New York Fables List of Fables characters

1 new york fables

1.1 bigby wolf
1.2 snow white
1.3 beauty , beast
1.4 trusty john
1.5 grimble
1.6 bufkin
1.7 prince charming
1.8 cinderella
1.9 old king cole
1.10 hobbes
1.11 pinocchio
1.12 briar rose
1.13 doctor swineheart
1.14 rapunzel
1.15 kay
1.16 mrs. sprat
1.17 cubs
1.18 other new york fables

new york fables


bigby wolf

having reformed violent ways, bigby (a.k.a. big bad wolf) became cigarette-smoking, trench coat-clad sheriff of fabletown. extremely cunning , resourceful, in addition being excellent detective. due snow white s possession of lycanthropy-stained knife, werewolf , can change between wolf form, human form , intermediate wolfman stage @ (in great fables crossover , revealed bigby s nature 1 of north wind s sons allows him change forms @ will). son of north wind, and, such, has control on lower-tier winds, plus huff , puff of legend. despite reformation, can still vicious if believes situation calls it. develops feelings snow white , 2 have litter of 7 children together. quits position sheriff due election of prince charming mayor, whom despises, , leaves fabletown. has since returned , married snow, , lives , cubs on specially set-aside area of land @ farm. in destiny game , bigby forces lady of lake change fate: never grow old, continue grow in strength , power; fall in love snow white; father 7 children become gods , monsters lay waste worlds; , die 7 times, outliving of cubs. far, unknown how bigby has died (if @ all) - nor known if being shot goldilocks , gravely wounded, along little boy blue, during war count deaths. however, since 1 of cubs in relationship enchantress altered previous fate, current fate may or may not changed later (though is, @ time, pure speculation).

bigby meets end @ hands of prince brandish, turns him glass statue , destroys it. while 13th floor residents try piece him in hopes of reviving him, mrs sprat removes part of glass body. bigby seen in personal heaven, meets boy blue , son. boy blue tells him while can return living world, daunting task. blue states bigby meant 1 of great destroyers fate altered due love snow white. bigby revived in feral state. in final arc kills several mundy officers, along ozma, beast, , thrushbread. unclear if state due mrs. sprat s actions or challenge boy blue spoke of, winter s narration suggest former. restored when conner stands him. , snow live happily ever after , have many descendants.

in video game, voiced adam harrington.

snow white

beauty , beast

still after 2 thousand years, beauty , beast escaped homelands barely more clothes wearing. both take relatively low-paid jobs, beast maintaining fabletown buildings , beauty working in bookshop, earning between them enough make ends meet. lives hampered beast s tendency shift , forth between human , beastly forms depending on wife s mood towards him, 2 nevertheless loving couple. election of prince charming mayor of fabletown during events of mean seasons , lives take turn better. neither bigby wolf or snow white willing work alongside charming, resign, , prince offers beauty , beast available jobs.

beast, sheriff, allies himself frau totenkinder, powerful witch in fabletown , had curse fixed, allowing him transform beast form @ will. whether s aware totenkinder inflicted curse on him in first place unknown; occurred pre-amnesty, legally unable retaliate. while overwhelmed complexities of job, grows role.

beauty takes snow s position deputy mayor, , learns cope of responsibility. in tenure, prince charming tries seduce her, rebuffs him, threatening send husband after him if tries again. notable beauty realizes, result of remarks made prince charming during seduction attempt, actions , words toward husband not kind herself perceived; subsequently resolves nicer beast.

after arrival in fabletown of imperial emissary, lord hansel, during sons of empire story-arc, , subsequent need keep track of both him , staff, beast asks for, , given, additional funding , manpower. includes zephyrs, provided bigby wolf s father, north wind, act spies. during war against empire, depicted in war , pieces arc, beast remains in fabletown, commanding troops stationed there in case of retaliatory assault empire.

according answers given in burning questions issue, couple ask frau totenkinder is knitting. totenkinder responds garment firstborn child. though beauty laughs, saying s not expecting, frau answer things in time , shows them progress of knitting: pair of footed pajamas lion head sewn on front, , 4 arms, 2 legs, , place tail. beast , beauty left flabbergasted implications

as shown in great fables cross on , after having brief argument beast behavior bigby, beauty , husband retire tent make sex. afterwards, beauty feels there magical sex. in subsequent, beauty reveals pregnant. child born premature, there no apparent complications. child, little girl, named bliss, , seems normal. frau had predicted, though, there complication: when bliss becomes angry, transforms 6 limbed, tailed beast. since birth of little bliss, father unable transform beastly form. when beast examined ozma unable detect trace of ancient curse. in fables #143 (the third chapter of happily ever after story arc), confirmed bliss has adopted curse own.

in fairest story lamia , revealed beauty hides dark secret. in fact lamia driven home after man got in family way. man s wife had friends run lamia out of town. followed world, lamia met beautiful woman. lamia, having been abused beauty s sake, hated woman on sight , killed her, because beautiful leads ruin in end . lamia took woman s form in order adopt peaceful , simple way of life. kept form long woman s personality became her. met beast, , fell in love. every few decades, beauty becomes herself lamia again. when happens, beast tries catch in time , lock away. escapes, , embarks on killing rampage, targeting rapists , men abuse women (going after innocents not style ). beast assumes identities of famous heroes of detective fiction (such auguste dupin, sherlock holmes, hercule poirot, sam spade , philip marlowe) , has stop before mundy authorities can catch her. bigby wolf has threatened beast deal matter permanently - if means killing beast well. beauty never remembers incidents afterward , beast never tells truth.

beast considering making new home himself, wife , daughter in flycatcher s kingdom in homelands, because beauty safer there, mundy police keeps getting better , better @ investigating , collecting evidence, , catch beauty sooner or later. story s ending suggests beauty may turning lamia again sometime in near future. in fairest graphic novel fairest in lands, lamia gone good: beauty becomes victim of serial killer, , though beauty brought life, lamia not. beast killed feral, controlled resurrected bigby wolf. remains seen if stay dead. in final story, reveals years later, grown bliss , beauty have business solve problems of people (such murders , kidnappings) using bliss beastly abilities.

trusty john

the doorman @ woodland building, trusty john universally popular. amiable , good-natured, john enjoyed job , pleased see everybody. such, came complete shock when kay unmasked john spy adversary. baffled how faithful fable in history turn against them, john interrogated prince charming, beauty , beast; explained them that, long before signing fabletown compact, had sworn unbreakable vow of loyalty king, believed had been killed leading forces against adversary. turned out had not been case, king, working adversary, had contacted john , ordered him spy on fellow fables. bound vow, overruled later compact, john had no choice obey , spent next 4 years passing information enemy before kay, newly regrown eyes, caught him. despite being sorely tempted forgive him, given circumstances, charming realised treason, no matter situation, must dealt harshly. hardening heart, gave john option jump down witching under own power gesture of mercy, alternative being executed on spot , corpse put down there anyway. john accepted former offer. few people explicitly know happened him, revealing such beloved fable traitor deemed bad morale of fabletown.

on mission witching well, depicted in story-arc prince, flycatcher recruited john squire, offering him possibility of redemption accompanying him. following completion of quest, flycatcher, king ambrose of haven, announced john henceforth known trusty john once more, , appointed him lord high chancellor of kingdom, putting him in charge of day-to-day running of new realm.

grimble

the security guard @ woodland apartment building forms centre of fabletown, grimble troll tale of 3 billy goats gruff , quite possibly many other tales troll features. has possession of expensive glamour spell. has been shown assume troll form battle. during fall of fabletown due actions of mister dark, grimble snaps king cole out of melancholy , encourages him carry on. motivates former mayor during evacuation haven after mister dark discovers location of farm. turned harmless bird prince brandish/werian holt when began unravel behind alias. unknown if permanent spell or temporary one, since brandish didn t want grimble reveal , mrs. sprat weren t mr. dark s prisoners. in bluebird form, grimble becomes crucial in death of prince brandish, having been sent on secret mission thirteenth floor locate brandish s heart. under protection of layers of stealth spells maddy , magic send him far reaches brandish s heart in contained in entrance-less fortress, grimble sneaks in through air grills in fortress , destroys brandish s heart, causing brandish collapse , die of heart failure during duel against flycatcher. on many years follow, grimble bitterly assumes thirteenth floor did not bother provide him magic return fabletown after had completed task , gradually becomes accustomed living bird. learns clara several members of thirteenth floor died in conflict between rose red , snow white, explaining why had not been provided means recalled, , implied , clara begin relationship after reveals no longer seeing vulco crow.

bufkin

a winged monkey oz tales, bufkin acts fabletown s librarian , found in cavernous business office, both works , sleeps. close boy blue, hid week when friend left homelands, thinking blamed not stopping him. bufkin lacks wisdom, although not stupid, mischievous , prone drinking heavily , stealing mayor s booze, nevertheless worker , complains. during events of storybook love arc, when out of office, bufkin came conclusion in charge , decided rename fabletown bufkintown, change lasted long took else find out it. apparently reads lot of books in library, , suggested has learned skills lockpicking this. on learning prince charming threatened kill bufkin if stole alcohol again, bufkin seen book—one relating political assassination. after magics holding fabletown have been unravelled stranded in business office along formerly imprisoned fables. during time able bottle djinn , kill baba yaga , knights utilizing has read (in volume, several indirect allusions wicked witch of west made). aided magic mirror, frankenstein s monster s head, barleycorn maidens , several heads of captured wooden soldiers.

after this, bufkin climbs business office s tree , finds himself in ev (a neighbor land of oz). accompanied lily, 1 of barleycorn maidens has huge crush on him. while sitting in 1 of ev s magic lunch box trees, accidentally rescues group of oz-fables nome king enforcers. bufkin forms resistance movement in order overthrow evil nome king. afterward, he, lily , hangy - hanging rope lily brought life, had many adventures in many different worlds before lily retirement , death. stated had become lily s husband 3 times mad scientist experiment, wishing fork , transformation gas , has many children in species transform includes flying monkeys, barleycorn , korob birds.

prince charming

although charming , handsome, prince charming pathological womanizer, liar , all-around rogue. raised prince, understand sacrifice necessary effective leader, , kind of king sacrifices safeguard subjects. (known) previous wives in chronological order snow white, briar rose (sleeping beauty) , cinderella; latter 2 of ex-wives introduced him shared fairy godmother. s revealed in jack of fables comic prince charming jack horner s father. s charming never knew of relations 1 another. lived in europe after leaving homelands, living off kindness of various nobles , ex-nobles. returned fabletown prior rose red s murder . hatched intricate scheme, killing bluebeard in duel during storybook love arc, putting bluebeard s substantial wealth directly fabletown s treasury, then, during events of march of wooden soldiers , mean seasons, running position of mayor of fabletown against old king cole, have access funds. unfortunately, made false presumptions (and promises) , had difficult time in office public opinion turning against him. following victory, appointed beauty , beast positions of deputy mayor , sheriff respectively. spending large amount of time beauty on job, attempted begin affair her; rejected advances, threatening set beast on him if persisted.

in spite of persistent unfaithfulness, prince charming has side few aware of. during storybook love story-arc, expressed deep regret betrayal of snow white hurt badly, , took upon himself kill bluebeard partly because knew bluebeard planned murder bigby wolf, whom snow had grown fond of. before battle of fabletown in march of wooden soldiers, supervised building barricades, fought bravely during battle itself, defying gun-carrying wooden soldiers while armed sword. in battle s aftermath, led firefighters went damaged buildings extinguish last blazes. despite fact took job of mayor economic benefits, dedicated himself sincerely duties of mayor, including setting defenses fabletown against adversary and, in happily ever after arc, giving bigby wolf land next farm in order live new wife, snow white, , children.

in run-up war against empire, charming resigned mayor, returning job king cole, in order focus on war effort. during war , pieces storyline, held position of combat commander on skyship glory of baghdad built arabian fables , commanded sinbad, running offensive , defensive operations of ship during war , glory s mission bomb gates connecting imperial homeworld rest of empire. after glory s destruction, charming, despite serious injuries, dragged bomb foot last remaining gate, sinbad accompanying him defend against hostile forces. arriving @ destination against considerable opposition, charming dragged bomb gatesite, stating set longest fuse possible give himself best opportunity clear of blast.

charming failed emerge before bomb detonated. body never found, , coffin containing uniform, medals , personal effects buried @ farm cemetery in absentia. statue of charming in fabletown dedicated memory.

in 1001 nights of snowfall, prequel fables series, real reason prince charming cheated on snow white rose red in first place given. contrary popular belief, had not yet known of inability remain faithful in marriage. request of wedding gift, taught snow fencing lessons , had taken charge of investigating series of murders around kingdom (the victims revealed 7 dwarves). states 1 of violent of prisoners did , had him executed. kept peace dwarves. had known snow white, sword wounds indicated progressive swordsmanship. because had lost trust in her, had rose red move in them in castle, , shortly after, cheated on snow rose red, revealed in rose red story arc result of rose red seducing him, despite initial resistance.

theories both on , off page speculate gives off powerful/magic pheromones, responsible strong ability seduce woman wishes. according answers given in burning questions issue, prince charming had no less 1,412 romantic conquests age of fifteen. stated able win courtship, of single woman, or political election.

in fairest story arc return of maharajah, revealed charming survived injuries. nathoo (from rudyard kipling s jungle book) found him , brought charming indu (the homelands version of india), nursed health. because charming popular fable, wounds healed quickly. became leader of group of villages joined forces in order overthrow maharajah. charming became maharajah charming, after killing original maharajah. charming relinquishes title, , decides go fabletown. story continued in pages of fables.

cinderella

prince charming s third wife, cinderella seen loud , rambunctious fellow fables, , goes name cindy. owner , manager of own shoe store, glass slipper, in fabletown. first job, , possibly main income, has important job: secretly works sheriff (first bigby wolf , later beast) 1 of off-the-record spies.

cinderella recruited off-the-books agent shortly after arrival in mundane world, approximately 2 centuries prior present-day setting of comics. missions shown have included seducing ichabod crane in paris him reveal willing turn traitor , provide valuable intelligence adversary. served envoy giants of cloud kingdoms, aiming forge alliance them, mission put in debt frau totenkinder, cleared way bigby wolf s covert insertion homelands depicted in happily ever after, mission cinderella served briefing officer. participated in interrogation of wooden soldiers captured after battle of fabletown, , later helped interrogation of baba yaga. has had long vendetta dorothy gale, both on physical , ideological level. whereas dorothy mercenary motivated thrill of murder , chaos, cinderella motivated duty , pragmatism. after defeating dorothy, cinderella took magical slippers bounty, , presumably able use them assuming disguises.

cinderella considers herself finest secret agent has ever lived, on grounds that, being immortal, has had multiple human lifespans perfect craft and, uniquely among fables, has had access not magical resources of fables, technologies , techniques perfected mundane population. public persona loud, brash , carefree, of fellow fables dismissing shallow , largely irresponsible playgirl. on mission, however, cinderella calm, calculating , ruthless, displaying no qualms killing when required. cinderella meets end after killing frau totenkinder, partly @ request of snow white given totenkinder s decision side rose red , score between them.

old king cole

cole s realm overwhelmed adversary s forces. assistance of loyal , loving subjects, able hide in woods , survive long enough reach earth.

as mayor of fabletown since foundation, old king cole preferred leave actual running of place snow white, deputy, focusing more on more ceremonial , formal aspects of role himself, arrangement worked well. challenged position prince charming won after making series of rash promises prove unable keep. leaving mayor s penthouse apartment, briefly roomed boy blue, had lost roommate pinocchio during adversary s assault on fabletown. moved beauty , beast s home, moved snow white s old place. well-meaning , amiable man, king cole found defeat profoundly depressing. however, when arabian fables arrived in fabletown, cole found renewed importance 1 of few fables fluent in arabic, , diplomatic acumen led close friendship sinbad. before this, cole had been portrayed figurehead primary duty glad-handing fabletown s budget; diplomatic sessions showed shrewdness , cunning had not displayed before then. has since become ambassador fabletown east in baghdad. returned fabletown briefly preside on wedding of snow white , bigby wolf. @ start of war empire prince charming resigned position mayor, returning job king cole.

cole remained mayor after war and, before, delegated official duties on deputy mayor, beauty. when mister dark escaped imprisonment, enchantments upon fabletown began fade , caused entire building structure crumble. cole had brief moment of uncertainty until grimble gave him impassioned speech of responsibility mayor. cole led fable community evacuate farm regroup , figure out there. in addition, , beauty have taken on babysitting duties of bigby , snow s cubs while parents sent investigate jack horner s claims regarding literals rose red descending heavily depression following boy blue s death.

cole s diplomatic skills later served fable community when more mundies became aware, , frightened, of them.

hobbes

originally butler bluebeard, hobbes goblin stayed on work prince charming after prince slew former master. calm , dignified, hobbes nevertheless formidable fighter , fought savagely during battle of fabletown. hobbes worked tirelessly in charming s election campaign , has proved invaluable master. possesses glamour use in public, presumably provided masters, , notes proudly maintains unblemished record of reliability it. great expertise manservant leads him apparently paid; when asked it, prince charming dryly noted hobbes better paid servant mayor himself. name hobbes obvious pun on word hobgoblin. first notice gold covering mr. dark cracking. first fall freed mr. dark. mr. dark keeps hobbe s skull, intending eat goblin s teeth later, in order summon spirit serve him. however, mr. dark killed north wind before happens.

he presumably named after english philosopher thomas hobbes.

pinocchio

briar rose

better known sleeping beauty, briar rose prince charming s second wife. escaped homelands close nothing, blessing received on christening day, promised wealthy, came rescue, , rapidly gained great wealth through successful speculation on stock market. such, lives in luxurious apartment filled expensive furnishings. curse, however, remains in effect, slightest prick of finger causing falling asleep, followed else in building, surrounded rapidly growing thorn-bearing plants. kiss (genuinely) loving prince resets curse start. s been revealed during talk bigby in 1 incident when finger pricked, police sent in police dog named prince , innocent dog kiss awoke her, affection of dog being honest , true (though briar threatened bigby never tell soul of incident).

while hazard, forcing rose take extreme care , wear gloves @ times, curse has proved useful on @ least 2 occasions. first in story two-part caper when journalist tommy sharp threatened reveal had discovered fables, curse employed put inhabitants of building sleep while team led bigby wolf ransacked apartment. however, when came time awaken her, prince charming s kiss did not work, because no longer loved her. flycatcher s kiss woke up, ended tasting flies when awoke. presumably love has genuine not have romantic. has never been revealed if knew flycatcher awoke or not.

the second occasion during war against empire, depicted in war , pieces story-arc, when curse deployed within imperial capital, putting inhabitants of entire city sleep, depriving empire of of senior officials , majority of combat-ready sorcerers. recently, city burned ground, not before briar rose , snow queen carried away, still asleep, mysterious cadre of goblins.

in fairest story arc wide awake, bottle imp tells ali baba, seeking treasures in burned down city, sleeping girl blessed eternal wealth , riches, needs woken true love s kiss prince. ali baba sneaks goblins encampment , kisses sleeping briar rose, awakens spell, along snow queen. snow queen seeks vengeance on rose putting sleep years, , takes both of them captive. instead of killing them, snow queen forces jonah bottle imp tell stories of briar rose s life, snow queen addicted stories , , jonah @ telling stories. while ali baba , briar forced spend time lumi, ali baba realizes has no feelings briar after all, in love lumi. revealed because ali baba risked life wake , rescue briar rose, actions fell under definition of true, not romantic, love.

briar defeats hadeon destroyer, evil fairy fairy tale. briar s fairy godmothers turn hadeon car can travel world, , spaces between worlds. car has serve 1 thousand times before revert hadeon. briar uses car travel newly re-built fabletown, seen in fables story arc snow white. when car has been used 9 hundred , ninety-nine times, plans take junkyard , have hadeon destroyed in car crusher. in fairest graphic novel fairest in land, briar rose revealed having secret relationship dryad prince aspen, no 1 in fabletown knew about. unfortunately her, murderous goldilocks did , murdered 2 giving carnal desires, burning them both together. cinderella able resurrect her, unfortunately not bring prince aspen.

briar rose s ultimate fate given in next-to-last compilation, fables: happily ever after. after many years of adventuring, briar rose, had been scratched undead blade, begins succumb zombie-like curse. returns fabletown collect hadeon, has 1 ride left before returning own form. briar rose commands hadeon take end of universe , pricks finger, declaring if must turn undead horror, not awake , keep oath prevent hadeon harming ever again.

doctor swineheart

one of 3 army surgeons grimm story of name, swineheart works @ knights of malta hospital in new york, special research section in fact cover private fables-only medical facility. swineheart took charge of snow white s recovery after shot in head goldilocks during abortive rebellion @ farm, , dealt extensively during pregnancy bigby s children. battlefield surgeon without peer, services proved invaluable during battle of fabletown. appears have taken on mundane attitudes, because deals mundane patients work fables, extent starts suggest possibility of abortion when snow expresses unhappiness scandal pregnancy has resulted in. appalled snow stops him going further, threatening throw him out of fabletown if persists.

rapunzel

cursed frau totenkinder (for displeasing being slutty little girl ), rapunzel s hair growing, @ rate of 4 inches hour, has live under restrictive conditions prevent mundanes noticing. has 3 haircuts each day. part of group of fables part of last stand in old territory , present @ remembrance day died in battle @ last castle. revealed in cinderella: fabletown love cinderella s fairy godmother showed rapunzel s prince way tower kept in, spite frau totenkinder. in fairest revealed rapunzel not believe totenkinder has reformed, , has disdain her. s revealed in order survive winter, rapunzel s mother sold handful of gold totenkinder witch s apprentice. rapunzel , prince had passionate love affair resulted in rapunzel s pregnancy. when totenkinder found out, threw rapunzel out. despite bad history rapunzel call totenkinder mom , though on totenkinder s side.

after being thrown out totenkinder, rapunzel tried find lost lover. unbeknownst her, cinderella s fairy godmother forbade prince contact rapunzel again, godmother had plans . no 1 take homeless rapunzel in, because of past totenkinder s ward. rapunzel giving birth children, strange woman came aid. woman drugged , stole children, twin girls. rapunzel spent centuries looking daughters across hundred worlds. eventually, gave , sailed off edge of world in ship, planning die. instead, washed on shore of 1 of hidden kingdom, fable homeland populated people , creatures of japanese mythology , culture. there, became member of emperor s court, , had lesbian romance female kitsune named tomoko.

it revealed rapunzel okiku famous japanese ghost story; while spending time @ emperor s court, took okiku new name. shogun had rapunzel s lover banished, along many other yokai. confiscated kitsune s foxfire - soul, kept outside body. shogun kept foxfire in safe locked sliding puzzle. when rapunzel tried foxfire tomoko, discovered unable solve puzzle slide, , broke plate in anger. shogun caught trying break safe, , beat , threw limp form down well. rapunzel unable climb out well, , ate hair in order survive. coughed hundreds of hairballs, talked spiny mouths. rapunzel knotted several of them hair, gave purchase needed climb out. escaped well, , killed shogun , men.

centuries later, in mundy world, rapunzel , joel crow venture jack horner (before break rose red) japan, japanese fables have started new life after adversary s invasion. rapunzel caught in war between tomoko s group , other japanese fables, manages former lover , japanese fables find way homeland via magical portal. frau totenkinder reveals joel crow knows took rapunzel s children, , person enemy of totenkinder, use rapunzel bring , of fabletown down. why twins stolen, , why can t tell rapunzel. persuades joel give rapunzel memory potion make forget daughters, tomoko , hidden kingdom. implied joel gives potion rapunzel.

kay

once captive of snow queen, kay grown , living in new york, away fabletown itself. s never been stated happened friend gerda or home. still has troll mirror shards in eye, result sees bad people have ever done. pain causes him leads him routinely gouge out own eyes, although subsequently grow on period of around ten years. kay has proven useful in past @ detecting traitors, , in mind beast asked frau totenkinder magically restore kay s sight assist him in rooting out fables might secretly working adversary. because of ability, kay other person in fabletown know full details of bigby s past deeds , how frau totenkinder gets powers. bad sees defined fabletown morals , not mundy justice, sees bad in bigby (though doing did because of understandable (from wolves perspective) dislike of humans, , hunger rather sake of evil) , in frau totenkinder (though legal 21st-century mundy american justice point of view). after seeing evil in adversary, overwhelmed gouges eyes out again. afterward, killed mr. dark, devours teeth make him witherling. when totenkinder destroys mister dark s teeth feeding him candy, ended dark s control on kay s body.

mrs. sprat

mrs. sprat, first name leigh, works nurse in knights of malta hospital special research wing , poem says, indeed fat. mrs. sprat rather ugly , grumpy individual, no in community filled beautiful men , women. husband of ghost s victims. in fables #100, snow white scolds her nasty, spiteful attitude towards sheriff beast , beauty while latter going labor. snow explains that, while 1 can away being mean if beautiful, 1 can away being hideous if s pleasant, , since mrs. sprat both ugly , mean have attitude before has had enough of her. on verge of tears, mrs. sprat reveals hates beautiful fables, , became nurse chance have them under care , @ mercy. when fables depart haven, mrs. sprat stays behind, unbeknownst else. when mister dark shows @ farm looking other fables, offers reveal location 3 things: become beautiful, other beautiful fables become ugly her, , prince love true love . mister dark agrees 3 conditions, , 2 depart together.

mr. dark shows nurse sprat how make herself beautiful exercising , fighting eating disorder eating more lean , less fat. mrs. sprat delighted great progress, becomes impatient transformation , asks mr. dark speed process. using extremely painful spell, mr. dark transforms beautiful, young woman in black dress. mr. dark leaves deal fables, , promises summon mrs. sprat side see beautiful fables made ugly before die. plans make bride , mistress of castle dark, fortress in new york city. sprat adopts maiden name, duglas, since name sprat dead past. however, mr. dark killed mr. north, north wind, before of plans carried through. when leigh s fellow fables come claim castle own following mr. dark s death, leigh dresses in rags , hides in dungeon, pretending have been dark s prisoner, , claims reason slim figure dark starved her. since transformation has tried gaining favor king cole , has been approached romantically dr. swineheart, shock. revealed withheld last shard bigby after had been turned glass , shattered brandish. ready take on mantle of mister dark, resurrects bigby in feral form , unleashes him onto fables. when fables demand bigby s death, leigh vehemently accuses fables of lacking mercy, rose red supposed champion hope of second chances. enhanced magic leader of knights of endless table, rose sees leigh s true form , notices glass ring, made bigby s shard. killing leigh, rose red takes ring , assumes control on bigby.

cubs

(from left right) winter, conner, therese, darien, ambrose, blossom

snow , bigby s 7 children rowdy, unpredictable bunch of hybrids seem have inherited abilities facets of heritage. all, ghost, can fly, @ first uncontrollably so, flight having been natural state; needed taught how ground themselves. can transform wolf form.

one of seven, later named ghost bigby, zephyr, rogue wind invisible nature meant parents unaware of existence. entity fed off air of living beings, accidentally killing them before learned control. snow white, after rash of deaths, discovers inadvertently caused last child. sends ghost find self-exiled father. family has since been reunited. on fifth birthday, other 6 cubs introduced ghost, sworn secrecy existence, zephyrs considered dangerous aberrations, , grandfather mr. north obligated prior vow exterminate zephyrs known exist. ghost appears sweet, if confused since cannot feel normal things others do. s not hungry, thirsty or sleepy. @ finding people, convinced snow find bigby.

ambrose, chubby , sweet cub named after flycatcher, portrayed weak link, scared transform or fly when in danger. ambrose narrates events such family s trip grandfather s castle, narrow escape 6 wild uncles, whom father later fought. these done in form of memoirs.

darien shown leader of pack, bigby has commented on. female cub, winter (named after bigby s mother), portrayed being shy , cuddly, shown sucking thumb or holding stuffed animal, 1 of cubs so. brother darien has referred winter runt of litter, despite being firstborn. stands out because, unlike other siblings, 1 born human in appearance. remaining cubs conner, isn t different darien in personality , possesses similar facial characteristics prince charming; therese, blonde-headed cub observant, tends confuse things; , blossom, bears great deal of resemblance rose red, seems have inherited stereotypical fairytale princess qualities, , seen cute cuddly forest creatures , butterflies following around.

during fables forum panel in 2009 san diego comic con, one-page story handed out attendees foretell fate of cubs possibly within next 1 hundred issues. ambrose meets 1 of thirteenth floor witches, ozma of oz, young childlike second in command frau totenkinder, @ behest tells him of prophecy had. explains:

the first child king. (winter)
the second child pauper. (blossom)
the third evil thing. (therese)
the fourth die stop her. (darien)
the fifth hero bold. (conner)
the sixth judge rest. (ambrose)
the seventh lives ages old, , heaven blessed (ghost)

the witch further explains vision made no real detailed specifics child , leaves ambrose decide if should tell others.

when cubs approach ninth birthday, , first result of prophecy revealed. after death of north wind, bigby s father, successor chosen among grandchildren. after series of tests performed, winter named winner , new king of north wind s kingdom. winter sent away training, admits father s deathly afraid result of having nightmares of older self north wind. in dreams, no longer sweet , shy self , sees herself cold , selfish person hurts people. if happen not known. time events of camelot occur, s revealed winter has assumed powers of north wind, including ability appear in multiple places @ once wherever north wind exists. while takes on form of young girl keep mother worrying, winter possesses adult form reflecting age , knowledge inherited predecessors , considerably more ruthless childlike form appears. unbeknownst snow white, winter has taken upon herself gather powers under demesnes, including other cardinal winds, snow queen, , santa claus, part of army against forces of rose red , knights of endless table.

subsequently, third , fourth children mentioned in prophecy revealed therese , darien respectively. after receiving red plastic tugboat (mr. steampuddle) christmas unknown admirer, therese carried away toyland, mysterious land discarded toys go, , delighted crowned queen of toyland. dismayed when finds cannot fly nor go home, begins starve nothing grows in toyland , learns inhabitants in toyland toys caused child owners die in accidents, such choking or drowning, , latest in long-line of ill-fated children starved death before restore toys. in mundy world, darien realizes pack leader, job after rest of cubs. of lord mountbatten, magical clockwork tiger capable of taking physical form, travels toyland rescue sister. however, toy army attack them, injure darien, , take mountbatten prisoner. therese, diminishing condition , dark influence of land, orders mountbatten killed sustenance, savagely eating raw flesh before ordering toys burned in order cook meal, committing evil thing outlined in prophecy. save sister, darien realizes must sacrifice himself, , impales himself on broken mini pool cue. blood goes magical cauldron , body goes soil; because of darien s magical bloodline, blood invokes ancient magic allows growth come toyland , restores cauldron magically fills hot , fresh food every day. therese grieves on brother long, long time and, upon maturity, decides put brother s sacrifice work , begins restoration of toyland. forcing accept killers including herself, commands mr. steampuddle lead series of new voyages , toys save lives. on many years, toys gradually restored , therese returns mundy world inform family of darien s fate. however, while has grown, little time has passed , siblings still children. therese reveals tied toyland queen due consequences of actions , must return.

the sixth child of prophecy revealed ambrose, reinforced response therese s story 1 judge rest through role historian fables. in fables story destiny game, adult ambrose appears in well-established relationship lady of lake. in story, revealed that, no matter nigh-immortality (due nature fables , part-gods), die, (as bigby fated outlive them all). still according bigby s new fate, of cubs lay waste worlds (meaning terrible things, - though contradicted dare s noble suicide before had opportunity commit crime of kind @ all). however, noted earlier, lady can reassign fates. in fables story snow white, adult ambrose narrates events led bigby s death, , reveals child judges rest witch foretold, telling histories. ambrose himself revealed established author of popular children s books , histories, having 6 children lady of lake

the remaining portions of prophecy confirmed in last volume of series, farewell. blossom becomes pauper , huntress lives without material possessions or comforts, living off , protecting beasts , lands, point of contention between , winter; conner hero bold, swash-bucking adventurer travels through worlds, though flamboyant attitude has put him @ odds more grounded ambrose; , ghost revealed 1 lives ages old, , heaven blessed virtue of outliving siblings after long eventful life.

other new york fables

the forsworn knight: human figure in full medieval armor, knight hangs noose tied tree in fabletown business office in issues of fables. known him had apparently killed himself sometime in 13th century , that, when plied alcohol, s prone singing , uttering prophecies; s mentioned things got decidedly messy last time happened. in prince story arc, revealed forsworn knight ghost of lancelot, has pledged service flycatcher, knighted ambrose become once , future king.
cock robin: killed bird fable during farm revolt. mark buckingham has pointed out second robin appeared later on in animal farm story-arc different robin, , not cock robin himself.
jack ketch: executioner killed dun , posey pig after revolution @ farm. named after infamous executioner. according bill willingham, jack ketch in fables office, , not single person.
edmond dantès: better known famous alias of count of monte cristo , edmond owns , runs fabletown s chateau d if fencing academy. can found in branstock tavern. killed goldilocks in fairest graphic novel fairest in land, during fencing lesson snow white, goldilocks intended victim. although snow resurrected cinderella, dantès not, cindy can bring half of goldilock s victims bring life.
crow brothers: joel, vulco, , ephram crow 3 survivors of original twelve brothers. brothers, warriors all, fought fiercely against adversary s forces , crows instrumental in ensuring escape of last ship leave homelands, then-surviving seven, armed daggers, took on , defeated pair of dragons threatening fleeing vessel, @ cost of 4 of number. these days, joel s sole task cut rapunzel s hair 3 times day, ephram works security guard @ knights of malta hospital , vulco runs eggman diner. 3 crows brought in assist arrest of visiting arabian fables. vulco known date clara, former dragon turned bird, in bird form; fair maiden named katrinelje while in human form.
the magical mirror: served adviser bufkin while latter stranded in business office. other people have asked mirror questions flycatcher, prince charming , jack horner. in witches story arc, mirror identified mirror tale of snow queen.
thrushbeard: still hirsute name suggests, thrushbeard apparently managed escape homelands of royal fortune, observed jack when tried sell exiled king magic beans; thrushbeard, wise jack s ways, wanted nothing it. can found drinking in branstock tavern. whether wife escaped homelands him unknown.
the boy cried wolf: referred in march of wooden soldiers story arc. when snow white not believe jack horner s story wooden soldiers, snow asks if did ever hear boy cried wolf; jack replies: sure snow. lives on second floor (of woodlands building).
little miss muffet , spider: apparently married spider , calling herself mrs. web, fabletown s biggest gossip. husband, spider, 1 of victims of snow s son ghost. later among ghosts went flycatcher haven.
frankenstein s monster: animated nazis during world war ii. bigby fought monster (in reference 1943 film frankenstein meets wolf man) when , squad of allied soldiers stormed castle experiment being performed. monster s still-animated head kept in business office in woodlands building bigby chats him time time. has phantom thirst , given drinks bufkin though last time happened, bottom of cage rusted out. bufkin s dear friend , ally, teams bufkin , others when discover re stuck baba yaga. in march of wooden soldiers story arc, pinocchio can seen reading frankenstein novel, establishing existence in mundane world of series; has yet clarified whether monster true fable (i.e., migrant homeland events of novel occurred) or rare case of non-fable paranormal native mundane.
the goose laid golden eggs: believed killed in adversary s assault on homelands, gudrun escaped , lives in secret den within woodlands building. eggs provided bigby untraceable source of funds covert activities. bigby moved on, gudrun fulfills same role replacement, beast.
shylock: in mean seasons, bigby talks man converts goose s eggs currency. bill willingham has identified person shylock, central character shakespeare s merchant of venice. seems shylock still works money in unspecified manner.
jack sprat: killed off-screen ghost during mean seasons story arc. mentioned in jack of fables story jack o lantern.
barbara allen: referred in story arcs mean seasons , rose red. character of folksong. accidentally killed ghost.
hakim: newly freed arabian slave, has had trouble adjusting modern-day new york. became bodyguard briar rose when agreed use curse disable empire s capital city. years later, still asleep mrs. someone, acted briar rose s magical guardian. recently, sleeping briar rose carried out of city goblins, before city burned ground, , assumed mrs. , hakim killed in fire.
the butcher, baker , candlestick-maker: appear in happily ever after , great fables crossover. jack horner, having met revised version of trio @ golden boughs retirement village, claims spies of mr. revise , not real ones. when orders other fables arrest them, baker runs life.
bean nighe: first referred in map of fabletown, printed in wolves trade paperback, says ford laundry run washer woman @ ford . makes first appearance in fairest graphic novel fairest in land, reveals bean nighe has ability predict deaths of other people. in story, bean nighe, along morgan le fay, victims @ hands of goldilocks. cinderella able bring victims of goldilocks, s allowed choose half, , chooses morgan le fay, seeing more valuable alley fabletown.
fair katrinelje: dating vulco crow when s human
s.o.s.: society of seconds, faction composed of fables born in mundy world, before pied piper s curse. want go back, , establish country in 1 of liberated homelands.
seamus mcguire, member of boy blue s band plays harp. referred in peter , max: fables novel, , can seen band in fables story in single night .
baby joe sheppard, member of boy blue s band plays drums. referred in peter , max: fables novel, , can seen members of band in fables stories single combat , in single night .
crispin cordwainer: famous shoemaker of elves , shoemaker, named st. crispin, patron of cobblers. runs glass slipper while cinderella off doing spy work. elves still have working relationship him, though magic gifts come unexpected side effects. seen when cinderella: fabletown love while cindy goes on mission (though told him business trip) decides run shop way. convinces elves make magic shoes fabletown women, such jogging shoes jog you. however, despite warning, gets wants. , comes side effect, women (like rapunzel bought jogging shoes) can t take shoes off , s exhausting them. causes angry women organize protest mundys can see, puts crispin in trouble sheriff beast. when cindy returns, makes elves take shoes (though cindy must pay them efforts, takes out of crispin s paycheck). makes crispin give fabletown women long foot massages tired feet. elves decide send shoes homelands soldiers served emperor .
the huntsman: snow white fairytale. first appears in flashbacks during rose red , camelot story arcs, playing same role in fairy tale. in fairest story arc of men , mice, established resident of fabletown. implied , crispin close friends; when crispin in coma after bomb attack meant cinderella, huntsman remains @ crispin s bedside days.




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