The Homelands List of Fables characters

1 homelands

1.1 colonel bearskin , bearskin s free company
1.2 cardinal winds

1.2.1 north wind
1.2.2 west wind
1.2.3 east wind
1.2.4 south wind


1.3 arabian fables

1.3.1 sinbad
1.3.2 aladdin
1.3.3 ali baba
1.3.4 other arabian fables


1.4 blue fairy
1.5 king arthur , camelot
1.6 dunster happ
1.7 king valemon , royal subjects
1.8 people of oz

1.8.1 jack pumpkinhead
1.8.2 bungle, glass cat
1.8.3 other oz-characters


1.9 other homelands fables

the homelands

colonel bearskin , bearskin s free company

these of fables died defending last free gateway homelands, seen in last castle. every year, on 15 may, people on last boat out of homelands drink memory of died out mundy world. among defenders were:

colonel bearskin, colonel of bearskin s free company , fables held adversary s forces , tried hold last unconquered territory. said fought in many famous battles. known cunning battle strategies reason territory held long did. cared safety of people had loved ones , sent them on boat fabletown. boy blue orderly, , gave boy blue witching cloak blue live tell tale of battle , escape red riding hood. 1 of last of fables stayed fight killed; stabbed in side , died while adversary s troops mocked him.
the valiant little tailor, identified through text on clothes, says, 7 @ 1 stroke . killed goblins in battle. in addition, name can seen on 1 of kevin thorn’s books in jack of fables story arc bad prince.
the red cross knight, won battle on own, , not beaten, not goblin or troll or giant. not dozens or hundreds. killed when enemy set dragon against him.
herman von starkenfaust, washington irving s short story spectre bridegroom. according boy blue, turned out not being ghost after all.
britomart: final action before being killed, throwing magical spear, find target set it, killing general leading adversary s forces.
robin o woods (robin hood), a.k.a. loxley : when last ship out of homelands leaving, robin hood (previously seen in flashbacks in legends in exile story arc, while fleeing adversary s forces) chose stay behind , defend gateway, avenge marian, killed when invaders took homeland.
the merry men, including friar tuck , john small, died side side bearskin s free company.
tam lin, claimed knight loved queen of faeries. had reputation of scoundrel, after winning place himself on last ship out of homelands, gave young page instead
the king of madagao , king of bornegascar, old enemies, fantastic fables ambrose bierce.
the ancient king pellinore: rusty armor kept trying fall apart during weeks defending gateway, , squire had follow him around, retrieving pieces dropped off in way.

the cardinal winds
the north wind

the north wind, referred mr. north, father of bigby wolf. real name boreas frostheart, revealed in fables 110. when traveling world, fell in love wolf named winter; had 7 cubs. mr. north grew bored after several years , abandoned her. european fable still holds kingdom adversary. arrives in fabletown when word reaches him birth of grandchildren, , spends several years @ farm helping snow take care of them. treats snow own daughter before married son, teaching grandchildren how fly , shapeshift. strong enough fight demons , confident able beat d jinn, or genie, sinbad s adviser releases, though tells snow white , others battle destroy of planet. based on many european wind gods, boreas (who has own fable, entitled north wind , sun). bigby has never forgiven him abandoning winter , considers him monster. returns kingdom before bigby returns fabletown. following bigby , snow s visit castle, agrees fabletown during war against empire providing zephyrs trained act spies , messengers.

it later revealed mr. north , mr. dark, although having different purposes, of similar magic , power (though mr. dark claims superior). tried persuade mr. dark leave mundane world , fables alone - dark refused - , offered challenge of single combat frau totenkinder; shown mr. north did in exchange information totenkinder, confirmation snow had given birth zephyr, ghost, , living happily secret member of family. mr. north left, extremely displeased.

in mr. north’s kingdom, zephyrs viewed predatory monsters. long ago, following child massacre @ hands zephyrs, mr. north had sworn oath people long lived, no zephyrs allowed survive. facing dilemma, loved cubs - grandchildren - , never intentionally hurt of them. nor did wish further exacerbate slight bond had managed form son. desperately trying find way himself out of predicament, realized way forsake vow kill ghost die, death canceled obligations. grim mr. north confronted mister dark, dullahan had sworn vengeance against fables , out kill of them, including mr. north’s family. knowing damages battle between 2 catastrophic fables, mr. north grabbed mr. dark throat , brought him north wind’s own realm of elemental ice , wind, slightest brush of dullahan’s death not touch world below. there, entered casket of primordial winds (a suicide mechanism kept in case got tired of life, since nothing harm him) , took mr. dark him, killing them both. when informed of mr. north’s death, bigby felt conflicted, had hated father long , father had done noble this. musings interrupted when 1 of north wind’s aides showed , informed him mr. north dead, new north wind needed bloodline. since bigby entirely unsuitable , have choose among children.

the west wind

brother/cousin of north wind, , great uncle of cubs . west wind appears native american, , goes name of yaponcha, hopi wind god native american legends. known zephyrus, greek god of west wind. reference native american mythology made when compares wolves (more specifically, bigby) mythological coyote.

during process of choosing north wind’s heir, 3 other cardinal winds arrived, intending take possession of “cubs”. believed offspring of 1 of great houses should fostered time in courts of other kings , cardinal winds best suited determine might fit rule mr. north’s kingdom. bigby, father of cubs, furious , not allow this, , west wind secretly attempted persuade east wind , south wind join him in taking on north wind’s keep , kill family, including children. thus, construct new north wind pure materials. however, south wind accuses him of wanting out of personal revenge on north wind. both , east wind remind him has been on bad terms north wind years, naming zephyrs after him insult him.

winter, 1 of cubs , chosen new north wind. when happened, west wind referred new situation setback , did not interfere.

the east wind

the north wind’s brother/cousin. east wind takes form of obese man , goes names of eurus (the name of greek deity representing east wind), fei lian (the chinese god of wind) , dragon of east. appear have physical traits similar young ambrose. not known him, unlike west wind, doesn t appear wish kill north wind s family. , south wind, believes west wind wants hurt them out of personal spite. coaxing south wind, got them decide invite guests of wolf clan. however, upon hearing ideas of fellow winds, east wind suggested not killed entire wolf clan, north wind’s attendant winds well. others agreed plan. however, when winter (one of cubs ) chosen new north wind, east wind appears accept it, , tells disgruntled west wind quiet , mind occasion. wishes assist in winter s training.

however, winter becomes becomes deathly afraid when starts having nightmares sees grown-up version of herself cold, selfish north wind hurts people. east wind pleased new marvelous development in have timid north wind, whereas south wind, equally pleased, says day of ascendancy has come @ long last. during cubs in toyland arc bigby asks humbly in finding therese , darien. while of course winds @ first refuse, bigby makes verbal threat d make them pay if didn t. noted, while s suspicious character siblings, 1 of them not griping or complaining searching them. notes doing favor own reward , meaning have benevolence in him @ saw while bigby wasn t god them, wasn t ordinary human either.

the south wind

the north wind’s sister/cousin, , cubs great aunt. south wind takes form of african-looking woman. though cardinal winds have ability take form of both genders, 1 of group s chosen take female form. goes names of yoruba (after yoruba people of west africa), notus (the south wind in greek mythology) , storm mother. considered more compassionate , sensible 1 of winds, although has been shown have more ruthless, cunning side well.

after hearing west wind’s ideas, south wind suggested should instead conduct proper guests until bigby had outburst. when happened, justified in stepping in force. other winds agreed plan, few modifications east wind, suggested not killed entire wolf clan, north wind’s attendant winds well. west wind , south wind both agreed. later, becomes clear winds testing might place children in mortal danger, , east wind remarks if cubs killing in process of testing, fewer winds have take out when compelled step in. south wind reminds others patience paying off , right hold off taking direct hand.

one of cubs , winter, chosen new north wind. south wind watches in silence , appears accept new development. however, winter becomes afraid when starts having premonitions of older self cold , selfish north wind hurts people. east wind refers new development marvelous because new north wind timid, , south wind appears pleased , answers our day of ascendancy has come @ long last .

arabian fables

a group of characters living in arabian fable homelands, 1 thousand , 1 nights:

sinbad

sinbad, famed mariner of legend, prince of arabian fables. arrived in fabletown during arabian nights (and days) story-arc, accompanied minister, yusuf, host of servants , slaves and, consternation of hosts, d jinn secured within bottle, meeting negotiated mowgli. things got off worst possible start when prince charming forgot meeting , when king cole, both spoke language , familiar customs, brought in things began calm down. things progressed, sinbad began see mundane world represented new beginning, , decided free of slaves. enraged yusuf used excuse release d jinn, giving commands put him in control of both european , arabian fable communities. fortunately, frau totenkinder had anticipated possibility , warped language, commands gave not intended, leading own prolonged demise , recapture of d jinn. sinbad did indeed release slaves, giving them option either accompany him baghdad or remain in fabletown. left fabletown, taking king cole him official ambassador arabian fables. returned baghdad, revealed cole that, time being, arabian fables still live in homelands equivalent of baghdad, until such time adversary s forces take it. sinbad has learned uncontrolled exodus of european fables mundane world , has made plans ensure own escape, should prove necessary, more orderly.

during war , pieces storyline, sinbad participated bravely in war against adversary, commanding skyship glory of baghdad, prince charming combat coordinator. after destruction of ship, defended injured charming while latter dragged last bomb target , set off. after war, married rose red, divorced him around week after wedding try boy blue. following failed attempt reconcile, returned baghdad, expressing wish build new airship explore liberated homelands.

aladdin

the arabian fables best spy, ostensibly acting under orders of sinbad. aladdin seen briefly learning english in preparation war against adversary. later seen in dubai, disguised concierge in burj al-arab hotel, holding knife , preparing attack oblivious cinderella, seen in cinderella: fabletown love. both end working on same spy job together, looking ones selling magical contraband. discover 3 girls sinbad s harem , find in dealing cinderella s own fairy godmother. cinderella defeats grandmother of hickory , leaves aladdin. reveals knows him spying on other fable-communities, states ll keep quiet because s attracted him. aladdin returns feelings , decide spend night together. not living happily ever after , but, in cindy s words, living happily moment .

ali baba

ali baba briefly mentioned during arabian nights (and days) storyline. appears in first storyline of fables spin-off fairest, famous prince of thieves makes way imperial capital in homelands. city has been burned down goblins. while looking treasures hidden among char , ash, finds magic bottle, opens, bottle not contain d jinn, little bottle imp. although imp cannot grant him 3 wishes, promises lead him great riches. imp leads him encampment of goblins burned down city, , briar rose, still asleep, being held. imp explains ali baba sleeping girl blessed eternal wealth , riches, needs woken true love s kiss prince, , if ali baba marries her, gets. ali baba sneaks camp, , finds both briar rose and, lumi, snow queen, asleep. since doesn t know woman imp meant, first kisses sleeping snow queen. when doesn t work, kisses briar rose, awakens spell, along snow queen.

the snow queen, wanting revenge on briar rose putting sleep years, takes both of them captive, not harm them. while ali baba , briar rose forced spend time lumi, ali baba realizes has no feelings briar rose after all, in love lumi. revealed because ali baba risked life wake , rescue briar rose, actions fell under definition of true love, not romantic love. lumi likes , attracted ali baba, , believes love can grow that. 2 become couple, , start new life in lumi s homeland. unfortunately, temporary, both of them killed during events of fairest graphic novel fairest in land @ hands of goldilocks. cinderella able bring goldilock s victims life, unfortunately, pick half of victims resurrect. choose lumi, feeling victim @ hands of adversary, , potential ally fabletown.

other arabian fables

yusuf: sinbad s minister released d jinn bottle, in order destroy fabletown , citizens , put him in control of both european , arabian fable communities. unfortunately him, frau totenkinder used magic powers warp language, commands gave not intended, leading own prolonged demise , recapture of d jinn.
sidi nouman: first victim of d jinn released sinbad s servant, yusuf, seen in arabian nights (and days). appears in 1 thousand , 1 night story caliph’s night adventure (as sidi nu’uman), includes chapter history of sidi nu’uman . d jinn makes references story calling sidi nouman famous abuser of horses , celebrated husband of corpse-eaters , dog s man - or other way around? . (note fables encyclopedia erroneously states sidi nouman created bill willingham)
king shahryār: in graphic novel 1001 nights of snowfall, snow white dispatched arabian sultan s court in homelands enlist support in fight against adversary. king shahryār entraps her, , thousand-and-one nights in row, must tell shahryār story, each time stopping @ dawn cliffhanger, forcing him keep alive day can complete tale next night, while @ same time wooing cooperation.
scheherazade: makes brief appearance in 1001 nights of snowfall. revealed got idea of telling sultan new story every night snow white, has been using same trick herself keep herself alive thousand-and-one nights while acting ambassador fabletown.
scheherazade s father: makes appearance in graphic novel.
aladdin s father , d jinn: tale of aladdin. mentioned in cinderella: fabletown love.
morgiana: referred in fairest story arc wide awake.
abd al qadir: appears briefly in flashbacks ali baba s life, in fairest story arc wide awake. minor character referred in 1 thousand , 1 night story ala al-din abu al-shamat , during 2 hundred , fifty-third night (as abd al-kadir).

the blue fairy

the blue fairy 1 turned pinocchio real boy centuries ago. took wish literally , made real boy, therefore never growing , experiencing puberty. lent geppetto of power in order him turn more of puppets real people, saw how greedy geppetto becoming, , started resisting. prompted geppetto trap blue fairy , use machinery drain power body use power on own.

pinocchio stated on went remembrance day celebrations see when blue fairy show up, , kick pretty little azure ass whenever did. many years later, in period of power struggle on farm, ozma brought blue fairy farm, wanting revenge on geppetto wicked deeds. blue fairy tried attack geppetto, interrupted when pinocchio attempted beat up, wanting revenge being stuck boy centuries. overpowered him , went after gepetto, sheriff, beast, intervened , managed talk blue fairy going away 777 days, @ time promised return , expected beast have geppetto ready , waiting receive vengeance. if not, going take beast prisoner 777 years.

later, beast able stall saying gepetto wishes marry her. blue fairy chooses lady of lake intermediary in wedding negotiations. in fairest graphic novel fairest in land, blue fairy , lady of lake both become victims of serial killer, revealed goldilocks. cinderella able resurrect victims, can bring half of them, , chooses lady of lake on blue fairy. blue fairy cast magical mirror calls stay dead group - meaning mirror not expect return living (though severed head can continues talk).

king arthur , camelot

king arthur , court appears in flashbacks during prince story arc, spirit of sir lancelot tells story flycatcher. camelot , fabled king arthur set standard of true chivalry of christendom , legend touched of pagan worlds beyond. fables graphic novel 1001 nights of snowfall reveals lancelot, camelot s gifted champion, blessed frau totenkinder, told him unbeatable in battle long remained pure , honorable. lancelot unbeatable, until lost honor having love affair king s wife, guinevere. knights of round table referred in lancelot s story, , gawain makes appearance. lancelot s betrayal, , unforgivable acts perpetrated afterward, split round table , led downfall of camelot. though arthur forgave him, lancelot couldn t forgive himself. hanged himself, , became mysterious forsworn knight appears in issues of fables. dialog between flycatcher , lancelot s ghost reveals arthur laid rest in crypt. arthur appears briefly in flashbacks during fables story destiny game. according fables encyclopedia annotations, sir grimauld prince bill willingham s creation, there no such character in king arthur mythos. based on color of armor, may green knight poem sir gawain , green knight (circa a.d. 1390).

king pellinore makes appearance in fables story last castle, 1 of defenders of last free gateway.

the lady of lake first referred in prince , jack of fables story arc bad prince (in addition, arthur, lancelot , merlin referred in latter story). first appears in story arc destiny game. known green lady , messenger of fates , has ability assign , reassign different destinies particular individuals. green-skinned woman lives in ponds. sly , conniving woman, turns more diligently after 2 encounters bigby wolf. years later, in well-established relationship bigby s cub ambrose. in later fables story arcs, lady of lake shown friend blue fairy , came represent friend in engagement geppetto. in fairest graphic novel fairest in land, lady of lake , friend attacked , apparently murdered @ hands of goldilocks. cinderella able bring goldilocks victims life, allowed choose half of victims resurrect, , chose lady of lake on blue fairy.

merlin appears briefly in flashbacks in fables story destiny game.

uther pendragon, gorlois , mordred mentioned in fables 136 (camelot, part 6). in addition, arthur s half-sister, morgan le fay, 1 of 13th floor witches of fabletown.

dunster happ

a warlock , former boxer (hunter of rogue spellcasters , magical beings) empire. though did not invent sealing boxes used boxers capture targets, able enchant them entice targets enter them willingly. had been key boxing baba yaga, mr. dark , last of baleful hernes. frau totenkinder (after rejuvenating , using true name again: bellflower) asks him teach how box mr. dark - despite initial concerns such boxes may have been made capture well. during time, totenkinder apparently seduced him , became lover. develop deep relationship , become engaged. later came farm. in fairest graphic novel fairest in land, both killed @ hands of murderous goldilocks. cinderella, unfortunately, pick half of goldilocks victims resurrect, , choose totenkinder on him.

king valemon , royal subjects

various characters norwegian folktales, seen in cinderella: fabletown love storyarc.

king valemon , queen, rulers of ultima thule, 1 of fable homelands. deposed of , killed when unknown, powerful magic user realm invaded kingdom. usurper turned out cinderella s fairy godmother. among people still loyal king valemon include:
askeladden, without ship.
butterball, hungry.
mrs. gudbrand, widow of late gudbrand gudbrand on hill-side, home has become refuge dissenters still loyal old king.
little freddy, little freddy fiddle. without musket.
little annie goose-girl.
the ram , pig ram , pig went woods live themselves.

the people of oz

a group of fables books of l. frank baum, living in fable homelands of oz , ev. (the nome king listed under villains .) in addition, tin man , cowardly lion prisoners @ golden boughs retirement village in mundane world.

jack pumpkinhead

jack pumpkinhead first appearance on in series, in flashbacks during legends in exile story arc, can seen among large group of fables fleeing adversary’s forces. next appearance took place hundred issues later, in fables story ascent, on run nome king’s (now ruler of pan-ozian empire) enforcers in fable homeland of ev. revealed drafted 1 of nome king’s press gangs, managed escape bungle glass cat , sawhorse. while sitting in 1 of ev s native lunch box trees, bufkin accidentally saves group couple of rumble tumble tom s , nome king s enforcers. group joined forces bufkin, , went on appear in subsequent fables story arcs, working overthrow nome king.

bungle, glass cat

at point, bungle, glass cat escaped mundane world , became 1 of helpers of dorothy gale, killer hire. bungle later recruited dorothy aid in quest revenge on nemesis, cinderella, seen in cinderella: fables forever. bungle assisted in kidnapping cinderella , ivan durak of shadow fabletown , brought them deadly desert of oz in airship. ivan seemingly manages overpower captors , throw bungle , other captors out of ship, rescuing cindy , himself. bungle shown floating down in parachute, indicating she’s working ivan. in surprising plot twist, revealed dorothy ivan along, disguising herself using magic slippers.

bungle s story continues in fables series. after bungle landed, drafted 1 of nome king’s press gangs, building road across deadly dessert. managed escape jack pumpkinhead , sawhorse, in press gang. bufkin came across group in land of ev, , accidentally saved them nome king’s enforcers, chasing fugitives. 4 of them secretly formed secret resistance movement.

other oz-characters

glinda good: shown driving swan chariot during flashbacks in legends in exile, while fleeing adversary’s forces (note annotations in fables encyclopedia speculate may apollo, figure woman). appears briefly in flashbacks dorothy gale s adventures in oz, in cinderella: fables forever.
the sawhorse: 1 of several oz-fable who’s ended in fable homeland of ev while on run nome king s enforcers. joins bufkin s revolution.
the spoon brigade: emerald city of oz: recruited dorothy aid in plot revenge on nemesis, cinderella.
one of chiss: recruited dorothy. creatures size of volkswagen, covered in poisonous quills can shoot out of body @ will. can found in oz. dorothy brought 1 of chiss mundane world aid in quest revenge on cinderella. when cindy set out find dorothy, encountered creature in thailand. creature killed meng chiang-nu (from chinese folktale seeking husband @ great wall) of shadow fabletown, , attacked cinderella, forced kill creature in self-defense.
the wicked witch of east, assorted munchkins, wizard of oz, wicked witch of west , witch of north: appear briefly in flashbacks dorothy s adventures in oz. in addition, several allusions wicked witch of west made in witches story arc.
winged monkeys: working in nome king s air corps. 1 of monkeys discovers bufkin s group of revolutionaries in ev, , subsequently killed bufkin.
the yoop: patchwork girl of oz. working in pan-ozian administration of nome king, feeds enemies yoop. yoop got tired of job nome king s people eater , feeling couldn t keep large amount of people being fed him every day. sent out capture bufkin, jack pumpkinhead, bungle glass cat , sawhorse, decided join revolution instead.
a group of kalidahs: working nome king. joined bufkin s revolution because tired of being made sleep in filthy cages when off-duty.
general blug, fifty thousand soldiers: emerald city of oz. jack pumpkinhead, bungle glass cat , sawhorse attempt recruit blug , troops in revolution.

other homelands fables

the jabberwock: mentioned in legends in exile , homelands story arcs. in jabberwocky poem, vorpal sword jabberwock’s bane.
don quijote , squire sancho panza: appear briefly in flashbacks during legends in exile story arc.
the great lion: according fables encyclopedia annotations, reference aslan chronicles of narnia. kingdom of great lion 1 of fable homelands conquered on, seen in flashbacks during legends in exile. lion himself felled , killed arrows. king cole points out found old lion bit pompous , holier-than-thou our tastes . great lion appears in illustration prince, ghost of sir lancelot refers lion great lion on stone (aslan sacrificed himself , killed on stone table) , 1 of true kings . bill willingham has commented on issue, saying: narnia favorite fantasy series, bar none. (...) problem is, narnia isn t in public domain, couldn t use in fables. lion mentioned in 1 panel [in legends in exile] , kingdom depicted? can t s aslan , can t s narnia. doesn t stop of looking @ first lines of paragraph , coming own conclusion.
thumbelina s mother: referred in fables story barleycorn brides.
count aucassin de beaucaire: aucassin , nicolette. general leading adversary s attack on last free gateway homelands, seen in last castle. killed britomart s magical spear.
maid marian: mentioned in story last castle. killed when invaders took robin hood s homeland. according annotations in fables encyclopedia, woman robin hood s side in flashbacks during legends in exile story arc.
the queen of fairies: mentioned in last castle. apparently, tam lin, 1 of defenders of last free gateway, loved her.
jack s mother: jack , beanstalk. mentioned in march of wooden soldiers story arc, jack of fables story arc bad prince , in great fable crossover. in bad prince, revealed jack horner unknowing copy of wicked john , john 1 involved in beanstalk , giant-killing incidents, making woman mother of wicked john, not jack. jack s real mother prose page, mother of page sisters.
the man sold magic beans jack (or wicked john): referred in march of wooden soldiers , jack of fables story arc bad prince.
chernomor: ruslan , lyudmila. governor-general in adversary s empire. killed boy blue during blue s exploits in homelands. after death, blue impersonated governor, ordering underlings lower tax rate.
mice , cat russian lubok mice burying cat: seen in homelands story arc, during boy blue s exploits in homelands, blue comes across strange group in rus, homelands version of russia. train of mice pulling sleeping cat on sledge, saying re planning funeral cat. when blue points out cat isn t dead merely sleeping, mice reply nevertheless, have our plans .
the 3 knights of rus: baba yaga s servants. appear in fairy tale vasilisa beautiful , alexander afanasyev s russian fairy tales. defeated in single combate boy blue.
trusty john s king: mentioned in fables story meanwhile, revealed long before john signed fabletown compact, had sworn unbreakable vow of loyalty king, believed had been killed leading forces against adversary. turn out not case , john s king working adversary. king contacted john , ordered him spy on fellow fables. john bound vow, overruled later compact, , had no choice obey , spent 4 years passing information enemy before kay caught him.
solomon: referred sulymon wize in comic. appears in brief flashback ancient times during arabian nights (and days). mentioned in 1001 nights of snowfall , witches story arc. sulymon 1 invented idea of tricking d jinn bottle.
daedalus: appears in brief flashback ancient times during arabian nights (and days). greatest sorcerer-scientist of age, , inventor of magic bottles used capture d jinns.
the 7 dwarfs: first appeared in flashbacks in fables prequel 1001 nights of snowfall. in story, prince charming investigating series of murders around kingdom. victims revealed 7 dwarfs, whereas killer turns out charming’s wife, snow white. flashback sections of rose red story arc reveals unlike in fairy tale, dwarfs treated snow badly , turned slave, abusing physically , sexually. revealed dwarfs sons of dwarf snow white , rose red. more flashbacks seen in camelot story arc, revealed snow white prisoner several years. story shows happened when killed 1 of them.
princess frog prince: appears in flashbacks flycatcher s story in 1001 nights of snowfall. appears ghost before flycatcher in fables story jiminy christmas.
red riding hood s grandmother: appears briefly in flashbacks bigby wolf s story in march of wooden soldiers story arc , 1001 nights of snowfall. , red riding hood survived being eaten because of magic in them.
the farmer s wife: mrs. sprongwallow. appears in flashbacks in 1001 nights of snowfall. husband, farmer, killed when adversary invaded homeland, kingdom of old king cole.
hansel , gretel s parents: referred in sons of empire story arc. unlike in fairy tale, hansel , gretel did not go home after burning frau totenkinder, realizing wicked parents had meant them die out in black forest.
the gingerbread man: appears in sons of empire story arc , in story waking beauty. works mr. porky pine , chicken ripple steal unguarded pies being put out on windowsill (or other places) cool. gingerbread man can seen on farm in story kingdom come, when fable animals asking boy blue questions haven.
mr. porky pine , chicken ripple: names taken lyrics of neil diamond s song porkupine pie (from album moods). appear in sons of empire story arc , in story waking beauty. porkupine pie name of duo s chapter in sons of empire. mr. porky pine , chicken ripple 2 fables in homelands had banded gingerbread man steal unguarded pies being put out on windowsill (or other places) cool. mr. porky pine once convinced human girl give him big kiss, claiming enchanted prince. after girl ran away both hands stuck needles, explained gingerbread man , chicken ripple cursed witch, curse was, in own words, perverse attraction human women. in fables story in days, revealed porcupine cursed young frau totenkinder: mr. porky pine angered totenkinder calling human women ugly, , threw curse on him made him desire human women.
radiskop: fables version of ratatoskr, squirrel norse mythology lives on yggdrasil, tree spans world. appears in fables story happily ever after, works messenger cinderella.
the headless horseman: ran jack horner during jack s jack o lantern days, seen in jack of fables story jack o lantern. jack, needing holding hot piece of coal given him devil ( old scratch ), steals horseman s head pumpkin.
natty bumppo ( hawkeye ): 1 of bookburner s men. in jack of fables story arc americana, angry bookburner sends him , slue-foot sue after jack , group. managed shake them off. bookburner can seen holding copy of natty bumppo s story, leatherstocking tales.
slue-foot sue: 1 of bookburner s people. in jack of fables story arc americana, angry bookburner sends , natty bumppo after jack , group. managed shake them off. husband, pecos bill, prisoner @ golden boughs retirement village.
giants jack , beanstalk: appear in flashbacks in jack of fables story arc bad prince.
the jersey devil: known omar, soldier in bookburner’s army of forgotten fables, attacked golden boughs retirement village.
till eulenspiegel: abducted max, pied piper of hamelin, in peter , max: fables novel. max later mentioned of abducted children died horribly - 2 of youngest sacrificed frau totenkinder maintain youth , keep magical powers, while others sold various masters (whatever happened them before death open speculations).
macbeth: jack frost 2 has read works of fiction , fact macbeth , called new owl friend after macduff. incidentally, 1 of quests involves cow named gertrude (like hamlet s mother).
freddy , mouse: based on fritz leiber characters fafhrd , gray mouser lankhmar series. pair of adventurers unleashed , enslaved mr. dark.
cinderella s stepmother , -sisters: appear briefly in one-panel flashback in cinderella: fabletown love.
robin redbreast: jenny wren s lost love, mentioned in cinderella: fabletown love. nursery rhymes jenny wren fell sick , little robin redbreast , cock robin got . murdered when adversary invaded jenny wren s homeland.
the 7 fairy godmothers sleeping beauty: names katrya pure, sofiya wise, nyura graceful, ionna gifted, alyas noble, yeva lively , leysa defender. appear in fairest story arc wide awake. in cinderella: fabletown love, implied briar rose , cinderella share same fairy godmother, proven apocryphal in fairest.
king , queen sleeping beauty: appear in flashbacks briar rose s life in fairest.
rapunzel s prince: appears in flashbacks in cinderella: fabletown love, , fairest story arc hidden kingdom. revealed cinderella s fairy godmother showed him way rapunzel s tower. rapunzel , prince shared passionate love affair, resulted in rapunzel becoming pregnant. spent months trying find him, unbeknownst her, fairy godmother forbade prince contact rapunzel, godmother had plans her.
baleful hernes: apparently reference wild hunt. last of kind (presumably herne hunter) boxed offscreen dunster happ during boxing days .
kermit frog (maybe): either cheerleader/mascot not need costume, or actor impersonating him, during frog prince s baseball matches in haven, seen in story out ball game.
the scorpion , frog: 1 of scorpion s brothers, ollikandar strikeswift, appears in story out ball game, , both frog , scorpion, gallifar strikeswift, mentioned. brother s testimony plays pivotal role when murderer trialled in haven, in front of flycatcher. unclear if scorpion s existence genuine fact or pure myth - within fables (besides, original tale subject ambiguity, wrongly attributed aesop).
in rose red story arc, several characters fairy tale snow white , rose red appear in flashbacks snow white s , rose red s childhood:

lauda: snow white , rose red s mother, masquerades nothing poor widow, secretly powerful witch descends line of cursed magical women. status unknown, believed dead.
the wicked dwarf: father of 7 dwarfs
the eagle: after girls save dwarf eagle, eagle angry , says 1 of them, 7 evils await, other, loss of 1 dear
brandish, bewitched prince (described in detail in villains section)
holben, prince s brother: unlike in fairy tale, prince not marry snow, nor brother marry rose; holben makes clear has no wish marry rose red, , father, king, against letting brandish marry common peasant girl.


the evil queen: mentioned in storybook love , appears in flashbacks in rose red , camelot story arcs. queen snow white s , rose red s paternal aunt (the sister of father). revealed in rose red story arc, in past lauda helped achieve position of queen in distant land. revealed in happily ever after story arc, killed brother; unrevealed whether or not lauda knew of or motivations doing were. when snow s mother forced send snow away, arranges daughter live aunt. years pass, until queen 1 day told magical mirror snow lovelier her. though queen promised lauda love snow dearly, queen orders huntsman secretly kill niece. hunter spares snow , flees deep forest. queen discovers snow white alive consulting magic mirror. cloaking herself in guise of old woman, visits cottage of 7 dwarfs , gives poisoned apple. snow eats apple , falls deep coma, prince charming s love enough overcome poison, since nobles of world had degree of magic in them. happened evil queen has not yet been revealed.
the world turtle: once queen of great kingdom in fable homelands. when king discovered being unfaithful, punished turning turtle. transformed soul teacup of delicate ceramic, had carry on back. cup contained entire homeland, archipelago of surging seas , sun-dappled islands , , of people. if let teacup fall or break, people , homeland destroyed, , soul lost forever. horrible trial end when found heroine of low station willing trade places her. heroine become new queen, , turtle new peasant. once, turtle passed through woods young rose red, without sister, lived, turtle understood rose red, sad , depressed, not 1 looking for. turtle once crossed paths bigby wolf, , 1 told him lady of lake , powers assign fates.
aunt em: dorothy gale mentions in cinderella: fables forever, saying aunt said should find love , . dorothy, having killed 2 witches , liking it, inspired become killer hire.
prince lindworm: beheaded imperial general mirant when lindworm attempted make himself new emperor in wake of defeat of adversary. came life when head reunited body loyal goblin troops.
coyote: mythological character mentioned west wind in story arc inherit wind, in (coyote) described cunning .
the little match girl: 1 of hope s paladins , caretaker of hope deferred. rose red meets little girl on christmas eve in fables story in single night , rose taken worlds away , in fables takes on christmas carol. little match girl still making living selling matches. rose asks out of cold, or else ll die. girl answers has no home , many matchstick bundles yet sell. rose says die tonight, in fairy tale, girl answers no 1 knows , young , can stand cold. speaks of hopes future, , hopes (future) children have better life her. rose heartbroken, because knows girl freeze death, hopes unfulfilled.
the false bride fairy tale goose girl: 1 of hope s paladins , avatar hope of revenge. wanders @ edge of living world, night after night, never know rest. explains rose red men , women had revenge on her; crimes, locked in barrel, pounded iron spikes though , sent tumbling down cobbles death. people sentenced death lying in graves, each christmas eve, freed resting places , allowed walk ghosts. hope released confinement , pass on rewards long delayed , false bride tells rose hope in vain, because attend me , ll never dismiss them . in addition, goose girl 1 of fairy tale books seen in kevin thorn’s home in jack of fables story arc bad prince.
various funa yurei: japanese folklore. hundreds of years ago, rapunzel tried kill herself sailing off edge of world; , washed on shores of fable homeland hidden kingdom. funa yurei, spirits of drowned, rescued her, , brought safety.
various tanuki. banished hidden kingdom, part of shogun s plan laying way adversary invade. according rapunzel, no 1 minded much. smelly, drunken, pesky little bastards .
various kappa, banished same reason. shogun claimed terrible influence , violent monsters .
various kitsune. rapunzel had passionate love affair female kitsune named tomoko. tomoko kept soul outside body in foxfire burned beside bed. shogun manipulated emperor of hidden kingdom banishing tomoko , kind kingdom. shogun confiscated tomoko s foxfire , used bend emperor s will.
sorcerer atlantes chanson de geste , orlando furioso, strikes deal green lady in order obtain fantastic destiny later gets betrayed her. mentions getting trained ulmore uncanny, reference bill willingham s earlier story thieves of daring ulmore legendary last atlantean sorcerer.
the fates appear briefly in flashbacks in fables story destiny game.
various valkyries appear during destiny game, escorting fallen warriors valhalla.
the minotaur appears briefly in flashbacks in fairest story arc hidden kingdom. revealed rapunzel entered labyrinth , slew beast, while searching lost children.
various kirin. yet group banished shogun. after took control of hidden kingdom, started hunting them sport.
nalayani: epic mahabharata. main character of fairest story arc return of maharajah. when village attacked group of talking dholes, joins forces provincial maharajah, turns out none other prince charming. charming falls in love her, although fond of him, not want emotional entanglements time being; although still chooses come him after relinquishes title , travels fabletown.
tabaqui: rudyard kipling s jungle book. golden jackal appears in return of maharajah. nalayani s companion during journey maharajah s palace. forced kill him when became infected rabies.
nathoo: kipling s jungle book. appears in return of maharajah, maharajah charming s servant , companion. nathoo found charming after bomb went off in fables story arc war , pieces (where charming presumed dead). when charming decides go fabletown, makes nathoo new maharajah.
buldeo: chief hunter of local village kipling s jungle book. aide of maharajah charming. killed wild animals.
various asuras: appears in flashbacks in return of maharajah. came down mountains , attacked maharajah charming s palace, although charming s forces able drive them away.
a pishacha: flesh-eating demon appears, unseen, in flashbacks in return of maharajah. possessed child , ate people in village.
various magicians boxed away boxing league, appear in final story arc, happily ever after. boxing league emperor s army of highly specialized combat sorcerers, tasked locking magician , magical creature did not directly serve geppetto s empire; because potential threat adversary s monopoly on power. several years after fall of geppetto s empire, boxes mysteriously sprung open , prisoners released. unexplained reasons, drawn rose red, , absorbed body, in order serve members of army. these magical beings include:

ragana: goddess of trees lithuanian mythology
slogutis: personified nightmare lithuanian mythology. released along ragana.
the grindylow [misspelled grindlylow ]: folktales in english counties of yorkshire , lancashire. released along black shuck , habetrot
black shuck: ghostly black dog said roam coastline , countryside of east anglia region of england.
habetrot: figure in folklore of anglo-scottish border counties of northern england , lowland scotland


baobhan sith: scottish mythology. appears in fables story arc boys in band. subjugated group of monsters plagued fable homeland hybernia, , set herself witch queen, before taking control of land , declaring herself new queen in wake of adversary s defeat. defeated.
various cu sith: scottish mythology. servants of baobhan sith.




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