Lista de personajes de Fábulas

Este artículo es una lista de personajes de la serie de cómics Fables y sus derivados (incluidos Jack of Fables , Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love , Fairest , 1001 Nights of Snowfall y Peter & Max: A Fables Novel ) publicados por Vertigo Comics .

Blancanieves es un personaje principal de Fábulas . Está basada en dos historias narradas por los hermanos Grimm , Blancanieves y Rosa Roja y la más famosa Blancanieves y los siete enanitos . ^[1]

Blancanieves nació en una pequeña cabaña y vivió allí con su hermana gemela menor, Rose Red . En su juventud, eran inseparables, jurándose mutuamente que nada se interpondría entre ellas, pero luego tuvieron una pelea. Blancanieves finalmente se casó con el Príncipe Encantador, pero se divorciaron después de que ella lo encontró en la cama con Rose. Como se reveló al final de la serie, ella y Rose Red son parte de un linaje profundamente mágico en el que todas las hermanas de cada generación deben intentar matarse entre sí, y la única sobreviviente hereda todo el poder de la familia. Su madre, Lauda, ​​había intentado terminar el ciclo teniendo solo un hijo, pero se sintió confundida cuando dio a luz a gemelos.

Desde el comienzo de la historia, Blancanieves ha sido miembro durante mucho tiempo del gobierno de Fabletown, donde gradualmente ascendió de rango hasta convertirse en vicealcaldesa. Tiene una personalidad aguda y sensata y expresa su disgusto por "jugar juegos" en lugar de que la gente sea directa sobre sus motivos. Durante la ejecución de Fables , se enfrenta a los enemigos de Fabletown, tiene hijos con Bigby Wolf y finalmente se casa con él, y vive una rivalidad con su hermana, Rose Red. Los siete hijos de Snow nacen al mismo tiempo, y solo uno de ellos puede pasar por completamente humano en ese momento. Según la ley de Fabletown, se le exige que se mude con ellos a la Granja, por lo que deja su puesto de vicealcaldesa y es reemplazada por Bella. No obstante, Snow ayuda a organizar el conflicto con el Adversario y Mr. Dark en War and Pieces y The Dark Ages . Las últimas series de Fables se centran en el creciente conflicto entre Snow y Red a medida que su poder ancestral comienza a exigir una confrontación. Otros personajes toman partido y se dividen en facciones. Sin embargo, en lugar de luchar hasta la muerte, Snow y Rose deciden al menos intentar desafiar la compulsión de matarse mutuamente. Una de las últimas escenas de Fables muestra a Rose Red visitando a Snow y Bigby después de siglos de paz exitosa.

Jason Marc Harris, escribiendo en un número especial de Humanities , contrastó los capítulos que cubrieron la guerra contra el Adversario, que generalmente se consideran ejemplos o deconstrucciones de ideas masculinas de guerra, con el arco final liderado por mujeres, que se centró en gran medida en la rivalidad cada vez más militar entre Blancanieves y Rosa Roja: "La destreza marcial que Bigby, el Príncipe Azul y Boy Blue alguna vez representaron se ve eclipsada por las conexiones duraderas de la familia extendida de Fables, una comunidad donde Rose y Snow se reconcilian". ^[2]

Blancanieves también aparece en la adaptación del videojuego de 2013 de Fables , The Wolf Among Us , que es canon de los cómics y sirve como precuela . Su voz es de Erin Yvette .

Aún juntas después de casi mil años, Bella y Bestia escaparon de Homelands con apenas algo más que la ropa que vestían. Ambas aceptan trabajos relativamente mal pagados, Bestia mantiene los edificios de Fabletown y Bella trabaja en una librería, ganando entre las dos lo suficiente para llegar a fin de mes. Sus vidas se ven obstaculizadas por la tendencia de Bestia a cambiar de forma humana a bestial dependiendo del estado de ánimo de su esposa hacia él, pero, no obstante, los dos son una pareja amorosa. Con la elección del Príncipe Encantador como alcalde de Fabletown durante los eventos de "The Mean Seasons", sus vidas dan un giro para mejor. Como ni Bigby Wolf ni Blancanieves están dispuestos a trabajar junto a Encantador, renuncian y el Príncipe ofrece a Bella y Bestia los trabajos disponibles.

Beast, ahora sheriff, se alió con Frau Totenkinder (la bruja más poderosa de Fabletown) y finalmente logró que se le arreglara la maldición, lo que le permitió transformarse en su forma de Bestia a voluntad. Se desconoce si sabía que fue Totenkinder quien le infligió la maldición en primer lugar; esto ocurrió antes de la amnistía, por lo que legalmente no puede tomar represalias. Si bien al principio se sintió abrumado por las complejidades del trabajo, con el tiempo se adaptó al papel.

Bella asume el puesto de Blancanieves como vicealcaldesa y también aprende a lidiar con toda la responsabilidad. Al principio de su mandato, el Príncipe Azul intenta seducirla, pero ella lo rechaza y amenaza con enviar a su marido tras ella si lo intenta de nuevo. Cabe destacar que Bella se da cuenta, como resultado de los comentarios que hace el Príncipe Azul durante este intento de seducción, de que sus acciones y palabras hacia su marido no suelen ser tan amables como ella misma percibía; posteriormente decide ser más amable con Bestia.

Después de la llegada a Fabletown del Emisario Imperial, Lord Hansel , durante el arco argumental de "Sons of Empire", y la consiguiente necesidad de realizar un seguimiento tanto de él como de su personal, Beast solicita, y recibe, financiación y mano de obra adicionales. Esto incluye los céfiros, proporcionados por el padre de Bigby Wolf, el Viento del Norte, que actúan como espías. Durante la guerra contra el Imperio, como se muestra en el arco de "War and Pieces", Beast permanece en Fabletown, al mando de las tropas estacionadas allí en caso de un asalto de represalia por parte del Imperio. ^[3]

Según las respuestas dadas en el número de "Preguntas candentes", la pareja le pregunta a Frau Totenkinder qué es lo que siempre está tejiendo. Totenkinder responde que es una prenda para su primogénito. Aunque Bella se ríe, diciendo que ni siquiera está embarazada, Frau responde "Todo a su tiempo" y les muestra el progreso de su tejido: un par de pijamas con pies y una cabeza de león cosida en el frente, y cuatro brazos, dos piernas y un lugar para una cola. Bestia y Bella quedan atónitas por las implicaciones.

Como se muestra en el "Gran Cross Over de Fábulas", después de tener una breve discusión con Bestia sobre su comportamiento con Bigby, Bella y su esposo se retiran a una tienda de campaña para tener sexo de reconciliación . Después, Bella siente que había algo mágico en este sexo. En una historia posterior, Bella revela que está embarazada. El niño nace prematuro, pero no hay complicaciones aparentes. La niña, una niña, se llama Bliss y parece normal. Sin embargo, como Frau había predicho, hay una complicación: cuando Bliss se enoja, se transforma en una bestia de seis extremidades y cola. Desde el nacimiento de la pequeña Bliss, su padre no puede transformarse en su forma bestial. Cuando Bestia es examinada por Ozma, ella no puede detectar ningún rastro de su antigua maldición. En Fables # 143 (el tercer capítulo del arco argumental "Felices para siempre"), se confirma que Bliss ha adoptado su maldición como propia.

En la historia de La Bella , "Lamia", se revela que Bella esconde un oscuro secreto. Ella es, de hecho, una lamia que fue expulsada de su hogar después de que un hombre la interpusiera en el camino de la familia. La esposa del hombre hizo que algunos amigos echaran a Lamia de la ciudad. La siguieron a otro mundo, donde Lamia conoció a una hermosa mujer. Lamia, que había sido abusada recientemente por el bien de la belleza, odió a la mujer al verla y la mató, porque "todo lo bello conduce a la ruina al final". Lamia luego tomó la forma de la mujer para adoptar su estilo de vida pacífico y simple. Mantuvo la forma tanto tiempo que la personalidad de la mujer se convirtió en ella. Conoció a Bestia y se enamoraron. Cada pocas décadas, Bella se convierte nuevamente en Lamia. Cuando esto sucede, Bestia intenta atraparla a tiempo y encerrarla. A veces se escapa y se embarca en una matanza, apuntando a violadores y hombres que abusan de las mujeres (perseguir a inocentes "no es su estilo"). Bestia asume entonces la identidad de famosos héroes de la novela policíaca (como Auguste Dupin , Sherlock Holmes , Hercule Poirot , Sam Spade y Philip Marlowe ) y tiene que detenerla antes de que las autoridades mundanas puedan atraparla. Bigby Wolf ha amenazado a Bestia con ocuparse del asunto de forma permanente, incluso si eso significa matar a Bestia también. Bella nunca recuerda los incidentes después y Bestia nunca le dice la verdad.

Bestia está considerando hacer un nuevo hogar para él, su esposa y su hija en el reino de Flycatcher en Homelands , porque Bella estará más segura allí, ya que la policía "mundana" sigue mejorando cada vez más en la investigación y recopilación de pruebas, y atrapará a Bella tarde o temprano. El final de la historia sugiere que Bella puede volver a convertirse en Lamia en algún momento en el futuro cercano. En la novela gráfica de Fairest Fairest In All The Lands , Lamia se ha ido para siempre: Bella se convierte en víctima de un asesino en serie, y aunque Bella vuelve a la vida, Lamia no. Bestia finalmente es asesinada por un Bigby Wolf resucitado, salvaje y controlado. Queda por ver si permanecerá muerto. En la historia final, se revela que años después, una Bliss y una Bella adultas tienen un negocio en el que resuelven los problemas de las personas (como asesinatos y secuestros) utilizando las habilidades bestiales de Bliss.

El portero del edificio Woodland, Trusty John, era casi universalmente popular. Amable y bondadoso, John disfrutaba de su trabajo y siempre se alegraba de ver a todo el mundo. Por ello, fue una completa sorpresa para todos cuando Kay desenmascaró a John como espía del Adversario. Desconcertado por cómo la "Fábula más fiel de la historia" podía volverse contra ellos, John fue interrogado por el Príncipe Encantador, la Bella y la Bestia; les explicó que, mucho antes de firmar el pacto de Fabletown, había jurado un juramento inquebrantable de lealtad a su Rey, que creía que había muerto liderando sus fuerzas contra el Adversario. Resultó que no había sido así, que su Rey, que ahora trabajaba para el Adversario, se había puesto en contacto con John y le había ordenado que espiara a sus compañeros Fábulas. Obligado por su juramento, que anuló el pacto posterior, John no tuvo más remedio que obedecer y pasó los siguientes cuatro años pasando información al enemigo antes de que Kay, con los ojos recién vueltos a crecer, lo atrapara. A pesar de la gran tentación de perdonarlo, dadas las circunstancias, Charming se dio cuenta de que la traición, sin importar la situación, debe tratarse con dureza. Endureciendo su corazón, le dio a John la opción de saltar al Pozo de las Brujas por sus propios medios como un gesto de misericordia, la alternativa era que lo ejecutaran en el lugar y que su cadáver fuera depositado allí de todos modos. John aceptó la primera oferta. Pocas personas saben explícitamente qué le sucedió, ya que revelar que un Fable tan querido era un traidor se consideró malo para la moral de Fabletown.

En su misión en El Pozo de las Brujas, como se describe en el arco argumental El Buen Príncipe , Flycatcher reclutó a John como su escudero, ofreciéndole la posibilidad de redención si lo acompañaba. Tras completar su misión, Flycatcher, ahora el rey Ambrose de Haven, anunció que John sería conocido de ahora en adelante como Trusty John una vez más, y lo nombró Lord Gran Canciller del reino, poniéndolo a cargo del funcionamiento diario del nuevo reino.

El guardia de seguridad del edificio de apartamentos Woodland que forma el centro de Fabletown, Grimble es el troll del cuento de los Tres Cabritos Gruff y posiblemente de muchos otros cuentos en los que aparece un troll. Posee un costoso hechizo de glamour. Se ha demostrado que asume la forma de troll para la batalla. Durante la Caída de Fabletown debido a las acciones de Mister Dark, es Grimble quien saca a King Cole de su melancolía y lo anima a seguir adelante. También es él quien motiva al ex alcalde durante la evacuación a Haven después de que Mister Dark descubre la ubicación de la Granja. El Príncipe Brandish / Werian Holt lo convirtió en un pájaro inofensivo cuando comenzó a desentrañar su alias. Se desconoce si es un hechizo permanente o temporal, ya que Brandish no quería que Grimble revelara que él y la Sra. Sprat no eran prisioneros de Mr. Dark. En su forma de pájaro azul, Grimble se vuelve crucial en la muerte del Príncipe Brandish, habiendo sido enviado en una misión secreta por el Decimotercer Piso para localizar el corazón de Brandish. Bajo la protección de capas de hechizos de sigilo de Maddy y magia que lo enviarán a lugares lejanos donde el corazón de Brandish está contenido en una fortaleza sin entrada, Grimble se cuela a través de las rejillas de aire de la fortaleza y destruye el corazón de Brandish, lo que hace que Brandish colapse y muera de insuficiencia cardíaca durante su duelo contra Flycatcher. Durante los muchos años que siguen, Grimble asume amargamente que el Decimotercer Piso no se molestó en proporcionarle la magia para regresar a Fabletown después de haber completado su tarea y gradualmente se acostumbra a vivir como un pájaro. Se entera de Clara que varios miembros del Decimotercer Piso murieron en el conflicto entre Rose Red y Snow White, lo que explica por qué no se le habían proporcionado los medios para ser llamado de regreso, y se da a entender que él y Clara comienzan una relación después de que ella revela que ya no está viendo a Vulco Crow.

Bufkin, un mono alado de los cuentos de Oz , actúa como bibliotecario de Fabletown y, por lo tanto, generalmente se lo encuentra en la cavernosa oficina comercial, donde trabaja y duerme. Cerca de Boy Blue, se escondió durante una semana cuando su amigo se fue a Homelands, pensando que lo culparían por no detenerlo. Bufkin carece de sabiduría, aunque ciertamente no es estúpido, ocasionalmente es travieso y propenso a beber mucho y robar la bebida del alcalde, sin embargo, generalmente es un buen trabajador y rara vez se queja. Durante los eventos del arco Storybook Love , cuando todos estaban fuera de la oficina, Bufkin llegó a la conclusión de que ahora estaba a cargo y decidió cambiar el nombre de Fabletown a Bufkintown, un cambio que solo duró el tiempo que alguien más se enteró. Aparentemente lee muchos de los libros de la biblioteca, y se sugiere que ha aprendido habilidades como abrir cerraduras gracias a esto. Al enterarse de esto, el Príncipe Encantador amenazó con matar a Bufkin si volvía a robarle su alcohol. Bufkin aparece con otro libro, uno relacionado con el asesinato político. Después de que se desenmarañaran las magias que mantenían unida a Fabletown, se quedó varado en la oficina comercial junto con todas las fábulas que habían estado encarceladas. Durante este tiempo, pudo embotellar al Djinn y matar a Baba Yaga y sus caballeros utilizando todo lo que había leído (en este volumen se hacen varias alusiones indirectas a la Malvada Bruja del Oeste ). Fue ayudado por el Espejo Mágico, la cabeza del monstruo de Frankenstein, las doncellas Barleycorn y varias cabezas de los soldados de madera capturados.

Después de esto, Bufkin trepa al árbol de la Oficina de Negocios y se encuentra en Ev (un vecino de la Tierra de Oz ). Está acompañado por Lily, una de las doncellas Barleycorn que está muy enamorada de él. Mientras está sentado en uno de los árboles de la lonchera mágica de Ev, rescata accidentalmente a un grupo de Oz-Fables de los ejecutores del Rey Nome. Bufkin luego forma un movimiento de resistencia para derrocar al malvado Rey Nome. Después, él, Lily y Hangy, una cuerda colgante a la que Lily le dio vida, tuvieron muchas aventuras en muchos mundos diferentes antes de su retiro y muerte, así como de Lily. También se afirma que se había convertido en el esposo de Lily tres veces gracias a un experimento de científico loco, un tenedor de los deseos y un gas de transformación y tiene muchos hijos en la especie en la que se transforman, que incluye monos voladores, pájaros Barleycorn y Korob.

Aunque encantador y guapo, el Príncipe Encantador es un mujeriego patológico , un mentiroso, un narcisista y un granuja en general. También fue criado como un príncipe, para entender el sacrificio necesario para ser un líder eficaz, y el tipo de rey que sacrifica todo para salvaguardar a sus súbditos. Sus esposas anteriores (conocidas) en orden cronológico fueron Blancanieves, Briar Rose (La Bella Durmiente) y Cenicienta; las dos últimas de sus ex esposas le fueron presentadas por su hada madrina compartida. También se revela en el cómic de Jack of Fables que el Príncipe Encantador es el padre de Jack Horner. Lo más probable es que Charming nunca supiera de sus relaciones entre sí. Vivió en Europa después de dejar Homelands, viviendo de la bondad de varios nobles y ex nobles. Regresó a Fabletown justo antes del "asesinato" de Rose Red. Él urdió un intrincado plan, matando a Barba Azul en un duelo durante el arco de Amor de Cuentos , poniendo la riqueza sustancial de Barba Azul directamente en el tesoro de Fabletown , luego, durante los eventos de Marcha de los Soldados de Madera y Las Medias Estaciones , compitiendo con éxito para el puesto de Alcalde de Fabletown contra el Viejo Rey Cole, para tener acceso a esos fondos. Sin embargo, hizo algunas presunciones falsas (y por lo tanto promesas) y tuvo un momento difícil en el cargo con la opinión pública volviéndose en su contra. Después de su victoria, nombró a Bella y Bestia para los puestos de vicealcalde y sheriff respectivamente. Pasando una gran cantidad de tiempo con Bella en el trabajo, intentó comenzar un romance con ella; ella rechazó sus avances, amenazando con poner a Bestia contra él si persistía.

A pesar de su persistente infidelidad y ego narcisista, el Príncipe Encantador tiene un lado bueno que pocos conocen. Durante el arco argumental de Storybook Love , expresó un profundo arrepentimiento de que su traición a Blancanieves la lastimara tanto, y se encargó de matar a Barba Azul en parte porque sabía que Barba Azul planeaba asesinar a Bigby Wolf, a quien Blancanieves le había tomado cariño. Antes de la Batalla de Fabletown en Marcha de los Soldados de Madera , supervisó la construcción de las barricadas, luego luchó valientemente durante la batalla misma, desafiando a los soldados de madera que portaban armas mientras estaba armado con una espada. Después de la batalla, dirigió a los bomberos que entraron en los edificios dañados para extinguir los últimos incendios. A pesar de que aceptó el trabajo de alcalde principalmente por sus beneficios económicos, finalmente se dedicó sinceramente a los deberes del alcalde, incluyendo establecer defensas para Fabletown contra el Adversario y, en el arco de Felices para siempre , darle a Bigby Wolf tierras al lado de la granja para vivir con su nueva esposa, Blancanieves, y sus hijos.

En el período previo a la guerra contra el Imperio, Charming renunció como alcalde, devolviendo el trabajo a King Cole, para centrarse en el esfuerzo bélico. Durante la historia de War and Pieces , ocupó el puesto de comandante de combate en la nave celestial Glory of Bagdad construida por Arabian Fables y comandada por Sinbad, dirigiendo las operaciones ofensivas y defensivas de la nave durante la guerra y la misión de Glory de bombardear las puertas que conectan el mundo natal imperial con el resto del Imperio. Después de la destrucción de Glory , Charming, a pesar de las graves heridas, arrastró una bomba a pie hasta la última puerta restante, con Sinbad acompañándolo para defenderse de las fuerzas hostiles. Al llegar a su destino en contra de una oposición considerable, Charming arrastró la bomba hasta el sitio de la puerta, afirmando que colocaría la mecha más larga posible para darse la mejor oportunidad de alejarse de la explosión.

Charming no logró salir antes de que estallara la bomba. Su cuerpo nunca fue encontrado y un ataúd que contenía su uniforme, medallas y algunos efectos personales fue enterrado en el cementerio de la granja en ausencia. Una estatua de Charming en Fabletown está dedicada a su memoria.

En Las 1001 noches de nieve , una precuela de la serie Fábulas , se dio la verdadera razón por la que el Príncipe Encantador engañó a Blancanieves con Rosa Roja en primer lugar. Contrariamente a la creencia popular, aún no sabía de su incapacidad para permanecer fiel en el matrimonio. A petición de un regalo de bodas, le dio lecciones de esgrima a Blancanieves y se hizo cargo de investigar una serie de asesinatos en todo el reino (se reveló que las víctimas eran los Siete Enanitos). Afirma que uno de los prisioneros violentos lo hizo y lo hizo ejecutar. Esto mantuvo la paz con los enanos. Sabía que realmente era Blancanieves, ya que las heridas de espada indicaban un manejo progresivo de la espada. Debido a que había perdido su confianza en ella, hizo que Rosa Roja se mudara con ellos en el castillo y, poco después, engañó a Blancanieves con Rosa Roja, lo que se revela en el arco de la historia de Rosa Roja como resultado de que Rosa Roja lo sedujera, a pesar de su resistencia inicial.

Las teorías, tanto dentro como fuera de la página, especulan que emite feromonas poderosas y mágicas, que son responsables de su gran capacidad para seducir a casi cualquier mujer que desee. Según las respuestas dadas en el número de Burning Questions , el Príncipe Encantador había tenido no menos de 1.412 conquistas románticas a la edad de quince años. ^[3] Afirmó que es capaz de ganar cualquier cortejo, ya sea el de una mujer soltera o una elección política.

En el arco argumental de La Bella , El regreso del maharajá , se revela que Charming sobrevivió a sus heridas. Nathoo (del Libro de la selva de Rudyard Kipling ) lo encontró y llevó a Charming al Indu (la versión de la India en las Tierras Originarias ), donde fue curado. Debido a que Charming es una Fable popular, sus heridas sanaron rápidamente. Pronto se convirtió en el líder de un grupo de aldeas que unieron fuerzas para derrocar al maharajá . Charming luego se convirtió en Maharajá Charming, después de matar al maharajá original. Charming finalmente renuncia a su título y decide regresar a Fabletown. Su historia continuará en las páginas de Fables .

La tercera esposa del Príncipe Encantador, Cenicienta, es vista a menudo como ruidosa y bulliciosa por sus compañeras de Fábulas, y normalmente se la conoce simplemente por el nombre de Cindy. Es la dueña y gerente de su propia zapatería, la Zapatilla de Cristal, en Fabletown. Este es su primer trabajo, y posiblemente su principal fuente de ingresos, pero también tiene otro trabajo importante: trabaja en secreto para el Sheriff (primero Bigby Wolf y luego Beast) como una de sus espías no registradas.

Cenicienta fue reclutada como su agente extraoficial poco después de su llegada al mundo mundano, aproximadamente dos siglos antes del escenario actual de los cómics. Las misiones mostradas han incluido seducir a Ichabod Crane en París para lograr que revele que estaba dispuesto a convertirse en traidor y proporcionar información valiosa al Adversario. Ella sirvió como enviada a los gigantes de los Reinos de las Nubes, con el objetivo de forjar una alianza con ellos, una misión que finalmente la puso en deuda con Frau Totenkinder, pero que también despejó el camino para la inserción encubierta de Bigby Wolf en las Patrias representadas en Felices para siempre , una misión en la que Cenicienta sirvió como su oficial de información. También participó en el interrogatorio de los soldados de madera capturados después de la Batalla de Fabletown, y luego ayudó con el interrogatorio de Baba Yaga . Ella ha tenido una larga vendetta con Dorothy Gale, tanto a nivel físico como ideológico. Mientras que Dorothy era una mercenaria motivada por la emoción del asesinato y el caos, Cenicienta está motivada por el deber y el pragmatismo. Después de derrotar finalmente a Dorothy, Cenicienta tomó sus zapatillas mágicas como recompensa y ahora presumiblemente también puede usarlas para disfrazarse.

Cenicienta se considera la mejor agente secreta que jamás haya existido, ya que, al ser inmortal, ha tenido múltiples vidas humanas para perfeccionar su oficio y, de manera única entre las Fábulas, ha tenido acceso no solo a los recursos mágicos de las Fábulas, sino también a todas las tecnologías y técnicas perfeccionadas por la población mundana. Su personalidad pública es ruidosa, descarada y despreocupada, y la mayoría de sus compañeras de Fábulas la descartan como una playgirl superficial y en gran medida irresponsable. Sin embargo, en una misión, Cenicienta es tranquila, calculadora y con frecuencia despiadada, y no muestra ningún reparo en matar cuando es necesario. Cenicienta finalmente encuentra su fin después de matar finalmente a Frau Totenkinder, en parte a pedido de Blancanieves dada la decisión de Totenkinder de ponerse del lado de Rosa Roja y equilibrar las cuentas entre ellas.

El reino de Cole fue fácilmente derrotado por las fuerzas del Adversario. Solo con la ayuda de sus leales y cariñosos súbditos pudo esconderse en el bosque y sobrevivir lo suficiente para llegar a la Tierra.

Alcalde de Fabletown desde su fundación, el viejo Rey Cole prefirió dejar la gestión del lugar a Blancanieves, su adjunta, centrándose más en los aspectos más ceremoniales y formales del papel, un arreglo que generalmente funcionó bien. Finalmente, el Príncipe Encantador lo desafió para el puesto, y ganó después de hacer una serie de promesas precipitadas que demostró ser incapaz de cumplir. Dejó el ático del alcalde y compartió habitación brevemente con Boy Blue, que había perdido a su compañero de habitación Pinocho durante el asalto del Adversario a Fabletown. Luego se mudó a la casa de La Bella y la Bestia, y ellos mismos se mudaron a la antigua casa de Blancanieves. El Rey Cole, un hombre bien intencionado y amable, encontró su derrota profundamente deprimente. Cuando las Fábulas árabes llegaron a Fabletown, Cole encontró una importancia renovada como uno de los pocos Fábulas que hablaban árabe con fluidez, y su perspicacia diplomática lo llevó a una estrecha amistad con Simbad. Antes de esto, Cole había sido retratado como una figura decorativa cuyo deber principal era dar la mano al presupuesto de Fabletown; Sus sesiones diplomáticas mostraron una astucia y sagacidad que no había mostrado antes. Desde entonces se convirtió en embajador en Fabletown East en Bagdad. Regresó a Fabletown brevemente para presidir la boda de Blancanieves y Bigby Wolf. ^[3] Al comienzo de la guerra con el Imperio, el Príncipe Encantador renunció a su puesto de alcalde y devolvió el trabajo al Rey Cole.

Cole siguió siendo alcalde después de la guerra y, como antes, delegó deberes oficiales al vicealcalde, que ahora era Beauty. Cuando Mister Dark escapó de su prisión, los encantamientos sobre Fabletown comenzaron a desvanecerse y causaron que toda la estructura del edificio se derrumbara. Cole tuvo un breve momento de incertidumbre hasta que Grimble le dio un apasionado discurso sobre su responsabilidad como alcalde. Cole llevó a la comunidad de Fable a evacuar a The Farm para reagruparse y averiguar qué hacer a partir de ahí. Además, él y Beauty también se hicieron cargo de las tareas de niñera de Bigby y los cachorros de Snow mientras los padres fueron enviados a investigar las afirmaciones de Jack Horner sobre los Literals, así como la caída de Rose Red en una profunda depresión después de la muerte de Boy Blue.

Las habilidades diplomáticas de Cole sirvieron más tarde a la comunidad de Fable cuando más Mundies se dieron cuenta de ellas y, por lo tanto, se asustaron de ellas.

Originalmente mayordomo de Barba Azul, Hobbes el duende se quedó a trabajar para el Príncipe Encantador después de que el Príncipe matara a su antiguo amo. Tranquilo y digno, Hobbes es, sin embargo, un luchador formidable y luchó salvajemente durante la Batalla de Fabletown. Hobbes trabajó incansablemente en la campaña electoral de Charming y, en general, resultó invaluable para su amo. Posee un glamour para usar en público, presumiblemente proporcionado por sus amos, y señala con orgullo que mantiene un historial intachable de confiabilidad con él. Su gran experiencia como sirviente lo lleva a estar aparentemente muy bien pagado; cuando se le preguntó al respecto, el Príncipe Encantador señaló secamente que Hobbes estaba mejor pagado como sirviente que como alcalde. El nombre Hobbes es un juego de palabras obvio con la palabra hobgoblin . Él es el primero en notar que el oro que cubre al Sr. Dark se está agrietando. También es el primero en caer ante el ahora liberado Sr. Dark. El señor Dark se queda con el cráneo de Hobbe, con la intención de comerse los dientes del duende más tarde, para poder invocar su espíritu y que lo sirva. El viento del norte mata al señor Dark antes de que esto suceda.

Se presume que su nombre se debe al filósofo inglés Thomas Hobbes . ^[4]

Briar Rose, mejor conocida como La Bella Durmiente , fue la segunda esposa del Príncipe Encantador . Escapó de las Tierras Nativas con casi nada, pero una bendición recibida el día de su bautizo, que prometía que siempre sería rica, vino a su rescate, y rápidamente ganó una gran riqueza mediante la especulación exitosa en el mercado de valores . Como tal, vive en un lujoso apartamento lleno de muebles caros. Sin embargo, su maldición sigue vigente, y el más mínimo pinchazo en el dedo hace que se quede dormida, seguida por todos los demás en el edificio, que luego está rodeado de plantas con espinas que crecen rápidamente. Un beso de un "príncipe" (genuinamente) amoroso restablece la maldición al principio. Se ha revelado durante una conversación con Bigby que en un incidente cuando le pincharon el dedo, la policía envió a un perro policía llamado "Príncipe" y su inocente beso de perro la despertó, el afecto de un perro es honesto y verdadero (aunque Briar amenazó a Bigby con no contarle a nadie el incidente).

Aunque generalmente es un peligro, obligando a Rose a tener mucho cuidado y usar guantes en todo momento, la maldición ha resultado útil en al menos dos ocasiones. La primera fue en la historia A Two-Part Caper cuando el periodista Tommy Sharp amenazó con revelar lo que había descubierto sobre las Fábulas, la maldición fue empleada para poner a los habitantes de su edificio a dormir mientras un equipo liderado por Bigby Wolf saqueaba su apartamento. Cuando llegó el momento de despertarla, el beso del Príncipe Encantador no funcionó, muy probablemente porque ya no la amaba. El beso de Flycatcher la despertó, lo que terminó con ella probando moscas cuando se despertó. Presumiblemente, el amor tiene que ser genuino, pero no tiene por qué ser romántico. Nunca se ha revelado si ella sabía que Flycatcher la despertó o no.

La segunda ocasión fue durante la guerra contra el Imperio, como se muestra en el arco argumental "War and Pieces", cuando la maldición se desplegó dentro de la capital imperial, poniendo a los habitantes de toda la ciudad a dormir, privando al Imperio de la mayoría de sus altos funcionarios y la mayoría de sus hechiceros listos para el combate. Recientemente, la ciudad fue incendiada hasta los cimientos, pero no antes de que Briar Rose y la Reina de las Nieves fueran llevadas, todavía dormidas, por un misterioso grupo de goblins .

En el arco argumental de La Bella Durmiente , Wide Awake , un duende de botella le cuenta a Ali Baba, que está buscando tesoros en la ciudad incendiada, sobre la niña dormida que ha sido bendecida con riquezas y riquezas eternas, pero que necesita ser despertada con el beso del amor verdadero de un príncipe. Ali Baba se cuela en el campamento de los duendes y besa a la dormida Briar Rose, que despierta del hechizo, junto con la Reina de las Nieves. La Reina de las Nieves busca vengarse de Rose por haberla puesto a dormir durante años y las toma cautivas a ambas. En lugar de matarlas, la Reina de las Nieves obliga a Jonah, el duende de botella, a contarle historias de la vida de Briar Rose, ya que la Reina de las Nieves "es adicta a las buenas historias", y Jonah es muy bueno contando historias. Mientras Ali Baba y Briar se ven obligados a pasar tiempo con Lumi, Ali Baba se da cuenta de que después de todo no tiene sentimientos por Briar, sino que está enamorado de Lumi. Se revela que debido a que Ali Baba arriesgó su vida para despertar y rescatar a Briar Rose, sus acciones cayeron dentro de la definición de amor verdadero, pero no romántico.

Briar también derrota a Hadeon el Destructor, el hada malvada del cuento de hadas. Las hadas madrinas de Briar luego convierten a Hadeon en un automóvil que puede viajar a cualquier mundo y los espacios entre mundos. El automóvil tiene que servir mil veces antes de que vuelva a ser Hadeon. Briar usa el automóvil para viajar de regreso a Fabletown, recién reconstruido, como se ve en el arco de la historia de Fables Blancanieves . Cuando el automóvil haya sido usado novecientas noventa y nueve veces, planea llevarlo al depósito de chatarra y destruir a Hadeon en una trituradora de automóviles . En la novela gráfica Fairest Fairest In All the Land , se revela que Briar Rose tiene una relación secreta con la dríada Prince Aspen, algo que nadie en Fabletown sabía, pero una asesina Ricitos de Oro asesinó a los dos por ceder a los deseos "carnales", quemándolos a ambos juntos. Cenicienta puede resucitarla, pero no pudo traer de vuelta al Príncipe Aspen.

El destino final de Briar Rose se da en la penúltima compilación, Fables: Happily Ever After . Después de muchos años de aventuras, Briar Rose, que había sido arañada por una espada de no-muerto, comienza a sucumbir a una maldición similar a la de un zombi. Ella regresa a Fabletown para recoger a Hadeon, a quien le queda exactamente un viaje antes de regresar a su propia forma. Briar Rose le ordena a Hadeon que la lleve "al final del universo" y luego le pincha el dedo, declarando que si debe convertirse en un horror no-muerto, no estará despierta para ello y mantendrá su juramento de evitar que Hadeon vuelva a dañar a alguien.

Uno de los tres cirujanos del ejército de la historia de los hermanos Grimm de ese nombre, Swineheart trabaja en el Hospital de los Caballeros de Malta en Nueva York, donde la Sección de Investigación Especial es de hecho una tapadera para la instalación médica privada exclusiva para Fábulas. Swineheart se hizo cargo de la recuperación de Blancanieves después de que Ricitos de Oro le disparara en la cabeza durante la rebelión abortiva en la Granja, y también la trató extensamente durante su embarazo con los hijos de Bigby. Un cirujano de campo de batalla sin igual, sus servicios resultaron invaluables durante la batalla de Fabletown. Parece haber adoptado algunas actitudes mundanas, muy probablemente porque trata con pacientes mundanos además de su trabajo con las Fábulas, hasta el punto de que comienza a sugerir la posibilidad de un aborto cuando Snow expresa su descontento por el escándalo en el que ha resultado su embarazo. Snow, horrorizada, le impide seguir adelante y amenaza con echarlo de Fabletown si persiste.

Maldecida por Frau Totenkinder (por desagradarle siendo una 'niña guarrilla'), el cabello de Rapunzel crece constantemente, a un ritmo de diez centímetros por hora, por lo que tiene que vivir en las condiciones más restrictivas para evitar que los mundanos se den cuenta. Tiene tres cortes de pelo al día. Era parte del grupo de Fábulas que formaban parte de la última resistencia en el antiguo territorio y también estuvo presente en el Día del Recuerdo de los que murieron en la batalla en el Último Castillo. Se revela en Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love que la Hada Madrina de Cenicienta le mostró al príncipe de Rapunzel el camino a la torre en la que estaba retenida, principalmente para fastidiar a Frau Totenkinder. En Fairest se revela que Rapunzel no cree que Totenkinder se haya reformado y la desprecia. También se revela que para sobrevivir al invierno, la madre de Rapunzel la vendió por un puñado de oro a Totenkinder para que fuera la aprendiz de bruja. Rapunzel y el príncipe tuvieron una apasionada historia de amor que resultó en el embarazo de Rapunzel. Cuando Totenkinder se enteró, echó a Rapunzel de casa. A pesar de la mala historia, Rapunzel llama a Totenkinder "mamá", aunque podría ser para caerle bien a Totenkinder.

Después de ser expulsada por Totenkinder, Rapunzel intentó encontrar a su amante perdido. Sin que ella lo supiera, la hada madrina de Cenicienta le prohibió al príncipe volver a contactar con Rapunzel, ya que la madrina tenía "planes para ella". Nadie acogería a Rapunzel, una mujer sin hogar, debido a su pasado como pupila de Totenkinder. Cuando Rapunzel estaba dando a luz a sus hijos, una mujer extraña acudió en su ayuda. La mujer la drogó y le robó a las niñas, que eran gemelas. Rapunzel pasó siglos buscando a sus hijas en cien mundos. Finalmente, se dio por vencida y navegó hacia el borde del mundo en un barco, planeando morir. En cambio, apareció en la orilla de uno de los Reinos Ocultos, una Patria de Fábula poblada por personas y criaturas de la mitología y la cultura japonesas . Allí, se convirtió en miembro de la corte del Emperador y tuvo un romance lésbico con una kitsune llamada Tomoko.

También se revela que Rapunzel es Okiku de la famosa historia de fantasmas japonesa; mientras pasaba tiempo en la corte del Emperador, tomó Okiku como su nuevo nombre. El shogun hizo desterrar al amante de Rapunzel, junto con muchos otros yokai . Confiscó el fuego zorro de la kitsune, su alma, que mantuvo fuera de su cuerpo. El shogun guardó el fuego zorro en una caja fuerte cerrada con un rompecabezas deslizante . Cuando Rapunzel intentó recuperar el fuego zorro para Tomoko, descubrió que no podía resolver el rompecabezas deslizante y rompió un plato con ira. El shogun la atrapó tratando de entrar en la caja fuerte, la golpeó y arrojó su cuerpo flácido a un pozo. Rapunzel no pudo salir del pozo y se comió el cabello para sobrevivir. Tosió cientos de bolas de pelo , que le hablaban con bocas espinosas. Rapunzel anudó varias de ellas en su cabello, lo que le dio el apoyo que necesitaba para salir. Ella escapó del pozo y mató al shogun y a sus hombres.

Siglos después, en el mundo mundano, Rapunzel y Joel Crow se aventuran con Jack Horner (antes de su ruptura con Rose Red ) a Japón , donde las Fábulas Japonesas han comenzado una nueva vida después de la invasión del Adversario. Rapunzel se ve atrapada en una guerra entre el grupo de Tomoko y las otras Fábulas Japonesas, pero finalmente logra ayudar a su ex amante y a las Fábulas Japonesas a encontrar el camino de regreso a su tierra natal a través de un portal mágico. Frau Totenkinder le revela a Joel Crow que sabe quién se llevó a los hijos de Rapunzel, y que esta persona es un enemigo de Totenkinder, que usaría a Rapunzel para derribarla a ella y a todo Fabletown. Esta es la razón por la que se llevaron a los gemelos y por qué no puede decírselo a Rapunzel. Ella convence a Joel para que le dé a Rapunzel una poción de memoria que la hará olvidar a sus hijas, Tomoko y El Reino Oculto. Se da a entender que Joel le da la poción a Rapunzel.

Kay , que en su día fue prisionero de la Reina de las Nieves , ahora es un adulto y vive en Nueva York, lejos de Fabletown. Nunca se ha dicho qué le pasó a su amiga Gerda ni a su hogar. Todavía tiene los fragmentos del espejo de troll en el ojo, con el resultado de que ve todo lo malo que la gente ha hecho alguna vez. El dolor que esto le causa lo lleva a sacarse los ojos de forma rutinaria, aunque posteriormente vuelven a crecer en un período de unos diez años. Kay ha demostrado ser muy útil en el pasado para detectar traidores, y es con esto en mente que Beast le pidió a Frau Totenkinder que le devolviera mágicamente la vista a Kay para ayudarlo a erradicar a Fables que podrían estar trabajando en secreto para el Adversario. Debido a su habilidad, Kay es la única otra persona en Fabletown que conoce todos los detalles de las acciones pasadas de Bigby y cómo Frau Totenkinder realmente obtiene sus poderes. El "mal" que ve está definido por la moral de Fabletown y no por la justicia de Mundy, ya que ve el "mal" en Bigby (aunque en su mayoría estaba haciendo lo que hizo debido a una comprensible (desde la perspectiva de los lobos) aversión a los humanos, y por hambre en lugar de por el bien del mal) y en Frau Totenkinder (aunque lo que ella hace es perfectamente legal desde el punto de vista de la justicia estadounidense de Mundy del siglo XXI). Después de ver el mal en El Adversario, está tan abrumado que se saca los ojos nuevamente. Poco después, es asesinado por el Sr. Dark, quien devora sus dientes para convertirlo en un marchito. Cuando Totenkinder destruye los dientes del Sr. Dark alimentándolo con dulces, lo más probable es que esto termine con el control de Dark sobre el cuerpo de Kay.

La señora Sprat , cuyo primer nombre es Leigh, trabaja como enfermera en el ala de investigación especial del Hospital de los Caballeros de Malta y, como dice el poema, es gorda. La señora Sprat es una persona bastante fea y gruñona, lo que no le hace ningún bien en una comunidad llena de hombres y mujeres hermosos. Su marido fue otra de las víctimas de Ghost. En Fables #100, Blancanieves la regaña por su actitud desagradable y rencorosa hacia la Sheriff Bestia y Bella mientras esta última está de parto. Snow explica que, si bien una puede salirse con la suya siendo mala si es hermosa, también puede salirse con la suya siendo horrible si es agradable, y dado que la señora Sprat es fea y mala, tendrá que hacer algo con su actitud antes de que alguien se canse de ella. Al borde de las lágrimas, la señora Sprat revela que odia a todas las hermosas Fables y se convirtió en enfermera para tener la oportunidad de tenerlas bajo su cuidado y a su merced. Cuando las Fábulas parten hacia Haven, la señora Sprat se queda atrás, sin que nadie más lo sepa. Cuando el señor Dark aparece en la granja buscando a las otras Fábulas, se ofrece a revelar su ubicación a cambio de tres cosas: volverse bella, que todas las otras Fábulas bellas se vuelvan feas como ella y que un príncipe la ame con "amor verdadero". El señor Dark acepta las tres condiciones y los dos se van juntos.

El Sr. Dark le muestra a la enfermera Sprat cómo embellecerse haciendo ejercicio y luchando contra su trastorno alimentario comiendo más alimentos magros y menos grasas. La Sra. Sprat está encantada con el gran progreso, pero finalmente se impacienta con su transformación y le pide al Sr. Dark que acelere el proceso. Usando un hechizo extremadamente doloroso, el Sr. Dark la transforma en una hermosa mujer joven con un vestido negro. El Sr. Dark se va para lidiar con las Fábulas y promete convocar a la Sra. Sprat a su lado para que ella vea que las hermosas Fábulas se vuelven feas antes de que mueran. También planea convertirla en su novia y la amante de Castle Dark, su fortaleza en la ciudad de Nueva York . Sprat adopta su apellido de soltera, Duglas, ya que el nombre Sprat proviene de un pasado muerto, pero el Sr. Dark es asesinado por el Sr. North, el Viento del Norte, antes de que cualquiera de sus planes se lleve a cabo. Cuando las Fábulas compañeras de Leigh vienen a reclamar el castillo como suyo después de la muerte del Sr. Dark, Leigh se viste con harapos y se esconde en una mazmorra, fingiendo haber sido prisionera de Dark, y afirma que la razón de su delgada figura es que Dark la dejó sin comer. Desde su transformación, ha intentado ganarse el favor del Rey Cole y el Dr. Swineheart se ha acercado románticamente, para su gran sorpresa. Recientemente se reveló que ella retuvo el último fragmento de Bigby después de que Brandish lo convirtiera en vidrio y lo destrozara. Ahora lista para asumir el manto del Sr. Dark, resucita a Bigby en una forma salvaje y lo libera contra las Fábulas. Cuando las Fábulas exigen la muerte de Bigby, Leigh acusa vehementemente a las Fábulas de falta de piedad, especialmente a Rose Red como la supuesta campeona de la esperanza de segundas oportunidades. Mejorada por la magia como líder de los Caballeros de la Mesa Infinita, Rose finalmente ve la verdadera forma de Leigh y nota su anillo de vidrio, hecho con el fragmento de Bigby. Tras matar a Leigh, Rose Red toma el anillo y asume el control de Bigby.

Los siete hijos de Snow y Bigby son un grupo de híbridos alborotadores e impredecibles que parecen haber heredado habilidades de todas las facetas de su herencia. Todos, excepto Ghost, pueden volar, al principio de manera incontrolable, ya que volar era su estado natural; necesitaban que les enseñaran a mantenerse en tierra. Pueden transformarse en lobos.

Uno de los siete, más tarde llamado Fantasma por Bigby, es un céfiro, un viento rebelde cuya naturaleza invisible hizo que sus padres inicialmente no supieran de su existencia. Esta entidad se alimentaba del aire de los seres vivos, matándolos accidentalmente antes de aprender a controlarlos. Blancanieves, después de una serie de muertes, descubre que fueron causadas inadvertidamente por su último hijo. Ella envía a Fantasma a encontrar a su padre autoexiliado. Desde entonces, la familia se ha reunido. En su quinto cumpleaños, los otros seis cachorros conocieron a Fantasma, pero juraron guardar el secreto sobre su existencia, ya que los céfiros se consideran aberraciones peligrosas, y su abuelo, el Sr. North, está obligado por un voto previo a exterminar a cualquier céfiro que se sepa que existe. Fantasma parece dulce, si acaso confundido ya que no puede sentir las cosas normales que sienten los demás. No tiene hambre, sed ni sueño, pero es bueno para encontrar personas, que fue lo que convenció a Blancanieves de encontrar a Bigby.

Ambrose , el cachorro regordete y dulce que lleva el nombre de Flycatcher, es retratado como el eslabón débil, a menudo demasiado asustado para transformarse o volar cuando está en peligro. Ambrose narra ciertos eventos como el viaje de la familia al castillo de su abuelo, así como su escape por poco de sus seis tíos salvajes, con quienes su padre luchó más tarde. Estos se hacen en forma de memorias .

Darien se muestra como el líder de la manada, algo que Bigby ha comentado. Otra cachorra hembra, Winter (nombrada en honor a la madre de Bigby), es retratada como tímida y tierna, a menudo se la muestra chupándose el pulgar o sosteniendo un animal de peluche, generalmente la única de los cachorros que lo hace. Su hermano Darien se ha referido a Winter como la más pequeña de la camada, a pesar de ser la primogénita. También se destaca porque, a diferencia de sus otros hermanos, fue la única que nació con apariencia completamente humana. Los cachorros restantes son Conner , que no es muy diferente de Darien en personalidad y posee características faciales similares como el Príncipe Azul; Therese , una cachorra de cabeza rubia que es observadora, pero tiende a confundir las cosas; y Blossom , que tiene un gran parecido con Rose Red, parece haber heredado algunas cualidades estereotipadas de "Princesa de cuento de hadas", y a menudo se la ve con lindas y tiernas criaturas del bosque y mariposas siguiéndola. ^[3]

Durante el panel del Fables Forum en la Comic Con de San Diego de 2009, se repartió a los asistentes una historia de una página que predecía el destino de los cachorros posiblemente dentro de los próximos cien números. Ambrose conoce a una de las Brujas del Piso Trece, Ozma de Oz, la joven y infantil segunda al mando de Frau Totenkinder, quien a instancias suyas le cuenta una profecía que tuvo. Ella explica:

• El primer niño será un rey (Invierno).
• El segundo niño es un pobre (Blossom).
• La tercera hará una cosa mala (Teresa).
• El cuarto morirá para detenerla (Darién).
• El quinto será un héroe audaz (Conner).
• El sexto juzgará a los demás (Ambrosio).
• El séptimo vive hasta la eternidad y es bendecido por el cielo (Espíritu).

La Bruja explica además que su visión no dio detalles específicos sobre qué niño es cuál y deja que Ambrose decida si debe contárselo a los demás. ^[5]

Cuando los Cachorros se acercan a su noveno cumpleaños, se revela el primer resultado de la profecía. Después de la muerte del Viento del Norte, el padre de Bigby, se elige un sucesor entre sus nietos. Después de realizar una serie de pruebas, Winter es nombrado ganador y el nuevo rey del reino del Viento del Norte. Winter será enviada pronto a su entrenamiento, pero le admite a su padre que tiene un miedo mortal como resultado de haber tenido recientemente pesadillas de su yo mayor como el Viento del Norte. En sus sueños, ya no es su yo dulce y tímido y se ve a sí misma como una persona fría y egoísta que lastima a la gente. No se sabe si esto sucederá. Para cuando ocurren los eventos de Camelot , se revela que Winter ha asumido por completo los poderes del Viento del Norte, incluida la capacidad de aparecer en varios lugares a la vez donde sea que exista el Viento del Norte. Si bien toma la forma de una niña para evitar que su madre se preocupe, Winter en realidad posee una forma adulta que refleja su edad y el conocimiento heredado de sus predecesores y es considerablemente más despiadada de lo que parece su forma infantil. Sin que Blancanieves lo sepa, Invierno ha decidido reunir todos los poderes bajo su control, incluidos los otros vientos cardinales, la Reina de las Nieves y Papá Noel, como parte de un ejército contra las fuerzas de Rosa Roja y los Caballeros de la Mesa Infinita.

Posteriormente, se revela que el tercer y cuarto niño mencionado en la profecía son Therese y Darien respectivamente. Después de recibir un remolcador de plástico rojo (Mr. Steampuddle) para Navidad de un admirador desconocido, Therese es llevada a Toyland, una tierra misteriosa donde van los juguetes desechados, y está encantada de ser coronada Reina de Toyland. Consternada cuando descubre que no puede volar ni volver a casa, comienza a morir de hambre ya que nada crece en Toyland y se entera de que todos los habitantes de Toyland son juguetes que causaron que sus dueños infantiles murieran en accidentes, como asfixia o ahogamiento, y ella es la última de una larga lista de niños desafortunados que murieron de hambre antes de poder restaurar los juguetes. De regreso al mundo "mundy", Darien se da cuenta de que, como líder de la manada, es su trabajo cuidar del resto de los cachorros. Con la ayuda de Lord Mountbatten, un tigre mágico capaz de tomar forma física, viaja a Toyland para rescatar a su hermana. Sin embargo, el ejército de juguetes los ataca, hiere a Darien y toma prisionero a Mountbatten. Therese, con su condición cada vez más deteriorada y la oscura influencia de la tierra, ordena que maten a Mountbatten para su sustento, comiendo salvajemente su carne cruda antes de ordenar que se quemen los juguetes para cocinar su comida, cometiendo así la "cosa malvada" descrita en la profecía. Para salvar a su hermana, Darien se da cuenta de que debe sacrificarse y se empala en un mini taco de billar roto. Su sangre va a un caldero mágico y su cuerpo va al suelo; debido al linaje mágico de Darien, su sangre invoca una magia antigua que permite que el crecimiento llegue a Toyland y restaura el caldero para que mágicamente se llene con comida caliente y fresca todos los días. Therese llora a su hermano durante mucho, mucho tiempo y, al madurar, decide poner en práctica el sacrificio de su hermano y comienza la restauración de Toyland. Obligando a todos a aceptar que son asesinos, incluida ella misma, ordena al Sr. Steampuddle que lidere una serie de nuevos viajes y que los juguetes salven vidas. A lo largo de muchos años, los juguetes se restauran gradualmente y Therese regresa al mundo mundano para informar a su familia sobre el destino de Darien. Sin embargo, aunque ha crecido, ha pasado poco tiempo y sus hermanos siguen siendo todos niños. Therese también revela que está atada a Toyland como su reina debido a las consecuencias de sus acciones y que eventualmente debe regresar.

El sexto hijo de la profecía se revela como Ambrose, reforzado por su respuesta a la historia de Therese como "el que juzgará al resto" a través de su papel como historiador de las Fábulas. En la historia de Fábulas El juego del destino , un Ambrose adulto parece estar en una relación bien establecida con la Dama del Lago . En esa historia, también se revela que, sin importar su casi inmortalidad (debido a su naturaleza como Fábulas y medio dioses), todos morirán, eventualmente (ya que Bigby está destinado a sobrevivirlos a todos). Aún así, de acuerdo con el nuevo destino de Bigby, todos sus cachorros devastarán mundos (lo que significa que todos harán cosas terribles, eventualmente, aunque esto se contradice con el noble suicidio de Dare antes de que tuviera la oportunidad de cometer cualquier crimen de cualquier tipo), pero como se señaló anteriormente, la Dama puede reasignar destinos. En la historia de Fábulas Blancanieves , el adulto Ambrose narra los acontecimientos que llevaron a la muerte de Bigby y revela que él es el niño que juzga al resto como predijo la bruja, al contar las historias. El propio Ambrose finalmente se revela como un autor establecido de libros infantiles y cuentos populares, además de tener seis hijos con la Dama del Lago.

Las partes restantes de la profecía se confirman en el último volumen de la serie, Farewell . Blossom se convierte en la "pobre", una cazadora que vive sin posesiones materiales ni comodidades, viviendo de y protegiendo bestias y tierras, lo cual es un punto de discordia entre ella y Winter; Conner es el "héroe audaz", un aventurero que viaja a través de mundos, aunque su actitud extravagante lo ha puesto en desacuerdo con el más realista Ambrose; y Ghost se revela como el "que vive hasta las eras, y es bendecido por el cielo" en virtud de sobrevivir a todos sus hermanos después de una vida larga y llena de acontecimientos.

• El Caballero Renegado: Una figura humana con armadura medieval completa, el Caballero cuelga de una soga atada al árbol en la oficina comercial de Fabletown en los primeros números de Fables. Todo lo que se sabía sobre él era que aparentemente se había suicidado en algún momento del siglo XIII y que, cuando estaba bajo los efectos del alcohol, era propenso a cantar y pronunciar profecías; se menciona que las cosas se complicaron decididamente la última vez que esto sucedió. En el arco argumental de El Buen Príncipe , se revela que el Caballero Renegado es el fantasma de Lancelot , quien ha prometido su servicio a Flycatcher, además de haber nombrado caballero a Ambrose para convertirse en el Rey Único y Futuro.
• Cock Robin : es uno de los pájaros mensajeros que utilizan las autoridades de Fabletown para comunicarse con La Granja cuando las líneas telefónicas de la Granja no funcionan. Otro pájaro de Fable lo mata durante la revuelta de la Granja.
• Jack Ketch: El verdugo que mató a Dun y Posey Pig después de la revolución en la Granja. Lleva el nombre del infame verdugo . Según Bill Willingham , Jack Ketch en Fables es un cargo, y no una sola persona. ^[4]
• Edmond Dantès : Más conocido por su famoso alias de " El Conde de Montecristo ", Edmond posee y dirige la Academia de Esgrima Chateau d'If de Fabletown . A menudo se lo puede encontrar en la Taberna Branstock. Es asesinado por Ricitos de Oro en la novela gráfica Fairest Fairest In All the Land , durante una lección de esgrima con Blancanieves, quien era la víctima prevista de Ricitos de Oro. Aunque Blancanieves es resucitada por Cenicienta, Dantès no, ya que Cindy solo puede devolver la vida a la mitad de las víctimas de Ricitos de Oro.
• Hermanos Cuervo : Joel, Vulco y Ephram Crow son los tres sobrevivientes de los doce hermanos originales . Los hermanos, todos guerreros, lucharon ferozmente contra las fuerzas del Adversario y los Cuervos fueron fundamentales para asegurar el escape de la última nave en abandonar las Patrias, ya que los siete sobrevivientes, armados solo con dagas, se enfrentaron y derrotaron a un par de dragones que amenazaban la nave que huía, a costa de cuatro de ellos. En estos días, la única tarea de Joel es cortar el cabello de Rapunzel tres veces al día, Ephram trabaja como guardia de seguridad en el hospital de los Caballeros de Malta y Vulco dirige el restaurante I Am the Eggman. Los tres Cuervos fueron traídos para ayudar con el arresto de los visitantes Arabian Fables. Se sabe que Vulco sale con Clara, la ex dragón convertida en pájaro, en su forma de pájaro; así como con una bella doncella llamada Katrinelje mientras está en forma humana.
• El espejo mágico : sirvió como asesor de Bufkin mientras este último se quedó varado en la oficina comercial. Otras personas que le han hecho preguntas al espejo son Flycatcher, Prince Charming y Jack Horner. En el arco argumental de las brujas , el espejo también se identifica como el espejo del cuento de La reina de las nieves .
• Thrushbeard : Tan hirsuto como su nombre sugiere, Thrushbeard aparentemente logró escapar de las Tierras Natales con parte de su fortuna real, como lo observó Jack cuando intentó venderle las habichuelas mágicas al rey exiliado; Thrushbeard, que conocía las costumbres de Jack, no quiso tener nada que ver con eso. A menudo se lo puede encontrar bebiendo en la taberna Branstock. Se desconoce si su esposa escapó de las Tierras Natales con él.
• El niño que gritó lobo : se hace referencia a él en el arco argumental de La marcha de los soldados de madera . Cuando Blancanieves no cree la historia de Jack Horner sobre los soldados de madera, Blancanieves le pregunta si alguna vez escuchó hablar del niño que gritó lobo; Jack responde: "Claro, Blancanieves. Vive en el séptimo piso" (del edificio Woodland).
• La pequeña Señorita Muffet y la araña: ahora aparentemente casada con la araña y llamándose a sí misma la Señora Telaraña, es la mayor chismosa de Fabletown. Su esposo, la Araña, fue una de las víctimas del hijo de Snow, Fantasma. Más tarde estuvo entre los fantasmas que acompañaron a Flycatcher a Haven.
• El monstruo de Frankenstein : Frankenstein fue animado por los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial . Bigby luchó contra el monstruo (en una referencia a la película de 1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man ) cuando él y un escuadrón de soldados aliados asaltaron el castillo donde se estaba realizando el experimento. La cabeza aún animada del Monstruo se guarda en la oficina comercial en el edificio Woodlands, donde Bigby charla con él de vez en cuando. A menudo tiene sed fantasma y Bufkin le da de beber, aunque la última vez que esto sucedió, el fondo de su jaula se oxidó. Es el querido amigo y aliado de Bufkin, se une a Bufkin y los demás cuando descubren que están atrapados con Baba Yaga. En el arco de la historia de March of the Wooden Soldiers , se puede ver a Pinocho leyendo la novela de Frankenstein , lo que establece su existencia en el mundo mundano de la serie; Aún está por aclararse si el Monstruo es una verdadera Fábula (es decir, un migrante de una tierra natal donde ocurrieron los eventos de la novela) o un caso raro de un nativo paranormal no Fábula de lo Mundano.
• La gallina de los huevos de oro : Gudrun, que se cree que murió durante el asalto del adversario a Homelands, logró escapar y ahora vive en una guarida secreta dentro del edificio Woodlands. Sus huevos le proporcionaron a Bigby una fuente imposible de rastrear para sus actividades encubiertas. Ahora que Bigby se fue, Gudrun cumple el mismo papel para su reemplazo, Beast.
• Shylock : En The Mean Seasons , Bigby habla de un hombre que convierte los huevos de la Oca en dinero. Bill Willingham ha identificado a la persona como Shylock, el personaje central de El mercader de Venecia de Shakespeare . ^[6] Parece que Shylock todavía trabaja con dinero de alguna manera no especificada.
• Jack Sprat : asesinado fuera de la pantalla por Ghost durante el arco argumental de The Mean Seasons . También se lo menciona en la historia de Jack of Fables, Jack O' Lantern .
• Barbara Allen : Se la menciona en los arcos argumentales The Mean Seasons y Rose Red . Es el personaje de una canción popular. Ghost la mató accidentalmente.
• Hakim: Un esclavo árabe recién liberado, ha tenido problemas para adaptarse a la Nueva York actual. Se convirtió en el guardaespaldas de Briar Rose cuando ella aceptó usar su maldición para inutilizar la capital del Imperio. Años después, todavía dormía junto con la Sra. Someone, quien actuó como guardiana mágica de Briar Rose. Recientemente, los duendes sacaron a la durmiente Briar Rose de la ciudad, antes de que la ciudad fuera incendiada, y se supone que la Sra. Someone y Hakim murieron en el incendio.
• El carnicero, el panadero y el fabricante de candelabros : aparecen en Felices para siempre y en The Great Fables Crossover . Jack Horner, tras conocer a la versión revisada del trío en el Golden Boughs Retirement Village , afirma que son espías del Sr. Revise y no los verdaderos. Cuando ordena a los otros Fables que los arresten, el panadero corre para salvar su vida. ^[7]
• Bean Nighe : Se la menciona por primera vez en un mapa de Fabletown, impreso en el libro de bolsillo comercial Wolves , que dice que Ford Laundry está a cargo de "la lavandera de Ford". Hace su primera aparición en la novela gráfica Fairest Fairest In All the Land , que revela que Bean Nighe tiene la capacidad de predecir las muertes de otras personas. En esta historia, Bean Nighe, junto con Morgan le Fay, fueron víctimas a manos de Ricitos de Oro. Cenicienta puede traer de vuelta a las víctimas de Ricitos de Oro, pero solo se le permite elegir la mitad, y elige a Morgan Le Fay, al verla como un callejón más valioso para Fabletown.
• Fair Katrinelje : Ella está saliendo con Vulco Crow cuando él es humano.
• SOS: La Sociedad de los Segundos, una facción compuesta por Fábulas que nacieron en el mundo de Mundy, probablemente antes de la Maldición del Flautista de Hamelin. Quieren regresar y establecer un país en una de las Patrias ahora liberadas.
• Seamus McGuire, miembro de la banda de Boy Blue que toca el arpa . Se lo menciona en Peter and Max: A Fables Novel y se lo puede ver con la banda en la historia de Fables "All in a Single Night" .
• Baby Joe Sheppard, un miembro de la banda de Boy Blue que toca la batería . Se lo menciona en Peter and Max: A Fables Novel y se lo puede ver con miembros de la banda en las historias de Fables Single Combat y "All in a Single Night" .
• Crispin Cordwainer: El famoso zapatero de Los elfos y el zapatero , llamado así por San Crispín , el patrón de los zapateros. Él dirige la Zapatilla de Cristal mientras Cenicienta está haciendo su trabajo de espionaje. Los elfos todavía tienen una relación de trabajo con él, aunque sus dones mágicos vienen con efectos secundarios inesperados. Esto se ve cuando Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love mientras Cindy va a otra misión (aunque ella le dijo que era un viaje de negocios) él decide dirigir la tienda a su manera. Convence a los elfos para que hagan zapatos mágicos para las mujeres de Fabletown, como zapatillas de jogging que troten para mujeres, pero a pesar de su advertencia, obtiene lo que quiere. Viene con un efecto secundario, ya que las mujeres (como Rapunzel que compró zapatillas de jogging) no pueden quitarse los zapatos y las está agotando. Esto hace que las mujeres enojadas organicen una protesta donde los mundys puedan ver, lo que pone a Crispin en problemas con el Sheriff Beast. Finalmente, cuando Cindy regresa, hace que los elfos se lleven los zapatos (aunque Cindy debe pagarles por sus esfuerzos, pero lo descuenta del sueldo de Crispin). También hace que Crispin les dé a todas las mujeres de Fabletown largos masajes en los pies para aliviar sus pies cansados. Los elfos deciden enviar sus zapatos de regreso a las Tierras Natales para los soldados que sirvieron al "Emperador".
• El cazador: Del cuento de hadas de Blancanieves . Aparece por primera vez en flashbacks durante los arcos argumentales de Rosa Roja y Camelot , desempeñando el mismo papel que en el cuento de hadas. En el arco argumental de La Bella y la Bestia, De hombres y ratones , se establece que es un residente de Fabletown. Se da a entender que él y Crispin son amigos cercanos; cuando Crispin está en coma después de un ataque con bomba destinado a Cenicienta, el cazador permanece junto a la cama de Crispin durante días.

Estas son las Fábulas lanzadoras de hechizos que viven en el piso 13 del edificio Woodlands.

Frau Totenkinder (un seudónimo que literalmente se traduce como "niños muertos" en alemán) es la líder de los magos de Fabletown, que representa a muchas de las brujas sin nombre que se encuentran en cuentos y leyendas. Su apariencia exterior como una anciana bastante frágil enmascara el hecho de que es una de las Fables más poderosas que han escapado de The Homelands . Ha aparecido a lo largo de la serie como parte integral de la comunidad de Fabletown, tanto defendiéndola contra los magos del Adversario como haciendo sus propios tratos con sus residentes.

Ozma , Princesa de Oz, una pequeña bruja que a menudo se ve con Frau Totenkinder. Mientras que la gran tarea de la Bruja de las Hadas fue la creación de Fabletown y el edificio Woodland y la gran tarea de Totenkinder fue la batalla contra el Imperio, Ozma ve su tarea como la batalla contra el Sr. Dark por el bien de Fabletown. Fue votada como la nueva líder del piso 13 después de que Frau Totenkinder fue a buscar a Dunster Happ. Participó en una lucha de poder en La Granja junto con Stinky y Gepetto, y al final fue nombrada una de las tres consejeras de Rose Red. Con Totenkinder ido a vivir con su nuevo esposo, Ozma es la líder de las brujas del piso trece. Es asesinada por un Bigby Wolf salvaje resucitado (desconocido para todos, está siendo controlado por la Sra. Sprat).

La ex líder del piso 13 que se ha vuelto un poco loca. Ella es la bruja de Thumbelina , como se ve en flashbacks en la historia de Fables The Barleycorn Brides . Se insinúa que Frau Totenkinder fue quien la hizo volverse loca después de que asumió el papel de la Bruja de las Hadas. Cuando Totenkinder le devolvió sus verdaderas formas y nombres a sus agujas de tejer y su bolsa de bolas de lana y dejó de tejer, la Gran Bruja de las Hadas continuó tejiendo sin agujas ni lana. Ella ha tenido otros nombres, incluidos Ardelia, Cherish, Birdie y Bulah.

Una gata negra con una cola puntiaguda parecida a la de un demonio que ha aparecido en algunos paneles con Frau Totenkinder y otras brujas. Es la especialista reconocida en cuestiones de localización y ocultamiento y es una cambiaformas. Sus poderes para esconderse son tan grandes que el Sr. Dark no pudo detectarla cuando fue a espiarlo, aunque tuvo problemas para mantenerse alejada de su detección, llamando al Sr. Dark el más paranoico y peligroso de todos los sujetos que había espiado antes. Ozma la usó para encontrar a Frau Totenkinder antes de que se recluyera. Se ha revelado que el personaje representa tanto a Sycorax de La tempestad como a Medea de la mitología griega . Maddy parece ser la segunda al mando de Ozma, de la misma manera que la propia Ozma siempre fue la segunda de Totenkinder.

El Sr. Grandours (en francés, literalmente " oso grande ") es el personaje principal del cuento de hadas francés El rey mago (de El libro amarillo de las hadas de Andrew Lang ), sobre un rey mago que cambia de forma ; esto se revela en la Enciclopedia de fábulas . ^[4]

El gobernador imperial local le ordenó al señor Grandours que custodiara una torre llena de varios tesoros, incluidos los granos de cebada mágicos. Ayudó a John Barleycorn y Arrow a recuperar el frasco y se unió a Fabletown. Finalmente, regresó a su forma humana y vive en el piso 13. Es el hombre con un gran abrigo de piel y sombrero con ojos de oso. Fue él quien originalmente revivió a Boy Blue y Bigby Wolf cuando casi fueron asesinados por una flecha mágica.

Una bruja que se quedó con Briar Rose y Hakim durante la toma de posesión de Calabri Anagni, la capital imperial de las Tierras Nativas de Fable. Su verdadero nombre aún se desconoce, ya que lo mantiene en secreto "escondido donde ningún poder maligno puede discernirlo". La Sra. Alguien y Hakim decidieron quedarse con Briar Rose hasta el final y cayeron bajo el hechizo durmiente de Briar. Recientemente, los duendes sacaron de la ciudad a la durmiente Briar Rose , antes de que la ciudad fuera quemada hasta los cimientos, y se supone que la Sra. Alguien y Hakim murieron en el incendio.

El protagonista de la obra de William Shakespeare La tempestad , Próspero , se muestra de acuerdo con el señor Grandours en que la prisa es una "cualidad mundana". Se desconoce cómo es la relación entre Próspero y Maddy, ya que utilizó a su hijo como esclavo durante años, pero esto entraría en el ámbito del Pacto de Fabletown que perdona cualquier delito cometido antes de firmarlo.

El Sr. Kadabra es un mago de escenario estereotipado que usa un sombrero de copa. En apariciones anteriores, se lo ve usando un botón con "yog" que se refiere a la meditación y la concentración. Su nombre deriva de la frase mágica abracadabra . Recientemente fue asesinado por un asaltante desconocido en el primer número de Cinderella: Fables Are Forever . En la historia de Fables In Those Days , se revela que el verdadero nombre del Sr. Kadabra es Karrant. Karrant era un poderoso hechicero que lanzó un hechizo sobre el Adversario que hizo que el Adversario ignorara cualquier tierra en la que habitara Kadabra. El costo de las acciones de Karrant fue que se olvidó por completo del hechizo y de su enemigo. Vagó de un mundo a otro hasta que terminó en Fabletown en el mundo mundano, donde se ganó la vida como mago de escenario, adoptando el nombre artístico de "Maestro Kadabra". Finalmente fue asesinado por Dorothy Gale, que necesitaba un cadáver para enviar un mensaje a su archienemiga, Cenicienta.

Morgan le Fay , de la saga del Rey Arturo , es la bruja de pelo largo y oscuro y lunar en la cara. Su identidad fue revelada por primera vez en la novela gráfica Fairest Fairest In All the Land , y más tarde en Fables #136 ( Camelot , Parte 6). También es conocida como la Sra. Green, como se revela en Fables #128 ( Blancanieves , Capítulo Cuatro). Morgan fue parte del súper equipo de Ozma que se armó para derrotar a Mister Dark, donde se le dio el "nombre de superhéroe" La Bruja Verde. Ella tiene el poder de volar.

En el arco argumental de Blancanieves , después de que el personaje principal del arco argumental es tomado prisionero por el Príncipe Brandish, se ve a Morgan discutiendo planes de rescate con sus compañeras brujas, Ozma y Maddy. Debido a que Brandish se ha hechizado a sí mismo para que cualquier herida que le inflijan también lastime a Snow, la tarea es más fácil de decir que de hacer, especialmente porque el hechizo es difícil de romper. A Morgan se le ocurre un plan. No intentarán romper el hechizo, sino que lo ampliarán: ella creará un retraso entre la causa y el efecto, lo que les dará un margen de maniobra entre el momento en que Brandish es asesinado y cuando lo mismo le sucede a Snow. Morgan comienza el duro trabajo de lanzar el hechizo, mientras que Rose Red rescata a Snow mientras Brandish está distraído. Snow luego se enfrenta a Brandish en una pelea de espadas, mientras que Morgan, lenta pero cuidadosamente, logra desenredar el hechizo que Brandish se ha lanzado a sí mismo, lo que permite que Snow lo apuñale directamente en el corazón.

Sin embargo, el hechizo no se rompe, sino que simplemente se retrasa. En el arco argumental de Camelot , Morgan le da la mala noticia a Blancanieves: tarde o temprano, la herida fatal seguramente recaerá sobre ella misma, lo que la matará. En Fairest In All the Land , Morgan, junto con Bean Nighe , un oráculo legendario, fueron víctimas a manos de Ricitos de Oro. Si bien Cenicienta puede traer de vuelta a las víctimas de Ricitos de Oro, solo se le permite elegir la mitad. Finalmente, elige a Morgan Le Fay, al verla como un callejón más valioso para Fabletown. El destino de Blancanieves se resuelve en la misma historia; Ricitos de Oro la apuñala en el corazón (como predijo Morgan), pero Cenicienta puede devolverla a la vida.

Esta es una lista de personajes ficticios de la serie de cómics Vertigo Fables , Jack of Fables , Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love , Cinderella: Fables Are Forever y Fairest , publicada por DC Comics . Estos son los personajes que viven en The Farm.

Hermana de Blancanieves, exnovia de Jack Horner , breve prometida de Barba Azul y breve esposa de Simbad . Durante siglos, la relación de Rosa con su hermana se definió por juergas y fiestas desenfrenadas, que sirvieron como vergüenza para su hermana. El entonces esposo de Blancanieves, el Príncipe Encantador, se enredó con Rosa Roja en una relación adúltera cuando ella se había quedado con la pareja como compañera de Blancanieves, poniendo así fin al matrimonio ya problemático. En el primer arco argumental de Fábulas , se cree que fue asesinada, hasta que Bigby Wolf resuelve el misterio: ella y Jack habían fingido su muerte como parte de un complejo plan para evitar su inminente matrimonio con Barba Azul después de usar una gran cantidad de su dinero para financiar uno de los desafortunados planes de Jack para hacerse rico rápidamente.

En el segundo arco argumental, ella y Blancanieves van a la Granja para que Rose lo haga como castigo por su muerte fingida, donde se ven envueltas en una revolución. Al final de esa historia, Rose finalmente encuentra su nicho, administrando la Granja, lo que le permitió estar a la par de su hermana, la entonces vicealcaldesa. Al final del arco, se muestra que Rose ha madurado mucho y ha arreglado su relación con su hermana y ha roto su mala relación con Jack para siempre. Ella continúa dirigiendo la Granja, adorando a sus sobrinos y sobrinas, y ocasionalmente ha brindado asistencia a operaciones encubiertas. Aunque su vida como la chica fiestera original quedó muy atrás, aún mantiene una actitud alegre y un espíritu independiente, evidente en cómo dirige la Granja, independientemente de cómo le gustaría a la administración actual que manejara las cosas.

Estuvo brevemente involucrada con Weyland Smith antes de su muerte en la batalla de Fabletown. Rose también fue quien convenció a su hermana de confiar en Frau Totenkinder y llevarla con ellas al mundo mundano mientras escapaban de las Patrias y los ejércitos invasores del Adversario. Ella había mostrado interés en Boy Blue mientras supervisaba su sentencia de trabajo, pero rechazó sus avances en vísperas de la huelga de Fabletown contra el Emperador para preservar su amistad. Boy Blue no tomó bien el rechazo. ^[3] Siguiendo el arco argumental de "War and Pieces", Rose se casa con Sinbad, pero inmediatamente se divorcia de él debido a su desesperación por la condición de posguerra de Boy Blue. Intenta revivir su relación romántica con Boy Blue en sus últimos momentos, pero el propio Blue se lo niega, quien le dice que se siente desesperadamente atraída por quien parezca agregar más emoción a su vida, y que él se merece algo mejor que eso, pero espera que alguien más pueda "arreglarla". ^[8]

Emocionalmente destruida por el rechazo y la muerte de Blue, Rose cae en el autodesprecio y la depresión, negándose a dejar la cama por cualquier motivo. Se reúne brevemente con Jack en su descenso hacia el fondo, creyendo que se merece a alguien tan terrible como Jack. Después de reconciliarse con su pasado, Rose decide hacerse cargo de la Granja nuevamente, deteniendo los intentos de Ozma, Brock y Geppetto de tomar el control de la granja y nombrándolos como sus asesores. También les deja en claro a Cole, Beast y Beauty que aceptará sus consejos, pero quiere que respeten el hecho de que están en la Granja y no en Fabletown. Para no mostrar resentimientos con Brock, usa una bufanda azul para mostrar su apoyo a que Boy Blue pueda regresar, pero sostiene que, si bien desea tanto como cualquiera que Blue regrese, es trabajo de todos solucionar sus propios problemas en lugar de esperar a que Blue regrese y arregle todo. Aunque no se ha dicho, Rose se siente culpable por divorciarse de su marido, como Colin le señala en un sueño, al preguntarle de qué se sentía culpable.

Rose Red suele vestirse de rojo y casi siempre tiene algún tipo de motivo de rosa en su ropa, aunque sea solo una bufanda atada en forma de flor.

Basado en Wayland el Herrero , una figura de la mitología germánica , Weyland Smith sirvió como administrador de las instalaciones de la Granja y por lo tanto soportó la peor parte del resentimiento de aquellas Fábulas confinadas allí. Fue encarcelado durante la revolución allí y se vio obligado mágicamente a utilizar su destreza mecánica para adaptar armas mundanas para que pudieran ser utilizadas fácilmente por Fábulas no humanas. Una vez que la rebelión fue frustrada, fue reemplazado como administrador por Rose Red. Luego tenía la intención de dejar la Granja, pero Blancanieves le pidió que se quedara y continuara con la tarea de adaptar armas, en preparación para el inevitable conflicto con el Adversario. Estuvo de acuerdo y se quedó en la Granja, y se hizo cercano a Rose, poco antes de que fueran llamados a la acción para defender Fabletown contra la incursión de los soldados de madera. Luchó valientemente, aplastando al enemigo de cerca con su enorme mazo, pero finalmente cayó en batalla junto a muchos de sus compatriotas, su cuerpo comprometido con el pozo de las brujas. Finalmente, Flycatcher lo resucitó y se le encargó construir granjas y otras infraestructuras de la era medieval para el reino de Fly, Haven. ^[3] Ahora ocupa un puesto distinguido como constructor jefe de Haven al servicio del rey Ambrose. Más tarde, es asesinado por el príncipe Brandish, quien aprovecha la oportunidad para tomar represalias en ausencia de Rose Red.

Los Tres Cerditos "originales" , Dun, Posey y Colin, estuvieron muy involucrados en la revuelta en la Granja. Colin, que parecía estar considerablemente menos entusiasmado con la idea de la rebelión que sus primos, fue enviado a Fabletown para intentar robar o duplicar una llave de la oficina principal en el edificio Woodlands, y también para determinar cuál de las Fábulas de la ciudad podría simpatizar con su causa. Colin fracasó en estas misiones, en gran parte porque Bigby Wolf lo vigiló de cerca antes de enviarlo de regreso a la Granja. Por este fracaso, fue asesinado por los cabecillas de la rebelión (se da a entender que Ricitos de Oro hizo el acto real) y su cabeza fue colocada en un poste en el centro de la Granja como un mensaje de que era hora de que comenzara la rebelión. Cuando finalmente fracasó, Dun y Posey fueron juzgados como cabecillas y fueron decapitados por sus crímenes.

Esto planteó un problema, ya que los Tres Cerditos son un mito popular y, por lo tanto, eran necesarios para cumplir con sus funciones, pero también presentó una solución a otro problema. Como parte del plan de Blancanieves para detener la revolución, tres gigantes de fábula, Lonny, Donny y Johnny, que habían estado sedados durante siglos debido a la imposibilidad de ocultar sus enormes formas, habían sido despertados. Rose Red, en su nuevo puesto como administradora de la granja, persuadió a su hermana para que autorizara los costosos hechizos necesarios para transformar a los tres gigantes en formas de cerdo, lo que permitió que los tres asumieran sus nuevos roles como los nuevos Tres Cerditos.

El difunto Colin se le apareció a Blancanieves en cuatro ocasiones después de su asesinato, todavía apareciendo como una cabeza en un poste (posiblemente en referencia a la famosa escena de El señor de las moscas ). La primera ocasión fue cuando ella yacía en coma después de haber recibido un disparo de Ricitos de Oro, donde hablaron brevemente sobre la muerte y Colin señaló que, si bien él estaba muerto, ella probablemente no lo estaba. La segunda ocasión fue poco antes del asalto a Fabletown por parte de los soldados de madera, advirtiéndole de que se avecinaban cosas malas que requerirían que todos ellos fueran derrotados. La tercera ocasión fue en un sueño después de su regreso a la Granja con sus hijos, para advertirle de que las cosas no iban a mejorar pronto. Su última aparición fue aparentemente mientras Blancanieves estaba despierta, para decirle que las cosas finalmente iban a mejorar para ella (sin que Snow lo supiera, Bigby estaba de regreso) y para despedirse, que ya no lo necesitaba y que debería seguir adelante con lo que viniera después. No está claro si esto fue simplemente una función de la mente inconsciente de Snow o si el espíritu de Colin sobrevivió a su asesinato de alguna manera. El espíritu guía de Colin apareció nuevamente detrás de Santa Claus cuando Santa profetizó una batalla inminente a Flycatcher y a Rose Red, advirtiéndole que tendría que liderar Fabletown durante la crisis de Mister Dark.

Posey y Dun estaban entre las fábulas que fueron arrojadas al Pozo de las Brujas y fueron encontradas por Flycatcher durante su búsqueda allí.

Recientemente, en Jack of Fables , se reveló que había un cuarto cerdito, Carl, que hizo una casa de tela. Era el "favorito de Los cuatro cerditos" de Blancanieves, antes de que el Sr. Revise lo eliminara de la historia antes de que pudiera averiguar qué les había pasado a sus hermanos, lo que convirtió temporalmente a Colin en el "favorito de Los tres cerditos" de Blancanieves.

Recientemente, desde Fables: Rose Red , se revela que el guía espiritual que creían que era Colin Pig puede no ser él después de todo, durante el último intento de Colin de ayudar a Rose Red de su depresión. Pronto se transforma en Boy Blue, pero inmediatamente decide cambiar de nuevo, creyendo que sería demasiado cruel para ella. En cambio, toma la forma de la madre de Rose y Blancanieves. También se nota que el espíritu sabe cosas sobre Rose y Snow que nunca le habían dicho a los demás, como sus apodos infantiles, y explica que su madre y el rey (de Blancanieves y Rosa Roja ), el padre del príncipe Brandish, fueron los que estaban detrás de la separación de Snow de su familia. Cuando Rose se da cuenta de que Snow no tiene la culpa de todo su dolor y que necesita seguir adelante, mira al espíritu de su "madre" y le dice que deje de intentar engañarla. En este punto, ve que este ser no es Boy Blue, Colin ni su madre, y le pide que le muestre su forma real, a lo que accede. Aunque nunca se ve su forma, Rose se muestra bañada por una luz dorada, y se ve que esta forma la impresiona y la sorprende.

El número final del arco argumental del Súper Equipo revela que el ser misterioso es Hope, de la historia de Pandora y la caja de Pandora . Ella fue vista previamente en su verdadera forma en una ilustración para el arco argumental de Rose Red , donde se la describe como uno de los grandes poderes y perteneciente al mismo grupo que Mr. Dark y The North Wind .

Colin apareció en el videojuego The Wolf Among Us , como precuela de los cómics. Se lo ve rondando el apartamento de Bigby, y Bigby debe elegir si lo deja quedarse o lo envía de regreso a la granja. Su voz es de Brian Sommer.

Los Tres Osos, residentes de la Granja debido a su apariencia no humana, se involucraron en la rebelión allí, en gran parte manipulados por Ricitos de Oro, que se acostaba con Boo, el ahora adulto Bebé Oso. Después de que la revuelta fracasara, los tres fueron sentenciados a cien años de trabajos forzados. Algún tiempo después, cuando se hizo evidente que Fabletown pronto caería bajo ataque, los tres se ofrecieron como voluntarios para unirse a la defensa, con la esperanza de demostrar su nueva lealtad. Lucharon con valentía, pero Papá Oso resultó gravemente herido y Boo fue asesinado por fuego enemigo en las etapas finales de la batalla. El cuerpo de Boo fue entregado a las profundidades del Pozo de las Brujas junto con sus camaradas caídos, vigilados por sus afligidos padres. Con la popular historia que requiere tres osos, Mamá Osa quedó embarazada poco después de la muerte de su hijo y ahora un nuevo Bebé Oso completa la familia una vez más. Boo Bear estaba entre los fantasmas que acompañaron a Flycatcher a Haven.

Reynard el Zorro es un residente de la granja que se mantuvo leal durante la revolución de Ricitos de Oro. Es un embaucador y un pícaro, pero también muy astuto y valiente, una característica que lo hace muy similar a Charming y Jack Horner, ya que los tres son representados como un estereotipo de pícaro adorable . A menudo se pone en riesgo por causas justas, cuando no está volviendo locos a sus compañeros animales con sus trucos. Ayudó a Blancanieves a escapar de las garras de Los Tres Cerditos y la ayudó a derrotar a Shere Khan y liberar a Weyland Smith de sus ataduras. Coquetea con Blancanieves sin vergüenza, quien, a su vez, se horroriza juguetonamente por los avances del zorro. Durante los preparativos para la casa de Bigby y Snow, Reynard le dice al Príncipe Encantador que lo culpa. Cuando le pregunta por qué, Reynard explica que si el Príncipe Encantador hubiera cumplido su promesa de hechizos de glamour, podría haberse convertido en un humano y haber conquistado a Snow. Charming, que no quiere que le recuerden sus promesas incumplidas, le dice que lo deje en paz. En Homelands, él fue quien guió a los súbditos del Rey Noble el León (una gran cantidad de animales antropomórficos) al mundo Mundy, lo que les permitió escapar de la esclavitud del ejército del Adversario. Lo hizo a pesar de que, como embaucador, no era del agrado de la mayoría de sus vecinos. En una demostración de poder, Ozma le otorgó la capacidad de cambiar de forma entre zorro y forma humana, y su forma humana es aparentemente muy atractiva. Actualmente, se divierte transformándose de un lado a otro y está muy emocionado de estar fuera de la granja. Eventualmente se convierte en uno de los Caballeros de Rose Red's New Camelot.

Un tejón que puede o no ser el mismo personaje que el Sr. Badger de El viento en los sauces (que aparece en la novela gráfica de Fábulas 1001 Noches de Nevada ). Aunque generalmente se lo conoce como "Stinky" (incluso en la sección "Quién es quién en Fabletown" de cada volumen), declaró específicamente en varias ocasiones que no es su nombre real (mientras que "Brock Blueheart" se inventó en memoria de Little Boy Blue; Brock es una antigua palabra para tejón europeo ). Los demás aceptan usar el nuevo nombre. Después de la muerte de Blue, Brock comienza una religión basada en un puro engaño. Se descubre que la creencia de que Jack de Fábulas que regresa es Blue es falsa y Brock se vuelve contra Jack y Rose. Ella se esconde y Jack es expulsado del territorio de la granja. Durante el arco de la historia de Rose Red , Brock se reúne clandestinamente con Ozma y Gepetto para discutir el futuro del liderazgo de la Granja en ausencia de Rose Red. Cuando Rose aclara su liderazgo, Brock la respalda. Debido a la creencia de Brock en el Azul, a veces puede manifestar una forma más poderosa, pero la magia basada en creencias y religión es extremadamente débil y se destruye fácilmente con la magia adecuada, como se revela durante una escaramuza.

Por un breve tiempo se le conoció con el nombre en clave o de héroe de "Capitán Corazón Azul". Durante una pequeña parte del volumen "Blancanieves", inexplicablemente sus ojos dejan de ser azules.

Del famoso trabalenguas Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Pepper , la canción infantil Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater y el cuento de Peter y el lobo , Peter fue mencionado por primera vez en la parte 2 de The Ballad of Rodney and June , y se convirtió en uno de los personajes principales de Peter & Max: A Fables Novel . Es el hermano menor de Max, el flautista de Hamelin . Cuando el adversario invadió la tierra natal de fábulas de Peter, Hesse, se vio obligado a ganarse la vida como ladrón en la versión de la tierra natal de Hamelin . Él y su esposa, Bo Peep, finalmente lograron escapar a Fabletown y al mundo mundano, donde se establecieron en la Granja. Peter es flautista y el poseedor de la flauta mágica Frost, y también está en la banda de Boy Blue . Además de su aparición principal en Peter y Max , también aparece en varios números del cómic Fables : en Fables #91 (capítulo cinco del arco argumental de las Brujas ), Peter y su esposa pueden verse entre los Fables de pie en el fondo cuando las dríadas están disfrutando de la nieve que cae . Se lo puede ver tocando su flauta junto a otro miembro de la banda mientras los Fables están de fiesta en Fables #100. Aparece con su esposa y su banda en la historia navideña de Fables "Todo en una sola noche" .

Peter y su esposa tienen sus primeras partes habladas (en los cómics) en Fables #127 (capítulo tres del arco argumental de Blancanieves ), donde participan en los planes para rescatar a Blancanieves del Príncipe Brandish. También aparecen como personajes secundarios en la historia de Fairest , Aldered States , donde Peter y su esposa se han hecho amigos de la Princesa Alder, la dríada . Cuando Reynard el Zorro, en forma humana, invita a la dríada a salir, Peter le da consejos al zorro sobre las costumbres de las citas y el cortejo.

En el arco argumental de Camelot , Peter es uno de los candidatos para un asiento en la nueva Mesa Redonda de Rose Red , pero Peter dice que no, porque ya ha tenido más que su cuota de aventuras.

En la novela gráfica Fairest , Fairest In All the Land , Peter casi es asesinado por Ricitos de Oro. Este último está decidido a asesinar a las hermosas mujeres de Fabletown y persigue a la esposa de Peter en su casa. Afortunadamente, Bo la toma por sorpresa y Ricitos de Oro huye de la escena del crimen.

Peter es un personaje secundario en el arco argumental de The Boys in the Band .

De la canción infantil Little Bo Peep , y esposa de Peter Piper, también es la esposa de la canción infantil Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater . Ella quedó lisiada por una canción mágica de la flauta de Max Piper, Fire. Después de la muerte de Max, Peter usó Fire para curarla, y luego entregó Fire a las autoridades de Fabletown. En su juventud, fue miembro de la versión de Hamlin del Gremio de Asesinos de Homelands . A ella le gusta tener corderos. Bo es uno de los personajes secundarios de Peter y Max: A Fables Novel , y se menciona en el arco de la historia del Súper Equipo . Ella y su esposo hacen una breve aparición en Fables # 91 (capítulo cinco del arco de la historia de las Brujas ), donde se los puede ver entre las Fábulas de pie en el fondo cuando las dríadas disfrutan de la nieve que cae . También aparecen brevemente en la historia de Fábulas "Todo en una sola noche" , celebrando la Navidad con sus compañeras de Fábulas. Tienen sus primeras partes habladas (en los cómics) en Fables # 127 (capítulo tres del arco argumental de Blancanieves ), donde participan en los planes para rescatar a Blancanieves del Príncipe Brandish. Bo y Peter aparecen como personajes secundarios en la historia de Fairest , Aldered States , donde se han hecho amigos de la princesa Alder, la dríada . Bo asesora a la dríada sobre las costumbres y las costumbres del cortejo moderno.

En el arco argumental de Camelot , Bo y su esposo se encuentran entre los candidatos para la nueva Mesa Redonda de Rose Red . Aunque Peter dice que no, Bo decide intentar ganar un asiento y finalmente es elegida como uno de los Caballeros de Rose Red, que ocupará su lugar en el Nuevo Camelot .

En la novela gráfica Fairest , Fairest In All the Land , Bo es una de las muchas Fables asesinadas por Ricitos de Oro, aunque Cenicienta es capaz de devolverle la vida. El marido de Bo, Peter, también es una de las víctimas previstas, pero Ricitos de Oro es interrumpida por Bo antes de que pueda seguir adelante con sus planes. Debido a que Ricitos de Oro tomó la forma de Cenicienta, Bo ataca a la verdadera Cenicienta cuando esta última aparece en su casa un momento después. Casi la mata en una pelea con cuchillos, pero Cenicienta sobrevive a las heridas mortales y puede explicarse.

• Chicken Little : Un residente de la granja propenso a sufrir ataques de pánico.
• El Gato con Botas o El Marqués de Carabas, un gato naranja que toca el violín . Se convirtió en espía de Cindy a cambio de que algún día Cindy lo ayudara a recuperar sus propiedades perdidas.
• Dickory, el ratón que hizo correr el reloj . Apareció brevemente en el arco argumental Rebelión en la granja , antes de aparecer en Cenicienta: De Fabletown con amor y en el arco argumental de La bella De hombres y ratones . Es uno de los espías animales de Cindy y puede hacer que el tiempo a su alrededor se mueva más lento, de modo que parece tan rápido que puede moverse entre los tictac de un reloj.
• El Reloj , visto durante el arco argumental de Rebelión en la Granja .
• Luna, ^[9] La Vaca que Saltó sobre la Luna , una de las Fábulas que logró escapar en el último barco que salió de las Tierras Natales, y el único miembro vivo de la especie Bovalunaris (una combinación obvia de las palabras "bovino" y "lunar"). Fue derribada por flechas en la guerra entre Fabletown y el Imperio, pero se recuperó.
• La Luna , mucho más pequeña y cercana que la luna de la Tierra , explica cómo la vaca puede saltar sobre ella. En la novela gráfica Fairest , Fairest in All the Land , se revela que la luna es femenina. Se convierte en víctima de un asesino en serie que persigue a las mujeres de Fabletown.
• El Plato y la Cuchara . El Plato es masculino y la Cuchara es femenina, según Las Mil y Una Noches de Nevada .
• El Gato de Cheshire , visto brevemente durante el arco argumental de Rebelión en la Granja y también mencionado en el spin-off de Fábulas, Cenicienta: Fábulas para la eternidad .
• Morsa de " La morsa y el carpintero ". Se lo identifica en las anotaciones de la Enciclopedia de fábulas ^[4] y aparece en el arco argumental de Rebelión en la granja . Una versión revisada del personaje es un prisionero en el Golden Boughs Retirement Village .
• Br'er Rabbit , uno de los integrantes del "Grupo Br'er", que se puso activamente del lado de los revolucionarios durante la revuelta agrícola.
• Hermano Oso : Durante la revuelta de la granja, lideró uno de los equipos que buscaban a Reynard el Zorro .
• Br'er Gator: Nunca se menciona por su nombre, pero Bill Willingham lo identificó como el caimán con anteojos ^[10] que aparece en varias historias. Proviene de las historias de Joel Chandler Harris sobre el tío Remus , donde se lo conoce como "B'er Gater". ^[11]
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• Los tres ratones ciegos , Leland, Thaddeus y Prescott, que suelen salir a vivir sus propias aventuras. Cuando el Adversario invadió su tierra natal, participaron en una expedición para reunir comida para su amado rey, el viejo rey Cole , que estaba a punto de morir de hambre. Tuvieron éxito, pero la esposa del granjero los sorprendió robando y les cortó la cola con un cuchillo de trinchar.
• La tortuga y la liebre : Jack Horner, tras conocer la versión revisada del dúo en el Golden Boughs Retirement Village , afirma que la tortuga y la liebre de la granja no son los verdaderos, sino espías del Sr. Revise , a lo que la liebre responde: "¿Qué? ¡ Nunca !" ^[7]
• Los tres cabritos Gruff : Según la novela Peter & Max , los tres tienen como primer nombre William. En la novela gráfica 1001 Nights of Snowfall , se revela que fueron encantados por Frau Totenkinder, con el fin de eliminar a un troll del puente que estaba causando problemas para una aldea que ganó su favor, allá en Homelands .
• El búho y la gata . El dúo hace una breve aparición durante el arco argumental de Rebelión en la granja . Tienen su primer papel con diálogo en el arco argumental de La bella Clamor por los glamours , donde escuchan los relatos de Reynard sobre sus hazañas en el mundo humano.
• Naipes animados, de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas .
• Monos voladores , vistos brevemente durante el arco argumental de Rebelión en la granja y la historia Esperando la melancolía (sin contar a Bufkin , un personaje regular que vive en Fabletown).
• Sr. Girasol: ^[12] Identificado por su nombre en el arco argumental de los Lobos , se resiente por estar restringido a la Granja y, a menudo, agita vocalmente a la comunidad al asumir las quejas de otros residentes y mencionarlas vocalmente, alegando un trato injusto, siempre que puede. Según el artista de Fables, Mark Buckingham , proviene de la canción infantil "Mister Sunflower", de un libro victoriano de canciones infantiles escrito e ilustrado por el artista R. Andre. ^[4]
• Pulgarcita : Se mudó a Smalltown durante el siglo XVIII y fue la única mujer allí por un tiempo, lo que provocó muchas peleas sobre quién ganaría su mano.
• Tom Thumb , que ha estado saliendo con Thumbebelina y vive en su propio castillo en miniatura.
• El señor Sapo , el señor Topo y el señor Tejón de El viento en los sauces . El señor Sapo fue una de las víctimas de la guerra entre Fabletown y el Imperio, y fue uno de los muchos que recibieron un entierro de héroe. El señor Topo se puso activamente del lado de los revolucionarios durante la revuelta de la Granja. El señor Tejón aparece en la novela gráfica Las 1001 noches de nieve . Puede o no ser el mismo personaje que el tejón Brock Blueheart ("Stinky").
• Red Cap the Troll , identificado por su nombre en la historia en prosa Pinocchio's Army en el libro de bolsillo comercial Rose Red . Es el pequeño duende que aparece en varias historias, en las que se lo representa con las manos con garras, la gorra roja y las botas con herraduras de un Redcap .
• Bagheera , Shere Khan , Kaa , Baloo y el rey Louie : personajes de El libro de la selva . El orangután rey Louie apareció en la adaptación de Disney , pero no en el libro original de Kipling . El autor de Fábulas Bill Willingham admite que presentó al rey Louie en el cómic porque creyó erróneamente que el rey Louie era del libro de Kipling y, por lo tanto, era de dominio público. ^[13] Ayudaron a la revolución, y Khan fue asesinado a tiros por Blancanieves. Baloo bailó durante una semana sobre la tumba de Khan, haciendo un espectáculo todos los días y una matiné los domingos, y Bagheera orinó sobre ella. Bagheera fue el único revolucionario que eligió el confinamiento en lugar de los trabajos forzados. Finalmente fue liberado después de que Mowgli, que le debía una deuda de vida a Bagheera, asumiera su carga de servicio y trajera al autoexiliado Bigby Wolf de regreso a Fabletown. Se muestra que Khan es uno de los muchos cuyos cuerpos fueron arrojados al Pozo de las Brujas, lo que significa que se encuentra entre las Fábulas que habitan debajo del pozo. Como fantasma, Khan regresó a las Tierras Natales y se unió al Adversario. Se desconoce su destino después del final de la guerra. Bagheera regresó recientemente a su tierra natal con Mowgli y los hermanos de Bigby para ver si pueden regresar a salvo.
• Rey Noble el león : del ciclo de Reynard , sus tierras fueron tomadas en la novela gráfica Las 1001 noches de nieve . Fue uno de los pocos que se puso del lado de Blancanieves durante la (intenta) revolución de las granjas.
• La anciana que vivía en un zapato : ella y sus hijos viven en la granja y estaban fuertemente armados durante la Revolución. Según Peter and Max: A Fables Novel , ella podía elegir abandonar la granja cuando quisiera, pero no sin su amada casa de zapatos, por lo que elige quedarse donde está.
• La cabaña de Baba Yaga sobre patas de pollo
• Clarathea ("Clara"), una dragona que, por razones prácticas, eligió transformarse en un cuervo que escupe fuego . Es amiga y ejecutora de Rose Red, y está saliendo con Vulco Crow cuando está en forma de pájaro.
• Johhny, Donny y Lonny, gigantes de renombre, que fueron mantenidos sedados durante siglos debido a la imposibilidad de ocultar sus enormes formas. Luego de despertar, aceptaron transformarse en cerdos , lo que permitió que los tres asumieran sus nuevos roles como los nuevos Tres Cerditos .
• Winnie the Pooh y Piglet hacen una aparición en Fables , aunque de manera oscura, ya que Winnie the Pooh todavía estaba bajo derechos de autor en el momento de la aparición en Fables , hasta que los derechos de autor expiraron en los Estados Unidos (donde se publica Fables ) a principios de 2022. ^[14] En la quinta parte del arco argumental de Rebelión en la granja , cuando la revolución frustrada amenaza con estallar nuevamente, el dúo aparece en dos paneles; desde la distancia cuando Boy Blue les dice a todos que retrocedan, y luego desde atrás en el siguiente panel. Además, en la historia de Jack of Fables Jack 'n' Apes , un personaje que se parece notablemente a Winnie the Pooh (pero dibujado de manera ligeramente diferente) se puede ver en flashbacks de Homelands , asando malvaviscos con Saunders en lo que parece ser el Bosque de los Cien Acres . Saunders era un mono calcetín que era uno de los "simios civilizados" que Jack Horner conoció (al menos según Jack). En las obras del autor AA Milne , Sanders es el nombre de la persona que residía en la casa de Pooh antes de que Pooh la convirtiera en su casa, ^[15] y Winnie the Pooh y varios otros personajes de los libros se basaron en los juguetes de peluche del hijo de Milne . Además, se da a entender que la tienda de dulces Edward Bear's Candy Shop de Fabletown, que se especializa en golosinas a base de miel , está dirigida por Winnie the Pooh: Edward Bear es el nombre original de Winnie the Pooh. En la historia de Fables Around the Town , Pinocho dice que no está seguro de si un oso es realmente dueño de la tienda, pero si lo es, lo hace desde la distancia, es decir, la Granja.
• Los liliputienses : Un grupo de hombres del pequeño reino de Liliput formó un ejército y trató de luchar contra el Adversario. Su grupo llamó la atención de los duendes, por lo que para salvar su reino de la destrucción se fueron al mundo mundano y fundaron Smalltown. No tenían mujeres, hasta que llegó Pulgarcita.
• La Policía Montada, también conocida como la Policía del Ratón, es una fuerza policial de liliputienses montados en ratones de Fable . La Policía del Ratón está inspirada en la canción And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps de Jethro Tull ^[16] (del álbum Heavy Horses ), aunque la canción trata sobre gatos.
• John Barleycorn : Anteriormente llamado Johnny Bullhorn, era un residente de Smalltown cuando no había mujeres. Se aventuró a Homelands y recuperó los granos de cebada mágicos de los que nació Thumbelina, trayendo mujeres a Smalltown.
• Arrow: Un halcón que se desempeña como comandante de la patrulla aérea de la Granja. Acompañó al entonces Johnny Bullhorn en su misión a Homelands y a Cenicienta en su misión diplomática en los Reinos de las Nubes.
• Pete el tarro de mostaza: un insecto parlante que vive en un tarro de mostaza , Pete se encarga del turno de noche en la oficina administrativa de la Granja. Anteriormente vivía en la antigua cabaña de una de las brujas del piso 13 en Homelands, hasta que conoció a John Barleycorn y Arrow.
• La señorita Mousey, y posiblemente la rana, de la canción popular Frog Went A-Courting . En el arco argumental March of the Wooden Soldiers , se puede ver a Mustard Pot Pete escribiendo las quejas del ratón; el texto dice: "La señorita Mousey se quejó de las ranas otra vez". Además, Flycatcher está cantando la canción cuando se lo presenta por primera vez a los lectores durante Legends in Exile , al igual que uno de los Tres Ratones Ciegos en el número 100, Single Combat .
• El rinoceronte de (presumiblemente) "Cómo el rinoceronte consiguió su piel" de Rudyard Kipling (de Just So Stories ). Identificado en las anotaciones de Fables Encyclopedia , ^[4] aparece en el arco argumental de La marcha de los soldados de madera , donde muere en batalla.
• Mary y su cordero : Mary y su cordero vivían en La Granja cuando su cordero fue asesinado por Fantasma. Mary estaba desconsolada por la muerte de su cordero a pesar de los mejores intentos de Rose Red y las otras fábulas de la Granja por consolarla. Mary fue vista más tarde en la boda de Snow y Bigby disfrutando y ella, junto con las otras mujeres de Fabletown, estaba tratando de atrapar el ramo. En Fairest # 31, se revela que con la pérdida de su cordero, Mary se dedica a la jardinería y forma una relación con una de las criadas que ordeñan a Luna.
• El pájaro gordo amarillo: identificado en la Enciclopedia de fábulas , el personaje fue creado y diseñado por Mark Buckingham . ^[4]
• Jill: Una liliputiense que ayudó a Jack a robar parte de la fortuna de Barba Azul a cambio de la libertad de la granja y poder ver y experimentar el mundo. Ella se mantiene virtualmente prisionera mientras Jack se hace un nombre en Hollywood y toma represalias avisando de sus actividades a Beast. Hasta el momento, no está claro si la justicia de Fabletown la condenó por ayudar a Jack a robar su dinero y casi revelar su existencia al mundo mundano. A pesar de que la historia de Fables Jack Be Nimble implica que ella es la Jill de la fama de Jack y Jill (uno de los capítulos se llama "Jack y Jill", y otro se llama "Coronas rotas y candelabros"), este no fue el caso, ya que una historia en Burning Questions muestra a Jack llamando a "su Jill" en un teléfono público antes de dejar Fabletown para Hollywood .
• El Perrito que Reía , también conocido como Squire Pup, identificado a través de su diálogo en la novela gráfica 1001 Nights of Snowfall , aunque la Fables Encyclopedia afirma erróneamente que el personaje fue creado por Bill Willingham . ^[4]
• Mersey Dotes, ahora una sirena que escapó de las fuerzas acuáticas del Adversario y vive en un lago en la Granja. Según la Fables Encyclopedia , cualquier similitud entre ella y el título de la canción Mairzy Doats es probablemente una coincidencia. ^[4]
• Coronel Thunderfoot: Un coronel conejo que fue maldecido a seguir siendo humano hasta que una coneja pudiera corresponderle. Bill Willingham cita La colina de Watership como inspiración para este personaje. ^[17]
• La señorita Silkytail, una coneja hembra, a la que el coronel Thunderfoot intentó cortejar sin éxito.
• Peter Cottontail , contratado por Bigby para entrenar a sus hijos y a los de Snow para cazar, aunque a los Cachorros se les ordenó no matar, herir o poner colmillos o garras sobre Peter.
• Isengrim : Del ciclo de Reynard , él y el Hermano Lobo intentaron, sin éxito, atrapar y asesinar a Peter Cottontail.
• Hermano Lobo : De las historias del tío Remus .
• Incitatus , o "Tate", caballo y ex senador de la versión de Roma de Homelands . Aparece en la historia de Jack of Fables de 1883 , donde ayuda a Bigby a rastrear al personaje principal durante una secuencia de flashback ambientada en el Viejo Oeste.
• Lord Mountbatten: Un tigre mecánico capaz de tomar forma física. Mowgli lo conoció en The Indu, la versión de la India en Homelands , y lo llevó a la Granja. Mountbatten fue asesinado mientras acompañaba a Darien en una misión para salvar a la hermana de Darien, Therese, en Far Mattagonia, también conocida como Toyland. Según la Fables Encyclopedia , una posible inspiración para Lord Mountbatten de Fables es el Tigre de Tipu , el tigre mecánico de Tipu Sultan . El Lord Mountbatten histórico es Louis Mountbatten, primer conde Mountbatten de Birmania , el último virrey de la India. ^[4]
• Bad Sam, un kinkajou al que le encanta beber. Es el compañero de Lord Mountbatten y lo acompañó a la granja.
• Jenny Wren: De un ciclo de canciones infantiles, ^[4] incluyendo "Cock Robin Got Up Early" ^{[4] [18]} (de The Happy Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Picnic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren , 1806 ^[4] ) y "Jenny Wren Fell Sick" ^{[4] [19]} (de Life and Death of Jenny Wren de T. Evans , circa 1800 ^[4] ), trabaja para Cenicienta como uno de sus espías animales. Espera encontrar a aquellos que asesinaron a su amor perdido Robin Redbreast durante la invasión del Emperador a su tierra natal y vengarse.
• Sra. Finch: fue asesinada por el Sr. Dark durante una misión de reconocimiento y, como los pájaros no tienen dientes, su asesino no la resucitó temporalmente como esclava. Puede que sea o no la "atrevida" y "descarada" Sra. Kate Finch de Peter Pan en los jardines de Kensington .
• Abuelo Roble: El árbol más antiguo de los bosques que rodean la Granja. Después de que Geppetto escapa del encarcelamiento que le impusieron los animales de la Granja, como Reynard y el Rey Noble, busca la ayuda del Abuelo Roble. El Abuelo Roble le proporciona a Geppetto dos dríadas, el Príncipe Aspen y la Princesa Alder, para que sean sus guardaespaldas.
• Príncipe Aspen y Princesa Alder: Dos dríadas que el abuelo Oak le ha proporcionado a Geppetto para que sean sus guardaespaldas. Son muy protectores con Geppetto, particularmente cuando Ozma parece amenazarlo, pero no obedecerán ninguna orden que los obligue a matar a alguien. Su servicio terminó cuando Rose Red reasumió su puesto en la granja. En la historia de Fairest , Aldered States , se revela que ahora viven en las afueras de la Granja, donde la Princesa Alder se ha hecho amiga de Peter Piper y Bo Peep. La falta de familiaridad de Alder con las costumbres del cortejo moderno y las reglas de "polinización recreativa" conduce a varias situaciones incómodas, y lo que ella describe como su "vida amorosa deplorable". Intentó salir con Reynard el Zorro, que ahora tenía una forma humana, como Bigby Wolf, pero debido a su falta de familiaridad con las costumbres de las citas, la cita no salió bien; Reynard se fue, avergonzado de haber vomitado frente a ella. Geppetto y Aspen se convencen de dejar de salir, especialmente después de que Geppetto promete convertirla en una pareja ideal. Aspen no pareció irle mejor, ni tampoco pareció preocuparse por la gente de Fabletown, pero en Fairest In All the Land , se reveló que se había sentido atraído por Briar Rose, ahora despierta, y los dos habían comenzado una relación sexual. Ricitos de Oro estaba especialmente disgustada con la relación y disfrutaba especialmente asesinando a Briar Rose, con Aspen como la segunda víctima que exigió la espada que Ricitos de Oro empuñaba, y luego incineró sus cuerpos. Aunque Cenicienta finalmente acabó con Ricitos de Oro y le dijeron que las víctimas de Ricitos de Oro podían resucitar, Cindy solo podía elegir la mitad para resucitar. Cenicienta finalmente elige a Briar Rose; se desconoce cómo se sienten Alder o el abuelo Oak, o si saben sobre esto.
• Sr. Pickles: El pescadero de La espina de pescado mágica de Charles Dickens . ^[20] Aparece en flashbacks en la historia de Fairest Aldered States , donde intenta cortejar a la princesa Alder, pero su perspectiva basada en plantas cambia su gesto aparentemente romántico: cuando le trae rosas, ella señala que las flores muertas tienen todo el sentimentalismo de una persona que entrega los cadáveres de sus parientes lejanos.
• Trotty Veck: De Las campanadas de Charles Dickens , es un hombre mayor que trabaja en los establos de ordeño. Intenta cortejar a la dríada sin éxito.
• El granjero Giles: de El granjero Giles de Ham , de J. R. R. Tolkien . Mencionado en Aldered States , tuvo una aventura de una noche con la princesa Alder.

Aunque rara vez se ve, las acciones del Adversario son responsables de toda la premisa del cómic, ya que el verdadero Adversario planeó la conquista de las tierras de origen de las Fábulas y hace siglos obligó a las Fábulas a huir al mundo mundano.

Durante el encuentro de Boy Blue con Adversario, una figura fuertemente armada y masivamente imponente, se muestra que es una figura decorativa y un títere literal, y este hecho y la verdadera identidad del gobernante del Imperio son desconocidos incluso para la mayoría de los principales líderes del Imperio. Finalmente, se revela que Adversario es Geppetto . Fue el antagonista principal durante mucho tiempo en la serie, pero más tarde, su papel es reemplazado por Mister Dark.

Willingham originalmente pretendía que el Adversario fuera revelado como Peter Pan . ^[3] El término "El Adversario" aparece basado en "El Enemigo", el término común para Sauron en El Señor de los Anillos . ^[21] Peter Pan finalmente hizo una aparición en Las 1001 Noches de Nieve . También se ha teorizado que el título "El Adversario" podría derivar de la literatura judía y cristiana donde el nombre "Satanás" en realidad proviene de la palabra hebrea para "Adversario".

La niña que entró en la casa de los Tres Osos y se comió sus gachas ha crecido. Ahora Ricitos de Oro es una agitadora política de izquierdas armada . Lideró a aproximadamente la mitad de la Granja contra Blancanieves en una revolución bastante tonta. A pesar de sus afirmaciones de estar luchando por los "derechos" de las Fábulas de la Granja, e incluso convertirse en la amante de Osito, sus acciones dejan bastante claro que no le importaba la causa en lo más mínimo, simplemente el poder que tal posición le proporcionaría. Se esperaba que hubiera sido asesinada después de intentar asesinar a Bigby y Blancanieves (siendo, en orden, golpeada en la cabeza con un hacha, arrojada por un acantilado y luego finalmente atropellada por un camión desde otro acantilado hacia un río), todo el tiempo mientras seguía intentando matar a los dos. Su popularidad como Fábula le permitió regenerarse de sus horrendas heridas y finalmente reapareció en la escena en la serie derivada Jack of Fables como prisionera del Sr. Revise. Durante este tiempo, una vez más lidera una revolución; Esta vez, ella lleva a sus revolucionarios a creer que Bookburner y su ejército vienen a salvarlos de su cautiverio en Golden Boughs. El ejército de Bookburner mató a tiros a los revolucionarios cuando finalmente llegaron, pero Goldilocks sobrevivió (o volvió a la vida) y reapareció en Fairest .

En La más bella de todas las tierras , se reveló que Ricitos de Oro puede tener un gusto por, como dice Reynard, " fruta prohibida ", ya que intentó seducir a Brock Corazón Azul (además, el arco argumental de Rebelión en la granja reveló que una vez tuvo una relación sexual con Boo Bear). También reveló que era más psicótica de lo que Fabletown realmente sabía. En esta historia, Cenicienta había comenzado a investigar los asesinatos de mujeres poderosas (es decir, Blancanieves, Rosa Roja, Bella e incluso Briar Rose). Con la ayuda de Bo Peep, descubrió que era Ricitos de Oro detrás de los asesinatos mientras utilizaba una espada del arrepentimiento que garantizaría al portador una muerte al precio de una segunda víctima, pero había sido maldecida por lo que solo la mitad de las víctimas podrían resucitar. Aunque sus razones variaban, algunas tenían una venganza obvia contra personas como Snow; otros asesinatos, aparentemente los justificaba al encontrarlos contaminados de alguna manera. Mientras se jacta de la muerte de Briar Rose, la asesina a ella y al Príncipe Aspen principalmente porque los encontró involucrados íntimamente, aunque la propia Ricitos de Oro lo hizo peor que todas las mujeres que asesinó. Finalmente, Ricitos de Oro luchó en un enfrentamiento final con Bo Peep y Cenicienta, y Bo perdió la vida. Aparentemente, Cenicienta la mató para siempre usando la misma espada que usó Ricitos de Oro, pero debido a la habilidad de la espada, Cenicienta solo pudo resucitar a la mitad de las víctimas.

Ricitos de Oro es bastante hábil para rastrear enemigos en el desierto y es extremadamente hábil con un rifle, incapacitando fácilmente a Bigby en su forma de lobo gigante cuando es emboscado por detrás. Contrariamente a su apariencia inocente, tiene sentidos muy agudos y se muestra bastante imprudente y decidida cuando tiene la intención de matar a alguien. ^[3] Cenicienta más tarde le dice a Blancanieves que Ricitos de Oro tenía que morir porque si no la hubieran matado, habría continuado asesinando como un animal voraz.

El ex noble y asesino en serie que se ha reformado, o más bien pretendió haberlo hecho, Barba Azul estuvo involucrado en varios negocios turbios en Fabletown. Era enormemente rico, apoyaba casi sin ayuda al gobierno de Fabletown (que no tenía forma de recaudar impuestos y, por lo tanto, dependía de las donaciones de mecenas ricos) y podía permitirse incluso los mejores hechizos mágicos (todo su palacio estaba escondido dentro de una habitación de su apartamento). Se consideraba el némesis de Bigby Wolf, y aprovechaba cada oportunidad para intentar acabar con el Sheriff. Cuando le señaló a Wolf que sus amenazas perdían su valor si Bigby no las cumplía, Bigby respondió que nunca lo necesitaba porque Barba Azul, un terror contra oponentes más débiles y/o indefensos, siempre se echaba atrás cuando se enfrentaba a uno más fuerte. Esta observación hizo que Barba Azul derramara lágrimas y odiara aún más a Bigby e intentó planear su asesinato y el de Blancanieves, trabajando en conjunto con Ricitos de Oro. Barba Azul fue asesinado por el Príncipe Encantador, quien, por culpa de su propio maltrato a Blancanieves, trató de evitar que Barba Azul ordenara ese intento de asesinato contra Blancanieves y Bigby, pero ya se había puesto en marcha. Además, Encantador quería apoderarse de sus vastos bienes. Al contrario de lo que su nombre podría sugerir, no es, ni nunca fue, un pirata (aunque Willingham identificó que el diseño del personaje de Barba Azul se suponía que era el del Capitán Garfio, ausente en Fables por derechos de autor). Su cuerpo fue arrojado al pozo de las brujas. Barba Azul aparece junto con otros Fables fallecidos. Dice que ha aprendido a ser virtuoso, aunque Lancelot y Fly creen que su posición de villano no ha cambiado. Después de ser atrapado conspirando con Shere Khan para matar a Flycatcher, su forma de carne le fue quitada. Ayudó a las tropas del Adversario a atacar la nueva fortaleza de Fly, como Fly anticipó. Después, se quedó con el Adversario, cuyos magos están tratando de hacerlo una vez más corpóreo. ^[3] Con la caída del Imperio en el arco argumental de Guerra y Piezas , su situación actual es desconocida.

La aparición principal de Ichabod Crane es en Cinderella Libertine , donde se revela que el ex vicealcalde de Fabletown perdió su trabajo después de acosar sexualmente a Blancanieves y malversar fondos del gobierno. Pasó sus años escondido en Europa , luego recientemente en Francia , que fue donde la espía de Fabletown, Cenicienta , lo encontró. Cindy engañó a Ichabod para que creyera que era una espía del Adversario y fuera a París con ella. Usando su ingenio y encanto femenino, lo expuso como un traidor dispuesto a recurrir al Adversario para vengarse de las Fábulas. Incluso lo sedujo para que firmara una confesión completa. Bigby luego ejecutó a Crane golpeándolo en la cabeza con una estatua sin cabeza de Napoleón Bonaparte . Los flashbacks de la época de Crane como vicealcalde aparecen en la historia Barleycorn Brides , el arco argumental Sons of Empire , el arco argumental Jack of Fables 1883 y Peter & Max: A Fables Novel , y el personaje también desempeña un papel en los eventos de The Wolf Among Us .

Una de las hechiceras más poderosas del Adversario, Baba Yaga llegó a Fabletown después de tomar la forma de Caperucita Roja. Con este disfraz, sedujo, interrogó y torturó a Boy Blue, y luego dirigió un ejército de soldados de madera para atacar Fabletown. Fue derrotada en una batalla mágica con Frau Totenkinder en el techo del edificio principal de Fabletown, donde Totenkinder había pasado años colocando hechizos protectores, lo que le dio la ventaja. El resto de Fabletown cree que Baba Yaga murió en esta batalla, pero Bigby y Totenkinder la mantuvieron viva y restringida, drenando regularmente su poder mágico, en una celda secreta de prisión para extraerle información.

Su legendaria cabaña con patas de pollo fue enviada al mundo mundano durante la batalla entre Baba Yaga y los Boxers, un equipo de élite de hechiceros cuya misión es sellar los "Grandes poderes antiguos". Para detener a la bruja, tuvieron que quitarle su cabaña, ya que la protegía de los señuelos de los Boxers. Se instaló una Puerta de Campo conjurada para enviar la cabaña a un mundo aleatorio, que resultó ser el mundo mundano, dejando atrás a Baba Yaga. Sin la protección de la cabaña, fue capturada rápidamente. Después de cincuenta años de estar "encajonada", llegó a un acuerdo con el Imperio para servirlo en lugar de quedar atrapada para siempre.

La cabaña estaba guardada en la Granja, bajo un estricto control mágico. Se despertó durante la misión de Baba Yaga, rompió los hechizos de control y se puso furiosa cuando Baba Yaga apareció disfrazada, proporcionándole a Frau Totenkinder una pista sobre su verdadera identidad. Se mostró atada en la Granja poco después de la fuga de Baba Yaga.

Baba Yaga es servida por los tres caballeros semidioses de los Rus , Bright Day, Radiant Sun y Dark Night, quienes se encuentran entre los guerreros más formidables del Imperio. Los tres se enfrentaron y fueron derrotados por Boy Blue durante su regreso a Homelands, pero debido a su vínculo irrevocable con Baba Yaga, ninguno de los tres pudo morir. Bright Day representó a su amante en la conferencia imperial, apareciendo solo como líder.

Más tarde, después de que liberaran al Sr. Dark y desataran los diversos encantamientos que habían extraído su poder, incluidos los que la retenían a ella, Baba Yaga escapó de su celda, solo para encontrarse atrapada en los escombros del laberinto. Convoca a sus caballeros, completamente reformada, y planea su escape, pero antes de que pueda huir, es derrotada y asesinada por el improbable Bufkin, que también había quedado atrapado dentro de la oficina de Woodland.

La principal fuerza militar del Imperio está formada por los niños de madera de Geppetto. Aunque Geppetto mantiene una gran cantidad de tropas humanas, los soldados de madera hacen el trabajo más difícil, incluida la invasión de tierras extranjeras, debido a su extrema resistencia. Al principio del desarrollo del Imperio, se los utilizó para apoderarse de reinos mediante engaños, matando a un rey y reemplazándolo por un doble de madera. Pinocho fue el primero que creó Geppetto, pero desde entonces sus creaciones han cambiado significativamente. Además de ser creados como adultos en lugar de niños, en ambos sexos, cobran vida con hechizos que los obligan a obedecer a Geppetto (estos hechizos se obtienen de la principal fuente de poder de Geppetto, el cuerpo comatoso del Hada Azul). Aparte del Emperador, la mayoría de los soldados de madera son muy despectivos con todas las formas de vida que no sean de madera, humanas, de Fable o de otro tipo, refiriéndose a ellas con desprecio como "carne" y comentando extensamente sobre lo que ven como los muchos fallos de la anatomía humana (la necesidad de comida y sueño y una resistencia relativamente baja a las lesiones). A veces incluso atacan y asesinan "carne" sin provocación, como se ve cuando Hugh, Drew y Lou (los primeros tres soldados en infiltrarse en Fabletown) asesinaron a un vendedor de armas. Por el contrario, son muy cercanos entre sí, se dirigen a sí mismos como "Hermano" y "Hermana"; también admiran a Pinocho , a quien ven como su hermano mayor, ya que fue el primero de su especie (a pesar de que desde entonces se ha convertido en humano).

Una fuerza de ellos fue enviada a Fabletown en la Marcha de los Soldados de Madera ; fueron derrotados en la sangrienta Batalla de Fabletown. Aunque fueron enviados ostensiblemente para recolectar cada uno de los objetos mágicos que se sacaron de las Patrias y devolverlo al Imperio, también vinieron con la clara intención de matar a tantos Fábulas como pudieran, algo que parecían disfrutar anticipando. Estos soldados son todos idénticos, con manos y cabezas encantadas para parecer humanas, lo que les permite pasar más fácilmente por el mundo mundano sin sospechas. Todos estos soldados aparecen con trajes a juego, gafas de sol y peluquines (un mundano observador asumió que eran una procesión de Jóvenes Republicanos ). Generalmente, solo se distinguen entre sí por el color de la peluca. Tres de los soldados, Hugh, Drew y Louis son aparentemente los líderes; son los primeros en aparecer en Nueva York (con Baba Yaga), y son los primeros en visitar Fabletown, advirtiendo que regresarán para confiscar todos los objetos mágicos. También roban armas (del vendedor de armas asesinado) para usarlas en la batalla, y supervisan la construcción y el armamento de sus hermanos. Cuando todos los soldados de madera se reúnen en un ejército de cientos, invaden Fabletown en masa. Finalmente, debido al liderazgo de Blancanieves y la aparición en el momento justo de Bigby Wolf , los soldados son derrotados, pero no antes de matar a muchas Fábulas. Los soldados luego son encarcelados como cabezas cortadas e interrogados por Bigby Wolf y Cenicienta; cada soldado individual, cuando se separa de sus hermanos, comienza a hablar relativamente rápido. Sus cuerpos fueron arrojados al Pozo de las Brujas.

En El buen príncipe, una gran multitud marchó hacia el reino de Flycatcher, Haven. Después de rendirse ante ellos, Fly usó su magia para convertirlos en el Bosque sagrado del que fueron tallados. Esto no solo le proporcionó a Haven su propia barrera defensiva, sino que también privó a Geppetto de sus recursos, ya que solo puede existir un Bosque sagrado a la vez.

En "Brujas", los soldados de madera capturados y decapitados superan al menos parcialmente la xenofobia que sienten por todo ser de carne y hueso (excepto Geppetto y Pinocho) y ayudan a Bufkin en su búsqueda de supervivencia, gracias a la bondad que este les ha demostrado.

Una hechicera de gran poder, Lumi ( del finlandés "nieve" ^[4] ), más conocida como la Reina de las Nieves , es la comandante de la guardia personal del Emperador.

According to Jack Horner, she is one of four sisters, each representing one of the seasons, who jointly ruled four kingdoms with each moving in a yearly cycle to bring the seasons in a predictable manner to their subjects. She was once naive and good-natured, with a childlike and somewhat gullible personality. That changed after Lumi had a relationship with Jack. Feeling unwell as the seasonal change approached, she naively gave her powers to Jack, creating the persona of Jack Frost, trusting him to arrange the transfer of the winter season to the next kingdom in the cycle. Jack immediately ignored her wishes, heading off to seek out new women to seduce and generally misuse the abilities given to him, abandoning Lumi, who quickly came to realise that she was not, in fact, unwell, but was instead pregnant with Jack's child. Jack's misadventures quickly wrecked the flow of the seasons, turning the population against her. Eventually, Lumi's three sisters were able to persuade Jack to return the powers that he'd taken. Angered by his betrayal, Lumi grew as cold as the season she controlled. While Jack is a compulsive liar, casting doubt on some of the details, Lumi took offence at a mention of "Jack Frost" during the War and Pieces story-arc, suggesting that at least some of this backstory is accurate.

She was present when Boy Blue cut off the head of the Emperor during the Homelands story-arc and even detected his presence before he revealed himself, but was unable to determine who he was masquerading as and thus prevent his attack. When Blue escaped from captivity, Geppetto swore to send the Snow Queen after him to get revenge. In the Sons of Empire story, she acted as host of the Imperial conference called after Bigby's destruction of the magic grove. At the conference, she set out a four-stage plan for the invasion and destruction of the mundane world, which was generally approved, although she was instructed to make alterations after Pinocchio gave details of the likely response to such an assault.

At the climax of the war between Fabletown and the Empire, as shown in War and Pieces, Lumi was present in the Imperial capital when Briar Rose, the legendary Sleeping Beauty, intentionally activated her curse within the city. Lumi immediately fell asleep with the rest of the population. When she fell into slumber, her powers were transmitted to her son, the new Jack Frost. However, he returned them to her shortly afterward, but apparently this was not sufficient to wake her up. Recently, the city was burned to the ground, but not before both Lumi and Sleeping Beauty were carried away, still asleep, by a mysterious cadre of goblins.

Lumi eventually awakens when Ali Baba kisses Briar Rose, as seen in the comic Fairest. After killing and torturing all the goblins, who "dared to put their warty hands on her and dump her in a cart, like a bag of thrash", the Snow Queen, seeking vengeance on Briar Rose for putting her to sleep for years, sends her ice giants after Briar Rose, Noah and Ali Baba. Eventually, both are captured and taken to the Snow Queen. Instead of killing them, she asks the imp Noah to tell her the story of Briar Rose, as Lumi "is addicted to good stories". It is revealed that Lumi's actions while serving Geppetto were a result of Geppetto giving her his loyalty potions (the same ones he used to bind Pinocchio and all the other wooden soldiers to him) that made her utterly loyal to him. After being asleep for years, the spell has worn off, and she is gradually becoming a more sympathetic person. Ali Baba eventually realizes that he has no feelings for Briar Rose after all, but is in love with Lumi. Lumi discovers that she likes and is attracted to Ali Baba, and believes that love can grow from that. The two go back to Lumi's homeland, and start a new life together. Lumi would make an appearance in the Fairest graphic novel Fairest In All the Land, being round up among many female Fables who were possible targets of an unknown murderer. It was eventually revealed that the murderer was Goldilocks. Goldilocks murdered both Lumi and Ali Baba. Cinderella could only pick half of Goldilocks' victims to resurrect. She choose Lumi because, although Cinderella never knew the Adversary, she saw Lumi as a victim at his hands.

The Snow Queen has repeatedly shown a sharp mind and a cunning aptitude. Tall and quite beautiful, she is generally surrounded by an aura of cold, to the extent that it is usually snowing in her vicinity, often to the annoyance of those around her, not that any of them would dare say anything. She is capable of pulling in the winter weather surrounding her if she so chooses, but rarely does so. She commands legions of frost creatures, including giants. She seems to have either always known who the true leader of the Empire was or has known for quite some time, as she has been repeatedly shown as one of Geppetto's closest and most trusted allies.^[3]

Spies for the Adversary, Rodney and June started out as two of Geppetto's wooden children, Rodney a highly decorated junior officer in the forces assaulting the Arabian Fablelands and June a medic assigned temporarily to his unit. Meeting when Rodney was injured, the pair swiftly grew to enjoy each other's company and began to court each other, despite not really having much of a clue how to go about it. Eventually, Rodney wrote a letter to Geppetto, asking that they be made flesh, so that they could marry and be together properly. The letter was read before dispatch by Rodney's superior officer who was shocked by the content, as it revealed a number of facts about Geppetto's true position within the Empire that would cause immense problems should they get out. He initially locked Rodney up, unsure how to proceed, then ultimately relented. Destroying the letter, he announced that Geppetto should be reassured that there had been no letter and that the situation was under control and dispatched Rodney to do so, with June accompanying him to provide additional witness, observing quietly to the pair that had somebody wanted to ask Geppetto what had supposedly been in the non-existent letter, then it would make much more sense to ask him in person.

Reaching Geppetto after months of travel, Rodney and June made their request. Geppetto talked with them for some hours, then told them that such a great gift would always come with a price and asked them to think about whether they'd be willing to pay it. Rodney and June accepted, were made flesh and were married in a grand ceremony presided over by the Emperor himself. They settled down happily and swiftly conceived a child. Shortly thereafter, they were visited by the Snow Queen, who explained the service that was required of them. They were briefed on life in America, then were sent through and were installed in a small apartment in New York under the name Greenwood, only a couple of blocks from Fabletown, with orders to spy on the Fables there and to study up on sabotage and murder techniques in case they're required to take a more active role. They write their reports in a journal which is magically linked to an identical volume in the Homelands. Orders are passed to them in the same way; occasionally they are provided with specific instructions detailing tasks to be carried out, sometimes involving violent acts. Though both appear to be highly ambivalent about what they do, and June in particular worries about how the recent birth of their daughter (Junebug) will affect things, they nevertheless remain loyal to the Empire - the magic that changed them to flesh ensures that.

Rodney was one of the attendees at the Imperial conference called after Bigby's destruction of the magic grove. He was apparently horrified by the genocidal plan suggested for the mundane world by the Snow Queen and consulted with Pinocchio about how this could be prevented.

In recent events, Pinocchio convinced Rodney and June to surrender to Fabletown authorities. Pinocchio also gave them the ability to defy the loyalty magic of Geppetto by explaining that although they need to do what is best for father Geppetto, they don't need to do what he orders since Geppetto may indeed be mentally unsound, and thus defying the empire might, in fact, be the best thing for Geppetto, since he is acting in a way that harms himself.^[22]

Lord Hansel, of Hansel and Gretel fame, holds the position of Head of the Imperial Inquisition and is one of the most feared men in the Empire. After their misadventure in the Homelands involving Frau Totenkinder, whom the children push into her own oven, Hansel and Gretel emerge from the forests to find their land overrun by the Adversary's forces. They flee, staying ahead of the invading armies and taking sanctuary in one church after another until they learn of the mundane world. Arriving there in the mid-17th century, they made their way to the newly established Fabletown, where they are shocked to discover Frau Totenkinder among the Fables already present. Hansel immediately demands her execution, only to be informed that, under the terms of the Fabletown Compact, Totenkinder had been granted amnesty for her actions in the Homelands. Disgusted, Hansel announces his intention to live among the mundane population, leaving his sister behind in Fabletown.

Hansel moves to Europe, where he swiftly establishes a name for himself as a witch hunter, testifying in numerous trials and taking part enthusiastically in the executions. It reaches the point where his word is considered sufficient to convict a suspect of witchcraft. Hundreds of people are executed at his word. When the Salem witch trials break out in 1692, Hansel immediately returns to America to participate. Reports of his activities greatly concerned the Fabletown authorities, but as he remained within the letter of the Fabletown laws, no action can be taken against him.

Nearby for the first time in many years, Hansel visits Fabletown, asking to see his sister. He begs her to leave Fabletown, as it has only been her presence that stops him from assembling the forces required to obliterate the place. Gretel refuses, explaining to him that she has spent time studying with Frau Totenkinder in the intervening years and has gained a new appreciation for the magic arts, seeing them not as the devil's work, but as a useful tool. Horrified and enraged, Hansel strikes her viciously with a chair, snapping her neck instantly. As no witnesses are present, he tries to claim that it had been an accident, but he is not believed. Hansel is stricken from the Fabletown Compact and banished forever. He continues with his witch-finding activities, but as time passes and the witch-hunts cease, his fame becomes infamy and he vanishes from the mundane world.

Returning to the Homelands, Hansel is tasked with investigating and punishing any unauthorized use of sorcery. It is implied that his job is not to give alleged sorcerers fair trials but simply to stamp out illegal sorcery through terror. He is one of the attendees at the Imperial conference called after Bigby's destruction of the magic grove, although he is not apprised of the war plans outlined by the Snow Queen so that he could not reveal them were he to be subjected to interrogation. Geppetto designates him as the Empire's official envoy to Fabletown, but his real mission in the mundane world is to recover Baba Yaga and the wooden soldiers and return them to the Homelands. He is initially given three years to accomplish this, as Geppetto is intent on a full-scale attack on the mundane world in 2009.

His initial discussions with Fabletown, however, meet with no success, as Prince Charming, having been informed by Frau Totenkinder that the Empire has no real interest in negotiation and was beginning to mobilise for an invasion, simply stalls Hansel at every opportunity, making demands that the envoy finds increasingly outrageous.

Hansel is next seen during the Skulduggery story-arc, where he and his men intercept Pinocchio in Santiago, Chile, as he returns to Fabletown from the Homelands. Pinocchio's escort, Cinderella, while initially also captured, is able to escape and rescue Pinocchio, slaying most of his captors. Uncertain whether Hansel is still officially an accredited envoy to Fabletown, Cinderella elects not to kill him and settles for shooting him in both knees.

In The Great Fables Crossover, Kevin Thorn summons Hansel and Sam, hoping they can inspire him in writing his masterpiece. After numerous disagreements, Sam eventually dumps Hansel out of his wheelchair and off a cliff.

In the Fables spin-off, Everafter, Hansel is revealed to have joined the Shadow Players as an agent tasked to protect the Mundy world from its new magic. Upon finding the "package", a newly manifested mundy witch with incredible powers, his bigotry against witches manifests once more, driving him to attempt to murder her. In a turn of events, he was swiftly blown apart by the child, which seemed to end his life once and for all. His remains are collected by his fellow Shadow Player, Peter Piper, and magically revived by Feathertop.

The much feared Nome King, also known as Roquat the Red, is from L. Frank Baum's tales of the land of Oz. He is the current ruler of that land, as well as many of the surrounding kingdoms and Imperial districts. He attended the Imperial conference called after the destruction of the magic grove and was positively delighted by the plans outlined by the Snow Queen for the effective genocide of the mundane population. He did feel, however, that the plan could be improved with his assistance, feeling that he had many minions that could be of great use. In the wake of the fall of the Adversary's Empire, the Nome King creates his own, pan-Ozian empire. He was killed during Bufkin's revolution, when the Nome King's own hanging rope magically came to life and snapped its master's head off.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin was the antagonist of Peter & Max: A Fables Novel. He was the elder brother to Peter Piper, and a sorcerer powerful enough to face Frau Totenkinder. Born in Hesse, the Homeland that mirrors German fables, Max and Peter's family were caught in the middle of a goblin invasion (under the supervision of the then-burgeoning Empire). The Piper family had a tradition of woodwinds performance, and passed down an ancient pipe named Frost from generation to generation. When Max was denied the inheritance in favor of his younger brother, he started to exhibit sociopathic tendencies, and ran away after murdering his father, lost during the invasion.

During his wandering, he encountered Frau Totenkinder, who gave him the magical flute named Fire, an artifact of astounding potential. Over the course of Frau's trials and teaching, Max increased in power exponentially, which also came from sealing bargains with otherworldly powers. In exchange for the location of Frost from Totenkinder, he stole the children of Hamelin (whose parents had offended Totenkinder), exchanging their lives for the debts of his evil teachers. After a brief battle with Peter and suffering exile after being defeated by Peter, Max returned even more powerful as well as more intent on killing his brother. In the early 20th Century, he cast a curse that increased the lethality of the Spanish flu, at least in mundies. It caused stillbirths and extreme birth defects in Fable children, if not out and out sterility in Fables in general. After a battle with Totenkinder in New York, he was exiled again, only to return in the early 21st Century. He met his end in the mundy version of Hamelin at the hands of his brother, Peter Piper. Max has a brief flashback appearance in the graphic novel 1001 Nights of Snowfall and is referred to in issue #89 (Witches story arc),^[23] as well as the Fairest graphic novel Fairest in All the Land.

A mysterious and extremely powerful entity with chalk-white skin and black hair. He replaced The Adversary as the main antagonist. Trapped by the Boxing League, a division of Warlocks specialized in capturing and containing the most dangerous of magical threats, during the expansion of the empire, Mister Dark was contained within a stone box which drained his power and transmitted it to be used by the Adversary. Looters mistakenly released the creature who proceeded to drain them of life. Mister Dark reacquired his stolen power including a portion that powered the Witching Cloak, destroyed the enchantments that held the Fabletown buildings together and set off to Fabletown to seek revenge. Upon arrival, he captured and then killed Kay, as well as a few hundred New York residents for the construction of his new palace. A composite character like Jack and Frau Totenkinder, he represents every version of the boogeyman. Other names for him are The Dullahan, The Khokhan, The Buse, Mörkö, The Dunganga, The Abo Ragl Ma Slokha, Burned man, the lake man, Buback and the Torbalan along with many other names. He is the same "kind" as Baba Yaga. Mister Dark's primary source of power is the fear of those who surround him. The more that fear him, the greater his power becomes; if he is surrounded by those who possess little fear, he becomes weaker. He has the power to consume the teeth of humans and, by spitting them up one at a time, summoning the spirit of the owner of said tooth to serve him. He can do this once per tooth, so he can generally do this a maximum of thirty-two times (less if the person in question had poor oral hygiene).

Mr. Dark was killed when the North Wind brought him up into the North Wind's own realm of elemental ice and wind. There, Mr. North entered his Casket of Primordial Winds (a suicide mechanism kept in case he got tired of this life, since nothing much could harm him) and took Mr. Dark with him, killing them both.

After the fall of the Empire, an unknown, powerful magic user from another realm invaded the Homelands kingdom of Ultima Thule. The usurper eventually turned out to be Cinderella's fairy godmother, as seen in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love. Cinderella, Fabletown's secret agent, was able to uncover the identity of the usurper and put an end to the Fairy Godmother's dictatorship. However, she could not bring herself to kill her, and instead turned her over to Ultima Thule's citizens for punishment. It is unknown what became of her after this. The story implied that Briar Rose and Cinderella shared the same fairy godmother. This seems to have been proven apocryphal in the Fairest story arc Wide Awake (where none of Briar's fairy seven godmothers look anything like her), but the Fables Encyclopedia refers to Cinderella's fairy godmother as a meddler in Briar Rose's life,^[4] indicating that there may have been more fairy godmothers involved than what was shown in Fairest. The Fairy Godmother had two sisters, one with green and one with blue wings, while she herself has pink wings (like Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Disney's Sleeping Beauty). Her sisters were killed by Frau Totenkinder, who was the Fairy Godmother's enemy who often ruined her spells. The Fairy Godmother also showed Rapunzel's prince the way to the tower that Frau kept her in, mainly to spite Totenkinder. She attacked Ultima Thule because she wanted to make the worlds a better place, and decided it was time to force people to be happy. Her catchphrases are "reality is only what we make of it" and "you can't go to a ball without breaking a few pumpkins".

The Fairy Godmother also appears in flashbacks from Rapunzel's story in the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom. It is revealed that she kept the prince from seeing Rapunzel again, as the godmother had plans for her. It is hinted she may have had a hand in the abduction of Rapunzel's daughters, but if she was the one to kidnap them, it is not known where she took them, since they were not present with her when Cinderella found her in Ultima Thule.

Dorothy Gale was first seen in Jack of Fables, as one of the many Fable prisoners at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. Her story is told in the Fables spin-off Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, where it is revealed that the former innocent farm girl became a professional killer for hire, going by the code "Silverslipper". She went on to become Cinderella's greatest nemesis.

It is revealed that Dorothy developed a taste for killing for hire after she, as seen in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, killed the Wicked Witch of the West in exchange for a trip back home. She had already killed the Wicked Witch of the East by accident when Dorothy's house landed on her, and was given a pair of magic silver slippers from the Good Witch of the North as a reward. When the Wizard heard that Dorothy had already taken care of one witch, he hired her to kill another. Dorothy took the job, and discovered that she liked it. After Glinda the Good Witch explained to her about the powers of the magic slippers, Dorothy used them to fly home to the Homelands version of Kansas. To her great despair, the slippers fell off over the Deadly Desert of Oz.

Dorothy and a few of her friends, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto made it into the mundy world in the year of 1943. They had fled from Oz years before, ahead of the invading armies of the Adversary, and had been on the run ever since. The Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion hid out on the Jersey pine barrens, while Dorothy sought out Fabletown to find them all a safe haven. However, Dorothy reacted strongly to the stated terms in the Fabletown compact that was presented to her, and stormed off in anger, refusing to let anyone "tie her hands like that", meaning she didn't want to be a good person and enjoyed killing too much. She left her friends behind and walked off with Toto in her arms, feeling that the others were dead weight and never came back for them. Dorothy created a new life for herself as a killer for hire in the mundy world, and had no trouble finding work. She eventually crossed paths with Fabletown spy Cinderella, who ran into Dorothy during several of Cindy's secret missions for Fabletown, getting in the way for Dorothy's work. Dorothy pointed out every chance they had, that she and Cindy were exactly the same but that she was better than Cindy. Cindy, however, greatly denied that as she killed to protect Fables and humans as a patriotic act. She calls Dorothy a cold-blooded killer who did it for fun and was dangerous. Cindy was in her way, better than Dorothy due to Dorothy's ego and her constant want to prove she's better than Cindy. Cindy, honestly, didn't care nor did she feel she has to prove her worth to anyone.

It came down to a final confrontation, when Dorothy kidnapped Snow White and was planning to hold her hostage. The two had several violent encounters over the years, until Cindy almost finished Dorothy off in Switzerland in the year of 1986 by throwing Dorothy off a cliff. Dorothy, passed out, was found by Mr. Revise's people and was imprisoned at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village where she was thrown down Revise's memory hole. When she emerged, she had been stripped of most of her memories and was again the same innocent girl she had been so long ago.

The years passed, and Dorothy described them as living in a fog where she could not think straight. When the Golden Boughs was destroyed, the memory hole was destroyed with it, all of Dorothy's memories came back. As mentioned in a conversation between the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Man during the final Jack of Fables story arc, Dorothy then struck off on her own. The Lions mentions that she got "all dark", and the Tin Man responds that Dorothy always was "kind of creepy".

As seen in Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, she began plotting her revenge on Cinderella, while also for the first time remembering where she actually lost the silver slippers. She returned to the Deadly Desert and managed to get the slippers back by hanging off an aircraft on a rope, careful not to touch the deadly sand. She recruited the Spoon Brigade from The Emerald City of Oz, Bungle, the Glass Cat and a Chiss to assist her in her plan for revenge.

When Mr. Kadabra is mysteriously killed by an unknown assailant, all signs point to Cinderella's nemesis from the old. Cindy sets out to find her, aided by Ivan Durak of Shadow Fabletown, who claims that Dorothy has been hired to kill him. Eventually, both are abducted and taken to the Deadly Desert of Oz, where Dorothy is waiting. Before they reach their destination, both manage to escape in the middle of the desert. Cindy is feeling ready to face Dorothy, but Ivan drugs her, and she wakes up tied to a chair, Dorothy standing before her with Toto at her side. Toto had previously been killed during the mass escape from the Golden Boughs, but, as Priscilla Page points out during the Jack of Fables story arc The (Nearly) Great Escape, "killed Fables often get magically replaced by new versions of the same Fables".

In a surprising plot twist, it is revealed that Dorothy was Ivan all along (the real Ivan has been dead for a long time; most likely sometime between the 1980s or her escape from Mr. Revise), disguising herself using her magic silver slippers. Cindy manages to persuade Dorothy to untie her and fight her in a real battle, in which Cindy steals the silver slippers and defeats Dorothy by pushing her from a great height into the Deadly Desert, apparently killing her, though her body is not seen.

Dorothy has a brief appearance in the Fables story In Those Days, in a flashback that shows the death of Mister Kadabra. As previously implied, it was Dorothy who killed him. Dorothy is also referred to in the story arc Cubs in Toyland.

The evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty, she appears in the Fairest story arc Wide Awake. She is the ruler of the Forest of Dire Blight, in the Homelands. Even though she was the one to actually cast the curse over Briar Rose, the Fables story arc War and Pieces and Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love implies that Frau Totenkinder was its creator.

In Fairest, Briar defeats Hadeon once and for all when the latter shows up to pick a fight with the Snow Queen, because Hadeon likes to pick a fight every century or so, to keep her tools honed. Hadeon nearly defeats Lumi, but Briar, wanting revenge for what Hadeon did to her as a baby, decides to take matters into her own hands. It is revealed that because Hadeon cast the curse on Briar Rose all those years ago, Briar has become immune to her magic. Briar defeats Hadeon with a few solid punches to the jaw. Her fairy godmothers turn Hadeon into a car that can travel to any world, and the spaces between worlds. The car has to serve one thousand times before it will revert to Hadeon. Briar uses the car to get back to Fabletown, before lending it to Bigby Wolf, who is searching for his lost cubs, Darien and Therese. When the car has been used nine hundred and ninety-nine times, Briar plans to take it to the junkyard and have Hadeon destroyed once and for all by dropping it into a car crusher. Hadeon's ultimate fate is given in the next-to-last compilation, Fables: Happily Ever After. After many years of adventuring, Briar Rose, who had been scratched by an undead blade, begins to succumb to a zombie-like curse. She returns to Fabletown to collect Hadeon, who has exactly one ride left before returning to her own form. Briar Rose commands Hadeon to take her "to the end of the universe" and then pricks her finger, declaring that if she must turn into an undead horror, she will not be awake for it and will keep her oath to prevent Hadeon from harming anyone ever again.

The prince from Snow White and Rose Red. Unlike in the fairy tale, the prince did not marry Snow White, as his father, the king, refused to let Brandish marry a common peasant girl. Centuries later, he assumed the name of Werian Holt, and was brought to the mundy world by Mr. Dark to serve as fencing instructor for Mrs. Sprat. After Mr. Dark's death, he begins to teach the transformed Mrs. Sprat the art of assassination, and becomes her co-conspirator on an unknown dark plan for Fabletown. When the Fables come to claim Dark's castle as their own, both Spratt and Holt pretend to have been Mr. Dark's prisoners.

He has recently revealed himself to Snow, much to Spratt's surprise and disdain (as she knew nothing of his past and was still very bitter to Snow). He forcefully tries to take claim on Snow as his legal wife, because they promised to marry each other back in the Homelands. Snow tries pushing away his advances, but he's very determined to have her and plans to kill Bigby and all of the children she had with him, and also plans to make her replace the children with their human children. While Bigby is away, Brandish takes Snow captive and locks her up in one of the towers in Mr. Dark's castle. He bewitches himself so that any injury inflicted on him will also hurt Snow, making any attempt at rescue complicated. When Snow attacks him in an attempt to free herself, he breaks her arm to teach her a lesson and make her more docile. Snow vows to kill him herself. Bigby eventually arrives to free his wife, but Brandish transforms him into a statue made of glass. Snow eventually manages to escape, while Morgan le Fay manages to break the spell that Brandish put on himself. Snow utilizes the fencing lessons once given to her by her ex-husband, Prince Charming and engages Brandish in a sword duel. Even with a broken arm, and much to Brandish's surprise, Snow manages to gain the upper hand, and stabs him through the heart, but not before Brandish shatters the statue of Bigby.

However, as Doctor Swineheart performs an autopsy on the fallen prince, Brandish awakens just as Swineheart discovers a cavity where the prince's heart should be, with rune-etched brass fittings capping off the various branches of the circulatory system that would normally connect to a human heart. It is revealed that he had his heart magically removed from his own body, making him difficult to kill. Rose Red takes Brandish captive and offers him an ultimatum: he can spend the rest of his immortal life buried in concrete, or serve her and her new Round Table. Brandish accepts. Rose will soon regret her decision as it puts a great distance between the just recently reconciled sisters. More so, Brandish stays true to his real colors. He quickly murders Weyland Smith, becoming tired of being a squire (and most likely surviving under them), and demands to have his innocence proven via trial by combat against Lancelot. After he manages to best and kill Lancelot after three days of fighting, Brandish assumes that he is finally freed of service under Rose Red. However, an outraged Flycatcher asserts his prerogative as a king and orders Brandish's execution for his crimes, again via trial by combat, this time against Flycatcher, who is aware of his poor skills as a swordsman. During their duel, Grimble in his bluebird form, enchanted with spells from the Thirteenth Floor witches, succeeds in finding and infiltrating the fortress where Brandish's heart is kept. Grimble destroys the heart, causing a shocked Brandish to collapse and die from heart failure without Flycatcher needing to kill the prince.

The actual villain of the fables living in Fabletown, he was an ally of Geppetto when he was the Adversary and living most of his life in Neverland. He has one true friend, and former lover, named Tinker Bell. He is based on Peter Pan from the story of J. M. Barrie.

Kevin Thorn is a former New York City journalist who has the ability to see behind the illusions cast by Fabletown magic-users. After the Battle of Fabletown, the anchorman on the news show Thorn worked for reported an out-of-control block party, a building fire and a gang fight in the Upper West Side; minutes later, the details were fading from everyone's head but Kevin's. After reporting this to his boss, he was fired for "going all X-Files". Kevin has now dedicated himself to discovering what exactly is going on in the Upper West Side. He is leaving a complete paper trail in case of his sudden death (which he now considers to be a strong possibility). During the Sons of Empire story-arc, it is revealed that Kevin is acting as a superintendent at a house three blocks away from Fabletown. This house is also now occupied by Hansel and his staff, though Kevin seems unaware of their true identities. In Kevin's free time (when not spying on Fabletown residents), he is writing a book describing what it is he has discovered of the Fables. He has been keeping an eye on them for long enough now to be familiar with many of the regulars and has noticed the disappearance of several - Bigby Wolf, Snow White, Boy Blue and so forth - linked with references to "The Farm". He has come to the conclusion that "the Farm" is actually a euphemism for execution, giving him the mistaken impression that the Fables willingly kill their own without reservation. He is aware that Tommy Sharp was also investigating Fabletown and was subsequently murdered, which has only served to heighten his misgiving about the Fables.

During the Jack of Fables arc The Bad Prince the reason for Thorn being able to see through the Fables' illusions is finally given: he is, in fact, a Literal, beings who are like Fables, but represent literary devices rather than actual characters. Like many Fables, though, he was taken to Golden Boughs Retirement Village and was stripped of his memories so that he could be made into an ordinary human being. When he begins to regain his memories, he is recaptured so that the process can be repeated. In that process, it is implied he is one of the most powerful Literals in existence, and the soldiers sent to capture him imply that even all of them with their guns could only irritate him, at best, if he fought back. Nonetheless, they manage to bring him back peacefully, where it is revealed Revise is actually his son, and the Pathetic Fallacy is his father. It seems that he became a mundane by choice, and doesn't refuse the notion of losing his memories again.

It later emerges in the storyline Jack's Big Book of War that Kevin has powers leading to the creation of Fables themselves, but it has not yet emerged what they actually are. It seems that Kevin refers to Fables as his creations and he consents to the revisions of his son Revise as the lesser of two evils, in an attempt to protect them from his other son Bookburner.

In The Great Fables Crossover he's revealed to be truly the creator of the Fables, the embodiment of the storytelling. Having been able to break in a new pen, after destroying the pen (a simple goose-feather) used to write the Fables (and possibly the mundys as well) in the attempt to stop the Writer's Block, he becomes displeased with the current events, as the Fables themselves had grown beyond his control (he explicitly claims that Geppetto's transformation in the dreaded Adversary was something he couldn't even fathom), and decided to uncreate them, rebuilding a new world from scratch.

After Jack Frost II is able to stop him from writing the literal word end to the universe, Dex, the Deus Ex Machina and the most powerful of the Literals, creates a new, empty universe for the Literals to inhabit and fill out as they please. Despite having a new occasion to create, Kevin expresses displeasure and worries, as after thousands of years spent dreaming the end of the universe, he's unable to write out a beginning to a new universe.

The Golden Boughs Retirement Village is also home to a man known as the Pathetic Fallacy, although he comes to prefer being called Gary, who has the powers of that concept. His precise status at the facility was somewhat unclear; while he did Revise's bidding, appearing to have his trust and carry out a number of minor staff duties, he was also kind and sympathetic and aided the escape plan. It is later revealed that the Pathetic Fallacy is a Literal, an extremely powerful magical being of a different kind to the Fables, in that he personifies a literary concept rather than being a character from literature. He was the father of Kevin Thorn and grandfather to Revise, although he appears to only be aware of this on occasion.

The Pathetic Fallacy traveled with Jack Horner, taking on the role of his sidekick, being somewhat naive and frequently confused, although he had lucid moments when he shows a great deal of knowledge about how stories work. He regards inanimate objects (which are, of course, generally quite animate in his presence) as friends and talks to them frequently.

In one of his lucid moments, he refuses to join the Literals in the new universe created for them by the Deus ex Machina and willingly sacrifices his powers. Reasoning that the new universe will develop a Pathetic Fallacy when the need will arise, he returns at Jack's side.

After Jack Horner transformed into a dragon, The Pathetic Fallacy hid him in a cave where he had piles of gold. It was revealed he entered a brief marriage with a woman and sold some of the original books in exchange for cows (for Jack to eat, as opposed to other people, namely the women he brings back to the cave). When Jack Frost arrives to slay the dragon (not realizing the dragon is his biological father), the Pathetic Fallacy rushes to Jack Horner's defense, destroying the Fulminate Blade. As a result, Jack Frost shoots him, which kills him since he had been living as a Mundy.

Mr. Revise is in overall charge of the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. His exact status is unclear, but he is descended from Literals, a group of magical beings who, unlike the Fables, who are characters from story, appear to personify literary concepts. He seems to embody the concept of the editor, in that he revises the universe so that it makes perfect sense. He is the son of Kevin Thorn and the grandson of the Pathetic Fallacy, though he appears older than both of them. As such, Revise holds a considerable amount of supernatural power.

Revise considers his role to be "neutering" Fables partly by stripping them of their darker elements, with his ultimate goal being to rid the world of magic. He had been close to accomplishing that before the Fabletown refugees made their way to this mundane world.

Tying into Revise's intention to destroy magic, The Golden Bough was originally written by Sir James Frazer to show that even the "enlightened" faiths of the 19th Century were descended from the most superstitious and primitive. Like Frazer, Mr. Revise appears to be a modernist who wants to abolish superstition. In the end of the Great Fables Crossover, he's revealed in a more sympathetic light, as it is mentioned that keeping the laws of physics constant over time had been his idea, making science possible. It is also pointed out that he has been a stabilizing force against whims of Kevin Thorn, who could justify any event by claiming poetic license. Eventually, he decides to follow his father in the new universe created by the Deus ex Machina.

The three Page sisters serve Revise directly as the senior librarians of the Golden Boughs Retirement Village, each with their own speciality. Robin Page is in charge of security, training the tigers and so forth, Priscilla Page handles retrievals, the capture of Fables and bringing them back to the facility, while Hillary Page runs the research department. It was revealed, in Jack of Fables #26, that the sisters have two different fathers; Hillary is the daughter of Revise, while Priscilla and Robin are Bookburner's daughters.

The Page sisters all appear to be relatively young, are attractive and all three have slept with Jack Horner, something that he takes considerable pride in having achieved, though he also shows horror after learning that they are his half sisters. Hillary spends some time traveling with Jack after his escape from Golden Boughs, but left after discovering that he'd slept with both of her sisters before her and is now helping the Bookburner, Revise's brother and the father of her two sisters, track the fugitives.

After the revelation that Jack was their half-brother through their shared mother, Prose Page, they were horrified to realize that they'd committed incest. Hillary was disgusted, Priscilla was enraged, and Robin was speechless.

Bill Willingham has revealed in an interview that the Page sisters are the embodiment of organizing and codifying (in this case Fables).^[24]

The sisters have some mystical abilities as a result of their Literal heritage. Libraries are Hillary's place of power, while the open road is Priscilla's. She claims to know "shortcuts to anywhere", which she uses to reach Kevin Thorn's hideout ahead of Snow White and Bigby. It is implied that all three sisters give up their powers when they decide to stay in the Fables universe instead of accompanying the other literals into the new one provided by "Dex" (Deus Ex Machina, the Literal embodiment of the dramatic concept), but Robin seems to be able to communicate with a stone lion at the end of Jack of Fables (unless she was just acting crazy and actually found another way to unlock a secret passage). The sisters decide to travel the world with their nephew, the current Jack Frost. Hillary and Priscilla appear to have motherly attitudes toward him to him while Robin seemed to be following along out of reluctance: the former later advises Jack Frost to cast aside his wintry powers and find his way by himself, thus separating from him and paving for their favorite nephew the path of the hero.

After becoming mortals, the sisters lived as normal "mundies" for years. Robin had a baby, Sammy Junior, with Sam after a one-night stand with the former Golden Boughs prisoner. The sisters eventually got tired of life as mere mortals doomed to grow old and die, and started searching for Revise's books of original, unrevised Fable stories, knowing that the original books would make them immortal once more. The search brought the sisters to a dragon, who was, in fact, a transformed Jack Horner; Jack had stolen the books when the Golden Boughs were destroyed. The sisters arrived at the same times as several former Golden Boughs prisoners, who were on a quest of their own, searching for Fabletown. The sisters went after the books while shooting at the dragon, which made the dragon burn the books - he was tired of them anyway - in anger. The sisters, upset at the loss of the books, started shooting everyone around them, thinking that since they were doomed to die without the books, everyone else could just as well die with them. This made some of the Fables retaliate and all three of the sisters were killed; Humpty Dumpty fired his cannon at Priscilla, the Tin Man killed Hillary by firing a laser through her chest with his tin cannon, and the Cowardly Lion mauled Robin to death.

In Fairest: In All The Lands, it is revealed that the Page Sisters used to either live in Fabletown or visit it, as they talked to Mrs. Ford, a seer in a laundry who foresaw their death in a cave, as later seen in Jack of Fables: The End; the sisters remarked that in response, they decided to just avoid that cave, until they gave up and accepted their fate.

His real name is Evelyn-Lawrence-Pinder-Shinks-Cobblepewter, uttered in its entirety once by his caretaker Vrumptus. Son of Jack Horner and the Snow Queen, nephew of the Page Sisters, and so one-quarter Literal and three-quarters Fable himself, Jack Frost is the estranged son of Jack Horner, conceived by Lumi and Jack when Jack Horner, trying to harness the wintry powers and the riches of the Snow Queen for himself, romanced the still naive and gullible Lumi. As a result of his predictable betrayal, Lumi hardened her heart, becoming the cold, ruthless villainess shown in the series, lavishing the young Jack with all her bottled and repressed love. It is unexplained why she would give her son such a name.

Whatever the reason is for his name, Jack shows no ill will to his mother or his caretaker Vrumptus. He seems to care for and love both as family and knows very well of his father's treatment to his mother. As a result, owing to Lumi's duties as an adviser for the ominous Adversary, young Jack lives a sheltered life along with his majordomo Vrumptus, growing into a sickly, frail child. When at the climax of the war between Fabletown and the Empire, as shown in War and Pieces, Lumi immediately falls permanently asleep because of Briar Rose's curse, her wintry powers seek Jack, turning him into the second Jack Frost (essentially a male version of the Snow Queen), imbuing him with several powers, such as the absolute mastery over cold and snow of his mother, the ability to travel between dimensions and the mystical ability to track Jack Horner. After receiving his powers one of the first things he does is to change his name which he decides to call himself Jack.

Although briefly distracted by the similarities between Wicked John and Jack Horner, Jack Frost manages to find his father at the Farm. Jack Horner, annoyed by his son's childish insistence, tricks him into believing that he must first complete a great quest before he has the right to ask his father any questions. With this objective in mind, Jack Frost takes part in the battle between Fables and Literals, ultimately turning the tide in favor of the Fables by freezing Kevin Thorn before he can write an end for the current universe. When the Literals leave the main universe to write a new one, Jack Frost stays back with his aunts, the Page Sisters, forswearing his bumbling father and unsure of his future. On Hillary and Priscilla's advice, Jack Frost divests himself of Lumi's powers, but to his great surprise, instead of returning the meek, sickly kid he was, he turns into a quite handsome young man with the stamina and physical prowess of his father and the innate ability to hop between dimensions. Joining forces with Gepetto's wooden owl, briefly tasked by the Adversary in spying the Homelands, whom he names "McDuff", he starts a career as a hero for hire, with McDuff acting as the brains of the operation, and the good-natured, courageous, but trusty and still naive Jack acting as the brawn.

Son of Kevin Thorn, brother to Revise and father to Priscilla and Robin Page. Bookburner takes a different approach in dealing with magic to his brother, choosing to burn books completely, effectively removing those characters from existence. He does, however, claim to keep copies in what he refers to as his 'private collection', which appears to give him power over what remains of those characters, allowing him to compel them to act on his behalf. He has not been seen since the destruction of the Golden Boughs Retirement Village.

A group of Literals who are the embodiment of the different genres found in story telling. The known genres are:

• Western, who looks like John Wayne. He can sense Bigby's actions, because they both are sheriffs. He likes to play cards alone.
• Blockbuster, a dimwitted, musclebound commando who can sense when explosions happen. He resembles Rambo.
• Mystery, a very silent woman whose face is always covered by a black veil.
• Horror, a terrifying little girl. She can even scare Kevin Thorne.
• Romance, a beautiful redhead.
• Science-Fiction, a man in a spacesuit who fights with lasers. He is twin brother to his sister Fantasy.
• Fantasy, an elven woman with pointy ears who likes to plan epic adventures finding magical items.
• Super-hero, a younger brother of Science-Fiction and Fantasy. He is known to be constantly dying and resurrected like Western.
• Literature, who holds the others in contempt.
• Noir, who looks and acts like Sam Spade as portrayed by Humphry Bogart. He can solve some cases without needing to be physically present and he also managed to sneak up on everybody in the room, when they were summoned by Kevin.
• Comedy, who looks and acts like Groucho Marx. He makes no difference between "a muse" and "amuse".
• War, who looks and acts like a soldier from World War II.

• Writer's Block: Kevin Thorne's twin brother. He looks exactly like Thorne, but has the appearance of a mental patient. Though Writer's Block is always close to his brother, Thorne doesn't notice him until he accidentally touches him. In order to continue with his plans, Thorne murders Writer's Block again.
• Dex (Deus Ex Machina, the Literal embodiment of the dramatic concept), arguably one of the most powerful of the Literals. He waits to solve all problems until doing so is truly impossible. He can appear out of nowhere, but he cannot work miracles, as he can only work "once per story, usually toward the dénoument".
• Eliza Wall: A Literal and temporary narrator of the Jack of Fables series and represents the fourth wall, a theatre concept now also adapted to any storytelling device (movies, literature etc.). She also has siblings - of whom nothing is known, except that, unlike her, they have no fourth wall awareness, as they do not understand it when she directly speaks to the readers.
• Prose Page: Jack Horner's mother, who gave birth to Jack after an affair with a Fable, Prince Charming. She later gave birth to the Page sisters, Hillary with Revise and Priscilla and Robin with Bookburner.
• Onomatopoeia: Little is known about Onomatopoeia, though is mentioned by Revise after escaping the Golden Boughs Retirement Village.
• Foreshadowing: Little is known about Foreshadowing but that she is a female, though is mentioned by Revise after escaping the Golden Boughs.

These were some of the Fables who died defending the Last Free Gateway from the Homelands, as seen in The Last Castle. Every year, on 15 May, the people who were on the last boat out of the Homelands would get together to drink to the memory of those who died so they could get out to the Mundy World. Among the defenders were:

• Colonel Bearskin, the colonel of "Bearskin's Free Company", the Fables who held back the Adversary's forces and tried to hold their last unconquered territory. It is said that he fought in many famous battles. He was known for his cunning battle strategies which were the reason that the territory held as long as it did. He also cared for the safety of the people who had loved ones and sent them on the boat to Fabletown. Boy Blue was his orderly, and he gave Boy Blue the witching cloak so Blue would live to tell the tale of the battle and so he could escape to be with Red Riding Hood. He was one of the last of the Fables that stayed to fight to be killed; he was stabbed in the side and died slowly while the Adversary's troops mocked him.
• The Valiant Little Tailor, identified through the text on his clothes, which says, "seven at one stroke". He was killed by goblins early in the battle. In addition, his name can be seen on one of Kevin Thorn's books in the Jack of Fables story arc The Bad Prince.
• The Red Cross Knight, who almost won the battle all on his own, and could not be beaten, "not by goblin or troll or giant. Not by the dozens or the hundreds". He was finally killed when the enemy set a dragon against him.
• Herman Von Starkenfaust, from Washington Irving's short story The Spectre Bridegroom. According to Boy Blue, he turned out not to be a ghost after all.
• Britomart: Her final action before being killed, was throwing her magical spear, which would find any target she set for it, killing the general leading the Adversary's forces.
• Robin O'The Woods (Robin Hood), a.k.a. "Loxley": When the last ship out of the Homelands was leaving, Robin Hood (previously seen in flashbacks in the Legends in Exile story arc, while fleeing the Adversary's forces) chose to stay behind and defend the Gateway, to avenge his Marian, who was killed when the invaders took his homeland.
• The Merry Men, including Friar Tuck and John Small, died side by side with Bearskin's Free Company.
• Tam Lin, who was claimed to be the knight loved by the queen of the faeries. He had a reputation of a scoundrel, but after winning a place for himself on the last ship out of the Homelands, he gave it to his young page instead
• The King of Madagao and the King of Bornegascar, old enemies, from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce.^[25]
• The ancient King Pellinore: His rusty armor kept trying to fall apart during his weeks defending the Gateway, and his squire had to follow him around, retrieving the pieces that were dropped off in his way.

The North Wind, often referred to as Mr. North, is the father of Bigby Wolf. His real name is Boreas Frostheart, as revealed in Fables #110. When traveling the world, he fell in love with a wolf named Winter; they had seven cubs. Mr. North grew bored after several years and abandoned her. He is the only European fable that still holds his kingdom from the Adversary. He arrives in Fabletown when word reaches him about the birth of his grandchildren, and he spends several years at the farm helping Snow take care of them. He treats Snow like she was his own daughter even before she is married to his son, teaching his grandchildren how to fly and shapeshift. He is strong enough to fight Demons and is confident he would be able to beat the D'Jinn, or Genie, that Sinbad's adviser releases, though he tells Snow White and the others the battle would probably destroy most of the planet. He is based on many European wind gods, primarily Boreas (who has his own fable, entitled The North Wind and the Sun). Bigby has never forgiven him for abandoning Winter and considers him a monster. He eventually returns to his kingdom before Bigby returns to Fabletown. Following Bigby and Snow's visit to his castle, he agrees to help Fabletown during the war against the Empire by providing zephyrs trained to act as spies and messengers.

It is later revealed that Mr. North and Mr. Dark, although having different purposes, are of similar magic and power (though Mr. Dark claims to be superior). He tried to persuade Mr. Dark to leave the mundane world and the Fables alone - which Dark refused - and offered a challenge of single combat with Frau Totenkinder; it is shown that Mr. North did this in exchange for information from Totenkinder, confirmation that Snow had given birth to a zephyr, Ghost, and that he was living happily as a secret member of the family. Mr. North left, extremely displeased.

In Mr. North's kingdom, zephyrs were viewed as predatory monsters. Long ago, following a child massacre at the hands of the zephyrs, Mr. North had sworn an oath to his people that as long as he lived, no zephyrs would be allowed to survive. He was now facing a dilemma, as he loved the cubs - his grandchildren - and would never intentionally hurt any of them. Nor did he wish to further exacerbate the slight bond he had managed to form with his son. Desperately trying to find a way to get himself out of the predicament, he realized that the only way he could forsake his vow to kill Ghost was to die, as death canceled all obligations. A grim Mr. North confronted Mister Dark, the Dullahan who had sworn vengeance against the Fables and was out to kill all of them, including Mr. North's family. Knowing that the damages from a battle between the two would be catastrophic for the Fables, Mr. North grabbed Mr. Dark by the throat and brought up him up into the North Wind's own realm of elemental ice and wind, so that even the slightest brush of the Dullahan's death would not touch the world below. There, he entered his Casket of Primordial Winds (a suicide mechanism kept in case he got tired of this life, since nothing much could harm him) and took Mr. Dark with him, killing them both. When informed of Mr. North's death, Bigby felt conflicted, as he had hated his father for so long and now his father had done something so noble as this. His musings were interrupted when one of the North Wind's aides showed up and informed him that now that Mr. North was dead, a new North Wind was needed from his bloodline. Since Bigby is "entirely unsuitable", they will have to choose from among his children.

Brother/cousin of the North Wind, and great uncle of the "cubs". The West Wind appears as a Native American, and goes by the name of Yaponcha, the Hopi wind god^[4] from Native American legends.^[26][27] He is also known as Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind. Another reference to Native American mythology is made when he compares wolves (more specifically, Bigby) to the mythological coyote.

During the process of choosing the North Wind's heir, the three other cardinal winds arrived, intending to take possession of the "cubs". They believed that the "offspring of one of the great houses" should be fostered for a time in the courts of other kings and that the cardinal winds themselves were best suited to determine who might be the most fit to rule Mr. North's kingdom. Bigby, father of the cubs, was furious and would not allow this, and the West Wind then secretly attempted to persuade the East Wind and the South Wind to join him in taking over the North Wind's keep and kill his family, including the children. Thus, they could construct a new north wind from pure materials, but the South Wind accuses him of wanting to do this out of personal revenge on the North Wind. Both she and the East Wind remind him that he has been on bad terms with the North Wind for some years, even naming the "zephyrs" after him to insult him.

Winter, one of "the Cubs", was eventually chosen as the new North Wind. When this happened, the West Wind referred to the new situation as "a setback", but did not interfere.

The North Wind's brother/cousin. The East Wind takes the form of an obese man and goes by the names of Eurus (the name of the Greek deity representing the east wind), Fei Lian (the Chinese god of the wind) and Dragon of the East. He does appear to have some physical traits similar to young Ambrose. Not much is known about him, but unlike the West Wind, he doesn't appear to wish to kill the North Wind's family. Like the South Wind, he believes the West Wind only wants to hurt them out of personal spite. With coaxing from the South Wind, she got them to decide to invite themselves as guests of the Wolf Clan. However, upon hearing the ideas of his fellow winds, the East Wind suggested that they not only killed the entire wolf clan, but the North Wind's attendant winds as well. The others agreed to the plan, but when Winter (one of the "cubs") is chosen as the new North Wind, the East Wind appears to accept it, and even tells a disgruntled West Wind to be quiet and mind the occasion. He also wishes to assist in Winter's training.

Winter soon becomes afraid when she starts having nightmares where she sees a grown-up version of herself as a cold, selfish North Wind that hurts people. The East Wind is very pleased with this new "marvelous" development in which they will have a "timid" North Wind, whereas the South Wind, equally pleased, says that their day of ascendancy has come at long last. During "Cubs in Toyland" arc Bigby asks as humbly as he could for their help in finding Therese and Darien. While of course all the winds at first refuse, Bigby makes a verbal threat that he'd make them pay if they didn't. It is noted, that while he's just as suspicious character as his siblings, he was the only one of them not griping or complaining about searching for them. He notes "Sometimes a doing a favor is its own reward", meaning he could have some benevolence in him at the most as he saw that while Bigby wasn't a god like them, he wasn't just an ordinary human either.

The North Wind's sister/cousin, and the cubs' great aunt. The South Wind takes the form of an African-looking woman. Even though all the Cardinal Winds have the ability to take the form of both genders, she is the only one of the group who's chosen to take a female form. She goes by the names of Yoruba (after the Yoruba people of West Africa^[4]), Notus (the south wind in Greek mythology) and Storm Mother. She could be considered the more compassionate and sensible one of the Winds, although she has been shown to have a more ruthless, cunning side as well.

After hearing the West Wind's ideas, the South Wind suggested that they should instead conduct themselves as proper guests until Bigby had another outburst. When that happened, they would be "fully justified" in stepping in with force. The other winds agreed to the plan, with a few modifications from the East Wind, who suggested that they not only killed the entire wolf clan, but the North Wind's attendant winds as well. The West Wind and the South Wind both agreed. Later, it becomes clear to the winds that the testing might place the children in mortal danger, and the East Wind remarks that if the cubs are killing themselves in the process of testing, the fewer the winds will have to take out when they are compelled to step in. The South Wind reminds the others that their patience is paying off and that they were right to hold off taking a direct hand.

One of the "cubs", Winter, is eventually chosen as the new North Wind. The South Wind watches in silence and appears to accept the new development, but Winter becomes very afraid when she starts having premonitions of her older self as a cold and selfish North Wind that hurts people. The East Wind refers to the new development as "marvelous" because the new North Wind will be timid, and the South Wind appears to be very pleased and answers that "our day of ascendancy has come at long last".

A group of characters living in the Arabian Fable homelands, mostly from One Thousand and One Nights.

Sinbad, the famed mariner of legend, is a prince of the Arabian Fables. He arrived in Fabletown during the Arabian Nights (And Days) story-arc, accompanied by his minister, Yusuf, a host of servants and slaves and, to the consternation of his hosts, a d'jinn secured within a bottle, for a meeting carefully negotiated by Mowgli. Things got off to the worst possible start when Prince Charming forgot completely about the meeting and it was only when King Cole, who both spoke the language and was familiar with the customs, was brought in that things began to calm down. As things progressed, Sinbad began to see that the mundane world represented a new beginning, and decided to free all of his slaves. The enraged Yusuf used this as an excuse to release the d'jinn, giving it commands that would put him in control of both the European and Arabian fable communities. Fortunately, Frau Totenkinder had anticipated the possibility and warped his language, so that the commands he gave were not what he intended, ultimately leading to his own prolonged demise and the recapture of the d'jinn. Sinbad did indeed release his slaves, giving them the option to either accompany him back to Baghdad or to remain in Fabletown. He left Fabletown, taking King Cole with him as the official Ambassador to the Arabian Fables. They returned to Baghdad, where he revealed to Cole that, for the time being, the Arabian Fables still live in the Homelands equivalent of Baghdad, until such time as the Adversary's forces take it. Sinbad has learned from the uncontrolled exodus of the European Fables into the mundane world and has made plans to ensure that their own escape, should it prove necessary, will be much more orderly.

During the War and Pieces storyline, Sinbad participated bravely in the war against the Adversary, commanding the skyship Glory of Baghdad, with Prince Charming as his combat coordinator. After the destruction of the ship, he defended the injured Charming while the latter dragged the last bomb to its target and set it off. After the war, he married Rose Red, who divorced him around a week after their wedding to try to be with Boy Blue. Following a failed attempt to reconcile, he returned to Baghdad, expressing a wish to build a new airship with which to explore the liberated homelands.

The Arabian Fables' best spy, ostensibly acting under the orders of Sinbad. Aladdin is seen briefly learning English in preparation for the war against the Adversary. He is later seen in Dubai, disguised as a concierge in the Burj al-Arab hotel, holding a knife and preparing to attack an oblivious Cinderella, as seen in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love. Both end up working on the same spy job together, looking for the ones who are selling magical contraband. They eventually discover it is the three girls from Sinbad's harem and find they are in dealing with Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Cinderella eventually defeats her grandmother with the help of Hickory and leaves with Aladdin. She reveals she knows about him spying on the other Fable-communities, but states she'll keep quiet because she's attracted to him. Aladdin returns her feelings and they decide to spend a night together.

Ali Baba was briefly mentioned during the Arabian Nights (And Days) storyline. He also appears in the first storyline of the Fables spin-off Fairest, where the famous prince of thieves makes his way to the Imperial Capital in the Homelands. The city has recently been burned down by goblins. While looking for treasures hidden among the char and ash, he finds a magic bottle, which he opens, but the bottle does not contain a d'jinn, but a little bottle imp. Although the imp cannot grant him three wishes, it promises to lead him to great riches. The imp leads him to the encampment of the goblins who burned down the city, and where Briar Rose, still asleep, is being held. The imp explains to Ali Baba that the sleeping girl is blessed with eternal wealth and riches, but needs to be woken with true love's kiss from a prince, and that if Ali Baba marries her, he will get everything she gets. Ali Baba sneaks into the camp, and finds both Briar Rose and, Lumi, the Snow Queen, also asleep. Since he doesn't know which woman the imp meant, he first kisses the sleeping Snow Queen. When that doesn't work, he kisses Briar Rose, who awakens from the spell, along with the Snow Queen.

The Snow Queen, wanting revenge on Briar Rose for putting her to sleep for years, takes both of them captive, but does not harm them. While Ali Baba and Briar Rose are forced to spend time with Lumi, Ali Baba eventually realizes that he has no feelings for Briar Rose after all, but is in love with Lumi. It is revealed that because Ali Baba risked his life to wake and rescue Briar Rose, his actions fell under the definition of true love, but was not romantic love. Lumi likes and is attracted to Ali Baba, and believes that love can grow from that. The two become a couple, and start a new life together in Lumi's homeland, but this is only temporary, as both of them are killed during the events of the Fairest graphic novel Fairest In All The Land at the hands of Goldilocks. Cinderella was able to bring Goldilock's victims back to life, but she could only pick half of the victims to resurrect, and she chooses Lumi, feeling she was a victim at the hands of the Adversary, and a potential ally for Fabletown.

• Yusuf: Sinbad's minister who released a d'jinn from a bottle, in order to destroy Fabletown and its citizens and put him in control of both the European and Arabian fable communities. Frau Totenkinder used her magic powers to warp his language, so that the commands he gave were not what he intended, ultimately leading to his own prolonged demise and the recapture of the d'jinn.
• Sidi Nouman: The first victim of the d'jinn released by Sinbad's servant, Yusuf, as seen in Arabian Nights (And Days). He appears in the One Thousand and One Night story "The Caliph's Night Adventure" (as Sidi Nu'uman), which includes the chapter "History of Sidi Nu'uman".^[28] The d'jinn makes references to the story by calling Sidi Nouman "famous abuser of horses", "celebrated husband of corpse-eaters" and "a dog who's occasionally a man - or is that the other way around?". The Fables Encyclopedia erroneously states that Sidi Nouman was created by Bill Willingham.^[4]
• King Shahryār: In the graphic novel 1001 Nights of Snowfall, Snow White is dispatched to the Arabian sultan's court in the Homelands to enlist his support in the fight against the Adversary. King Shahryār entraps her, and for a thousand-and-one nights in a row, she must tell Shahryār a story, each time stopping at dawn with a cliffhanger, thus forcing him to keep her alive for another day so that she can complete the tale the next night, while at the same time wooing his cooperation.
• Scheherazade: She makes a brief appearance in 1001 Nights of Snowfall. It is revealed she got the idea of telling the Sultan a new story every night from Snow White, who has been using the same trick herself to keep herself alive for a thousand-and-one nights while acting as an ambassador for Fabletown.
• Scheherazade's father: He makes an appearance in the graphic novel.
• Aladdin's father and the d'jinn: From the tale of Aladdin, mentioned in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love.
• Morgiana: Referred to in the Fairest story arc Wide Awake.
• Abd Al Qadir: He appears briefly in flashbacks from Ali Baba's life, in the Fairest story arc Wide Awake. He is a minor character referred to in the One Thousand and One Night story "Ala al-Din Abu al-Shamat", during the "Two Hundred and Fifty-third Night" (as Abd al-Kadir).^[29]

The Blue Fairy was the one who turned Pinocchio into a real boy centuries ago. She took his wish too literally and made it so that he would be a real boy, therefore never growing up and experiencing puberty. She lent Geppetto some of her power in order for him to turn more of his puppets into real people, but soon she saw how greedy Geppetto was becoming, and started resisting. This prompted Geppetto to trap the Blue Fairy and use machinery to drain power from her body so he could use her power on his own.

Pinocchio stated early on he only went to Remembrance Day celebrations to see when the Blue Fairy would show up, and that he would "kick her pretty little azure ass" whenever she did. Many years later, in the early period of the power struggle over the Farm, Ozma brought the Blue Fairy to the Farm, obviously wanting revenge on Geppetto for his wicked deeds. The Blue Fairy tried to attack Geppetto, but was interrupted when Pinocchio attempted to beat her up, wanting revenge for being stuck as a boy for centuries. She quickly overpowered him and went after Gepetto, but the Sheriff, Beast, intervened and managed to talk the Blue Fairy into going away for 777 days, at which time she promised to return and expected Beast to have Geppetto ready and waiting to receive her vengeance. If not, she was going to take Beast prisoner for 777 years.

Later, Beast is able to stall her by saying that Gepetto wishes to marry her. The Blue Fairy chooses the Lady of the Lake as her intermediary in the wedding negotiations. In the Fairest graphic novel Fairest In All The Land, the Blue Fairy and the Lady of the Lake both become victims of a serial killer, who is revealed to be Goldilocks. Cinderella is able to resurrect the victims, but can only bring back half of them, and chooses the Lady of the Lake over the Blue Fairy. The Blue Fairy is cast into what the Magical Mirror calls the "stay dead group", meaning even the mirror does not expect her to return to the living (though her severed head can continue to talk).

King Arthur and his court appear in flashbacks during The Good Prince story arc, where the spirit of Sir Lancelot tells his story to Flycatcher. Camelot and the fabled King Arthur set the standard of "true chivalry" for all of Christendom and its legend touched much of the pagan worlds beyond. The Fables graphic novel 1001 Nights of Snowfall reveals that Lancelot, Camelot's most gifted champion, was blessed by Frau Totenkinder, who told him that he would be unbeatable in battle as long as he remained pure and honorable. Lancelot was unbeatable, until he lost his honor by having a love affair with the King's wife, Guinevere. The Knights of the Round Table are referred to in Lancelot's story, and Gawain makes an appearance. Lancelot's betrayal, and the "unforgivable acts" that he perpetrated afterward, split the Round Table and led to the downfall of Camelot. Even though Arthur eventually forgave him, Lancelot couldn't forgive himself. He hanged himself and became the mysterious Forsworn Knight who appears in the early issues of Fables. Dialog between Flycatcher and Lancelot's ghost reveals that Arthur was eventually laid to rest in a crypt. Arthur appears briefly in flashbacks during the Fables story The Destiny Game. According to the Fables Encyclopedia annotations, "Sir Grimauld" from The Good Prince is Bill Willingham's creation, as there is no such character in the King Arthur mythos. Based on the color of his armor, he may be the Green Knight from the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" (circa A.D. 1390).^[4]

King Pellinore makes an appearance in the Fables story The Last Castle, as one of the defenders of the last free gateway.

The Lady of the Lake was first referred to in The Good Prince and the Jack of Fables story arc The Bad Prince (in addition, Arthur, Lancelot and Merlin are all referred to in the latter story). She first appears in the story arc The Destiny Game. Also known as the "Green Lady", she is a messenger of the Fates and has the ability to assign and reassign different destinies to particular individuals. She is a green-skinned woman who sometimes lives in ponds. Initially a sly and conniving woman, she turns more diligently after two encounters with Bigby Wolf. Years later, she is in a well-established relationship with Bigby's cub Ambrose. In later Fables story arcs, Lady of the Lake was shown to be a good friend to the Blue Fairy and came to represent her friend in the engagement to Geppetto. In the Fairest graphic novel Fairest In All the Land, Lady of the Lake and her friend were attacked and apparently murdered at the hands of Goldilocks. Cinderella was able to bring Goldilocks' victims back to life, but was only allowed to choose half of the victims to resurrect, and she chose Lady of the Lake over the Blue Fairy.

Merlin appears briefly in flashbacks in the Fables story The Destiny Game.

Uther Pendragon, Gorlois and Mordred are mentioned in Fables #136 (Camelot, Part 6). In addition, Arthur's half-sister, Morgan le Fay, is one of the 13th floor witches of Fabletown.

A warlock and former Boxer (hunter of rogue spellcasters and magical beings) for the Empire. Though he did not invent the sealing boxes used by the Boxers to capture their targets, he was able to enchant them so that they would entice their targets to enter them willingly. He had been key to boxing Baba Yaga, Mr. Dark and the last of the Baleful Hernes. Frau Totenkinder (after rejuvenating and using her true name again: Bellflower) asks him to teach her how to box Mr. Dark, despite her initial concerns that such boxes may have been made to capture her as well. During their time, Totenkinder apparently seduced him and became his lover. They would develop a deep relationship and would become engaged. They later came back to The Farm. In the Fairest graphic novel Fairest In all the Land, they were both killed at the hands of the murderous Goldilocks. Cinderella could only pick half of Goldilocks' victims to resurrect, and ultimately chooses Totenkinder over him.

Various characters from Norwegian Folktales, as seen in the Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love story arc.

• King Valemon and his queen, rulers of Ultima Thule, one of the Fable Homelands. They were deposed of and killed when an unknown, powerful magic user from another realm invaded their kingdom. The usurper eventually turned out to be Cinderella's fairy godmother. Among the people still loyal to King Valemon include:
• Askeladden, now without his ship.
• Butterball, always hungry.
• Mrs. Gudbrand, widow of the late Gudbrand from Gudbrand on the Hill-side,^[30] whose home has become a refuge for dissenters still loyal to the old king.
• Little Freddy, from Little Freddy with his Fiddle,^[31] now without his musket.
• Little Annie the Goose-Girl.
• The ram and pig from The Ram and the Pig Who Went Into the Woods to Live by Themselves.^[32]

A group of Fables from the books of L. Frank Baum, living in the Fable Homelands of Oz and Ev (the Nome King is listed under "Villains"). In addition, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are prisoners at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village in the mundane world.

Jack Pumpkinhead's first appearance was early on in the series, in flashbacks during the Legends in Exile story arc, where he can be seen among a large group of Fables fleeing the Adversary's forces. His next appearance took place almost a hundred issues later, in the Fables story The Ascent, where he is on the run from the Nome King's (now the ruler of a pan-Ozian empire) enforcers in the Fable Homeland of Ev. It is revealed that he was drafted into one of the Nome King's press gangs, but eventually managed to escape with Bungle the glass cat and the Sawhorse. While sitting in one of Ev's native Lunch Box Trees, Bufkin accidentally saves the group from a couple of "Rumble Tumble Tom's", the Nome King's enforcers. The group joined forces with Bufkin, and went on to appear in the subsequent Fables story arcs, working to overthrow the Nome King.

At some point, Bungle, the Glass Cat escaped into the mundane world and became one of the helpers of Dorothy Gale, a killer for hire. Bungle was later recruited by Dorothy to aid her in her quest for revenge on her nemesis, Cinderella, as seen in Cinderella: Fables are Forever. Bungle assisted in kidnapping Cinderella and Ivan Durak of Shadow Fabletown and brought them to the Deadly Desert of Oz in an airship. Ivan seemingly manages to overpower their captors and throw Bungle and the other captors out of the ship, rescuing Cindy and himself. Bungle is shown floating down in a parachute, indicating that she's working with Ivan. In a surprising plot twist, it is revealed that Dorothy was Ivan all along, disguising herself using her magic slippers.

Bungle's story continues in the Fables series. After Bungle landed, she was drafted into one of the Nome King's press gangs, building a road across the deadly desert. She managed to escape with Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse, also in the press gang. Bufkin came across the group in the Land of Ev, and accidentally saved them from the Nome King's enforcers, who were chasing the fugitives. All four of them then secretly formed a secret resistance movement.

• The Sawhorse: One of several Oz-fable who's ended up in the Fable Homeland of Ev while on the run from the Nome King's enforcers. He joins Bufkin's revolution.
• The Spoon Brigade from The Emerald City of Oz: recruited by Dorothy to aid her in her plot for revenge on her nemesis, Cinderella.
• One of the Chiss: Also recruited by Dorothy. They are creatures the size of a Volkswagen, covered in poisonous quills which they can shoot out of their body at will. They can only be found in Oz. Dorothy brought one of the Chiss to the mundane world to aid her in her quest for revenge on Cinderella. When Cindy set out find Dorothy, she encountered the creature in Thailand. The creature killed Meng Chiang-Nu (from the Chinese folktale Seeking Her Husband at the Great Wall^[33]) of Shadow Fabletown, and then attacked Cinderella, who was forced to kill the creature in self-defense.
• The Wicked Witch of the East, assorted munchkins, the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North: They appear briefly in flashbacks from Dorothy's adventures in Oz. In addition, several allusions to the Wicked Witch of the West are made in the Witches story arc.
• Glinda the Good: She appears briefly in flashbacks from Dorothy Gale's adventures in Oz, in Cinderella: Fables Are Forever. In Fables #4, there is a brief flashback from the exodus from the Homelands, where an unnamed character is shown flying in a swan-drawn chariot while fleeing the Adversary's forces. In the books, Glinda is said to ride a fancy chariot driven by swans or storks; however, while the figure appears to be a woman, a closer inspection reveals that the person is wearing a hood, and what appears to be a mane of long flowing hair is actually part of the chariot. Annotations in the Fables Encyclopedia speculate that this may be Apollo.^[4]
• Winged monkeys: All working in the Nome King's air corps. One of the monkeys discovers Bufkin's group of revolutionaries in Ev, and is subsequently killed by Bufkin.
• The Yoop: From The Patchwork Girl of Oz, now working in the Pan-Ozian administration of the Nome King who freed him from his prison. The Nome King feeds his enemies to the Yoop. The Yoop eventually got tired of his job as the Nome King's "people eater", feeling that he could not keep up with the large number of people being fed to him every day. He was sent out to capture Bufkin, Jack Pumpkinhead, Bungle the Glass Cat and the Sawhorse, but decided to join their revolution instead.
• A group of Kalidahs: Also working for the Nome King, they joined Bufkin's revolution because they were tired of being made to sleep in filthy cages when off-duty.
• General Blug, with his fifty thousand soldiers: From The Emerald City of Oz. Jack Pumpkinhead, Bungle the Glass Cat and the Sawhorse attempt to recruit Blug and his troops in their revolution.

• The Jabberwock: Mentioned in the Legends in Exile and Homelands story arcs. Just like in the Jabberwocky poem, the vorpal sword was the Jabberwock's bane.
• Don Quijote and his squire Sancho Panza: They appear briefly in flashbacks during the Legends in Exile story arc.
• The Great Lion: According to the Fables Encyclopedia annotations, this is a reference to Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia.^[4] The Kingdom of the Great Lion was one of the Fable Homelands that was conquered early on, as seen in flashbacks during Legends in Exile. The lion himself was felled and killed by arrows. King Cole points out that "we always found the old lion to be a bit too pompous and holier-than-thou for our tastes". The Great Lion also appears in an illustration for The Good Prince, where the ghost of Sir Lancelot refers to the lion as "the Great Lion on his stone" (Aslan sacrificed himself and was killed on a stone table) and one of the "true kings". Bill Willingham has commented on the issue: "Narnia is my favorite fantasy series, bar none. (...) Problem is, Narnia isn't in the public domain, so we couldn't use it in Fables. So who is the lion mentioned in that one panel [in Legends in Exile] and what kingdom is depicted? I can't say it's Aslan and I can't say it's Narnia. But that doesn't stop any of you from looking at the first lines of this paragraph and coming to your own conclusion".^[34]
• Thumbelina's mother: Referred to in the Fables story Barleycorn Brides.
• Count Aucassin de Beaucaire: From Aucassin and Nicolette, he is a general leading the Adversary's attack on the Last Free Gateway from the Homelands, as seen in The Last Castle. He was killed by Britomart's magical spear.
• Maid Marian: Mentioned in the story The Last Castle, she was killed when the invaders took Robin Hood's homeland. According to annotations in the Fables Encyclopedia, she is the woman by Robin Hood's side in flashbacks during the Legends in Exile story arc.^[4]
• The Queen of Fairies: Also mentioned in The Last Castle. Apparently, Tam Lin, one of the defenders of the last free gateway, was loved by her.
• Jack's mother: From Jack and the Beanstalk. She is mentioned in the March of the Wooden Soldiers story arc, the Jack of Fables story arc The Bad Prince and in The Great Fable Crossover. In The Bad Prince, it is revealed that Jack Horner is actually an unknowing copy of Wicked John and that John was actually the one involved in the Beanstalk and Giant-killing incidents, thus making the woman the mother of Wicked John, not Jack. Jack's real mother is Prose Page, who is also the mother of the Page Sisters.
• The man who sold the magic beans to Jack (or actually Wicked John): Referred to in March of the Wooden Soldiers and the Jack of Fables story arc The Bad Prince.
• Chernomor: From Ruslan and Lyudmila. A Governor-General in the Adversary's empire, he was killed by Boy Blue during Blue's exploits in the Homelands. After his death, Blue impersonated the governor, ordering his underlings to lower the tax rate.
• Mice and cat from the Russian lubok The Mice are Burying the Cat: As seen in the Homelands story arc, during Boy Blue's exploits in the homelands, Blue comes across the strange group in the Rus, the Homelands version of Russia. A train of mice are pulling a sleeping cat on a sledge, saying that they're planning a funeral for the cat. When Blue points out that the cat isn't dead but merely sleeping, the mice reply that "nevertheless, we have our plans".
• The Three Knights of the Rus: Baba Yaga's servants. They appear in the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful", from Alexander Afanasyev's Narodnye russkie skazki.^[4] They were defeated in single combat by Boy Blue.
• Ivan Tsarevich is mentioned by Boy Blue when he was in Rus.
• Trusty John's king: Mentioned in the Fables story Meanwhile, where is revealed that long before John signed the Fabletown compact, he had sworn an unbreakable vow of loyalty to his King, who he believed had been killed leading his forces against the Adversary. This would turn out not to be the case and John's King was now actually working for the Adversary. The King contacted John and ordered him to spy on his fellow Fables. John was bound by his vow, which overruled the later compact, and had no choice but to obey and spent four years passing information to the enemy before Kay caught him.
• Solomon: Referred to as Sulymon the Wize in the comic. He appears in a brief flashback from ancient times during Arabian Nights (and Days). He is also mentioned in 1001 Nights of Snowfall and the Witches story arc. Sulymon was the one who invented the idea of tricking a d'jinn into a bottle.
• Daedalus: He appears in a brief flashback from ancient times during Arabian Nights (and Days). He was the greatest sorcerer-scientist of that age, and was the inventor of the magic bottles used to capture d'jinns.
• The Seven Dwarfs: She first appeared in flashbacks in the Fables prequel 1001 Nights of Snowfall. In the story, Prince Charming is investigating a series of murders around his kingdom. The victims are revealed to be the Seven Dwarfs, whereas the killer turns out to be Charming's wife, Snow White. The flashback sections of the Rose Red story arc reveals that unlike in the fairy tale, the dwarfs treated Snow badly and turned her into their slave, abusing her physically and sexually. It is also revealed that the dwarfs were the sons of the dwarf from Snow White and Rose Red. More flashbacks are seen in the Camelot story arc, where it is revealed that Snow White was their prisoner for several years. The story also shows what actually happened when she killed one of them.
• Princess from The Frog Prince: Appearing in flashbacks from Flycatcher's story in 1001 Nights of Snowfall, she also appears as a ghost before Flycatcher in the Fables story "Jiminy Christmas".
• Red Riding Hood's grandmother: Appears briefly in flashbacks from Bigby Wolf's story in the March of the Wooden Soldiers story arc and 1001 Nights of Snowfall. She and Red Riding Hood survived being eaten because of the magic in them.
• The Farmer's Wife: Mrs. Sprongwallow appears in flashbacks in 1001 Nights of Snowfall. Her husband, the farmer, was killed when the Adversary invaded her homeland, the kingdom of Old King Cole.
• Hansel and Gretel's parents: Referred to in the Sons of Empire story arc. Unlike in the fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel did not go home after burning Frau Totenkinder, realizing that their "wicked parents" had meant for them to die out in the Black Forest.
• The Gingerbread Man: Appears in the Sons of Empire story arc and in the story Waking Beauty. He works with Mr. Porky Pine and Chicken Ripple to steal unguarded pies being put out on a windowsill (or other places) to cool. Another gingerbread man can be seen on the Farm in the story Kingdom Come, when the Fable animals are asking Boy Blue questions about Haven.
• Mr. Porky Pine and Chicken Ripple: Their names are taken from the lyrics of Neil Diamond's song Porkupine Pie (from the album Moods). They appear in the Sons of Empire story arc and in the story Waking Beauty. Porkupine Pie is also the name of the duo's chapter in Sons of Empire. Mr. Porky Pine and Chicken Ripple were two Fables in the Homelands who had banded together with the Gingerbread Man to steal unguarded pies being put out on a windowsill (or other places) to cool. Mr. Porky Pine once convinced a human girl to give him a big kiss, claiming he was an enchanted prince. After the girl ran away with both hands stuck by needles, he explained to the Gingerbread Man and Chicken Ripple that he was actually cursed by a witch, only the curse was, in his own words, a perverse attraction to human women. In the Fables story In Those Days, it is revealed that the porcupine was cursed by a young Frau Totenkinder: Mr. Porky Pine angered Totenkinder by calling human women ugly, and she threw a curse on him that made him desire only human women.
• Radiskop: The Fables version of Ratatoskr, the squirrel from Norse mythology who lives on Yggdrasil, the tree that spans the world.^[4] He appears in the Fables story Happily Ever After, where he works as a messenger for Cinderella.
• The Headless Horseman: He ran into Jack Horner during Jack's Jack O'Lantern days, as seen in the Jack of Fables story Jack O Lantern. Jack, needing something for holding a hot piece of coal given to him by the Devil ("Old Scratch"), steals the Horseman's "head" pumpkin.
• Natty Bumppo ("Hawkeye"): One of Bookburner's men. In the Jack of Fables story arc Americana, an angry Bookburner sends him and Slue-Foot Sue after Jack and his group. They eventually managed to shake them off. Bookburner can also be seen holding up a copy of Natty Bumppo's story, the Leatherstocking Tales.
• Slue-Foot Sue: One of Bookburner's people. In the Jack of Fables story arc Americana, an angry Bookburner sends her and Natty Bumppo after Jack and his group. They eventually managed to shake them off. Her husband, Pecos Bill, is a prisoner at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village.
• Giants from Jack and the Beanstalk: They appear in flashbacks in the Jack of Fables story arc The Bad Prince.
• Omar: A creature resembling an anthropomorphic, two-legged dromedar, who is a soldier in Bookburner's army of Forgotten Fables, which attacked the Golden Boughs Retirement Village.
• Till Eulenspiegel: He was abducted by Max, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin, in Peter and Max: A Fables Novel. Max later mentioned that all of the abducted children died horribly - two of the youngest were sacrificed by[Frau Totenkinder to maintain her youth and keep her magical powers, while all the others were sold to various masters (whatever happened to them before their death is open to speculations).
• MacBeth: Jack Frost 2 has read works of "fiction" and "fact" about MacBeth and he called his new owl friend after MacDuff. Incidentally, one of his quests involves a cow named Gertrude (like Hamlet's mother).
• Freddy and Mouse: Based on the Fritz Leiber characters Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser from the Lankhmar series, a pair of adventurers who unleashed and were enslaved by Mr. Dark.
• Cinderella's stepmother and -sisters: They appear briefly in a one-panel flashback in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love.
• Robin Redbreast: Jenny Wren's lost love, mentioned in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, from the nursery rhymes "Jenny Wren Fell Sick",^[4][19] "Little Robin Redbreast" and "Cock Robin Got Up Early".^[18] He was murdered when the Adversary invaded Jenny Wren's homeland.
• The seven fairy godmothers from Sleeping Beauty: Their names were Katrya the Pure, Sofiya the wise, Nyura the Graceful, Ionna the Gifted, Alyas the Noble, Yeva the Lively and Leysa the Defender. They appear in the Fairest story arc Wide Awake. In Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, it is implied that Briar Rose and Cinderella share the same fairy godmother, but this is proven apocryphal in the Fairest.
• King and queen from Sleeping Beauty: They appear in flashbacks from Briar Rose's life in Fairest.
• Rapunzel's prince: He appears in flashbacks in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, and the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom. It is revealed that it was Cinderella's fairy godmother who showed him the way to Rapunzel's tower. Rapunzel and the Prince shared a passionate love affair, which resulted in Rapunzel becoming pregnant. She then spent months trying to find him, but unbeknownst to her, the fairy godmother now forbade the prince to contact Rapunzel, as the godmother had "plans for" her.
• Baleful Hernes: Apparently a reference to the Wild Hunt. The last of their kind (presumably Herne the Hunter) was boxed offscreen by Dunster Happ during his "Boxing Days".
• Kermit the Frog: Either he is a cheerleader/mascot who does not need a costume, or an actor is impersonating him, during the Frog Prince's baseball matches in Haven, as seen in the story Out to the Ball Game.
• The Scorpion and the Frog: One of the Scorpion's brothers, Ollikandar Strikeswift, appears in the story Out to the Ball Game, and both the Frog and the Scorpion, Gallifar Strikeswift, are mentioned. The brother's testimony plays a pivotal role when a murderer is trialled in Haven, in front of Flycatcher. It was unclear if the Scorpion's existence was genuine fact or pure myth, even within the Fables themselves (besides, the original tale itself was subject to ambiguity, as it is usually wrongly attributed to Aesop).
• In the Rose Red story arc, several characters from the fairy tale Snow White and Rose Red appear in flashbacks from Snow White's and Rose Red's childhood:
  • Lauda: Snow White and Rose Red's mother, who masquerades as nothing but a poor widow, but who is secretly a powerful witch who descends from a line of cursed magical women. Her status is currently unknown, but she is believed to be dead.
  • The wicked dwarf: The father of The Seven Dwarfs.
  • The eagle: After the girls save the dwarf from the eagle, the eagle is angry and says that for one of them, seven evils await, for the other, the loss of one dear.
  • Brandish, the bewitched prince (described in detail in the "villains" section).
  • Holben, the prince's brother: Unlike in the fairy tale, the prince does not marry the Snow, nor does his brother marry Rose; Holben makes it clear that he has no wish to marry Rose Red, and their father, the king, is against letting Brandish marry a common peasant girl.
• The Evil Queen: Mentioned in Storybook Love and appears in flashbacks in the Rose Red and Camelot story arcs. The queen is actually Snow White's and Rose Red's paternal aunt (the sister of their father). It was revealed in the "Rose Red" story arc, that in the past Lauda helped her to achieve the position of queen in a distant land. Also it was revealed in the "Happily Ever After" story arc that she killed her brother; it was unrevealed whether or not Lauda knew of this or what her motivations for doing this were. When Snow's mother is forced to send Snow away, she arranges for her daughter to live with her aunt. Years pass, until the queen is one day told by the magical mirror that Snow is lovelier than her. Even though the queen promised Lauda that she would love Snow dearly, the queen orders her huntsman to secretly kill her niece. The hunter spares Snow and she flees deep into the forest. The Queen eventually discovers that Snow White is alive by consulting the magic mirror. Cloaking herself in the guise of an old woman, she visits the cottage of the seven dwarfs and gives her a poisoned apple. Snow eats the apple and falls into a deep coma, but Prince Charming's love is enough to overcome the poison, since all nobles of that world had some degree of magic in them. What happened to the Evil Queen has not yet been revealed.
• The World Turtle: Once the queen of a great kingdom in the Fable Homelands. When the king discovered that she was being unfaithful, he punished her by turning her into a turtle. He transformed her soul into a teacup of delicate ceramic, which she had to carry on her back. The cup contained her entire homeland, an archipelago of "surging seas and sun-dappled islands", and all of its people. If she let the teacup fall or break, her people and her homeland would be destroyed, and her soul would be lost to her forever. Her horrible trial would end when she found a heroine of low station willing to trade places with her. The heroine would then become the new queen, and the turtle a new peasant. Once, the turtle passed through the woods where a young Rose Red, now without her sister, lived, but the turtle understood quickly that Rose Red, sad and depressed, was not the one she was looking for. The turtle once crossed paths with Bigby Wolf, and was the one who told him about the Lady of the Lake and her powers to assign fates.
• Aunt Em: Dorothy Gale mentions her in Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, saying her aunt always said "you should find something you love to do and then do it". Dorothy, having killed two witches and liking it, was inspired to become a killer for hire.
• Prince Lindworm: He was executed by the Imperial General Mirant when Lindworm attempted to make himself the new Emperor in the wake of the defeat of the Adversary. He came back to life when his head was reunited with his body by his loyal goblin troops.
• Coyote: This mythological character is mentioned by the West Wind in the story arc Inherit the Wind, in which he (Coyote) is described as "cunning".
• The Little Match Girl: One of Hope's paladins and the caretaker of Hope Deferred. Rose Red meets the little girl on Christmas Eve in the Fables story "All in a Single Night", where Rose is taken "worlds away", in a Fables takes on A Christmas Carol. The Little Match Girl is still making a living selling matches. Rose asks her to get out of the cold, or else she'll die. The girl answers that she has no home and many matchstick bundles yet to sell. Rose says to her that she will die tonight, as in the fairy tale, but the girl answers that no one knows what will be and that she is young and can stand the cold. She speaks of her hopes for the future, and hopes that her (future) children will have a better life than her. Rose is heartbroken, because she knows that the girl will freeze to death, with all her hopes unfulfilled.
• The false bride from the fairy tale The Goose Girl: Another one of Hope's paladins and the avatar for the Hope of Revenge. She wanders at the edge of the living world, night after night, never to know rest. She explains to Rose Red that "all those good men and women" had their revenge on her; for her crimes, they locked her in a barrel, pounded iron spikes though it and sent her tumbling down the cobbles to her death. The people who sentenced her to death are lying in their graves, but each Christmas Eve, they are freed from their resting places and allowed to walk about as ghosts. They all hope to be released from their confinement and pass on to "rewards long delayed", but the false bride tells Rose that they hope in vain, because "they attend me and I'll never dismiss them". In addition, The Goose Girl is one of the fairy tale books seen in Kevin Thorn's home in the Jack of Fables story arc The Bad Prince.
• Ryogun: Based on the jealous samurai from Japanese urban legend of Kuchisake-onna, and the samurai that killed Okiku in the Japanese ghost story Banchō Sarayashiki. He appears in flashbacks from the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom.
• Tomoko: A female kitsune who had a passionate love affair with Rapunzel in the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom. Tomoko kept her soul outside her body in the foxfire that burned beside her bed. The Shogun manipulated the Emperor of The Hidden Kingdom into banishing Tomoko and all her kind from the kingdom. The Shogun confiscated Tomoko's foxfire and used it to bend the emperor's will.
• Various funa yurei: From Japanese folklore. Hundreds of years ago, Rapunzel tried to kill herself by sailing off the edge of the world and was washed up on the shores of the Fable homeland The Hidden Kingdom. The funa yurei, the spirits of the drowned, rescued her, and brought her to safety.
• Various tanuki. They were banished from the Emperor's court, as part of the Shogun's plan for laying the way for the Adversary to invade. According to Rapunzel, "no one minded too much. They were smelly, drunken, pesky little bastards".
• Various oni: They were residents of the Hidden Kingdom who were seen banishing other mystical creatures from the Emperor's court on the shogun's order. However, they were later seen among a group of creatures who had been exiled from the court, indicating that they were eventually banished themselves.
• Various kappa, who were banished for the same reason. The Shogun claimed that they were "a terrible influence" and "violent monsters".
• A Japanese dragon appears as a background character in the Hidden Kingdom in Fairest #11.
• Sorcerer Atlantes from Chanson de Geste and Orlando Furioso, he strikes a deal with the Green Lady in order to obtain a fantastic destiny but later gets betrayed by her. He mentions getting trained by Ulmore the Uncanny, which is a reference to Bill Willingham's earlier story "Thieves of Daring" where Ulmore is the legendary last Atlantean Sorcerer.
• The Fates appear briefly in flashbacks in the Fables story The Destiny Game.
• Various Valkyries appear during The Destiny Game, escorting fallen warriors to Valhalla.
• Romulus and Remus appears briefly in flashbacks in the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom.
• The Minotaur appears briefly in flashbacks in the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom. It is revealed that it was actually Rapunzel who entered the Labyrinth and slew the beast, while searching for her lost children.
• Various kirin: They are referred to in Fairest #11, another group banished by the shogun. After he took control of The Hidden Kingdom, he started hunting them for sport.
• Nalayani: From the epic Mahabharata, Nalayani is the main character of the Fairest story arc The Return of the Maharajah. When her village is attacked by a group of talking dholes, she joins forces with the provincial Maharajah, who turns out to be none other than Prince Charming. Charming falls in love with her, but although she is fond of him, she does not want any emotional entanglements for the time being; although she still chooses to come with him after he relinquishes his title and travels back to Fabletown.
• Tabaqui: From Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, the golden jackal appears in The Return of the Maharajah. He was Nalayani's companion for during her journey to the Maharajah's palace. She was forced to kill him when he became infected with rabies.
• Nathoo: From Kipling's Jungle Book, Nathoo appears in The Return of the Maharajah, as Maharajah Charming's servant and companion. It was Nathoo who found Charming after the bomb went off in the Fables story arc War and Pieces (where Charming was presumed dead). When Charming decides to go back to Fabletown, he makes Nathoo the new Maharajah.
• Buldeo: The chief hunter of the local village from Kipling's Jungle Book and another aide of Maharajah Charming. He is eventually killed by wild animals.
• Various Asuras appear in flashbacks in The Return of the Maharajah. They came down from the mountains and attacked Maharajah Charming's palace, although Charming's forces were able to drive them away.
• A Pishacha: This flesh-eating demon appears, unseen, in flashbacks in The Return of the Maharajah. It possessed a child and then ate all the people in her village.
• Childe Roland from Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came: Mentioned in Fairest In All the Land.
• Padarn Beisrudd: Referred in Fairest In All the Land. His coat is in the possession of Fabletown.
• Various magicians who were boxed away by the Boxing League, appear in the final story arc, Happily Ever After. The Boxing League were the Emperor's army of highly specialized combat sorcerers, who were tasked with locking up any magician and magical creature who did not directly serve Geppetto's empire, because they were a potential threat to the Adversary's monopoly on power. Several years after the fall of Geppetto's empire, the boxes mysteriously sprung open and the prisoners were released. For unexplained reasons, they were drawn to Rose Red, and were absorbed into her body, in order to serve as members of her army. These magical beings include:
  • Ragana: Goddess of trees from Lithuanian mythology.
  • Slogutis: A personified nightmare from Lithuanian mythology,^[35] he was released along with Ragana.
  • The grindylow [misspelled as "grindlylow"]: From folktales in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, released along with Black Shuck and Habetrot.
  • Black Shuck: The ghostly black dog said to roam the coastline and countryside of the East Anglia region of England.
  • Habetrot: A figure in folklore of the Anglo-Scottish border counties of Northern England and Lowland Scotland.
• Baobhan sith: From Scottish mythology. Appearing in the Fables story arc The Boys in the Band, she subjugated a group of monsters who plagued the Fable Homeland Hybernia, and set herself up as their witch queen, before taking control of the land and declaring herself the new queen in the wake of the Adversary's defeat. She was eventually defeated.
• Various Cu sith: From Scottish mythology, servants of the Baobhan Sith.
• The Lumberjack from The Honest Woodcutter appears in flashbacks in Fable: The Wolf Among Us. The Woodsman stole Lumberjack's clothes and axe.

Mr. Revise did such a good job of revising Little Black Sambo's story that Sam has grown into an old man and few people remember him. He still managed to escape during the mass breakout from the Golden Boughs by turning all of Robin Page's tigers into butter. This upset Mister Revise greatly, as he viewed Sam as one of his greatest successes. According to Revise, Sam's story was "censored, shunned and forgotten by the oversensitive mundys". In The Great Fables Crossover, Kevin Thorn summoned Sam along with Hansel, hoping they could inspire him in writing his masterpiece. After numerous disagreements, Sam eventually dumped Hansel out of his wheelchair and off a cliff. He then attempted, unsuccessfully, to put an end to Thorn's plans by stealing his magical pen. During the final Jack of Fables story arc, it is revealed that he has become a father to a little baby boy, Sammy Junior, as a result of a one-night stand with Robin Page. Sam is one of the few regular characters who survives the Jack of Fables' final issue.

The Tin Man was first seen in flashbacks during the Fables: Legends in Exile story arc, while fleeing the Adversary's forces. In the Fables spin-off Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, it is revealed that he, along with the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy Gale and Toto made it into the mundy world in the year of 1943, having been on the run from the Adversary's forces for years. The Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion decided to live out on the Jersey pine barrens rather than staying at the Farm, while Dorothy went on to live as a killer for hire among the mundys. At some point years later, all of them were captured by Mr. Revise's people and imprisoned at the Golden Boughs. The Tin Man used to have all sorts of appendages attached to his body, including tin cannons, a rotating saw and a large drill, which were all removed when he was revised. When Bookburner attacked the Golden Boughs, Mr. Revise reluctantly allowed many of the revised Fables to be restored back to their original self, and the Tin Man magically got all of the appendages back. In the final issue of Jack of Fables, the Tin Man and many former prisoners are caught in the middle of a confrontation between Jack Frost Two and Jack Horner, who has been turned into a dragon. Jack Frost believes that the Tin Man is on the dragon's side and kills him by chopping off his head.

Like several other Oz-characters, the Cowardly Lion was first seen in flashbacks during the Fables: Legends in Exile story arc, while fleeing the Adversary's forces. In the Fables spin-off Cinderella: Fables Are Forever, it is revealed the Lion, along with the Tin Man, Dorothy Gale and Toto, was on the run from the Adversary's forces for years, before the group made it into the mundy world in the year of 1943. The Cowardly Lion and the Tin Man decided to live out on the Jersey pine barrens rather than staying at the Farm, while Dorothy went on to live as a killer for hire among the mundys. At some point years later, all of them were captured by Mr. Revise's people and imprisoned at the Golden Boughs. When Mr. Revise reluctantly allowed the revised Fables to be restored back to their original self, and the Cowardly Lion learns that he was actually vicious lion looking for restraint before he was revised. In the series' final issue, in a chaotic battle with Jack Horner, who has been transformed into a dragon, the Lion dies when he is caught in Jack's dragon fire.

Humpty Dumpty, also known as Mister D, is a giant egg who can blast away like a cannon, who fought in the Homelands version of the Battle of Colchester. This is a reference to the history of the nursery rhyme; "Humpty Dumpty" was originally the name of a big cannon used during this battle.^[4]

Humpty attempted to escape the Golden Boughs again and again until he finally succeeded during the mass breakout orchestrated by Jack, only to get himself shattered when blasting several of Robin Page's tigers. Since Humpty had promised to lead Jack to a hidden treasure, Jack took the Humpty Dumpty parts with him, and did the impossible by putting Humpty Dumpty back together again, using copious amounts of super glue. They found the treasure eventually, but Humpty was captured by Bookburner and forced to join him in his march against the Golden Boughs. After he got himself broken again, Bookburner had him resurrected as an evil version of his former self. Apparently, Humpty recovered, and was back as his old self again in the final Jack of Fables story arc. He was killed when Hillary Page fired her rifle-mounted grenade launcher in a chaotic fight in the final issue of Jack of Fables.

Paul Bunyan used to travel the length and breadth of his Fable Homeland of Americana, with his trusty blue ox at his side. He has been shrunk down to a smaller version of himself by Mr. Revise, but still grows in size when he is angry or when he gets closer to Americana. When Hillary Page cooked up a plan to venture in Americana, she blackmailed Bunyan to go with her, and both were captured by Bookburner when they reached their destination. Bookburner killed Bunyan by burning Bunyan's book and had him resurrected as one of his loyal soldiers, resulting in Bunyan's ox was left on its own. Bunyan was seemingly killed when Gary the Pathetic Fallacy unleashed his powers on him when Bookburner's army attacked the Golden Boughs.

Babe the Blue Ox was transformed into a miniature ox by Mr. Revise; after Babe and Bunyan were caught trying to escape the Golden Boughs during the mass escape orchestrated by Jack Horner, Revise had them both thrown down the "memory hole" as punishment, resulting in the already shrunken Bunyan becoming almost human-sized and Babe turning into a miniature blue ox. Throughout the series, Babe enjoys entertaining the reader with his own private musings. Babe seems to be one of the few characters that breaks the fourth wall, but it is unclear who he talks to exactly (himself, the reader or an imaginary audience). He also seems to be able to find himself in the most improbable situations, without anyone showing any sign of surprise (some characters even mistake him for a dog, though he clearly looks like what he is: a blue ox). Even Bunyan seems a little confused about Babe's identity, as he keeps referring to Babe as a "she", even though he also refers to Babe as an ox and is deeply insulted when someone calls Babe a cow. Babe is somewhat loyal to Jack, but he is also somewhat delusional in his mind as he likes to talk in his mind about stories he makes up. Babe is also one of the very few characters to have survived in the final Jack of Fables story arc.

A man who is the spitting image of Jack Horner, except the dark hair. He used to be best friends with Raven and is shown several times trying to get Alice's attentions, though she's clearly disgusted by him. It is revealed that Jack Horner was never involved in the Beanstalk or Giant-killing incidents, but is actually an unknowing copy of Wicked John. Upon Wicked John's death, some great power decided to write him back into the stories, but got his name wrong, thus creating Jack Horner. John was later revived, and now both Fables exist.

Gary the Pathetic Fallacy informs Jack of the facts after a mysterious, old man shows up and plunges the sword Excalibur through Jack's chest (and dies shortly thereafter). Jack, who can't get the sword out, is delighted with the news, since this means that the sword was really meant for John, the "real" version. Jack is able to pull Excalibur out of his chest and impales John with it, before leaving John behind.

In the final story arc of the series, it is shown that John has been at the Grand Canyon, the place where he was left behind, for at least two decades, still living with the sword stuck in his chest. He is now being used as a tourist attraction as the "Impaled Wild Man". It appears no one's really tried making real interaction with him, beyond trying to pull out his sword for fun. Due to this treatment, he has lost some of his mental stability and has become somewhat delusional. Eventually, he has enough of being an attraction and makes a long journey to find Gary the Pathetic Fallacy. He does eventually find Jack, who has been transformed into a dragon, and Gary. At the same time, Jack Frost Two arrives to slay the dragon Jack, not knowing that the dragon is his father. Gary, rushing to Jack's defense, pulls the sword right out of John in order to defend Jack, and Wicked John dies from the injuries.

Raven is a Native American who can turn into a raven and is guided by a bird spirit. He is referred to as a trickster figure, which is true to the mythology. During his time as a prisoner at the Golden Boughs, the spirit instructed him to stay close to the copy of Jack of the Tales. Raven, like so many others, believed that Wicked John, who was the spitting image of Jack except from his dark hair, was a copy of Jack Horner, and Raven and John became close friends. After the mass escape from the Golden Boughs, it was revealed that John was the original Jack of the Tales and that Jack was actually the copy. After hearing the news, Raven chose to leave John behind and become Jack's companion instead, since the spirit had specifically instructed him to befriend the copy and not the original. Staying true to the trickster figure mythology, he was close to turning his back on Jack more than once when trouble arose, but the bird spirit convinced him otherwise, reminding him that he was supposed to help Jack. Jack and Raven's ways eventually parted after the destruction of the Golden Boughs, when Raven chose to stay with a group of former prisoners.

Decades later, in the final story arc of the series, the spirit comes to Raven in a dream and tells him that he has forgotten his purpose in life, which is to protect Jack Horner. The spirit commands him to gather together every ally he can muster and save Jack Horner, who, unbeknown to Raven, has been transformed into a dragon. Raven tells the others that the bird spirit has shown him the way to Fabletown, and the group sets off to find the place. The group follows the spirit for days, until they reach their destination, finding themselves in the middle of a battle between Jack Frost Two and Jack the dragon. Raven lies to the others and convinces them to protect the dragon, saying the dragon is the only one who knows the secret way to Fabletown. Everyone soon realizes that they have been tricked when Jacks kills several of them, believing that they are out to steal his treasure. The Page Sisters also show up, and are devastated when Jack burns the books of original Fable stories that they have been looking for. Upset at the loss of the books (the sisters needed them for restoring their immortality), they start shooting everyone around them and Raven is shot through the head and his chest. As he dies, he asks the spirit why it led them into this death trap, to which the spirit replies, "No particular reason. I thought it'd be funny" (though it realized some other being had been pulling its strings, as well).

Alice spent much of her time inside the Golden Boughs fending off the advances of Wicked John, a man she openly despised. She managed to escape with John Henry and Pecos Bill during the big breakout, and the group briefly accompanied with Jack Horner, who told them the story behind his identity as Jack Frost. Jack made a joking pass on her, but Alice rejected him. She was last seen in the Golden Boughs during Bookburner's attack, where Mr. Revise gives her a copy of her original story, an act that is supposed to grant powers back to the character that had been stripped away. However, whatever abilities Alice had returned to her were never shown.

Alice was not seen among the Fables who left the Golden Boughs together after its destruction, and she was not present during the series' finale, indicating that she may be one of the few who survived the series. In the series' final story arc, the Page Sisters come across several books of the original Fable stories (from before they were revised by Mr. Revise), one of which is called "Alice's Adventures Beyond the Grave" (this may or may not indicate that she might be able to return to the living, even though she may or may not have been killed like almost every one in the Jack Of Fables series).

In the Jack of Fables series, Alice is wearing her classic knee-length dress with a white pinafore, but the dress is red rather than blue. Like in the drawings of John Tenniel, her hair is blond. In the story Jack Frost, she also is seen wearing the striped stockings and wide ribbon from the illustrations of Through the Looking-Glass.

The Fables spin-off Cinderella: Fables Are Forever tells the story of how Toto, along with Dorothy Gale, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, escaped to the mundy world during the 1940s. While the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion decided to live out in the woods rather than at the Farm, Dorothy took Toto with her when she left to live as a killer for hire among the mundys. At some point, Toto was captured by Revise's people, presumably when Dorothy was captured in the year of 1986.

Toto attempted to flee the Golden Boughs during the mass escape orchestrated by Jack Horner, but was killed and eaten by one of Robin Page's tigers. Dorothy remarks that she's kind of relieved, since this is the first time "that flea-bitten mongrel has quit yapping in a hundred years", but as Priscilla Page points out, "killed Fables often get magically replaced by new versions of the same Fables", and a new version of Toto shows up, alive and well, by Dorothy's side in Oz in Cinderella: Fables Are Forever. It is unknown what became of him after Cinderella kills Dorothy in the Deadly Desert.

A blonde who feeds on people's luck by eating their brain. She fled the Fable homeland Americana in order to escape Bookburner, and settled in Las Vegas in the mundane world. In Vegas, she had lucky casino winners kidnapped so that she could use them for her grisly rituals. She left a string of bodies in her wake, but was eventually captured by Revise's people and taken to the Golden Boughs. Lady Luck was one of Goldilocks’ revolutionaries, who believed Bookburner and his army was coming to save them from their captivity at Golden Boughs. Ironically, it was Bookburner's army that shot the revolutionaries down when they finally did arrive. Apparently, she survived, as she cropped up in the final Jack of Fables story arc. She was shot and killed by the Page sisters in a chaotic battle in the final issue of Jack of Fables. She remarked that it was "not [her] lucky day".

• The Walrus and the Carpenter. Both were killed in the chaotic fight at the end of the Jack of Fables series; the Carpenter is killed by Jack Horner, who has been transformed into a dragon, and the Walrus dies when a van falls on top of him.
• The little oysters from The Walrus and the Carpenter, who apparently were not eaten after all. The oysters were killed in the chaotic battle in the series' finale; some were stepped on by Jack Frost Two, and the others were shot down by the Page Sisters.
• The Black Sheep and boy from Baa Baa Black Sheep.
• Little Tommy Tucker, seen when Sam shows Jack up to his cottage and as one of the Fables escaping during the mass breakout orchestrated by Jack Horner.
• The Cat and the Fiddle. The only character from Hey Diddle Diddle who does not live at the Farm.
• The cat with bagpipes, the mouse and the bumblebee from the nursery rhyme A Cat Came Fiddling out of a Barn.^[36][37] The trio can be seen when Sam shows Jack up to his cottage and is later among the Fables escaping during the mass breakout from the Golden Boughs.
• Black Caroline, from Edmund Dulac's story White Caroline and Black Caroline, in Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book.^[38] The cottage that Jack moves into is referred to as "Black Caroline's old place".
• Goldilocks
• The family and some of the cats from the poem As I Was Going to St Ives. When the cats escape from the sacks, Gary the Pathetic Fallacy animates the sacks to go catch the cats again. Some members of the family can be seen escaping the Golden Boughs during the mass breakout.
• Revised versions of the Tortoise and the Hare, who still like to race, although the Hare usually wins. Another version of the duo exists at the Farm; Jack claims that they are Mr. Revise's spies and that the Golden Boughs duo is the real one. It is unknown whether he is telling the truth or not. The Tortoise is apparently killed when he is run over by a truck in the series' final issue, by a truck titled "Lepus", which is the scientific word for hare.
• The Jersey Devil: A background characters in Jack of Fables #3.
• Kiviuq and his Polar Bear. Kiviuq, once a fearless warrior and, in his own words, "a trickster greater than any the world has ever known". He was reduced to a shadow of his former self after his story was revised, but was eventually restored back to his original self (and got his polar bear back) along with several other Fables. After the destruction of the Golden Boughs, Kiviq and Cuchulainn set out on a quest to find Fabletown; it is unknown if they succeeded.
• Revised versions of the Butcher, the Baker and the Candlestick-Maker. Another version of the trio lives in Fabletown; Jack claims that they are Mr. Revise's spies and that the Golden Boughs trio is the real one. It is unknown whether he is telling the truth or not. They were killed by Jack Horner the dragon at the end of the series.
• Mother Goose, now a real goose, due to the mundys confusing her name. She speaks only in rhymes. She is yet another inmate killed in the series' finale, when a van lands on top of her.
• Cuchulainn, who lost most of his strength after being revised. When Mr. Revise allowed Cuchulainn's original story to be restored, the spear of Morrigan magically appeared back in his hand. After the destruction of the Golden Boughs, Cuchulainn and Kiviuq set out on a quest to find Fabletown; whether they did succeed remains unknown.
• The Caterpillar: A violet/pink caterpillar, which may or may not be The Caterpillar, is shown eating a leaf while Humpty Dumpty tries to convince Jack to let him escape with the others.
• Mustardseed, Cobweb, Peaseblossom and Moth from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Jack became their great hero after he, inadvertently, saved them from a boggart back in the Homelands. They assisted Jack in the mass breakout from the Golden Boughs.
• Lola and Doris the Cottingley Fairies, a lesbian couple who also assisted in the escape.
• The Tooth fairy, who likes to horde teeth and has a morbid fascination with the process of losing them. She even sleeps on a bed of teeth.
• Dorothy Gale
• The Scarecrow, previously seen in flashbacks during the Fables: Legends in Exile story arc, while fleeing the Adversary's forces with the Tin Man and several other Oz-characters.
• Assorted Munchkins
• John Henry, who managed to escape with Alice and Pecos Bill during the big breakout from the Golden Boughs. The group briefly accompanied Jack Horner, who entertained them with the story behind his identity as Jack Frost.
• Pecos Bill. His wife, Slue-Foot Sue, is one of Bookburner's people. Bill escaped with Alice and John Henry during the big breakout from the Golden Boughs. The group briefly accompanied Jack Horner, who told them his story behind his identity as Jack Frost. He is present in the series' end battle, and is presumably killed off-screen.
• The Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse. They joined Goldilocks' attempted revolution when Bookburner marched against the Golden Boughs. They changed their mind when Bookburner's army started shooting the revolutionaries down, and decided to make a run for it instead. The Mad Hatter and the March Hare are killed by Jack the dragon in the series' final battle. The Dormouse is not present, and his fate is unknown.
• Carl the fourth of the "Three Little Pigs", who made a house out of cloth. He was Snow White's "favorite of The Four Little Pigs", prior to being eliminated from the story by Mr. Revise before he could find out what happened to his brothers - temporarily making Colin Snow White's "favorite of The Three Little Pigs". He is shot and killed by the Page sisters in the series' chaotic end battle.
• Wy'east, Klickawit and Loo-Wit: Three Native Americans imprisoned in a hidden cave deep beneath the Golden Boughs, as a sort of self-destruct mechanism. After the Bookburner's strike on the Golden Boughs, Jack, his fellow Fables, the Literals and the librarians were forced to release the prisoners, who unleashed a roaring volcano upon escape, marking the end of the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. They are based on Wyeast, Klickitat and Loowit from Native American mythology.^[39]
• Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, seen in The Great Fables Crossover.

Flycatcher, or Prince Ambrose, and later King Ambrose, is a fictional character in the comic book series Fables, created by Bill Willingham.^[3] He is based on the Frog Prince and first appeared in Fables #1 (July 2002). Fables artist Mark Buckingham has stated that Flycatcher is his favorite character; Buckingham has said that he is the only truly innocent character in the series.^[40]

Hope is one of the great powers, belonging to the same group as Mr. Dark and The North Wind. Just like others of her kind, she has her own personal magic box artifact, her Pandoran jar. The character, who is from the story of Pandora and Pandora's box, has appeared in several stories; she is the mysterious being who serves as an adviser to Snow White and Rose Red, taking the form of Colin Pig, Boy Blue and Snow and Rose's mother (from Snow White and Rose Red). Her true form is first seen, briefly, in an illustration for the Rose Red story arc, when Dunster Happ explains about the great powers. Earlier in the same story arc, Rose asks the spirit to show her true form, which it does, but the reader doesn't get to see what Rose sees. Hope's identity as the spirit is revealed in the final issue of the Super Team story arc, where she explains to Rose Red that hope is neither destiny nor strategy, but that she tries to champion those who can direct their hopes into actions. Hope has several paladins working for her, including Santa Claus, The Little Match Girl, and the false bride from the fairy tale The Goose Girl.

A group of Devils that Jack Horner made a deal with to prolong his life in the Jack of Fables story "Jack o' Lantern". According to the final issue of Jack of Fables, they are all The Devil.

• Old Nick: An old hermit living in a swamp, Jack first ran into him during the American Civil War, where Jack beat him in a game of cards.
• Old Scratch: A man with pointy ears who wears a carnival-like red suit. He is the same Devil as in the legend of Stingy Jack.
• Pan: One of the gods of Ancient Greece, whose appearance led some Westerners to identify him with the Devil. He claims that he is the real Devil and that Old Scratch is "just an uncredentialed upstart in a badly stitched suit".
• Lucifer: The banished angel who became the Devil. He is described by Jack as being "poncy".
• Chernobog: The devil from Modest Mussorgsky's composition Night on Bald Mountain. His home, Bald Mountain, is identified as a place in the Fable Homelands. Chernobog is eager to show off his nature as an embodiment of evil.

Red Riding Hood was one of the many Fables unable to escape the Homelands when the Adversary invaded, but unlike many of the Empire's subjects, she appears to have been spared of any violence and was allowed to live quietly in her cottage, where she would often remain undisturbed for long periods. Her peaceful life was occasionally disrupted by summons to the Warlock's Hall, where, unbeknownst to her, magical fetches of her were created, allowing another to take her form in order to infiltrate groups that were against the Adversary. An unnamed sorceress used her form to infiltrate the citadel at World's End during the Fables last stand in the Homelands, and during her stay she became romantically involved with Boy Blue. The sorceress's eventual fate is unknown. More recently, Baba Yaga used her form to infiltrate Fabletown in preparation for an invasion by the Adversary's Wooden Soldiers. Shortly after the incident, Boy Blue went on a covert mission in the Homelands, which eventually resulted in him finding the real Red Riding Hood. Despite her not being the version of Riding Hood that he had fallen in love with, Boy Blue brought her back to Fabletown in order to protect her from the Adversary's possible wrath. Upon arriving in the Mundane world, Red Riding Hood was meant with considerable animosity from the other Fables and was treated with undue hostility, due to Baba Yaga's previous assault on Fabletown. Upset by her cold reception and confused by the conventions of the modern world, Red latched onto Boy Blue for support, up until Blue was forced to leave for the Farm to serve his sentence there. She subsequently became close to Flycatcher, who was asked by Boy Blue to look after her while he was gone. She soon fell in love with him for his kind heart and thoughtful nature, though she had trouble expressing her love for him, and was often jealous when she thought pretty Fables were flirting with him.

Red attended Bigby and Snow's wedding with Flycatcher, but she failed to recognize Bigby as her old foe, though she did admit that he looked oddly familiar. After returning, she ventured out into the mundane city to get a makeover, hoping to attract the attention of Fly. Her plan backfired when Flycatcher, shocked by her new appearance and intimidated by his attraction for her, ran away and reverted to his frog form. After Ambrose's humanity and memories were restored by Santa and the spirit of his deceased wife, he fell into a severe depression. At first, Riding Hood tried to be understanding of Flycatcher's state of mourning, checking in on him every so often to bring him food. However, after realizing Flycatcher was allowing himself to starve to death, Red scolds him for giving up on life and encourages him to take action rather than waste away. Red's message led Fly to start his journey through the Witching Well and to eventually form the Haven. During Flycatcher's heroic quest, Red Riding Hood, along with many of Fly's other friends, regularly watched Flycatcher's adventures through the magic mirror in the business office, which they dubbed "Fly T.V.". While everyone else watched Fly's journey with excitement, Red Riding Hood was wracked with anxiety and feared for Flycatcher's life, often bemoaning the amount of danger that Flycatcher often found himself in. She kept his favorite hat with her at all times, hoping to return it to him when his quest was over. After Fly's kingdom was established and became safe, Boy Blue brought Red along with him so she could move there. Upon arriving, she told Fly that she would fill in the roles of Royal Hostess and take on queenly responsibilities until Flycatcher could find himself a proper queen. The two continued to fall in love, though Flycatcher still denied his feelings for her out of fear of betraying the memory of his dead wife. During the Out to the Ballgame arc, Fly finally acknowledges his feelings for Riding Hood and kissed her, which accidentally turns him back into a frog. Riding Hood, tired of living in the shadow of Flycatcher's former wife, tells him that he has let his guilt rule him for too long, and that it is keeping him from finding happiness in the present. Flycatcher, convinced by Riding Hood's words, attempts to take control of his curse and changes himself back into human form. Later that evening, tired of being alone, he asks Red to share his bed with him, to which she delightedly accepts.

In the epilogue chapter, "The Last Story of Flycatcher", Red Riding Hood is revealed to have eventually married Flycatcher and had at least four children with him, and is living a peaceful life as queen of Haven.

The Tourists are a group of three Fables who originally worked for Bigby Wolf on keeping track of those Fables who have chosen not to live in Fabletown or up at the Farm. Since Bigby's departure, they now work for his replacement, Beast.

The first Tourist is Mowgli, from The Jungle Book. He is assigned the mission of tracking down the missing Bigby and bringing him back to Fabletown. While this is outside the Tourists' normal duties, he accepts the mission when Prince Charming informs him that his friend Bagheera, imprisoned for his role in the Farm revolt, would be freed once his mission was completed. Mowgli is primarily given this assignment because, unlike the other Tourists, he was raised by wolves, and thus knows how Bigby would think. The task takes many months and covered thousands of miles, but Mowgli is ultimately successful. During The Good Prince, Mowgli replaces King Cole as ambassador to Baghdad, as well as running an English-language school for Arabian Fables participating in the war against the Empire.

The second Tourist is Feathertop, the animated scarecrow from a Nathaniel Hawthorne short story. He appeared in "A Wolf in the Fold", a prose tale in the series' first trade paperback, where he accompanies Snow White on her mission to invite the Big Bad Wolf to join them in Fabletown in approximately 1650. He was chosen because, as an entity made of straw and vegetation, the Wolf would be unable to read his emotions and would find him unpalatable. His identity as one of the Tourists is confirmed in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, where he appears in silhouette in a single panel. In the follow-up series, Feathertop is the head of the Shadow Players, a black ops group that tries to keep the nastier side-effects of the Everaftering from destroying the world.

Bill Willingham has identified the third Tourist as being the Woodsman^[41] from the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. He appears in flashbacks from the fairy tale in the March of the Wooden Soldiers story arc and the Fables graphic novel 1001 Nights of Snowfall. In addition, all of the tourists are shown in silhouette in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, but not referred to by name. The Woodsman is also mentioned in The Great Fables Crossover, in which Bigby implies that he still harbours vengeful feelings for him and is just as mad at him as he is at Jack (which does mean a lot) and that his current whereabouts are unknown. The Woodsman makes an appearance in the prequel adventure video game The Wolf Among Us.

Tommy Sharp was a writer for the Daily News. He somehow got wind that there was something unusual about the Fabletown community and spent several years following it up. He tracked down records detailing the Fables' possession of the area right back to when the city was called New Amsterdam, compiled a number of personal histories and located photographs of several of the Fabletown residents going back to the beginnings of photography, proving that none of them had aged a day. He also secretly trailed Bigby Wolf, a not unimpressive feat, given the Wolf's massively enhanced senses and witnessed him changing to his wolf form in Central Park. In the story A Two-Part Caper, Sharp came to Fabletown and asked to speak to Bigby, with the aim of giving the Fables a chance to respond to his story prior to publication as a journalistic courtesy. Explaining to a visibly amused sheriff that he believed them to be vampires, Sharp stated that he would shortly be publishing his story.

The concerned Wolf, realizing that even if nobody official believed the story, they'd be inundated with goths and vampire-wannabes, quickly formulated a plan to steal all of Sharp's research, using Briar Rose's enchantment to put all the occupants of the building to sleep while they ransacked his apartment. It quickly became apparent, however, that Sharp had backed all his information on the internet. Bluebeard, who was supposed to be keeping watch downstairs, insisted that they should simply shoot Sharp, belittling Bigby when he chose a different course of action. Kidnapping Sharp, the Fables took a number of photographs of him posed with Pinocchio, in such a manner to make it appear that Sharp was a pedophile. They then informed Sharp that if he published his story, they would release these photos, plus a videotape of an interview with Pinocchio where he explained what Sharp had supposedly done to him by pointing out on a teddy bear where Sharp touched him, thus destroying Sharp's reputation completely. Sharp had no choice but to cooperate.

Bluebeard, however, felt differently. Believing, as always, that he knew best and probably in no small part to spite Bigby, he summoned Sharp to Central Park where he asked Sharp if he had destroyed all his research; when Sharp confirmed he had, Bluebeard executed the journalist.

Stationed at the North Pole, Santa Claus is a Fable who can magically be at every house in the world at the same time on Christmas night. Following an attempt by Jack Horner to steal the naughty and nice list in 1956, Santa has left the list with Bigby to put in a safe place every year since. He is said to be one of the most powerfully magical of the fables, and plays an important role in beginning Flycatcher's quest to restore his Homelands kingdom. It is also implied by Rose Red that Santa is the guardian of a gateway from the Homelands. Santa has also been revealed to be a Paladin of Hope, specifically the Hope for Justice, and the Hope for Reward as well as the hope that everything will turn out all right in the end, claiming that this is why Christmas takes place at the end of the year. He is also a vassal of the North Wind, and he taught Winter how use her powers to be in more than one place at a time. Winter also asked him to expand Christmas to all worlds that are under her sway, or are known to her.

• Mrs. Claus
• Santa Claus's reindeer, who are intelligent, capable of speech and can magically fly.

After Hansel and Gretel's misadventure in the Homelands involving Frau Totenkinder, whom the children pushed into her own oven, Hansel and Gretel emerged from the Black Forest to find their land overrun by the Adversary's forces. They fled, staying ahead of the invading armies and taking sanctuary in one church after another until they learn of the mundane world. Arriving there in the mid-17th century, they made their way to the newly established Fabletown, where they were shocked to discover Frau Totenkinder among the Fables already present. When informed that, under the terms of the Fabletown Compact, Totenkinder had been granted amnesty for her actions in the Homelands, a disgusted Hansel announced his intention to live among the mundane population, leaving his sister behind in Fabletown. Many years later, Hansel visited Fabletown, asking to see his sister, begging her to leave Fabletown. Gretel refused, explaining to him that she has spent time studying with Frau Totenkinder in the intervening years and has gained a new appreciation for the magic arts, seeing them not as the devil's work, but as a useful tool. Horrified and enraged, Hansel struck her viciously with a chair, snapping her neck instantly. As a result, Hansel was stricken from the Fabletown Compact and banished forever. Gretel's body was cast down the witching well. Her spirit remained there in a sort of limbo for centuries, until Flycatcher, his memory restored and finally ready to face his past, went down the well, finding all the ghosts of those who had previously been thrown there. Gretel was one of the many spirits who were given flesh and blood and followed Flycatcher to Haven.

In Jack'n Apes of Jack Of Fables, Jack Horner claims that his own adventures inspired Edgar Rice Burroughs to write the whole Tarzan legend (which would then mean that either Tarzan does not exist in the Fables series, or he was just Jack) and that, in turn, inspired Jack to go to Hollywood, which led to the creation of his own series. Apes and monkeys he claims to have met are:

• Kong, a gorilla.
• Magilla, a gorilla.
• George, a monkey.
• Jane: From whom Tarzan's Jane has been inspired, according to Jack.
• "Clint the orangutan": A possible reference to the pet orangutan Clyde of the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Loose and Any Which Way You Can.
• "Edgar the other orangutan": Presumably the murderous orangutan from Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
• Aesop: Presumably the ape of Aesop's Fables The Wolf, the Fox and the Ape and The Apes and the Two Travellers.^[42]
• Saunders: A sock monkey. A possible reference to A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh; a sign over the door at Pooh's house says "Mr. Sanders", the name of the person who resided at the very address prior to Pooh making it his house.^[15] Winnie the Pooh and several other characters from the books were actually based on the stuffed toys of Milne's son. In addition, a character looking remarkably similar to Winnie the Pooh (but drawn slightly differently, as Winnie the Pooh is currently under copyright) can be seen in flashbacks from the Homelands, barbecuing marshmallows with Saunders in what appears to be the Hundred Acre Wood.

Jack being an unreliable narrator and a pathological liar, it is impossible to tell for sure if he was telling the truth. On the other hand, he has told the truth on several occasions (about the Wooden Soldiers, about his days as Jack Frost and about the Literals, to name just a few) - besides, the insistence he displays when telling he did not have an affair with the female ape Jane may be a proof that his tale is true, at least partially.

A network of hidden Fable communities, scattered throughout the world, as seen in the Fables spin-off Cinderella: Fables Are Forever. Among the Fables of Shadow Fabletown are:

• Ivan Durak, a character from Russian folklore. One of many Fables who fled the Fable homeland of Rus when the Adversary invaded, and escaped into the mundane world, adopting the Soviet Union as their new home. At some point, perhaps after a failed attempt to kidnap Snow White in the 1980s, he was killed and Dorothy Gale assumed his identity. She may have most likely killed him, herself, after her escape from Golden Burroughs Community.
• Tugarin Zmeyevich, a dragon who can take the shape of a man. He is the ruler of Shadow Fabletown in Russia.
• Meng Chiang-Nu, a character from Chinese folktales. An old woman who is the former head of the Shadow Fabletown in China. According to Cinderella, Meng Chiang-Nu sought her husband at the Great Wall, went through a lot of trouble to get him buried after he died, and ended up turning into a fish. She refused to give up when an emperor and his whole empire told her no. Meng Chiang-Nu was killed by a Chiss, when she was about to tell Cindy how to locate Dorothy Gale.
• The Seven Chinese Brothers: The associates and possible bodyguards of Meng-Chiang-Nu. From the anonymously written Chinese folktale "The Five Brothers" (circa A.D. 300). In some versions of the story, there were seven, or even ten, brothers. In the west, the tale was popularized by Claire Huchet Bishop's Five Chinese Brothers (1938), and Margaret Mahy's Seven Chinese Brothers (1889) more or less permanently changed the number of brothers to seven in the West.^[4]
• Anansi, a West African Fable who is a high-ranking member of one of the hidden shadow Fable communities. He may have been part of Dorothy's schemes to trap Cinderella. What became of him afterward was never stated.

A group of characters and creatures from Japanese folklore. They live in a hidden Fable community in Tokyo, as seen in the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom.

• Kuchisake-onna, the slit-mouthed woman from Japanese urban legends, appears in the Fairest story arc The Hidden Kingdom. Her real name is Mayumi. Before the Adversary's invasion, she was a member of the Heika's court in the Fable Homeland of the Hidden Kingdom. Unbeknownst to her, the Seii Taishogun was secretly laying the way for the invasion and planned to become the new ruler of the Hidden Kingdom. He offered to make her Mayumi his Empress, but she rejected him and called him "a parasite on the court". He responded by slitting Mayumi's cheeks in anger. Unable to live with her face mutilated like that, she committed seppuku (a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment) - "or someone faked it". Her ghost began lurking in the washrooms and corridors of the Heika's palace, haunting mirrors. Eventually, she managed to take on a physical form and escaped the Homelands with a group of yokai who had been banished from the court. The group started a new life in a hidden Fable community in Tokyo. Centuries later, she has become the enforcer of Tomoko, a powerful female kitsune who is a Yakuza leader. Mayumi wears a surgical mask to hide the disfigurement. She enjoys scaring people by asking them, "Am I beautiful?", before removing the mask and asking "How about now?". Eventually, with the help of Rapunzel, the fugitives manage to find their way back to their homeland via a magical portal.
• Assorted yokai: Including a bakeneko named Neko, various chōchin'obake, various funayurei, a hitotsume-kozō, various kappa, a kawauso, a kitsune named Tomoko, a kyūso, a noppera-bō, a nue, a nure-onna, various oni, a rokurokubi, Seto taishō, a Sunamura no oryō, two human-sized gashadokuro, various tanuki (only referred to as "raccoons" in the modern world, but by their real name back in the Homelands), various tengu, Tesso, two uwabami, and a wanyūdō.
• Godzilla: Jack Horner has a brief encounter with the legendary monster when one of the tengu drops him into the ocean off the coast of Japan.

• Count Dracula: The prose story A Wolf in the Fold mentions a Transylvanian count who had befriended Bigby Wolf, before he was taken to Fabletown. The count was rumored to be some fell spirit returned from the dead. In the Fables story The Ascent, Frankenstein's monster ("Frankie") specifically makes references to a vampire count back in Transylvania. Frankie had actually fought the count once, years before he fought the "wolf man" (Bigby) during World War II. Most (if not all) of the killings traditionally credited to vampires and werewolves in the Dracula mythos were Bigby's doing in the Fables series (though Dracula let local peasants believe they were his own doing, to enhance his fearsome reputation) – making it hard to judge if vampires and werewolves are Fables and if this Dracula is a real Fable or just the historical Vlad Tepes. During Bigby's adventures during World War II, Nazis revealed that they had knowledge of at least one werewolf – which, according to "Werewolves of the Heartland", was actually Bigby. In "Werewolves Of The Heartlands", it is revealed that there used to be werewolves in the homelands and in the mundane world - also, a new breed of werewolves is created.
• The Grim Reaper: Has a run-in with Jack Horner in the Fables story Bag 'O Bones, in which Jack finds a way to cheat death.
• Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein: Referred to in War Stories, a Fables story set during World War II. A team of German Nazi scientists is using Frankenstein's monster talks about how they tried to create more of the monster in World War I, but when it didn't work, they realized that the secrets of Doctor Frankenstein's process had died with him. It is unknown whether he was a Fable or one of the unmagic "mundys" of our world. After defeating the Nazis, Bigby kept the monster's still-living head and returned it to Fabletown. In the March of the Wooden Soldiers story arc, Pinocchio can be seen reading the Frankenstein novel.
• Jill: The Jill from Jack and Jill (not to be confused with Jill the Lilliputian, who helps Jack steal some of Bluebeard's fortune). Jack phones her before going to Hollywood. It is unknown if she lives in Fabletown.
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto: The duo makes an off-screen appearance in the Jack of Fables story arc 1883, which is set in the Old West. A gunsmith sells a special order of silver bullets to the Lone Ranger instead of Jack Horner, believing the Ranger to be part of Jack's gang of robbers. The Ranger is described as a mysterious masked rider with a faithful Native American companion. Jack kills the gunsmith in anger and sets out to find the Lone Ranger in Montana, following his trail. Jack is apprehended by Bigby before he has the chance to catch up with him.
• Elves from The Elves and the Shoemaker: still offering their services to the shoemaker (Crispin, who lives in Fabletown) from time to time, as seen in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love. They have also been secretly working for Beauty in making the Fable comics sold at Nod's bookstore, while Beauty was working there.
• The Cricket on the Hearth: In "All in a Single Night", the cricket from Charles Dickens' novella takes Rose Red on a journey on Christmas Eve, in a Fables takes on A Christmas Carol. "The Cricket on the Hearth" is also the name of one of the issue's chapters. The cricket repeatedly calls Rose "Boz", which was Dickens's family nickname and occasional pen-name.
• Noah the bottle Imp: A small, less powerful version of a genie, who specializes in information. He helps Ali Baba achieve his dream of wealth and love by hooking him up with Lumi, the Snow Queen, after Ali Baba wakes Briar Rose from enchanted sleep and realizes that Briar is not the girl for him.
• Saint George: Appears as a detective in the Fairest story Lamia, tracking down the issue's title character - the Lamia, a.k.a. Beauty - in a story set in 1940s Los Angeles. With the sword Ascalon, he had slain the dragon in his Fable homeland of Silene. With it he also slew the beast Chimæra, the dragon Illuyankas, the dragon Tiamat and the serpent Vritra. It is strongly implied that Beast kills him in order to protect Beauty.
• Dragon from Saint George and the Dragon: Referred to in the Fairest story Lamia.
• The Chimæra: Referred to in the Fairest story Lamia. It was slain by Saint George.
• Illuyankas the dragon: Referred to in the Fairest story Lamia, slain by Saint George.
• Tiamat: A dragon referred to in the Fairest story Lamia, also slain by Saint George.
• The serpent Vritra: Referred to in the Fairest story Lamia, another beast slain by Saint George.
• Lady Maeve: From Irish mythology. She is from the Fable Homeland Dunhollow, and is one of Rose Red's new Knights of the Round Table, as seen in the Camelot story arc.
• Rama and Veruna as seen in the Fairest story Of Men and Mice.

Fables first introduced in the prequel video game The Wolf Among Us:

• Faith, a prostitute who was found murdered in the first episode of the game, "Faith". After the Woodsman attacks her, Bigby steps in and saves her. When she's found murdered later, Bigby finds her ring stuffed in her severed head, which bears a symbol that leads to her identity. Her story states that she escaped her father, the king, by using a magic coat made from his prize donkey; she married Prince Laurence before the exodus from the Homelands. Fallen on hard times in Fabletown, Faith estranged from Laurence and turned to prostitution, and Laurence, out of guilt for burdening her, tried to commit suicide (based on the player's action, he has a chance to survive).
• Toad Jr., or "TJ", the son of Mister Toad, who is the landlord of the tenement building the Woodsman lived in. He helps Bigby and Snow find a clue in Faith's donkeyskin coat, which she wore to the Woodsman's apartment and left behind after he and Bigby fought.
• Dee and Dum Tweedle, twin brothers who claim were hired as private detectives by an unknown employer to investigate Faith's death. Dee roughs up Mr. Toad while looking for The Woodsman and something thought to be in his possession; Dee is pursued and caught by Bigby when they meet at Faith's and Laurence's apartment, but Dum saves him. At the Trip Trap Bar, Dee encounters Bigby again, and the player has to choose whether to arrest Dee or the Woodsman.
• Holly, a female troll who owns and runs the Trip Trap Bar. She is friends with the Woodsman, Gren, and Jack Horner. Gren says that her sister is missing. Snow later finds the corpse of a female Fable using a black-market glamour to appear as Snow, and the body is revealed to be Lily, Holly's sister. Holly is informed of her sister's death by Bigby, and what she says next sends Bigby to investigate her pimp Georgie Porgie. In episode 3, Holly is outraged at Bigby when she learned that Lily's corpse was thrown down the Witching Well, even when Snow tells her that was Crane's doing; Holly and Gren are then injured fighting the Tweedles when they interrupt Lily's funeral. At the Trip Trap in episode 3, Holly, rendered confused and lethargic due to the medicine Dr. Swineheart gave her for her injuries, has a conversation with Bigby while he roots through Lily's possessions for a clue to the witch Crane had hired for the black-market glamour.
• Grendel, or Gren, a barfly who regulars the Trip Trap Bar. He first appears waiting in line to see Acting Mayor Ichabod Crane and calls Bigby a "fucker". He later appears at the Trip Trap Bar. When Bigby meets the Woodsman at the Bar, Gren drops his glamour, revealing his true form to resemble a shark-like humanoid, and attacks Bigby; Bigby wins by partially morphing into his wolf form and targeting Gren's right arm, implying it was reattached after Beowulf ripped it off in the old legend. After beating Gren in the fight, the player can choose to rip off his arm or not.
• Georgie Porgie is the pimp who owns the seedy bar/strip-club "Pudding & Pie", and employed Faith. He speaks in a British-Yorkshire accent, and is quite foul-tempered and thuggish, despite a tendency to quickly back down whenever someone challenges him. He often needlessly antagonises or provokes other Fables, even when they clearly outclass him in strength and rank. He is introduced in the second episode "Smoke and Mirrors". He is revealed to be the murderer of Lilly and Faith, acting on behalf of his boss, the Crooked Man. Furious that the Crooked Man attempts to throw him under the bus for the murders, he starts a three-way fight between himself, Bigby, and the Crooked Man's henchmen, during which he is mortally slashed with a knife, before he manages to escape back to his club along with Vivian. When Vivian commits suicide out of guilt, Georgie breaks down in despair and with his dying breaths, he reveals to Bigby where to find the Crooked Man's hideout.
• Clever Hans is the handyman, janitor, and bouncer for the Pudding And Pie. A well-meaning simpleton, Hans accidentally reveals the planner the prostitutes use when Georgie was arguing with Bigby. Georgie threatens Hans with a cricket bat for revealing the book, but Bigby takes the bat and threatens to trash the club with it for the book.
• Nerissa, once known as The Little Mermaid, is a stripper and prostitute working for Georgie Porgie. Unable to break her code of silence ("these lips are sealed"), Nerissa gets Bigby to pay for her services so she can give him a room key for The Open Arms Hotel, where Georgie's girls use to service their johns. Bigby goes to The Open Arms to find the room Lily last used and investigate what he later learns is the site of her murder. Nerissa appears at Lily's funeral in episode 3, and is later attacked by Crane at the Pudding And Pie.
• Auntie Greenleaf is a witch living outside of the Thirteenth Floor of the Woodlands, and the one providing illegal glamours for Ichabod Crane to have sex with Lily in the form of Snow White. When Bigby and Snow find her apartment, she glamours herself into the form of a little girl named Rachel (presumably her deceased daughter) in an attempt to throw the duo off the trail. When they uncover the ruse, Greenleaf refuses to help them find Crane, warning them of "forces beyond their authority". When Snow threatens to burn down her ancient tree, which is both a family heirloom and what she uses to create her back-alley glamours, she tells them that Crane was at her apartment to take from her possession the Ring of Dispel, so he could undo the spell that keeps Georgie's girls from breaking their silence so Crane could prove himself innocent of Lily's and Faith's murders (Greenleaf says that the Ring lost its power decades ago). After they get this info out of Greenleaf, the player can decide whether or not to continue with destroying the tree.
• Vivian is Georgie's lover and second-in-command at the Pudding & Pie. Her origin fable is shrouded in mystery for much of the story, but her true identity as The Girl with the Ribbon is revealed, when Georgie explains that she found a way to duplicate her magic ribbon and transfer its curse to the women she and Georgie employed. Filled with regret over the murders, she decides to break the spell on the women by taking off the ribbon, killing herself in the process.
• Bloody Mary is the Crooked Man's bodyguard and main enforcer. She enjoys intimidating other Fables and causing mayhem, pain, and bloodshed, something which her employment under Crooked Man gives her ample opportunity to do. She has the power to teleport by using reflective surfaces and is capable of duplicating herself. She appears as a woman with short black hair with a red-dyed streak in it, and she claims that she kills mundane children for fun. She and the Tweedles corner Bigby, Snow, and Crane in an alley so they can kidnap Crane. After she gets Dee and Dum to shoot at Bigby until he transforms into a wolf-man, she shoots and disables Bigby with a silver bullet from her revolver so she can chop off his head with an axe (heavily implying that she is the one who killed Faith and Lily, at the Crooked Man's behest); Snow surrenders Crane, so the Crooked Man signals Mary to spare Bigby (she breaks his arm instead). She ends up getting killed in a fight against Bigby.
• Tiny Tim works for the Crooked Man as a house guard and escorts Bigby to him, though it is unclear whether this is his normal job or whether he is given jobs to do by the Crooked Man.
• The Crooked Man is the main antagonist of the game's storyline. Back in the Homelands, he killed his wife and child, not wanting to share his fortune with them. In Fabletown he has become a crime boss who claims to be legitimate businessman who provides help to downtrodden Fables by offering them cheap glamours and employment, but in reality, his organisation is a thinly disguised racketeering ring which muscles in on other businesses and keeps its members in forced servitude through heavy debts, threats and acts of violence, and even torture. The Crooked Man is articulate, cunning, and manipulative, and likes to put on airs of sophistication, but when he loses his temper he reveals a terrifying and unrelenting ruthlessness. At the end of the game's storyline, he is found guilty of murder and either thrown down the Witching Well, turned into a caged raven by Aunty Greenleaf and send to the Farm, or brutally killed by Bigby.