding Hood Sisters, turned the pieces into small snippets of an overall image, designed to look like enamel charms. This look continued on through Ballad of Rapunzel.
These Parable Pieces act like regular inventory items in the sense that they are clearly seen and the cursor will turn into a hand when scrolled over them, indicating they can be picked up. However, they are not added to the inventory when clicked; they immediately get added to the parable collection in the back of the Detective's Journal.
With the change in developers for The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide, Parable Pieces were combined with Cursed Objects, making them morphing objects that, when clicked on, would be collected and used to complete the parables. From Goldilocks and the Fallen Star, the parables were transformed into stone pieces up to The Thief and the Tinderbox with a few changes compared to blue and red pictured to portraits. Since The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide, the parables have turned into morphing objects to collect then obvious standouts like the other games.
Unlike Cursed Objects, parable pieces generally do not need to be "activated" and are available to be collected as soon as the area where they are located is encountered by the player. There are some instances where other actions in the game may cause a parable piece to appear where it wasn't before. For example, in Rise of the Snow Queen, the ringing of the tower bell knocks a parable piece or 2 to the ground in the courtyard including a few others like in the library.
Rise of the Snow Queen[]
Rise of the Snow Queen
The Mountain Beast
Tale of The Two Mirrors
The Golden Child
The Snow Queen Tale
Hansel and Gretel[]
The Witch and the Goddess
The Red Riding Hood Sisters[]
The First Red Riding Hood Sister
The Mist Kingdom
The Order of the Red Riding Hood Sisters
The Moon Goddess
The Fallen Sister
The Boy Who Cried Wolf[]
The Mermaid's Tears
The Final Cinderella[]
The Final Cinderella
The Evil Godmother
Geppetto and Pinocchio
Handmaidens of the Maiden Goddess
The Forbidden Grove
Along with the regular parables, there is also a set of Cinderella Parables. The Parable Pieces for these are various articles of clothing. These sets are also considered Collections, as they are collected in the player's inventory and used as items within the game.
Ella Blom, The First Cinderella
Agnes Koch, The Princess and the Frog Prince
Shan Mao, The Cursed Princess
Bianca Pace, The Girl in the Tower
The Oriental Cinderella[]
The Tale of the Spider Witches
Jack and the Sky Kingdom[]
Rumpelstiltskin
The Three Sons
The Mercenary King of the Sky Kingdom
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Adventures of Lady Emma
Rumpelstiltskin and the Queen[]
Ballad of Rapunzel[]
Rapunzel
The Goddess Flora
The Sisters of Dark and Light
The Snow Princess and the Fire Prince
The Three Artifacts of Floralia
The Thumbelina Curse[]
This game's map has bizarre titles for most of the locations. To help you find the Parable Pieces, they are labeled with the map's name for their location - and, if necessary, the more commonly known name for that place.
The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide[]
The Course of True Love
To Follow One's Heart
Red Riding Hood's Sister
A King's Folly
The Wrath of a Sea Goddess
Trusty John and King Bluebeard[]
The Jealous King
Queen of Sands[]
The Goddess's Gift
The Sleepless Child
The Perfect Scent
The Fallen Keeper
The Queen of Sands
The Seven Ravens[]
Goldilocks and the Fallen Star[]
The Fallen Star
Magic Ribbons
Ewan the Crafty
Bulvar and Rumpelstiltskin
Crowning of Queen Valla
The Golden Slumber[]
The Swan Princess and the Dire Tree[]
Uprise Of The Swan
Forbidden Idol
The First Tree
A Dark Dream
The Jewel of Repose
A Fable of Two Hearts[]
The Thief and the Tinderbox[]
A Love That Couldn't Be
The Curse Is Born
Two Brothers, Two Mirrors
The End Of Tears
The Wounded Beast
Journey of Atonement[]
Goof: The parable pieces needed to be found don't match the parable image they create together.
An Old Friendship
The Temple at the Edge Of The World
Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow[]
Rise Of The Shadow God
The Maiden and the Shadow
The First Handmaiden
The Fall Of The Shadow God
Out of The Shadows[]
The Cat of Shadows
Return of the Salt Princess[]
The Exiled Salt Princess
The Untold Story of the Frog Prince
The Moon Prophecy
Sisters made from Sulfur and Mercury
The Exiled Witch
Moonlight Romance[]
The Match Girl's Lost Paradise[]
The Little Match Girl
The Star Coins
The Ominous Beauty
The Forest Witch
The Second Prince's Revenge
The King's Fiery Clothes[]
Portrait of the Stained Princess[]
The Ugly Duckling
The Water of Life
The Ugly Princess
White Swan, Black Swan
The Clan with No Hearts