Literals and Part-Literals List of Fables characters

1 literals , part-literals

1.1 jack horner
1.2 kevin thorn
1.3 pathetic fallacy
1.4 mr. revise
1.5 page sisters
1.6 new jack frost - jack 2 or jack
1.7 bookburner
1.8 genres
1.9 other literals

literals , part-literals

jack horner

kevin thorn

kevin thorn former new york city journalist has ability see behind illusions cast fabletown magic-users. after battle of fabletown, anchorman on news show thorn worked reported out-of-control block party, building fire , gang fight in upper west side; minutes later, details fading s head kevin s. after reporting boss, fired going x-files . kevin has dedicated himself discovering going on in upper west side. leaving complete paper trail in case of sudden death (which considers strong possibility). during sons of empire story-arc, revealed kevin acting superintendent @ house 3 blocks away fabletown. house occupied hansel , staff, though kevin seems unaware of true identities. in kevin s free time (when not spying on fabletown residents), writing book describing has discovered of fables. has been keeping eye on them long enough familiar many of regulars , has noticed disappearance of several - bigby wolf, snow white, boy blue , forth - linked references farm . has come conclusion farm euphemism execution, giving him mistaken impression fables willingly kill own without reservation. aware tommy sharp investigating fabletown , subsequently murdered, has served heighten misgiving fables.

during jack of fables arc bad prince reason thorn being able see through fables illusions given: is, in fact, literal, beings fables, represent literary devices rather actual characters. many fables, though, taken golden boughs retirement village , stripped of memories made ordinary human being. when begins regain memories, recaptured process can repeated. in process, implied 1 of powerful literals in existence, , soldiers sent capture him imply of them guns irritate him, @ best, if fought back. nonetheless, manage bring him peacefully, revealed revise son, , pathetic fallacy father. seems became mundane choice, , doesn t refuse notion of losing memories again.

it later emerges in storyline jack s big book of war kevin has powers leading creation of fables themselves; however, has not yet emerged are. seems kevin refers fables creations , consents revisions of son revise lesser of 2 evils, in attempt protect them other son bookburner.

in great fables crossover s revealed creator of fables, embodiment of storytelling. having been able break in new pen, after destroying pen (a simple goose-feather) used write fables (and possibly mundys well) in attempt stop writer s block, becomes displeased current events, fables had grown beyond control (he explicitly claims geppetto s transformation in dreaded adversary couldn t fathom), , decided uncreate them, rebuilding new world scratch.

after jack frost ii able stop him writing literal word end universe, dex, deus ex machina , powerful of literals, creates new, empty universe literals inhabit , fill out please. despite having new occasion create, kevin expresses displeasure , worries, after thousands of years spent dreaming end of universe, s unable write out beginning new universe.

pathetic fallacy

the golden boughs retirement village home man known pathetic fallacy, although comes prefer being called gary, has powers of concept. precise status @ facility unclear; while did revise s bidding, appearing have trust , carry out number of minor staff duties, kind , sympathetic , aided escape plan. later revealed pathetic fallacy literal, extremely powerful magical being of different kind fables, in personifies literary concept rather being character literature. father of kevin thorn , grandfather revise, although appears aware of on occasion.

the pathetic fallacy traveled jack horner, taking on role of sidekick, being naive , confused, although had lucid moments when shows great deal of knowledge how stories work. regards inanimate objects (which are, of course, quite animate in presence) friends , talks them frequently.

in 1 of lucid moments, refuses join literals in new universe created them deus ex machina , willingly sacrifices powers. reasoning new universe develop pathetic fallacy when need arise, returns @ jack s side.

after jack horner transformed dragon, pathetic fallacy hid him in cave had piles of gold. revealed entered brief marriage woman , sold of original books in exchange cows (for jack eat, opposed other people, namely women brings cave). when jack frost arrives slay dragon (not realizing dragon biological father), pathetic fallacy rushes jack horner s defense, destroying fulminate blade. result, jack frost shoots him, kills him since had been living mundy.

mr. revise

mr. revise in overall charge of golden boughs retirement village. exact status unclear, descended literals, group of magical beings who, unlike fables, characters story, appear personify literary concepts. seems embody concept of editor, in revises universe makes perfect sense. son of kevin thorn , grandson of pathetic fallacy, though appears older both of them. such, revise holds considerable amount of supernatural power.

revise considers role neutering fables partly stripping them of darker elements, ultimate goal being rid world of magic. had been close accomplishing before fabletown refugees made way mundane world.

tying revise s intention destroy magic, golden bough written sir james frazer show enlightened faiths of 19th century descended superstitious , primitive. frazer, mr. revise appears modernist wants abolish superstition. in end of great fables crossover, s revealed in more sympathetic light, mentioned keeping laws of physics constant on time had been idea, making science possible. s pointed out s been stabilizing force against whims of kevin thorn, justify event claiming poetic license. eventually, decides follow father in new universe created deus ex machina.

the page sisters

the 3 page sisters serve revise directly senior librarians of golden boughs retirement village, each own speciality. robin page in charge of security, training tigers , forth, priscilla page handles retrievals, capture of fables , bringing them facility, while hillary page runs research department. revealed, in jack of fables #26, sisters have 2 different fathers; hillary daughter of revise, while priscilla , robin bookburner s daughters.

the page sisters appear relatively young, attractive , 3 have slept jack horner, takes considerable pride in having achieved, though shows horror after learning half sisters. hillary spends time traveling jack after escape golden boughs, left after discovering d slept both of sisters before , helping bookburner, revise s brother , father of 2 sisters, track fugitives.

after revelation jack half-brother through shared mother, prose page, horrified realize d committed incest. hillary disgusted, priscilla enraged, , robin speechless.

bill willingham has revealed in interview page sisters embodiment of organizing , codifying (in case fables)

the sisters have mystical abilities result of literal heritage. libraries hillary s place of power, while open road priscilla s. claims know shortcuts anywhere, uses reach kevin thorn s hideout ahead of snow white , bigby. implied 3 sisters give powers when decide stay in fables universe instead of accompanying other literals new 1 provided dex (deus ex machina, literal embodiment of dramatic concept) - however, robin seems able communicate stone lion @ end of jack of fables (unless acting crazy , found way unlock secret passage). sisters decide travel world nephew, current jack frost. hillary , priscilla appear have motherly attitudes toward him him while robin seemed following along out of reluctance: former later advises jack frost cast aside wintry powers , find way himself, separating him , paving favorite nephew path of hero.

after becoming mortals, sisters lived normal mundies years. robin had baby, sammy junior, sam after one-night stand former golden boughs prisoner. sisters got tired of life mere mortals doomed grow old , die, , started searching revise s books of original, unrevised fable stories, knowing original books make them immortal once more. search brought sisters dragon, in fact transformed jack horner; jack had stolen books when golden boughs destroyed. sisters arrived @ same times several former golden boughs prisoners, on quest of own, searching fabletown. sisters went after books while shooting @ dragon, made dragon burn books - tired of them anyway - in anger. sisters, upset @ loss of books, started shooting around them, thinking since doomed die without books, else die them. made of fables retaliate , 3 of sisters killed; humpty dumpty fired cannon @ priscilla, tin man killed hillary firing laser through chest tin cannon, , cowardly lion mauled robin death.

in fairest: in lands, revealed page sisters used either live in fabletown or visit it, talked mrs. ford, seer in laundry foresaw death in cave, later seen in jack of fables: end; sisters remarked in response, decided decided avoid cave, until gave , accepted fate.

the new jack frost - jack 2 or jack

his real name evelyn-lawrence-pinder-shinks-cobblepewter, uttered in entirety once caretaker vrumptus. son of jack horner , snow queen, nephew of page sisters, , one-quarter literal , three-quarters fable himself, jack frost estranged son of jack horner, conceived lumi , jack when jack horner, trying harness wintry powers , riches of snow queen himself, romanced still naive , gullible lumi. result of predictable betrayal, lumi hardened heart, becoming cold, ruthless villainess shown in series, lavishing young jack bottled , repressed love. unexplained why give son such name.

but whatever reason name, jack shows no ill mother or caretaker vrumptus. seems care , love both family , knows of father s treatment mother. result, owing lumi s duties adviser ominous adversary, young jack lives sheltered life along majordomo vrumptus, growing sickly, frail child. when @ climax of war between fabletown , empire, shown in war , pieces, lumi falls permanently asleep because of briar rose s curse, wintry powers seek jack, turning him second jack frost (essentially male version of snow queen), imbuing him several powers, such absolute mastery on cold , snow of mother, ability travel between dimensions , mystical ability track jack horner. after receiving powers 1 of first things change name decides call himself jack.

although briefly distracted of similarities between wicked john , jack horner, jack frost manages find father @ farm. jack horner, annoyed son s childish insistence, tricks him believing must first complete great quest before has right ask father questions. objective in mind, jack frost takes part in battle between fables , literals, turning tide in favor of fables freezing kevin thorn before can write end current universe. when literals leave main universe write new one, jack frost stays aunts, page sisters, forswearing bumbling father , unsure of future. on hillary , priscilla s advice, jack frost divests himself of lumi s powers. however, great surprise, instead or returning meek, sickly kid was, turns quite handsome young man stamina , physical prowess of father , innate ability hop between dimensions. joining forces gepetto s wooden owl, briefly tasked adversary in spying homelands, whom names mcduff , starts career hero hire, mcduff acting brains of operation, , good-natured, courageous, trusty , still naive jack acting brawn.

bookburner

son of kevin thorn, brother revise , father priscilla , robin page. bookburner takes different approach in dealing magic brother, choosing burn books completely, removing characters existence. does, however, claim keep copies in refers private collection , appears give him power on remains of characters, allowing him compel them act on behalf. has not been seen since destruction of golden boughs retirement village.

the genres

a group of literals embodiment of different genres found in story telling. known genres are:

western, looks john wayne. can sense bigby s actions, because both sheriffs. likes play cards (possibly poker) alone.
blockbuster, dimwitted, musclebound commando can sense when explosions happen. resembles rambo.
mystery, silent woman face covered black veil.
horror, terrifying little girl. can scare kevin thorne.
romance, beautiful red head.
science-fiction, man in spacesuit fights lasers. twin brother sister fantasy/
fantasy, elven woman pointy ears likes plan epic adventures finding magical items.
super-hero, younger brother of science-fiction , fantasy. known dying , resurrected (like western).
literature, holds others in contempt.
noir, looks , acts sam spade portrayed humphry bogart. can solve cases without needing physically present , managed sneak on in room, when summoned kevin.
comedy, looks , acts groucho marx. makes no difference between muse , amuse .
war, looks , acts soldier world war ii.

other literals

writer s block: kevin thorne s twin brother. looks thorne, has appearance of mental patient. though writer s block close brother, thorne doesn t notice him until accidentally touches him. in order continue plans, thorne murders writer s block - again.
dex (deus ex machina, literal embodiement of dramatic concept), arguably 1 of powerful of literals. waits solve problems until doing impossible. can appear out of nowhere, cannot work miracles, can work once per story, toward dénoument .
eliza wall: literal , temporary narrator of jack of fables series , represents fourth wall, theatre concept adapted storytelling device (movies, literature etc.). has siblings - of whom nothing known, except that, unlike her, have no fourth wall awareness, not understand when directly speaks readers.
prose page: jack horner s mother, gave birth jack after affair fable, prince charming. later gave birth page sisters, hillary revise , priscilla , robin bookburner.
onomatopoeia: little known onomatopoeia, though mentioned revise after escaping golden boughs retirement village.
foreshadowing: little known foreshadowing female, though mentioned revise after escaping golden boughs.




^ vaneta rogers (april 13, 2009). field guide: great fables crossover . retrieved 23 september 2010.