Other characters List of Fables characters

1 other characters

1.1 flycatcher
1.2 hope
1.3 devil(s)
1.4 red riding hood
1.5 tourists

1.5.1 mowgli
1.5.2 feathertop
1.5.3 woodsman


1.6 tommy sharp
1.7 santa claus
1.8 gretel
1.9 civilized apes (maybe)
1.10 shadow fabletown
1.11 japanese fables
1.12 others
1.13 wolf among us

other characters

iron tail

flycatcher

hope

hope 1 of great powers, belonging same group mr. dark , north wind. others of kind, has own personal magic box artifact, pandoran jar. character, story of pandora , pandora s box, has appeared in several stories; mysterious being serves adviser snow white , rose red, taking form of colin pig, boy blue , snow , rose s mother (from snow white , rose red). true form first seen, briefly, in illustration rose red story arc, when dunster happ explains great powers. earlier in same story arc, rose asks spirit show true form, does, reader doesn t see rose sees. hope s identity spirit revealed in final issue of super team story arc, explains rose red hope neither destiny nor strategy, tries champion can direct hopes actions. hope has several paladins working her, including santa claus, little match girl, , false bride fairy tale goose girl.

the devil(s)

a group of devils jack horner made deal prolong life in jack of fables story jack o lantern . according final issue of jack of fables, devil.

old nick: old hermit living in swamp, jack first ran him during american civil war, jack beat him in game of cards.
old scratch: man pointy ears wears carnival-like red suit. same devil in legend of stingy jack.
pan: 1 of gods of ancient greece, appearance led westerners identify him devil. claims real devil , old scratch uncredentialed upstart in badly stitched suit .
lucifer: banished angel became devil. described jack being poncy .
chernobog: devil modest mussorgsky s composition night on bald mountain. home, bald mountain, identified place in fable homelands. chernobog eager show off nature embodiment of evil.

red riding hood

red riding hood used live quietly in cottage in homelands remain undisturbed long periods. peaceful life disrupted summons warlock s hall where, unbeknownst her, magical fetches of created, allowing take form in order infiltrate groups against adversary. unnamed sorceress used form infiltrate citadel @ world s end during fables last stand in homelands, , during stay became romantically involved boy blue. sorceress s eventual fate unknown. more recently, baba yaga used form infiltrate fabletown in preparation invasion adversary s wooden soldiers. shortly after incident, boy blue launched covert mission homelands resulted in real red riding hood being brought fabletown, leaving woman facing considerable animosity result. upset reception , confused different world found herself in, red first latched on boy blue, flycatcher when blue left farm serve sentence there, both men among few have no issues her.

red attended bigby , snow s wedding flycatcher, but, although found bigby oddly familiar, failed recognise human form being old foe. after returning, ventured out mundane city have makeover aim of attracting fly. was, however, shocked when saw her, , ran away, reverting frog form. after ambrose s humanity restored santa , spirit of deceased wife, restoring memories , causing him fall severe depression, ride scolded him attempting starve himself rather exact revenge. ride s message led fly start journey through witching , form haven. after fly s haven established , became safe, boy blue brought ride along him move there. told fly assist him taking care of queenly duties, until found himself proper queen. during latest story arc, fly kissed red, turning himself frog. however, refused allow curse control him , changed himself. @ end of story, tired of being alone, asks red share bed him, accepts delightedly.

the tourists

the tourists group of 3 fables worked bigby wolf on keeping track of fables have chosen not live in fabletown or @ farm. since bigby s departure, work replacement, beast.

mowgli

the first tourist mowgli, jungle book. assigned mission of tracking down missing bigby , bringing him fabletown. while outside tourists normal duties, accepts mission when prince charming informs him friend bagheera, imprisoned role in farm revolt, freed once mission completed. mowgli given assignment because, unlike other tourists, raised wolves, , knows how bigby think. task takes many months , covered thousands of miles, mowgli successful. during prince, mowgli replaces king cole ambassador baghdad, running english-language school arabian fables participating in war against empire.

feathertop

the second tourist feathertop, animated scarecrow nathaniel hawthorne short story. appeared in wolf in fold , prose tale in series first trade paperback, accompanies snow white on mission invite big bad wolf join them in fabletown in approximately 1650. chosen because, entity made of straw , vegetation, wolf unable read emotions , find him unpalatable. identity 1 of tourists tourist confirmed in cinderella: fabletown love, appears in silhouette in single panel. in follow-up series, feathertop head of shadow players, black ops group tries keep nastier side-effects of everaftering destroying world.

the woodsman

bill willingham has identified third tourist being woodsman tale of little red riding hood appears in flashbacks fairy tale in march of wooden soldiers story arc , fables graphic novel 1001 nights of snowfall. in addition, of tourists shown in silhouette in cinderella: fabletown love, not referred name. woodsman mentioned in great fables crossover, in bigby implies still harbours vengeful feelings him , mad @ him @ jack (which mean lot) , current whereabouts unknown. woodsman makes appearance in prequel adventure video game wolf among us

tommy sharp

tommy sharp writer daily news. somehow got wind there unusual fabletown community , spent several years following up. tracked down records detailing fables possession of area right when city called new amsterdam, compiled number of personal histories , located photographs of several of fabletown residents going beginnings of photography, proving none of them had aged day. secretly trailed bigby wolf, not unimpressive feat, given wolf s massively enhanced senses , witnessed him changing wolf form in central park. in story two-part caper, sharp came fabletown , asked speak bigby, aim of giving fables chance respond story prior publication journalistic courtesy. explaining visibly amused sheriff believed them vampires, sharp stated shortly publishing story.

the concerned wolf, realizing if nobody official believed story, d inundated goths , vampire-wannabes, formulated plan steal of sharp s research, using briar rose s enchantment put occupants of building sleep while ransacked apartment. became apparent, however, sharp had backed information on internet. bluebeard, supposed keeping watch downstairs, insisted should shoot sharp, belittling bigby when chose different course of action. kidnapping sharp, fables took number of photographs of him posed pinocchio, in such manner make appear sharp pedophile. informed sharp if published story, release these photos, plus videotape of interview pinocchio explained sharp had supposedly done him pointing out on teddy bear sharp touched him, destroying sharp s reputation completely. sharp had no choice cooperate.

bluebeard, however, felt differently. believing, always, knew best , in no small part spite bigby, summoned sharp central park asked sharp if had destroyed research; when sharp confirmed had, bluebeard executed journalist.

santa claus

stationed @ north pole, santa claus fable can magically @ every house in world @ same time on christmas night. following attempt jack horner steal naughty , nice list in 1956, santa has left list bigby put in safe place every year since. said 1 of powerfully magical of fables, , plays important role in beginning flycatcher s quest restore homelands kingdom. implied rose red santa guardian of gateway homelands. santa has been revealed paladin of hope, hope justice, , hope reward hope turn out right in end, claiming why christmas takes place @ end of year. vassal of north wind, , taught winter how use powers in more 1 place @ time. winter asked him expand christmas worlds under sway, or known her.

mrs. claus
santa claus s reindeer, intelligent, capable of speech , can magically fly.

gretel

after hansel , gretel s misadventure in homelands involving frau totenkinder, whom children pushed own oven, hansel , gretel emerged black forest find land overrun adversary s forces. fled, staying ahead of invading armies , taking sanctuary in 1 church after until learn of mundane world. arriving there in mid-17th century, made way newly established fabletown, shocked discover frau totenkinder among fables present. when informed that, under terms of fabletown compact, totenkinder had been granted amnesty actions in homelands, disgusted hansel announced intention live among mundane population, leaving sister behind in fabletown. many years later, hansel visited fabletown, asking see sister, begging leave fabletown. gretel refused, explaining him has spent time studying frau totenkinder in intervening years , has gained new appreciation magic arts, seeing them not devil s work, useful tool. horrified , enraged, hansel struck viciously chair, snapping neck instantly. result, hansel stricken fabletown compact , banished forever. gretel s body cast down witching well. spirit remained there in sort of limbo centuries, until flycatcher, memory restored , ready face past, went down well, finding ghosts of had been thrown there. gretel 1 of many spirits given flesh , blood , followed flycatcher haven.

civilized apes (maybe)

in jack n apes of jack of fables, jack horner claims own adventures inspired edgar rice burroughs write whole tarzan legend (which mean either tarzan not exist in fables series, or jack) - , that, in turn, inspired jack go hollywood, led creation of own series. apes , monkeys claims have met are:

kong: gorilla of note
magilla: gorilla of no consequence
george: curious half
jane: whom tarzan s jane has been inspired ... still according jack
clint orangutan : possible reference pet orangutan clyde of clint eastwood films every way loose , way can
edgar other orangutan : presumably murderous orangutan edgar allan poe s short story murders in rue morgue
aesop: wise beyond years . presumably ape of aesop s fables wolf, fox , ape , apes , 2 travellers
saunders: sock monkey. possible reference a. a. milne s winnie pooh; sign on door @ pooh s house says mr. sanders , name of person resided @ address prior pooh making house. interestingly, winnie pooh , several other characters books based on stuffed toys of milne s son. in addition, character looking remarkably similar winnie pooh (but drawn differently, winnie pooh under copyright) can seen in flashbacks homelands, barbecuing marshmallows saunders in appears hundred acre wood.

jack being unreliable narrator , pathological liar, impossible tell sure if telling truth. on other hand, has told truth on several occasions (about wooden soldiers, days jack frost , literals, name few) - besides, insistence displays when telling did not have affair female ape jane may proof tale true ... @ least partially.

shadow fabletown

a network of hidden fable communities, scattered throughout world, seen in fables spin-off cinderella: fables forever. among fables of shadow fabletown are:

ivan durak, character russian folklore. 1 of many fables fled fable homeland of rus when adversary invaded, , escaped mundane world, adopting soviet union new home. @ point, perhaps after failed attempt kidnap snow white in 1980s, killed , dorothy gale assumed identity. may have killed him, herself, after escape golden burroughs community.
tugarin zmeyevich, dragon can take shape of man. ruler of shadow fabletown in russia.
meng chiang-nu, character chinese folktales. old woman former head of shadow fabletown in china. according cinderella, meng chiang-nu sought husband @ great wall, went through lot of trouble him buried after died, , ended turning fish. refused give when emperor , whole empire told no. meng chiang-nu killed chiss, when tell cindy how locate dorothy gale.
the 7 chinese brothers: associates , possible bodyguards of meng-chiang-nu. anonymously written chinese folktale 5 brothers (circa a.d. 300). in versions of story, there seven, or ten, brothers. in west, tale popularized claire huchet bishop s 5 chinese brothers (1938), , margaret mahy s 7 chinese brothers (1889) more or less permanently changed number of brothers 7 in west.
anansi, west african fable high-ranking member of 1 of hidden shadow fable communities. may have been part of dorothy s schemes trap cinderella. though became of him afterward never stated.

japanese fables

a group of characters , creatures japanese folklore. live in hidden fable community in tokyo, seen in fairest story arc hidden kingdom.

kuchisake-onna, slit-mouthed woman japanese urban legends, appears in fairest story arc hidden kingdom. real name mayumi. before adversary s invasion, member of heika s court in fable homeland of hidden kingdom. unbeknown her, seii taishogun secretly laying way invasion , planned become new ruler of hidden kingdom. offered make mayumi empress, rejected him , called him parasite on court . responded slitting mayumi s cheeks in anger. unable live face mutilated that, committed seppuku (a form of japanese ritual suicide disembowelment) - or faked . ghost began lurking in washrooms , corridors of heika s palace, haunting mirrors. eventually, managed take on physical form , escaped homelands group of yokai had been banished court. group started new life in hidden fable community in tokyo. centuries later, has become enforcer of tomoko, powerful female kitsune yakuza leader. mayumi wears surgical mask hide disfigurement. enjoys scaring people asking them, beautiful? , before removing mask , asking how now? . eventually, of rapunzel, fugitives manage find way homeland via magical portal.
assorted yokai: including various kitsune, kappa, rokurokubi, bakeneko, funayurei , tanuki (only referred raccoons ).

others

count dracula: prose story wolf in fold mentions transylvanian count had befriended bigby wolf, before taken fabletown. count rumored fell spirit returned dead. in fables story ascent, frankenstein’s monster ( frankie ) makes references vampire count in transylvania. frankie had fought count once, years before fought wolf man (bigby) during world war ii. (if not all) of killings traditionally credited vampires , werewolves in dracula mythos bigby s doing in fables series (though dracula let local peasants believe own doing, enhance fearsome reputation) - making hard judge if vampires , werewolves fables , if dracula real fable or historical vlad tepes. during bigby s adventures during world war 2, nazis revealed had knowledge of @ least 1 werewolf - which, according werevolves of heartland, bigby. in werewolves of heartlands , revealed there used werewolves in homelands , in mundane world - also, new breed of werewolves created.
the grim reaper: has run-in jack horner in fables story bag o bones, in jack finds way cheat death.
mary shelley s dr. frankenstein: referred in war stories, fables story set during world war ii. team of german nazi scientists using frankenstein s monster talks how tried create more of monster in world war i, when didn t work, realized secrets of doctor frankenstein s process had died him. unknown whether fable or 1 of unmagic mundys of our world. after defeating nazis, bigby kept monster’s still-living head , returned fabletown. in march of wooden soldiers story arc, pinocchio can seen reading frankenstein novel.
jill: jill jack , jill (not confused jill lilliputian, helps jack steal of bluebeard s fortune). jack phones before going hollywood. unknown if lives in fabletown.
the lone ranger , tonto: duo makes off-screen appearance in jack of fables story arc 1883, set in old west. gunsmith sells special order of silver bullets lone ranger instead of jack horner, believing ranger part of jack s gang of robbers. ranger described mysterious masked rider faithful native american companion. jack kills gunsmith in anger , sets out find lone ranger in montana, following trail. jack apprehended bigby before has chance catch him.
elves elves , shoemaker: still offering services shoemaker (crispin, lives in fabletown) time time, seen in cinderella: fabletown love. have been secretly working beauty in making fable comics sold @ nod s bookstore, while beauty working there.
the cricket on hearth: in in single night , cricket charles dickens novella takes rose red on journey on christmas eve, in fables takes on christmas carol. cricket on hearth name of 1 of issue s chapters. cricket repeatedly calls rose boz , dickens s family nickname , occasional pen-name.
noah bottle imp: small, less powerful version of genie, specializes in information. helps ali baba achieve dream of wealth , love hooking him lumi, snow queen, after ali baba wakes briar rose enchanted sleep , realizes briar not girl him.
saint george: appears detective in fairest story lamia, tracking down issue s title character - lamia, a.k.a. beauty - in story set in 1940s los angeles. sword ascalon, had slain dragon in fable homeland of silene. slew beast chimæra, dragon illuyankas, dragon tiamat , serpent vritra. implied beast kills him in order protect beauty.
dragon saint george , dragon: referred in fairest story lamia.
the chimæra: referred in fairest story lamia. slain saint george.
illuyankas dragon: referred in fairest story lamia. slain saint george.
tiamat: dragon referred in fairest story lamia. slain saint george.
the serpent vritra: referred in fairest story lamia. yet beast slain saint george.
lady maeve: irish mythology. fable homeland dunhollow, , 1 of rose red s new knights of round table, seen in camelot story arc.

the wolf among us

fables first introduced in prequel video game wolf among us.

faith, prostitute found murdered in first episode of game, faith . after woodsman attacks her, bigby steps in , saves her. when s found murdered later, bigby finds ring stuffed in severed head, bears symbol lead identity. story states escaped father, king, using magic coat made prize donkey; married prince laurence before exodus homelands. fallen on hard times in fabletown, faith estranged laurence , turned prostitution, , laurence, out of guilt burdening her, tried commit suicide (based on player s action, has chance survive).
toad jr., or tj . son of mister toad, landlord of tenement building woodsman lived in. helps bigby , snow find clue in faith s donkeyskin coat, wore woodsman s apartment , left behind after , bigby fought.
dee , dum tweedle. twin brothers claim hired private detectives unknown employer investigate faith s death. dee roughs mr. toad while looking woodsman , thought in possession; dee pursued , caught bigby when meet @ faith s , laurence s apartment, dum saves him. @ trip trap bar, dee encounters bigby again, , player has choose whether arrest dee or woodsman.
holly, female troll owns , runs trip trap bar; friends woodsman, gren, , jack horner. gren says sister missing. snow later finds corpse of female fable using black-market glamour appear snow, , body revealed lily, holly s sister. holly informed of sister s death bigby, , says next sends bigby investigate pimp georgie porgie. in episode 3, holly outraged @ bigby when learned lily s corpse thrown down witching well, when snow tells crane s doing; holly , gren injured fighting tweedles when interrupt lily s funeral. @ trip trap in episode 3, holly, rendered confused , lethargic due medicine dr. swineheart gave her injuries, has conversation bigby while roots through lily s possessions clue witch crane had hired black-market glamour.
grendel, or gren, barfly regulars trip trap bar. first appears waiting in line see acting mayor ichabod crane , calls bigby fucker . later appears @ trip trap bar. when bigby meets woodsman @ bar, gren drops glamour, revealing true form resemble shark-like humanoid, , attacks bigby; bigby wins partially morphing wolf form , targeting gren s right arm, implying reattached after beowulf ripped off in old legend. after beating gren in fight, player can choose rip off arm or not.
georgie porgie pimp owns seedy bar/strip-club pudding & pie , , employed faith. speaks in british-yorkshire accent, , quite foul-tempered , thuggish, despite tendency down whenever challenges him. needlessly antagonises or provokes other fables, when outclass him in strength , rank. introduced in second episode, smoke , mirrors . revealed murderer of lilly , faith, acting on behalf of boss, crooked man. furious crooked man attempts throw him under bus murders, starts three-way fight between himself, bigby, , crooked man s henchmen, during mortally slashed knife, before manages escape club along vivian. when vivian commits suicide out of guilt, georgie breaks down in despair , dying breaths, reveals bigby find crooked man s hideout.
clever hans handyman, janitor, , bouncer pudding , pie. well-meaning simpleton, hans accidentally reveals planner prostitutes use when georgie arguing bigby. georgie threatens hans cricket bat revealing book, bigby takes bat , threatens trash club book.
nerissa, once known little mermaid, stripper , prostitute working georgie porgie. unable break code of silence ( these lips sealed ), nerissa gets bigby pay services can give him room key open arms hotel, georgie s girls use service johns. bigby goes open arms find room lily last used , investigate later learns site of murder. nerissa appears @ lily s funeral in episode 3, , later attacked crane @ pudding , pie.
auntie greenleaf witch living outside of thirteenth floor of woodlands, , 1 providing illegal glamours ichabod crane have sex lily in form of snow white. when bigby , snow find apartment, glamours herself form of little girl named rachel (presumably deceased daughter) in attempt throw duo off trail. when uncover ruse, greenleaf refuses them find crane, warning them of forces beyond authority . when snow threatens burn down ancient tree, both family heirloom , uses create back-alley glamours, tells them crane @ apartment take possession ring of dispel, undo spell keeps georgie s girls breaking silence crane prove himself innocent of lily s , faith s murders (greenleaf says ring lost power decades ago). after info out of greenleaf, player can decide whether or not continue destroying tree.
vivian georgie s lover , second-in-command @ pudding & pie. origin fable shrouded in mystery of story, true identity girl ribbon revealed, when georgie explains found way duplicate magic ribbon , transfer curse women , georgie employed. filled regret on murders, decides break spell on women taking off ribbon, killing herself in process.
bloody mary crooked man s bodyguard , main enforcer. enjoys intimidating other fables , causing mayhem, pain, , bloodshed, employment under crooked man gives ample opportunity do. has power teleport using reflective surfaces , capable of duplicating herself. appears woman short black hair red-dyed streak in it, , claims kills mundane children fun. , tweedles corner bigby, snow, , crane in alley can kidnap crane. after gets dee , dum shoot @ bigby until transforms wolf-man, shoots , disables bigby silver bullet revolver can chop off head axe (heavily implying 1 killed faith , lily, @ crooked man s behest); snow surrenders crane, crooked man signals mary spare bigby (she breaks arm instead). ends getting killed in fight against bigby.
the crooked man main antagonist of game s storyline. in homelands, killed wife , child, not wanting share fortune them. in fabletown has become crime boss claims legitimate businessman provides downtrodden fables offering them cheap glamours , employment, in reality, organisation thinly disguised racketeering ring muscles in on other businesses , keeps members in forced servitude through heavy debts, threats , acts of violence, , torture. crooked man articulate, cunning, , manipulative, , likes put on airs of sophistication, when loses temper reveals terrifying , unrelenting ruthlessness. @ end of game s storyline, found guilty of murder , either thrown down witching well, turned caged raven aunty greenleaf , send farm, or brutally decapitated bigby.




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