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In General

Symbol of Fables

• The Ageless: Fables don't age and they exist in the mundane world as long as their stories are remembered.
• All Myths Are True: As per Fables canon, every single fairy tale, nursery rhyme, folk story, myth, & legend character is alive & living either in Fabletown, or in one of the many Homelands. But only the Public Domain ones have come to Earth.
• Doomed Hometown: Due to the Sheeda incursions in most of the Homelands, several kingdoms and cities have been destroyed and abandoned, with only Sheeda remaining.
• Fairy Tale Free-for-All: The majority of them are fairy tale characters.
• Immortality Hurts: Just because a well-known Fable can't be killed, it doesn't mean they don't feel pain.
• Immortal Procreation Clause: Fables have a difficult time conceiving amongst their own kind, although they have a higher success rate with non-Fables, such as half-Fables Greg Saunders and Ulla Paske.
• Made of Magic: Fables are beings made from Vorpal energy, which is one of the reasons why they can revive after some time if their story is well known.
• The Masquerade: Most Fables who sign the Fabletown Compact are not allowed to live among the "Mundies" of the Mundane World, at least by the strictest interpretation of the Compact. However as the current leadership of Fabletown has the common sense to realize that this tradition has become pointless in this fantastical world of aliens, metahumans, and human wizards, every year they become laxer with the enforcement of the Compact and allow more Fables to live in regular society with little restriction as long as they abide by Mundie laws and expectations.
• Named by the Adaptation: In the comics most of the Fables were only referred to by their story names, but here they're given names that relate to their respective stories.
• Popularity Power: The better known a Fable, the more difficult they are to kill, to the point universally known Fables might as well have Complete Immortality. Lesser known Fables on the other hand can be killed just as easily as any mortal.
• Reimagining the Artifact: Much like the Ghostbusters and the TMNT, the Fables don't live in New York, because it was destroyed in the Manhattaning. Instead, they have their base in Danny the Street.
• Rule of Seven: Fitting for their stories, the number seven pops out occasionally. There are seven dwarves, Bigby and Snow White have seven children, Briar Rose received the gifts of seven fairies, Beauty had six siblings, Nerissa had six sisters and so on.
• Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: As more and more Fables grew tired of living under the threat of the Sheeda invasion, many of them began to flee their Homelands, risking life in crossing over to the Dreaming and then finding a passage to the main reality.

Fabletown Citizens

Prince Charming

Prince of the Iron Realm and Ex-husband to (in chronological order) Snow White, Briar Rose, and Cinderella.

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• The Ace: Charming is a naturally gifted judge of character, diplomat and statesman. This goes above the psionic charisma found in many Fables' royal lines.
• Adaptational Sexuality: Charming was actually bisexual in Fables canon. Here, he's labelled as heterosexual. Ironically, his two bastard children, Jack and Jill Horner, are listed as bisexual.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears a fancy suit and, womanizing aside, one of the most badass Fables out there.
• Charm Person: As he was thrice blessed by faeries at his birth, he was named Charming. Charming emits a magical impulse that effects most women to which he is attracted to.
• A Family Affair: Yeah, cheating on your first wife with her own sister isn't going to do you any favors.
• Gentleman Snarker: Always has a nasty, but smoothly delivered barb ready for anyone who tries to match witty rejoinders, or just annoy him.
• Handsome Lech: He's named Charming, so of course he can hook up with nearly any woman he wants.
• Interspecies Romance: Him, a human Fable from the Homelands, is lovers with Tanga, an alien.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sure, he has trouble keeping it in his pants, but he genuinely loved all three of his wives, plus he's truly skilled as a consultant, politician and would have become The Good King had he actually inherited the throne of the Iron Realm.
• Lust: Charming has a legendary wandering eye and a libido to match. He finds it hard to focus on most things if there's a pretty lady around he is interested in.
• Master Swordsman: The most talented swordsman among all the Fables, maybe the most talented swordsman who's ever lived. He also gave fencing lessons to Snow White when they were married.
• Named by the Adaptation: He's given the last name of Eisenhardt, being the Prince of the Iron Realm.
• "Not So Different" Remark: While he and his son Jack don't see each other eye to eye, they both have as a major flaw that both are quite prideful and they let their lust get them into trouble.
• Odd Friendship: He has made friendships with two anthropomorphic cats, Puss-in-Boots and Lotion the Cat, who is his wingman.
• Pride: Charming often overestimates his abilities.
• Really Gets Around: Married to Snow White, Briar Rose, Cinderella, plus former lover of Rose Red, Thea Queen, Sarah Lance and who knows how many other women.
• Related in the Adaptation: He's the son of King Cole Eisenhardt, while Jack Horner is his bastard son, making him grandfather of Jack Frost.
• Supernaturally Young Parent: He's centuries old and looks the same age as his adult (and also immortal) children Jack and Jill due to his status as a well known Fable.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He sure is, having black hair, standing at 6"/180cm tall and certainly handsome.
• Warrior Prince: Charming is an extraordinary duelist, equestrian, strategist, and commander. He has also proven himself a great inquisitor and monster slayer.

Cinderella

Prince Charming's third wife. Officially a simple shoe store owner, she's actually one of the top secret agents of Fabletown.

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• Action Girl: She is an undercover spy whose skills would put James Bond to shame.
• All Women Love Shoes: She runs (naturally) a shoe store as her cover.
• Badass Adorable: Blonde and beautiful, and also one of the deadliest Fables in existence.
• Break Them by Talking: Cindy is an expert at this, often verbally playing upon her opponents weaknesses to gain an edge and ultimately defeat them.
• Composite Character: Not herself but her three mice helpers, who are combined with the Three Blind Mice.
• Deadpan Snarker: As befits her cynical, irreverent nature.
• Good Thing You Can Heal: Sometimes gets seriously injured during missions. But her Fable nature and status as one of the more popular legends enables her to not only survive fatal damage, but regenerate quite swiftly.
• Guile Hero: Goes with the territory of being a spy. Cinderella has gone on record stating that you can talk your way out of most situations if you're a good enough liar.
• Meaningful Appearance: She has a glass slipper on her necklace and her belt buckle has a pumpkin in it.
• Non-Human Sidekick: The Three Mice, named Ridley, Latimer and Cranmer.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: She was born Arabella Fresne in the Iron Realm, yet she's known by everyone as Cinderella, Cindy or Ella.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: Has an unrepentant guttermouth, to help with her facade of a bitter, irresponsible, jet-setting shoe store owner.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's 5'9"/175cm tall, and she's very much a stunner.
• The Vamp: Often takes this role during her missions.

Beast

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A former prince cursed to become a powerful, fearsome monster, he has been married to Beauty for several hundred years.

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• The Ageless: Due to Carabosse's curse, he didn't age during the 300 years he was a Beast, and when Beauty broke the curse due to her Act of True Love, the immortality was shared with her. Now both are immortal on Earth thanks to their story.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Arguably the nicest, most even-tempered gentleman in Fabletown outside of Flycatcher. But get him mad, and the beast comes out. And it is horrifying.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: His eyebrows are thick and bushy to remind us of the beast within.
• Genius Bruiser: Beast was taught fencing from a young age. He is also a grandmaster of chess and a brilliant tactician.
• The Good King: He and Beauty ruled over their small kingdom for hundreds of years until they were forced to leave the Homelands due to the Sheeda incursions.
• Happily Married: To Beauty, despite centuries of heated arguments and sniping.
• Henpecked Husband: Beauty has been gnawing away at his spine for centuries. Despite this, they are both strongly devoted to each other.
• Horned Humanoid: Has deer antlers when in Beast form.
• I Have Many Names: His real name is Mathis Leonblanc and he's been known as Azor, Beast of Brightspire Hall, Castle Creature, Guardian of the Garden, Last of Leonblanc, Last Lion, Monster of the Manse, White Lion of Avon.
• King of Beasts: As The Beast he looks like a humanoid Lion.
• Non-Humans Lack Attributes: In Beast form, he doesn't have visible nipples or private parts.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: He and Beauty refused to tell the other's name, so they addressed each other as Beauty and Beast until they became intimate and the nicknames became an Affectionate Nickname.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Has red eyes when in Beast form.
• Shapeshifter: Beast transforms into a literal beast at will or whenever the curse's magic is stronger than his love for Beauty (or her love for him).
• Super-Senses: Beast has the heightened senses of a predator, which also allow him to see ghosts and hidden magical effects.
• Super-Strength: Beast is remarkably strong in both his human and cursed forms. He appears to get even stronger when his emotions are amplified.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The only reason Bigby hired him as part of the Fantabulosa Rozzers was because his wife recommended him.

Beauty

Beauty is, as one might guess, one of the title characters from Beauty and the Beast. She and Beast are a rarity among Fables in that they have been married since the end of their story and are still together.

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• Adaptational Backstory Change: Unlike in the comics she is not a Lamia that took over Beauty's identity and her relationship with Beast is closer to the original tale.
• Best Friend: She and Snow White are best friends, which can't be said about their husbands. She also gets along with Rose Red.
• Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: Beauty is known to be snoopy and gossipy. She cannot help but be nosey when things interest her enough. She often suffers from a fear of missing out. She is often caught stalking people on social media.
• Curtains Match the Windows: Brown eyes, brown hair, just like her husband.
• Family Theme Naming: She and her siblings were named after the first months of the year; Janvier, Fèvrier, Mars, Avril, Mai and Juin.
• Friend to All Living Things: Beauty has the psychic power to calm the savage nature of beasts.
• Happily Married: To Beast and they even have a daughter, Bliss Leonblanc.
• Head-Turning Beauty: As her nickname suggests, Beauty is considered to be attractive by most persons. It is hard for her to not make a good first impression.
• The High Queen: She and Beast ruled over the small but important kingdom of Avon Valley until they were forced to abandon it due to the Sheeda invasions.
• I Have Many Names: Her married name is Avril Leonblanc and she's known as Basia, Belle, Bellindia, Nastenka, Nettchen, Rose, Rozina and Zelinda Zémire, which are her name in other countries.
• Jack of All Trades: Beauty masters new skills quickly, recalls details easily, and is all-around talented at most things.
• Magic Mirror: Among the few relics that the couple escaped the Homelands with is a magical scrying mirror.
• Meaningful Name: Her last name Schöne means 'beautiful' in German.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name is Avril Schöne, but she and Beast refused to tell each other's name, so they started using the nicknames to address each other until it became an Affectionate Nickname.

Bliss Leonblanc

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The daughter of Beauty and Beast.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics she had blonde or light brown hair, but here it's dark brown, like her father's.
• Beast Man: She looks more humanoid in Beast form than her father.
• Curtains Match the Window: Shares her father's brown hair and eyes.
• Fascinating Eyebrow: As seen in her picture.
• Friend to All Living Things: Like Beauty, Bliss has the psychic power to calm the savage nature of beasts and talk to animals.
• Head-Turning Beauty: Like mother, like daughter, Bliss is considered to be attractive by most persons. It is hard for her to not make a good first impression.
• Hereditary Curse: Inherited the curse to transform into a Beast from her father.
• In-Series Nickname: Beautiful Beast, Bestial Beauty, Baby Beauty, and Baby Beast.
• Jack of All Trades: Bliss masters new skills quickly, recalls details easily, and is all-around talented at most things.
• Meaningful Name: Her full name is Bliss Everlasting Leonblanc, which represents the bliss her parents felt after finally being able to conceive a child after so many centuries.
• Named by the Adaptation: In the comics she had no apparent last name, but here she uses her parents' last name, Leonblanc.
• Non-Humans Lack Attributes: In Beast form, she doesn't have visible nipples or private parts. Yet another trait from her father.
• Panthera Awesome: Similarly to her father, she can transform into a humanoid lioness.
• Power Incontinence: Bliss can become an almost totally different person when her emotions take over, particularly negative emotions. This is likely an effect of dark fae magic associated with her inherited curse.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Just like her father her Beast form has red eyes and black sclera.
• The Social Expert: Thanks to the charisma inherited from her mother, she has a lot of friends, among them the Wolf Cubs, the younger members of the Doom Patrol and other young Dannyzens.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Inherited her mother's looks but her father's hair.
• Supernatural Sensitivity: Bliss can see ghosts and such.
• Super-Strength: Bliss is remarkably strong.

Flycatcher (King Ambrose)

The Frog Prince. Initially introduced as a bumbling oaf who keeps getting in trouble with the law due to his constant desire to eat flies, and is constantly serving community service by being the janitor of Fabletown.

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• Bewitched Amphibians: The most famous example. He was turned into a frog by Gothel after accidentally drinking a potion intended for a maiden that caught his fancy.
• Forced to Watch: He was forced to look as Melmoth killed his wife Augusta and daughter Beatrice in front of him. This triggered his transformation once more but it also allowed him to escape.
• The Good King: It was considered he had all the makings to become the greatest king in all of Europa, but his curse led his kingdom to fall into ruin for centuries, until his eventual wife reversed the curse and he restored the Kingdom in time for the Sheeda incursions.
• Heartbroken Badass: He's a master statesman, strategist and swordsman, but it's all repressed due to the trauma he suffered.
• Last Stand: The summer palace of his kingdom was the location of the last stand of the Fables before most of them fled to Earth.
• Named by the Adaptation: He's given the last name Vatrach when in the comics he had no apparent last name.
• Nice Guy: Quite possibly the kindest Fable seen in the mythos. It's been noted he's the only Fable who reached the mundane world with nothing to be forgiven, covered up or otherwise absolved of, under the amnesty of the Fabletown Compact.
• Official Couple: Currently dating Jill Horner.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Almost everyone calls him Flycatcher, or just Fly for short.
• Outliving One's Offspring: His daughter Beatrice was murdered alongside her mother by Melmoth.
• Overly-Long Tongue: Even in human form he has a long, adhesive tongue.
• Power Incontinence: When Flycatcher is stressed, over-excited, or otherwise overwhelmed by any particular emotion, his curse begins to assert itself. If he does not rein in his emotions in time, he can revert back into his cursed form of a small frog.
• Redhead In Green: Wears a green jumpsuit for his work as janitor.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Has auburn hair, green eyes and is the former Frog Prince.
• True Love's Kiss: How to restore him if he reverts to being a frog. Since he is a prince, that kiss must come from a maiden of Royal Blood.
• Unishment: It turns out Fly tends to become unstable when he's not busy so Bigby used to write him up on a number of petty charges and gave him years of community service to keep him occupied. Eventually, this service evolved into his job.

Rose Red

Snow White's wilder younger sister who has a troubled relationship with her older sibling and is the leader of Fabletown's farm.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics she had red eyes, but here she's a Significant Green-Eyed Redhead.
• Affectionate Nickname: Her mother called her "Little Red Duckling".
• Alliterative Name: Rose Red.
• Back from the Dead: Because her legend is far less known than her sister, she only came back to life after 13 years, while her sister returned after merely one month.
• Broken Bird: Years of self-loathing caused by her own careless actions made her engage in self-destructive behavior after coming to the mundane world, like dating the notorious con man Jack Horner.
• Charm Person: As a trueborn princess of the Silver Realm, Rose has the passive psychic ability to captivate the attention of humans and animals. She has developed this ability to a greater degree than her twin sister and this kinship also extends to the surrounding flora.
• Collared by Fashion: Wears a choker with a red flower in it.
• Cool Aunt: While her relationship with her sister isn't the best, she's this for her children.
• Fiery Redhead: She's mellowed out quite a bit, but she'll still sass you and threaten to kill your progenitor if you get in her way.
• Girls with Guns: She carries a machine-gun over one shoulder.
• Gold Digger: Recently, Bluebeard was engaged to marry Rose Red, but she and Jack Horner were simply using Bluebeard for his wealth and he ended the relationship.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Not only she literally has green eyes, being overshadowed by her sister for so long has led to a deep envy, dedicating most of her time to make her sister's life harder.
• Meaningful Appearance: She has a rose tattoo, wears red pants and a choker with a red flower in it.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: To contrast her sister's black hair and blue eyes, she has intense red hair and green eyes.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: Her default mode of speech is cursing like a longshoreman who just stubbed his toe. She's particularly prone to dropping the "F" bomb.
• Tank-Top Tomboy: To go with her wilder personality, she wears one that displays her navel piercing.
• Tattoo as Character Type: Has the tattoo of a red rose on her right arm.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the tomboy to Snow White's girly girl.

Rapunzel

A resident of Fabletown with a Dark and Troubled Past. Not to mention a curse of supernaturally fast growing golden hair.

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• Adaptational Backstory Change: Unlike in the comics, Rapunzel was born with her curse, rather than being given to her by the witch who took her.
• The Dog Bites Back: When she found her husband near death after being pushed from the tower by Gothel, Rapunzel took the vials of her hair and piled them at the base of the tower. Her rage was also causing her hair to grow long and thick, wrapping around the base of the tower. Over Gothel's distant cries, Rapunzel smashed one vial, causing them all to explode in a brilliant magical blast that destroyed the tower.
• Family Theme Naming: She and her children have names that end with "el".
• Girl in the Tower: She was kept in a tower by Mother Gothel, until Prince Darling rescued her.
• Glamour: Rapunzel makes a living selling cheap glamours and simple potions to Fables who can't afford the prices of the 13th Floor Mages.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has platinum blonde hair and despite all the crap she has gone through, she remains a decent person.
• I Have Many Names: She's known in myths as Maid Maleen, Okiku, Persinette, Petrosinella and Saulé.
• Interspecies Romance: She's a human Fable, and while in the Hidden Kingdom, she had an affair with the Kitsune Tomoko.
• Lady of Black Magic: Rapunzel is a novice sorceress, having been trained by Dame Gothel in the dark arts. Rapunzel's most powerful magic is particularly nasty stuff, so she prefers to use the simple tricks.
• The Mentor: Served as Conner Wolf's mentor when he was learning magic from Mother Gothel's book.
• Power Incontinence: Emotional distress makes her hair grow even faster.
• Rapid Hair Growth: Thanks to her curse, her hair grows incredibly fast. Luckily after moving to Danny the Street, she only needs to cut her hair weekly rather than every two days.
• Related in the Adaptation: Her missing twin children are Hansel and Gretel.
• Supernaturally Young Parent: Like Prince Charming, she looks the same age as her children due to their immortal nature.

Briar Rose

The Sleeping Beauty of legend, and Prince Charming's second wife. She's perennially wealthy, thanks to the blessings bestowed upon her at birth, but also still suffers her classic curse of omnidirectional sudden slumber.

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• Beautiful Singing Voice: Briar Rose sings (in the most heavenly voice you've ever heard), birds of all kinds tend to flock around her.
• Boxing Battler: Briar Rose studied under legendary boxer Ted Grant in the 1960s. She chose this particular discipline to make excellent use of her constant need to wear armored gloves.
• Conspicuous Gloves: Briar Rose wears thick protective gloves to mitigate the risk of her hands being pricked or cut.
• Curse: Carabosse, the Court sorceress of the Unseelie Court, cursed Briar Rose to die should she ever prick, cut, slice, or otherwise injure her hand in any injury which drew her blood. However, due to the Vindemia's blessing for mythical protection, this curse was mitigated to place Briar Rose under a deep and eternal sleep.
• Head-Turning Beauty: Thanks to one of the many "gifts" of her fairy godmothers, Briar Rose is considered to be physically attractive by most persons, regardless of sexual preference. Of course, this means that even when "dressed down" Briar tends to stop traffic and always finds people awkwardly staring at her.
• Huge Girl, Tiny Guy: Not that she's particularly tall, but she's of human height and Puss-in-Boots is the size of a regular cat that walks on two legs.
• Interspecies Romance: Having slept for over 200 years, she became very much acquainted with Dream of the Endless.
  • She's currently dating Furbo the Puss-in-Boots.
• Loophole Abuse: The conditions for the Spell of Sleep are that a "prince" that loves Briar must kiss her. Which is why Bigby has a police dog named Prince in case she accidentally pricks herself.
• No-Sell: Vindemia the Fancy blessed Briar Rose that magic of any kind shall never be able to harm or kill her. As such any lethal applications of magic applied to Briar Rose will either dissipate harmlessly before reaching her or have its effect altered, such as placing her in a never-ending sleep. If she should be rendered unconscious in such a fashion, this protection also enacts a counter-enchantment of the highest order which will render everyone else in Briar Rose's proximity asleep and will cause a thick bramble of magical thorns to surround those affected.
• The Rock Star: Yeva the Lively blessed Briar Rose with the ability to craft delightful songs and play all sorts of music to the utmost perfection with any instrument. After returning from the Manhattaning, she became a successful musician under the name Belle Dumont for about 13 years before meeting Snow White.
• Sleepyhead: Rose tends to usually operate in what appears to be a sleepy haze. She's usually mentally sharp and aware, but still is prone to daydreaming or catnaps if left unstimulated for any length of time. While Briar is fully capable of maintaining a normal sleep schedule, she could easily sleep sixteen hours each and every day.
• Uncle Pennybags: Ionna the Gifted promised that Briar Rose would always be wealthy. This has turned out to be a very useful gift, as Briar never has much trouble acquiring money of any kind. Even if she gives away her entire savings, she can become quite wealthy with very little effort in a short amount of time.

Pinocchio

Former wooden puppet who wanted to be a real boy, he's the son of the Blue Fairy and Geppetto, as well as the twin brother of Boy Blue.

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• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: On the one hand, he's not cursed to remain a boy forever by the Blue Fairy. On the other hand, he still has wooden skin and a growing nose, and because of that, he's turned to Drowning My Sorrows.
• The Alcoholic: Took to drinking after returning to life with wooden skin and a growing nose, and he hasn't stopped since.
• Alien Blood: Due to his original wooden body being made of rowan, he bleeds rowan berry juice.
• Archnemesis Dad: His father Geppetto/Victor Frankenstein, although they still care about each other.
• Bad Liar: Due to his nose growing, he's terrible with outright deception.
• Become a Real Boy: He became a true young man after he developed his own conscience.
• Brainy Brunette: Brown hair and considered to have genius intellect.
• Came Back Wrong: Although he returned to life thanks to the popularity of his story, he returned with wood-like skin and his nose still grows whenever he lies.
• Changeling Tale: He's the result of one, being raised by his father while his human-looking brother Tom was raised by their mother among the faeries.
• Gag Nose: His nose which grows whenever he lies. It doesn't grow immediately, instead it manifests within the hour and only shrinks back after admitting the truth or after four hours.
• I Know Your True Name: Pinocchio's real name is redacted since, as a Fae, it could be used to bind him or curse him.
• In-Series Nickname: Known as Birch Barfly, Juniper Jackass, Pine Puppet and Spruce Sot. He's actually made of rowan and doesn't mind the nicknames since they amuse him and has even used them himself.
• My God, What Have I Done?: After smashing Horatio the cricket with a mallet in a moment of panic, he realized he had developed his own conscience that he couldn't ignore, no matter how much he drank.
• Polar Opposite Twins: He and Boy Blue are very different. Not only does he have brown hair and green eyes to Blue's blonde hair and blue eyes, he's a master of law, an investigator and a politician, which contrasts with his brother's talent for music and swordsmanship.
• Related in the Adaptation: He's the son of Vindemia Faye, the Blue Fairy, having given birth to him after being seduced as part of a ritual made by Victor Frankenstein/Geppetto. He's also the twin brother of Tom Horn/Boy Blue, who was raised by their mother among the Fae and half-brother of Haley London.
• Toxic Friend Influence: His friend Lampwick/Jack Horner motivated the worst traits of Pinocchio, whose conscience the cricket Horatio couldn't sway.

Mowgli

The hero of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, he's all grown up and serves as one of Fabletown's "Tourists", deep cover agents who perform clandestine operations out in the greater Mundane world.

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• All the Other Reindeer: Mowgli lives between two worlds. He cannot think of himself as a man, nor as a beast.
• Blade Enthusiast: His signature knife from the stories.
• Canon Welding: His connection to the animal kingdom is due to The Red.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Comes from Seeonee in the Indu, the Homelands equivalent of India.
• Friend to All Living Things: Most animals regard Mowgli as one of their own. They recognize he is human but are not startled by his presence alone. It is worth noting that felines do not seem affected by this ability.
• I Have Many Names: He's also known as Little Frog, Man-Cub, Manling, Nathoo and Wolf-Boy.
• Nemean Skinning: Mowgli is often seen wearing his snakeskin jacket and almost never seen without his tiger tooth necklace. Due to some unfaithful adaptations of his history, Mundies often think his jacket was made from the hide of Kaa. Mowgli is appalled by this and is quick to correct people that the skin he took the hide from was the giant cobra Thuu.
• Non-Human Sidekick: He's constantly accompanied by Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose, who has something of a rivalry with Cinderella's three mice.
• Occult Blue Eyes: Despite appearing ethnically Indian, Mowgli has faintly blue eyes, and he's a Fable.
• Raised by Wolves: Just like in the original story, he was raised by a pack of wolves after he lost his parents to a tiger attack.
• Super-Senses: Most of Mowgli's senses function at levels beyond most humans' ability.

Jack Horner

The Jack of all Tales. Former beanstalk climber, giant killer, perpetual thief, rake, and all-around knavish con man. As the quintessential Trickster archetype, it is said he is destined to "be at the center of all stories".

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• Beginner's Luck: Jack always has an unnatural streak of beginner's luck in any action he lacks proficiency with.
• Brother–Sister Team: With Jill in several of his adventures.
• Composite Character: With Kai from The Snow Queen, and Pinocchio's friend Lampwick. He was already a Composite Character of the numerous different Jacks in fairytales back in his home canon.
• Con Man: And he's been perfecting his craft for hundreds of years.
• Consummate Liar: Essential when you're a notorious trickster. But not so effective against people like Bigby and Snow, who are very conversant with his bullshit.
• Destructive Romance: With Rose Red.
• Friendly Rivalry: Has one of these with Lucifer Morningstar of all people.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He's unsurprisingly the Foolish to Jill's Responsible.
• Hates Their Parent: Resentment towards his father Charming is what led him to many dangerous adventures and being a bad influence to his friend Pinocchio.
• I Have Many Names: He has a lot of nicknames; Drunk Jack, Flacky Jack, Jack Ass, Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick, Jack Candle, Jack in the Green, Jack O'Kent, Jack O'Lantern, Jack of All Trades, Jack of the Stalk, Jack the Giant Killer, Kai, and Stingy Jack.
• Irony: He might dislike his father Charming, but they both share Lust as a major flaw.
• Light 'em Up: Jack can use any organic material to glow with magical light that dispels illusions.
• Master of None: One of Jack's tricks came with a downside. The more skilled Jack becomes in a feat, the more his luck begins to sour.
• Perma-Stubble: A five o'clock shadow that goes with his carefree, smug demeanor.
• Related in the Adaptation: He's the illegitimate son of Prince Charming and grandson of King Cole.
• Royal Blood: Jack's blood has magical properties and is a powerful conduit for fae and daimon magic. Residual gifts Jack inherited from his father include giving Jack enhanced reflexes, agility, and charisma.
• Seven Deadly Sins: Not all of them, but he has several of the sins as major flaws.
  • Greed: Jack is always looking for a get rich scheme.
  • Lust: Jack has an insatiable sexual appetite, much like his father.
  • Pride: Jack is a vain jerk.
  • Sloth: Jack is lazy, and only motivated by significant rewards.
• Toxic Friend Influence: Under the alias of Lampwick, he brought out the worst traits of Pinocchio and convinced him to ignore his conscience.
• The Trickster: Obviously. The only skill Jack can master without ill-effect is lying.

Jill Horner

The twin sister of Jack Horner and his reluctant companion in many of his adventures.

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• Action Girl: Jill inherited her father's skill with blades.
• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Her shirt is short enough to show her navel, in contrast to her brother Jack.
• Best Friend: She and Bo Peep are best friends.
• Bookworm: Jill knows a lot of occult and mundane trivia, even having insight into things she can't explain.
• Brother–Sister Team: With Jack in several of his adventures.
• Composite Character: She's a composite of Hilary Page, who's one of Jack Horner's half-sisters in the comics.
  • She and Jack are also composited with the two children from the Snow Queen's story.
• Determinator: Jill has an ironclad resolve when determined.
• The Drag-Along: Jill was never one to seek out trouble... but even though she regularly chastised her brother for his reckless risks, Jill always got caught up in them.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: She's the Responsible to Jack's Foolish.
• Half-Identical Twins: She and Jack are twins and share the same blonde hair and blue eyes.
• Logical Weakness: Jill is basically immune to magical effects that would affect her body or mind directly, even if the effect would be beneficial.
• No-Sell: Her tears are capable of nullifying spells, and she used them to cure Jack from being turned into a donkey.
• Official Couple: Currently dating Flycatcher.
• Related in the Adaptation: Like Jack, Jill is the illegitimate daughter of Prince Charming and granddaughter of King Cole.
• Royal Blood: Jill's blood has magical properties. She can charm and communicate with humans and animals with equal ease. Unlike her brother, Jill's blood does not seem able to hold more effects. In fact, hers seems to counter magic.
• Second Love: For Flycatcher after the death of his wife.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: While she and Jack have always been very close, they're very different, with Jack always a mischievous trickster and troublemaker, while Jill was responsible and never sought trouble.
• Twin Telepathy: Jill has an unusual compulsion to be near her twin brother, even when doing so goes against her best interests. She can resist it, but only for so long. If forced to be apart for days at a time, Jill becomes increasingly irrational, reckless, and violent.

Ichabod Crane

• Adaptational Attractiveness: Looks younger and more eye-pleasing than in the comics and The Wolf Among Us, lacking his Gag Nose.
• Adaptational Heroism: He's nicer, more socially awkward, and far less bitter than in the comics or the video game, isn't a creep towards Snow White and doesn't try to betray Fabletown to the Adversary.
• Bookworm: He might not have combat skills, but he's a legendary educator, investigator and scholar.
• Dirty Coward: Icky is not a brave man, and he fled the Headless Horseman rather than trying to face him.
• Hopeless Suitor: Has an unrequited crush on Snow White, who's already married and he's the Principal of her children.
• Horseback Heroism: One of the few physical things he excels at is horse riding, and he even managed to tame a volatile steed named Gunpowder.
• In-Series Nickname: Icky.
• Irony: He's a cowardly person while his descendant Jonathan Crane is obsessed with inflicting fear.
• Lust: He still lusts after Katrina/Goldilocks and has an unrequited crush on Snow White.
• Non-Action Guy: Even though the witch hunters that took him in tried to mold him into a hunter, he failed miserably at anything that required him to wield a weapon or face his fears.
• No Social Skills: He's socially awkward.
• Outliving One's Offspring: His son Haskel Crane, due to being only half-Fable, passed away before him.
• Parental Abandonment: His parents were witches from the Americana town of Salem, and were killed by witch hunters from The Colonial Lodge of True Humanity, an order of witch hunters from the Homelands, established in the New World. It was dedicated to ridding Americana of European magic as it viewed sorcery, witchcraft, and general magic as the cause for enabling or enticing the Sheeda to invade.
• The Professor: Now he works as Headmaster of Danny the Schoolhouse.
• Related in the Adaptation: He's the great-grandfather of Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow and Arabelle Crane.
• The Rival: Sees Prince Brandish as a rival for the affection of Goldilocks/Katrina.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Has auburn hair and green eyes and is one of the few who encountered The Headless Horseman and managed to escape.

Bluebeard

The titular villain of Bluebeard, he was a serial killer who killed a succession of wives. He's one of the very few Fables who managed to get out of The Homelands with his money. As such, he's very well connected, if not well-liked. He claims to have forsaken his evil ways.

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• Alliterative Name: His real name Bertrand Barbeblue.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: Lord Bluebeard, if you will- wealthy beyond belief and a true bastard.
• Bald of Evil: Completely bald and easily the most amoral Fable on Danny the Street.
• Beard of Evil: True to his name, he has a well trimmed goatee, and he's one of the most ruthless Fables on Fabletown.
• Blood Knight: Ever since he was a young noble, he always enjoyed fighting, killing, and making his opponents bleed. Other nobles were concerned by this behavior but did nothing since most people he killed were commoners.
• The Bluebeard: He's the freakin' trope namer and Trope Codifier.
• The Dandy: Dresses quite nicely.
• Evil Sorcerer: Not exactly a sorcerer, but he's an expert occultist with a vast array of magical relics.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Wears glasses to appear cultured, and he's a former Serial Killer.
• French Jerk: Former noble of Bretagne, The Homelands equivalent of France, and on the best of days he's an asshole.
• I Have Many Names: Bertrand de Montragoux, Robber Bridegroom, Mr. Fox, The Devil of Fabletown, Gilles de Rais.
• Jerkass: He's a unrepentant asshole on the best of days.
• Kill and Replace: Killed the french nobleman Gilles de Rais and took his place, with de Rais's crimes actually being committed by him.
• Man of Wealth and Taste: Dresses in fancy clothes and he's undoubtedly a villain.
• Master Swordsman: Recognized as one of the best with the blade in Fabletown. The only one who surpasses him is Prince Charming.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the name of Bertrand Barbeblue.
• Really Gets Around: Since coming to Fabletown, he has had many lovers (none of which were murdered) but has notably never married.
• Retired Monster: Sure, he might no longer kill his wives, but he's still an utter bastard completely unrepentant for his previous murders.
• Sadist: He's clearly a sadistic prick, and since he can't just go around killing people, he's content making them miserable.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: He's one of the richest Fables and his money was how he managed to escape justice from his former crimes.
• Serial Killer: Used to be one. He claims to have changed his ways, but Bigby still doesn't trust him.
• Torture Technician: He's a legendary torturer.
• Would Hurt a Child: In his identity as Gilles de Rais, he killed several children for his occult rituals.

Nerissa

• Adaptation Origin Connection: The prince from her tale she tried to seduce, and the maiden she considered killing before refusing to go through with it, were Prince Charming and Snow White.
• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: The fabric of her shirt is see-through, displaying her midriff and she's quite girly.
• Charm Person: Nerissa remains her royal ability to captivate the attention of animals and humans alike. Specifically, for Nerissa, this ability displays itself with her mesmerizing singing ability. Though she can use her song to charm most men and women or calm enraged animals, her siren song is actually more effective with water-based creatures or persons with a deep connection to the sea.
• Composite Character: She's combined with Faith from The Wolf Among Us, taking her identity, relationship with Bigby and her dealings with the Crooked Man.
• Curtains Match the Windows: Brown hair and brown eyes.
• Cute Mute: Nerissa's voice is contained in an enchanted seashell necklace. She cannot speak or sing if the necklace is removed from her person.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Probably one of the saddest among Fables. When she was young, she fell in love from a distance with Prince Charming and then turned to the sea witch in order to obtain legs and make him fall for her. Failing to make Charming love her, she considered killing Snow White before refusing to go through with it. She joined the Little Resistance but after being separated from her companions, she ended up working and doing several unsavory things for the Crooked Man. While she helped Bigby solve the murder of her friend and became freed from the Crooked Man's influence, she ended up dying during the Manhattaning. After returning to life and having a happy life with a man and giving birth to a daughter, she abandoned them when she thought she had broken the Fabletown compact and considered suicide, but she was talked out of it by the Woodsman. Even though now she's much happier, she's worried the Crooked Man will try to get revenge on her.
• Divine Parentage: Her parents were the sea gods Nereus and Doris, and even though now she's considered a mere human Fable, she did keep some abilities from her parentage.
• Leg Focus: Nerissa's magic-given legs, though initially cursed, were still magic and thus had highly resilient fibers and sinew which afforded Nerissa incredibly deft and fluid movement. Combined with her youth spent swimming and developing a highly toned upper body, Nerissa is an extremely graceful and dexterous individual. This becomes particularly noticeable in her dancing ability.
• It's All My Fault: Nerissa is still haunted by choices she made and things she did, even as far back as in the Homelands. She is filled with regret and can be made to feel so guilty as to functionally shut down, especially when confronted by one of those she has previously wronged.
• Meaningful Name: Nerissa means Nereid, sea nymphs from Classical Mythology. Her parents were the deities Nereus and Doris.
• Nice Girl: She's very nice, both in terms of personality and behavior.
• Related in the Adaptation: She's the mother of Ulla Paske, the Little Mermaid from the Global Guardians.
• Super Swimming Skills: She retained the ability to swim as well as the best humans, was never bothered by the sting of ice cold water, and though she could no longer breathe underwater she could still hold her breath for nearly an hour.
• Super-Toughness: Nerissa is even more resilient than most Fables, having been accustomed to living with a great deal of constant physical pain due to her magical legs.
• Supernaturally Young Parent: She's centuries old but looks in her twenties at most thanks to her status as a Fable, and she has an adult, non-Fable daughter.

The Woodsman

• Adaptational Heroism: Unlike The Wolf Among Us, he wasn't a bandit that stole the enchanted axe of a lumberjack, and who accidentally saved Red Riding Hood while intending to rob her, but a genuine woodsman and a more heroic individual.
• The Alcoholic: If he's not drunk already, he's well on his way.
• Bald Head of Toughness: He's bald, very tall, and as a centuries old monster hunter, he's very tough.
• Carpet of Virility: His arms and chest are just as hairy as his beard.
• Composite Character: He's the Woodsman from Red Riding Hood's story, the Huntsman from Snow White's, the Honest Woodcutter and also the woodcutter from Aesop's fable 'The Woodcutter and the Trees'. His alias Jean Chastel is a reference to the 18th century farmer who killed the Beast of Gévaudan.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Due to Hermes taking his name, everyone just calls him Woodsman or 'Woody' by his friends.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: He's got a temper, especially concerning Bigby.
• Honesty Is the Best Policy: He truthfully told Hermes that the axe he was offering him wasn't his, and in return Hermes gifted him the enchanted axe he now wields.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: He's 6'5"/196cm tall while Nerissa is merely 5'6"/168cm tall.
• Hunter of Monsters: Thanks to the blessing of the goddess Artemis, he became a monster hunter for centuries, and while he failed to slay Bigby or any of his brothers, he was considered good enough to be named The Huntsman of the Evil Queen.
• I Have Many Names: The Huntsman, Jean Chastel and Hunter Woodrow.
• In-Series Nickname: Axe-Man, Jack, Lumberjack and Woody.
• Magical Weapon: His enchanted axe, given to him by the god Hermes, which doesn't need sharpening and it doesn't cause fatigue.
• Manly Facial Hair: A full beard to go with his manly lumberjack look.
• The Mentor: Served as mentor in monster hunting for Red Riding Hood.
• Official Couple: Currently dating Nerissa.
• Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: While he served Queen Tsaritsa for a time, after doing many bad things in the queen's service, the Woodsman fled her court and joined the Little Resistance.
• The Victim Must Be Confused: He didn't believe Red Riding Hood when she told him the Big Bad Wolf wasn't as bad as he appeared.

The Crooked Man (Cameron Thrawn)

The titular Crooked Man from the nursery rhyme. He used to run Fabletown's black market, until it was destroyed in the Manhattaning, forcing him to start over.

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• Adaptational Heroism: Not by much, but he at least didn't murder his wife and children.
• Adaptation Origin Connection: Used his magical coin to grant a cat the ability to speak, and this cat became anthropomorphic and with a liking for human footwear.
• Addictive Magic: Using the Crooked Coin to grant himself wishes proved to be addictive and corruptive due to being touched by Sheeda energies.
• Body Horror: The "crooked" part refers to his body - his legs and spine appear disjointed, and it looks like part of his face is melting off!
• Evil Brit: Comes from Albion, the Homelands equivalent of the United Kingdom, and he's a crooked debt collector that settled on Londontown and who extorted desperate Fables into indentured servitude.
• Evil Cripple: How crippled he is is up to debate, but he does need a cane to walk.
• Evil Debt Collector/Loan Shark: Among many other illegal practices, he loans out money and threatens those who can't pay back.
• Facial Horror: His drooping left eye.
• Lean and Mean: He's a thin criminal who stands at 6'6"/198cm tall if standing straight.
• Meaningful Name: While his name technically refers to him being a man whose body is literally crooked, as per the nursery rhyme, "crooked" can also mean corrupt, rigged or criminal.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the name of Cameron Thrawn.
• Non-Action Big Bad: Due to his physical impairments, he's weak, needs a cane and has poor eyesight, but he's undoubtedly a Diabolical Mastermind who torments other Fables.
• Power at a Price: His wishing coin can grant almost any wish, but comes at the cost of corrupting and deforming its user. Even when he mostly used it to grant wishes to desperate Fables in exchange for leverage, it left him crooked and crippled.
• Smug Snake: His every word oozes sleaze.
• Token Evil Teammate: He and Bluebeard are easily among the most despicable Fables that signed the Fabletown Compact.
• Wicked Cultured: He acts and dresses like someone who might be from the rich cultured upperclass.

Vindemia Faye

The Blue Fairy, Fairy Godmother of Cinderella, Rapunzel and Briar Rose, she's also the mother of Pinocchio and Boy Blue.

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• Composite Character: The Fairy Godmother and the Blue Fairy are one and the same here.
• Curse: The prophecy that one of her daughters would destroy Carabosse led her to curse Vindemia using her true name to make her unable to give birth to a daughter. Vindemia in turn cursed her to never find true love. Even after centuries of giving birth to sons, the curse is still going strong.
• Curtains Match the Windows: Blue-Green eyes and blue hair.
• Fairy Godmother: She's the Fairy Godmother of Cinderella, Rapunzel and Briar Rose. She's also the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio's tale.
• Fairy Sexy: A attractive fairy who wears revealing clothing.
• Good Wings, Evil Wings: Has some impressive multicolored wings that show her as the queen of faeries.
• I Know Your True Name: Vindemia is not her True Name, just the one she's referred to. Her True Name is secret and only herself and Carabosse know each other's.
• Navel-Deep Neckline: Her dress has a nice opening to display her cleavage and a bit of her stomach.
• Related in the Adaptation: She's the mother of Pinocchio and Tom Horn/Boy Blue, having given birth to them as part of a ritual with Victor Frankenstein/Geppetto in order to obtain a son.
• Sexy Slit Dress: Her dress is cut so as to expose her legs.
• True Blue Femininity: She dresses completely in blue and is a beautiful Fairy Queen.
• We Used to Be Friends: She and the fairy Carabosse were once close friends, even lovers, until their rivalries turned so heated and bitter they cursed each other using their respective true names. Even after centuries they are still each other's nemesis.

Hansel

• Adaptational Heroism: While reckless and eager to hunt witches, he's far from the killer of Fables canon, who murdered Gretel for learning magic from Gothel.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics he had dark brown hair, but here he's a redhead.
• Arch-Enemy: The Baba Yaga but especially Mother Gothel.
• Brother–Sister Team: Both Hansel and Gretel fight together hunting witches, especially the Baba Yaga.
• Claustrophobia: Due to his imprisonment by Gothel, he suffers from claustrophobia.
• Curtains Match the Window: Reddish brown eyes and red hair.
• Disappeared Dad: His father Prince Darling sacrificed himself to save his family from the Sheeda.
• Dual Wielding: He fights with two axes.
• Fiery Redhead: Red haired and certainly eager to fight and kill witches.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Wears a leather bikers jacket.
• Human Sacrifice: Gothel intended to use him as sacrifice and for Gretel to be the executioner to fully turn her into a member of the Baba Yaga.
• In-Series Nickname: The Boy that Bit Back, the Uneaten Feast, the Witchcutter.
• Leeroy Jenkins: He lacks impulse control, which is how he was captured by Gothel when he was young, and even now he's very eager to jump into the fray and fight.
• Mentor Archetype: He and Gretel were Dorothy Gale's mentors in witch hunting.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the last name Darlingsson.
• Related in the Adaptation: He and Gretel are the missing children of Rapunzel. This makes him and Gretel foster grandchildren of Vindemia, niece and nephew of Pinocchio, Boy Blue, Briar Rose and Cinderella.
• Sweet Tooth: Has a noticeable sweet tooth, which is how Gothel attracted him to her house and captured him.
• Twin Telepathy: He and Gretel share a twin-link.
• The Witch Hunter: He and Gretel hunt witches, being the founders of the Colonial Lodge in Americana and the Men of Letters in the main reality.

Gretel

• Adaptational Skimpiness: In Fables she dressed pretty modestly, but here she wears a top that exposes her midriff and comes with an opening for her cleavage.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics she was blonde, but here she's a redhead, just like Hansel.
• Arch-Enemy: The Baba Yaga but especially Mother Gothel.
• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Her tank-top displays her midsection and navel piercing, contrasting her brother's clothes.
• Brother–Sister Team: Both Hansel and Gretel fight together hunting witches, especially the Baba Yaga.
• Cleavage Window: Her top also has an opening for her cleavage.
• Disappeared Dad: Her father Prince Darling sacrificed himself to save his family from the Sheeda.
• Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: While Hansel fights with his axes and his fists, she prefers to use spells and wards against witches. Not that she's incapable of getting physical, she's just as skilled hand-to-hand combat as her brother.
• Hates Being Alone: Suffers from separation anxiety whenever she's separated from Hansel.
• In-Series Nickname: Baba Nada, the Witch that Wasn't, the Witchburner.
• In the Hood: Her outfit comes with a hoodie.
• Magic Is Feminine: While her brother is a mostly physical combatant, Gretel inherited her mother's magical prowess, which is why Gothel tried to make her her apprentice.
• Mentor Archetype: She and Hansel were Dorothy Gale's mentors in witch hunting.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the last name Darlingsdottir.
• Related in the Adaptation: She and Hansel are the missing children of Rapunzel. This makes her and Hansel foster grandchildren of Vindemia, niece and nephew of Pinocchio, Boy Blue, Briar Rose and Cinderella.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Has red hair, green eyes and she's a witchfinder and the daughter of Rapunzel.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Unlike in canon, she wasn't killed by Hansel for learning magic.
• Statuesque Stunner: Stands at 5'9"/175cm tall and she's very attractive.
• Twin Telepathy: She and Hansel share a twin-link.
• The Witch Hunter: She and Hansel hunt witches, being the founders of the Colonial Lodge in Americana and the Men of Letters in the main reality.

Mary Peep

Mary Peep and Baa Baa Black Sheep

From the nursery rhyme. The older sister of Bo Peep, who is always accompanied by her familiar Baa Baa the Black Sheep.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comic Mary had dark brown hair, but here she's blonde.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: She eventually fell for Max Piper's bad boy's charm and were lovers for a time, until he came back one day covered in blood and she realized the blood wasn't his.
• Big Eater: Baa Baa eats quite a lot of food due to his size.
• Familiar: Baa Baa became Mary's familiar after he was bonded to her by Vindemia Faye.
• Farmer's Daughter: Grew up as one. That said, her parents sent her to study medicine while her younger sister Bonnie stayed at home and tended the flocks.
• Friend to All Living Things: Thanks to her connection to The Red and her farmer's background, she gets along pretty well with all animal Fables.
• Hospital Hottie: Surgeon at St. Michael's Children's Hospital and veterinarian for the animal Fables and very much attractive.
• I Got Bigger: Baa Baa has grown from a small black lamb to a huge black ram.
• Kindly Vet: Mary worked as a veterinarian on the Farm when she arrived on Earth, leaving the care of the Fables in Fabletown to Dr. Swinehart. Mary became very close to most animal Fables.
• Mark of the Supernatural: Just like her sister, one of Mary's eyes is green and the other is blue.
• Proud Beauty: One of her weaknesses is that she's vain.
• Related in the Adaptation: Mary and Bo Peep are sisters here while the comics they were unrelated. Her son also happens to be Dr. John Dolittle.
• Sole Survivor: Baa Baa the Black Sheep was the only lamb that wasn't devoured by the Big Bad Wolf.
• Statuesque Stunner: Officially stands at 5'10"/178cm tall and quite a looker.
• Stripperiffic: Her dress shows plenty of cleavage.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Bo's Tomboy.
• True Blue Femininity: Paints her nails blue and wears a pretty blue dress, which contrasts with her sister's earthy colors.

Miss Muffet

Miss Penelope "Penny" Muffet-Web is the wife of Michael Web and co-owner of the Web N' Muffet Market.

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• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the comics she had no disabilities and was known to be a gossip, but here she lost her left leg to a Sheeda attack, although she hardly lets it keep her down.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comic Miss Muffet was blonde, but here she's a former redhead turned white haired.
• All-Loving Hero: Penny's capacity for love knows no bounds. This has allowed her to break people from Sheeda corruption.
• Determinator: Unlike Fables who have magical gifts, Penny has a truly unstoppable determination and strength of will. With this, she is able to function while tolerating massive amounts of physical pain and can resist mind control.
• Handicapped Badass: She might be missing one of her legs, but it hardly ever stops her.
• Happily Married: With Michael Web.
• In-Series Nickname: Spider's Bride and Web-Lover.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the first name Penelope, or Penny for short.
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: To Mr. Web.
• The Power of Love: She has an unyielding love for her husband, and it was that love that allowed him to resist the Sheeda corruption. Many Fables seek to find a way to weaponize Penny's love to stave off the Sheeda for good.
• The Smart Guy: Penny is skilled in business management, particularly involving the grocery and retail business.
• Team Mom: She's not a fighter, so her main role at the resistance mostly consisted on nursing the wounded, feeding the weak, cleaning the camp, and cooking the meals.

Mr. Web

Mr. Michael Web is the husband of Miss Penny Muffet and co-owner of the Web N' Muffet Market. A former doctor who was corrupted into a Sheeda, but regained his free will thanks to the love for his wife.

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• Adaptation Species Change: Instead of a Giant Spider, he's a human Fable-turned Sheeda, who can sprout spider legs from his back and spin webs.
• Affectionate Nickname: Little Spider and Muffet's Spider.
• All Webbed Up: Web can weave sidhean webs made of a magic gossamer. This allows him to weave illusions and is a potent ingredient in glamour charms.
• Amazing Technicolor Population: The Sheeda corruption turned his skin green.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: His appearance is based on comic book writer Grant Morrison.
• Creepy Good: Bald and shady-looking even in human form, but he's a good guy.
• Glamour: Hides his mutated Sheeda appearance behind a glamour, which comes off if he's angry or if his wife is threatened.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the first name Michael.
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: His marriage to Penny Muffet might have been arranged by her father, but they're very much in love and very devoted to each other.
• Pointy Ears: The Sheeda transformation gave him pointy ears.
• The Power of Love: If there’s anything that is a more powerful counter to vorpal magic than "True Love" it’s Unyielding Love. Penny's love for Michael allowed him to resist the Bleed's corruption from reaching his soul, even across the vast space of them being in different realities at the time.
• Spared by the Adaptation: He's not killed by accident by Ghost Wolf.
• Spider People: Instead of his lower half being a spider, he can sprout four spider legs from his back at will.
• Super-Strength: Like a spider, Web is able to lift over ten tons.

Goldilocks (Gwendoline Fletcher)

• Abled in the Adaptation: She doesn't wear glasses like she did in Fables canon.
• Abusive Parents: Her father was a drunk who considered selling her to a brothel, so she ran away. Brandish ended up killing the drunken miller while defending Goldie from his abuse when they were both brought in front of the king.
• Adaptational Heroism: While certainly not as innocent as her appearance would suggest, she's not a murderous revolutionary who betrayed the Three Little Pigs like in canon.
• Affectionate Nickname: Goldie and Blondie.
• Composite Character: Goldilocks is combined with the daughter of the miller from Rumpelstiltskin's story. She's also Katrina Van Tassel from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Being a former member of the Brotherhood of Evil makes her also a composite with DC's Goldilocks that had Prehensile Hair.
• Connected All Along: While imprisoned together, she found out Breglik Thastor, aka Rumplestiltskin, was the one who fashioned the charm that allowed a Noble Fae to avoid detection and live amongst humans for ten years. That Fae happened to be Gwen's mother.
• Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: She's curious to a fault, which is how she ended at the cabin belonging to the Golden Realm's royal family.
• Dark Mistress: Briefly, she was this to Bluebeard.
• Half-Human Hybrid: She's half-human Fable and half-Fae, or Fae-ble, just like Boy Blue.
• Interclass Romance: Her, the daughter of a miller with the Prince of the Golden Realm. The King didn't approve of the union so they kept their relationship secret.
• Kryptonite Factor: Due to her heritage she's weak to Cold Iron, although it's only mild.
• Missing Mom: Her mother was a nameless Noble Fae that disguised herself as a human and who was taken back to the Fae Lands after the charm expired. If she's alive or not is not clear yet.
• The Mistress: She seduced Brandish away from his marriage to Rose Red and continued their relationship in secret. After the king died (under mysterious circumstances), she became Brandish's royal advisor.
• Named by the Adaptation: Given the name of Gwendoline Fletcher.
• Official Couple: She and Brandish have been longtime lovers.
• Pride: She's vain and overly confident.
• Regal Ringlets: Her signature locks. She's not really royalty (although she has Noble Fae blood) but she's the lover of a king, and served as his advisor for a time.
• Street Smart: Due to her peasant upbringing, she has no formal education, but she's got lots of acquired skills, like thief, hunter, archer and tracker.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Thanks to her heritage, she can transform into a fox.
• Youthful Freckles: Has freckles, which help transmit an image of innocence.

Prince Brandish

Prince Brandish Descry from the Golden Realm was cursed into a bear by the dwarf sorcerer Rumplestiltskin. Snow White and Rose Red helped him break from his curse, and was betrothed to the latter for a time.

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• Adaptational Nice Guy: Not by that much, but at least he's not a misogynist who killed his own mother for the crime of having sex with the king, her husband and his father. He also genuinely cares about Goldilocks, and he simply has a crush on Snow White rather than a deranged obsession.
• Adaptational Sexuality: In the comics he had a Single-Target Sexuality for Snow White, but here he's bisexual.
• Arranged Marriage: He was supposed to marry Rose Red, being a princess of the Silver Realm, but their romance was short lived due to being seduced by Goldilocks and Rose leaving after hearing the (false) demise of her sister.
• Composite Character: The Three Bears are part of his family's crest, representing the Royal Family of the Golden Realm, although his relationship with Goldilocks makes him sort of a composite with Little Bear. He's also combined with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, Ichabod Crane's rival from the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
• Foil: Of Prince Charming. While Charming has black hair, blue eyes and wears a gray suit, he has brown hair, green eyes and wears a red suit. Both are philanderers, but Brandish has seemingly only truly loved Gwen, while Charming loved all three of his wives despite his many flaws. And while Charming fought the Sheeda until he was forced to evacuate to Earth, Brandish was forced to submit to the Sheeda and his kingdom fell under their control. Also, Charming's father Cole is still alive while it's rumored Brandish killed his own father.
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Pictured with a cigarette and he's one dangerous prince.
• Lack of Empathy: Due to his lack of heart, he's a known philanderer who has zero compassion for everyone.
• Literal Change of Heart: His heart was removed and replaced by a Bleed Engine, making him much harder to kill.
• Magic Knight: Brandish is able to channel magical energy needed for spells and rituals through his Bleed Engine, making him a powerful (though unskilled) sorcerer.
• Named by the Adaptation: In the comics he didn't have a last name, but here he's given the family name of Descry.
• Patricide: There are rumors he killed his own father to ascend to the throne.
• Perma-Stubble: Has a five o'clock shadow.
• Puppet King: Forced to become one by the Sheeda when they removed his heart and Gloriana used it to control his actions.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Dresses in a nice red and black suit and he's one of the more amoral Fables that live on Fabletown.
• Remarried to the Mistress: Intended to marry Goldilocks after his engagement to Rose Red went awry, but the Sheeda invasion stopped that from happening.
• Royal Blood: He and House Descry stand out for not having true royal blood, meaning he doesn't have any of the perks other royals have.
• Royal Brat: Even as a boy he was rotten on all accounts, although he's also cunning, handsome and a born leader.
• Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After being forced to broker peace with the Sheeda due to a peasant revolt orchestrated by Tsaritsa, he and Goldilocks left for Americana under different names.
• Small Name, Big Ego: While he can revive like most Fables, his story is not as popular as he likes to think.
• Team Member in the Adaptation: He's also a former member of the Brotherhood of Evil, and unlike Goldilocks he doesn't have an equivalent in the main DC comics.
• Unholy Matrimony: He and Goldilocks are lovers and they're quite a dangerous pair.
• Warrior Prince: Brandish is a remarkable swordfighter, general, and is also a great marksman.

Chicken Little

• Talking Animal: He's a talking rooster.

Robin Redbreast

• Alliterative Name: Robin Redbreast.
• Talking Animal: He's a talking robin.

King Cole

Old King Cole Eisenhardt, the "merry old soul" and the protagonist of a nursery rhyme. Former mayor of Fabletown and former King of the Iron Realm, as well as the father of Prince Charming.

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• Adaptation Name Change: In the comics his actual name was Roberson (although hardly anyone remembered), but here his name really is Cole.
• Cool Old Guy: He was Snow White's sponsor and she even named one of her children after him even though she was no longer married to his son. Yeah, he's pretty cool.
• Excellent Judge of Character: Cole has insight into the innate character of persons he encounters - making him an excellent judge of character (though he is by no means perfect as he counts Bluebeard as a dear friend).
• Famous Ancestor: He's a descendant of one Four Skillful Brothers, sons of the King of Almania, who ruled over all of Europa before he divided his kingdom between his four sons. Cole himself descends from the third brother.
• Hidden Depths: More than anything else, Cole loves a good tune. He's a big fan of Izzy Bowin. Cole never misses a show of 'Once Upon a Rhyme' at the Perpetual Cabaret.
• Immortality Seeker: And he achieved it. By researching the ancient history of Europa he realized the key to a Fable becoming immortal was popularity, and by becoming a patron of the arts and music to spread his tale across all the land, he attained what he wanted, ruling for 300 years before the Sheeda began their incursions.
• In-Series Nickname: Merry Old Soul.
• Modest Royalty: He might be a former king, but he's pretty laid back and is content with just being a mayor and later a judge.
• Named by the Adaptation: Like his son, he's given the family name of Eisenhardt, fitting for the king of the Iron Realm.
• Photographic Memory: Cole has a fantastic memory and a head for knowledge. Though he might forget minor details and certain events in his personal life, he can recite volumes of books he has read.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Due to his centuries of experience ruling a kingdom, he was pretty popular as mayor of Fabletown, being known as kind and fair, although he usually let the administrative duties to his staff, Snow White, Bigby Wolf, Ichabod Crane and Bluebeard. Currently he's content to serve as judge of Danny the Street.
• Related in the Adaptation: Being the father of Prince Charming makes him grandfather of Jack and Jill Horner and great-grandfather of Jack Frost.
• Warhawk: Back when he was younger he intended to unite all of Europa under one banner, but after enough centuries he lost interest, but hoped his son Charming would succeed where he failed, until the Sheeda arrived.

Ebenezer Scrooge

Once a bitter, greedy man who hated Christmas, after he was visited by three Spirits, he had a complete change of heart and now he helps any other Fables both in the mundane world and the Homelands.

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• Classy Cane: He still carries a fancy cane to show he enjoys the finer things in life despite his current kindness.
• Cool Uncle: He's become this for his nephew Fred Twistleton.
• The Empath: Scrooge can sense the emotional state of others. In particular, he seems particularly keyed into the emotions of children.
• Greed: Old habits die hard. Scrooge still loves money. Though he is no longer hoards his wealth, he has a taste for the luxury things which money can buy.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Scrooge's earlier reputation as a miser and recluse might precede him, leading to distrust or resentment from some Fables and mundanes alike.
• Honorary Uncle: He's become the godfather of Bob Cratchit's children.
• Hopeless with Tech: Scrooge has a penchant for the recognizing the utility for emerging technology (though he still struggles to use e-mail).
• Money Is Not Power: Scrooge may overestimate the power of wealth, often ovelooking that not all problems can be solved with money.
• No Social Skills: Through the work of three spirits had a profound effect on him giving him a warmer heart and more positive outlook on his fellow Fables, Scrooge's nature is to be solitary, cautious, and reserved person. He is normally quite slow to make new friends. At social gatherings, Scrooge prefers to find a quiet corner to keep himself or a small group of friends to socialize with.
• Only Friend: His only friend even before his change of heart is Jacob Marley.
• The Scrooge: Well, he's the Trope Namer after all.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Just like the story tells, Scrooge had a huge change of heart and went from bitter and greedy to a much kinder and helpful person.

Jacob Marley

The former business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge. After his death, he made a deal with Death of the Endless to work for her as her warder and to warn Scrooge of the consequences of his greed. Now he serves Death as her Ankou, or debt collector.

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• Classy Cane: He still carries a fancy cane from back when he was alive.
• Cool Car: Jacob Marley's employment allows him to use of Death's coach, functioning as the Coachman for the Endless. In ancient legends, the Ankou drove a black wagon pulled by four black horses. As time has progressed, the Ankou's wagon has evolved to reflect the times. Marley's coach now takes the form of black hearse that allows him to travel between dimensions without expending his own power. The hearse can also teleport between one point to another, provided both points are within the same mortal realm, connected by roads, are actively not being observed.
• Evil Debt Collector: Subverted. Despite officially being Death's debt collector, he's a neutral at worst figure who warned his friends of the consequences of his greed.
• Good with Numbers: Marley has an exceptional understanding of finance, economics, and the knowledge of running a business. Due to this Death chose him to serve as her Ankou, Death's debt collector and coachman. As the new Ankou, Marley often represents his employer in contractual negotiations. As part of the duties with this position, Marley has special authority given to him by Death of the Endless, allowing him to perform certain spells of an essomantic or necromantic nature in Death's name.
• Greed: Marley has always had fondness for monetary wealth. The trunk of the Dead Wagon usually contains a vast collection of money, precious gems, and other bits of treasure. When the trunk is full, Marley empties his trunk at his nook in the Tunnel at the End, where it is absorbed — transforming the space into a larger, more opulent den of luxury and extravagance.
• I Have Many Names: The Coachman, The Debt Collector, The Taxman.
• Only Friend: He was Scrooge's only friend back when they were simple human Fables.
• Our Ghosts Are Different: He became a ghost since the witch who owned his soul died before him, so he remained as a spirit until he made a deal with Death to serve as her warder and messanger to his former partner Scrooge. Thanks to the popularity of his story, he doesn't have to worry about passing so far.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Unlike Scrooge, Marley is still dressed with his fancy 19th century clothes he wore back when he was alive.

Glinda the Good

The Good Witch of the South and an ally of Dorothy Gale and her companions.

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• Good Wings, Evil Wings: She has beautiful pink and blue wings that resemble a dragonfly, which remind us she's one of the few good witches of Oz.
• Pink Means Feminine: Her hair is pink and blonde, her eyes and lipstick are pink, her wings have pink and her dress has pink and purple, and she's pretty feminine.
• Technicolor Eyes: Her eyes are pink.

Bufkin

An imp who once served Mother Gothel when she was the Wicked Witch of the West in the Land of Oz, but now he resides at Fabletown.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: His fur was either green or blue in the comics, but here he's violet and purple.
• Adaptation Species Change: Instead of an actual winged monkey, Bufkin is an imp.
• Artifact of Power: Bufkin's golden cap (also known as the Crown of the Winkies) can be used to control the minds of the Mun Ki troops of imps. Unable to destroy it, Bufkin has apparently hidden the cap after the fall of Gothel. Still, as the last one to wear it, the remaining Mun Ki tend to have some residual impulse to follow Bufkin's command.
• Fallen Angel: Before becoming an imp he was a Cherubim from Heaven, but he fell and became an imp, although he doesn't remember much of his time as a Cherub.
• Lazy Bum: Bufkin is a lazy creature by nature. Though he can be compelled to work, he will always prefer to spend his time drinking, napping, and playing games.
• Prehensile Tail: Bufkin can use his tail to pick up and manipulate objects. The strength is enough to share a smaller humanoid creature (such as a woman or child) and carry them away mid-flight.
• Telepathy: Bufkin can read surface thoughts with some effort.
• Teleportation: Bufkin can relocate himself and others to locations he is familiar with. This includes travel or other dimesions. Though this sort of travel can exhaust his resources, particularly when moving from an incorporeal plane to a material reality.
• Vague Age: He's thousands of years old and immortal, but he doesn't know exactly when was he born.

Princess Ozma

Ozma Pastoria is the ruling Princess of Oz, and the wife of Dorothy Gale.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: In most adaptations Ozma is either blonde or brunette, but here she's a redhead.
• Book Dumb: Ozma doesn't like to read or apply herself to any sort of study.
• Charm Person: Descended from Homeland royalty and a princess by birthright, Ozma has the passive psychic ability to captivate the attention of humans and animals alike. When she speaks, she will be heard by any she wishes to hear her words. She has keen powers of persuasion when she wishes.
• Dimensional Traveler: Ozma can open rifts in reality, allowing her to cross over dimensions. These rifts are temporary and require Ozma to have previously been in the destination dimension before or have studied the target dimension to a rather significant degree.
• Forced Transformation: Ozma was cursed by the Wicked Witch of the North, Mombi. This caused Ozma to become the young boy named Tippetarius (or "Tip"). Though the curse was partially cured, it appears that it cannot be entirely lifted. To this day, if Ozma is hit with any powerful magic, there is a possibility that it will reactivate the curse. Ozma knows several ways to reliably counteract the curse, but when she is transformed into Tip, she is essentially an entirely different person who may not be in any rush to allow themselves to be restored to Ozma.
• Half-Human Hybrid: She's half-human Fable and half-Faerie.
• In-Series Nickname: The O.P., Ozzie, Tip.
• Lady in a Power Suit: She wears a fancy green suit and is the ruler of Oz.
• Named by the Adaptation: In the books and in other adaptations Ozma was never given a family name, but here it's Pastoria.
• No-Sell: Ozma suffers from a unique curse that affords her some magical protection. When she is a target of a powerful magical effect, there is a possiblity that her dormant curse will reactivate and absorb the essence of the effect. When this happens, the magic that would have affected Ozma (and possibly others around her) will have no effect and instead, Ozma's curse will reactivate.
• Pride: Despite Ozma's generosity and kind heart, she retains elements of her noble upbringing. A part of her does genuinely believe she is better than most.
• Promoted to Love Interest: In the books Ozma and Dorothy were only friends, but here they're married.
• Redhead In Green: She has orange hair and wears a dark green suit.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: She has emerald green eyes and red hair and is the ruler of Oz and the wife of Dorothy.
• Technicolor Fire: Ozma has the power to channel and manipulate raw Sidhean magic, allowing her conjure and project green magic fire or barriers. She can also use the flames to illuminate an area of dispel magical illusions.

Gale Force Five

Dorothy Gale

The girl from Kansas with the Silver Shoes who followed the yellow brick road and saved the Land of Oz from the Wicked Witch of the West. She's also its Princess Consort, being married to Princess Ozma.

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• Amplified Animal Aptitude: Due to becoming her familiar, Toto has becomes much smarter than the average dog, even being able to talk.
• Ancestral Weapon: Named Dragon's Tooth, Dorothy's dagger is a magical weapon of dwarven design that is indestructible with a blade of vorpal steel and a grip made from an ancient dragon tooth.
• The Apprentice: She was mentored by both Hansel and Gretel, who took her under their wing after she slew Mother Rigby, the Wicked Witch of the East.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Her appearance is based on Kaniehtiio Horn, who played Dorothy Baum in the show Supernatural.
• Composite Character: Dorothy Gale from Fables is combined Dorothy Baum from Supernatural.
• Familiar: Dorothy has a magical familiarity with her dog Toto. This familiarity gives Toto higher intelligence (arguably making him smarter than Dorothy herself), allowing him to speak and understand any language Dorothy can, as well as the ability to share senses with Dorothy, and makes him more difficult to kill than your average dog.
• Fatal Flaw: That she's gullible. Dorothy is not particularly smart (she never got beyond the 5th grade). She is often a little too trusting. She rarely detects deception and often walks into traps or dangerous situations.
• Fiery Redhead: She's a redhead who can get pretty aggressive and short-tempered.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Dorothy is known to have a temper. She sulks or throws fits when things do not go her way. She acts out aggressively when insulted or humiliated.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Not in a romantic sense, but despite not being short (she stands at 5'8"/1.73m tall), she's easily a head shorter than her three companions.
• Hunter of Monsters: Dorothy learned the concepts of witchhunting from Hansel and occult rituals from Gretel, becoming a resourceful monster slayer.
• In-Series Nickname: D.G., Dot, and Dottie.
• The Leader: She's the leader of Gale Force Five.
• The Nose Knows: Toto mentions he can smell all sorts of things, like the weather, heartbreak, if Dorothy is ovulating.
• Official Couple: She's married to Ozma, the Princess of Oz.
• Older Than They Look: While young by Fable standards, she was born in 1850, making her over 150 years old.
• Pretty Princess Powerhouse: Sure, Princess Consort of Oz, but her mother was of Faerie royalty, so she fits, being an experienced witch and monster hunter.
• Promoted to Love Interest: In the original stories Dorothy and Ozma were just friends, but here they're married.
• Red Baron: Windrider and Witchslayer.
• Tricked-Out Shoes: Dorothy's silver shoes are relics of great power that open her senses to the ethereal. While wearing these shoes, Dorothy is also protected against direct harm from magic, can summon a whirlwind to transport herself and others great distances, and while traveling on foot she often finds things she may need put into her path.
• You Can Talk?: This was Dorothy's reaction whe she realized Toto could talk now that they were in Oz. Toto himself is rather nonchalant about it.

Feathertop

A scarecrow who wanted a brain. He was brought to life by Mother Rigby, and spent years traveling to find his creator and make her suffer for killing and eating the woman he fell in love with. When he finally arrived to the Land of Oz, he found out his creator had been killed by Dorothy Gale, and found himself without a purpose, but he joined Dorothy as her companion and now intends to fill his garden with the remains of witches.

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• Badass Bookworm: Having served a witch for many years, Feathertop knows a great deal about the capabilities of a witch and the required ingredients of rituals. His knowledge of such lore has been greatly expanded on his own as a dedicated witch hunter.
• Composite Character: The Scarecrow from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is combined with the Scarecrow from Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Feathertop. The god's essence within his pipe belongs to Dagon, a Semitic god of crop fertility.
• Creepy Good: He's a Scary Scarecrow that stands at 6'7"/2m tall, used to serve a witch and his pipe holds the soul of an elder god, but he's still a loyal companion and dedicated witch hunter.
• The Gunslinger: Feathertop was created with the ability to wield gunpowder in his Mother's defense. He has since honed this talent, becoming a skilled gunslinger.
• And I Must Scream: Mother Rigby didn't tolerate his rebellion, so she removed his pipe and forced him to watch as she and her fellow witches sacrificed and ate his beloved Polly.
• I Have Many Names: Dickon, Richard Straw, Rick Straw, Rigby Straw, Scarecrow of Oz.
• In-Series Nickname: Scarecrow, Stitches, Strawman.
• Logical Weakness: Being made of straw, Feathertop gets easily burned by fire, and getting wet makes him heavy and lumbering.
• Official Couple: Currently dating Scraps the Patchwork Girl.
• Online Alias: His Network alias is Bran4Brains.
• Smoking Is Cool: Feathertop does not smoke his pipe but he does puff on it. The smoke seen escaping from his pipe on occasion is actually the smoky wisps of eldritch essence — the remains of an old god.
• Soul Jar: Feathertop's pipe is the vessel of his soul. Though some portion of him remains in his constructed body when separated from his pipe, he cannot properly animate his body without the limb being in contact with his body (whether in his mouth, hand, and/or in immediate proximity to his body).
• The Strategist: Feathertop is a wise and talented strategist, when he doesn't have the time to second guess or doubt himself.
• We Can Rebuild Him: If his parts are destroyed, Feathertop's bits will reform through magical mending (though usually some visible damage remains). As an alternate to waiting for this magical repair, Feathertop can strip damaged parts from his form outright and replace them with material of similar construction, which will quickly become assimilated into his body.
• The Witch Hunter: While Mother Rigby is already dead, several witches killed and ate Polly, so he won't stop hunting witches until his garden is full of their remains.

Nick Chopper

The Tin Woodsman who wanted a heart and one of Dorothy Gale's companions. Once a woodsman at the service of Mother Rigby, for daring to demand his freedom for himself and his beloved Nimmie Amee, he was tortured and mutilated until he was found and his consciousness was transferred to an automaton body by the alchemist Borin Kuclip.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Tinny and Rusty.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: He was on the receiving end of Rigby's torture, leaving him so mutilated the gnomes had to transfer what was left of him to his current body.
• The Heart: Of Gale Force Five. Despite his literal lack of an organic heart, he compensates with a much bigger metaphorical one, being easily the most empathetic, kind, and self-sacrificing of the lot.
• Immune to Bullets: The Tin Woodsman's armored chassis is resistant to damage of most kind. Bullets ricochet off him leaving only dents and scratches.
• In-Series Nickname: The Tin Man of Oz.
• Literal Change of Heart: The Tin Woodsman's glowing heart is, unlike many of the Wizard of Oz's gifts, actually magical. The heart is a mysterious relic that came into possession of the Royal Treasury of Oz. The heart allows the wielder to sense the emotions of others while also protecting its wielder from illusions, as well as psychic manipulation.
• Logical Weakness: Water and weather can cause the Tin Woodsman to rust. Though he has begun to replace some of the components with more modern rust resistant materials, he has not underwent a full conversion yet.
• Mark of the Supernatural: One of his eyes glows green and the other blue.
• The Needless: The Tin Woodsman has no need for food or drink. Though his body does not suffer from physical exhaustion, he can engage in meditation or other recreation to rest his mind and recover from mental exhaustion.
• Non-Indicative Name: The Tin Woodsman is not actually made of tin (which should be obvious as tin doesn't rust). In actuality, his mechanical body is made of copper, orichalcum, iron, steel, and many other materials — both magical and mundane. However, “Tin” is what Borin Kuclip called him, so the woodsman falsely assumed that was what made up his primary construction (“Tin” is actually the Munchkin word of 'clockwork' which is why Ozmite clockwork engineers are called "Tinsmiths").
• Official Couple: Currently dating Nimmie Amee.
• Sensory Overload: Becoming overwhelmed emotionally, Tin Woodsman may find his body cease to function. Automatons were not created to have emotions.
• Signature Headgear: He wears a nice cowboy hat.
• Super-Strength: The Tin Woodsman is potently strong. He is able to fell most trees with one swing of a sufficiently sharp axe. He can also carry entire fallen trees.
• Was Once a Man: Once a Fable from the Winkie country of Oz, after his body was mutilated beyond repair, his remains were transferred to an automaton body by a gnomish alchemist.
• Weapon Specialization: He still carries his signature woodcutting axe.

Benroy the Lion

The lion who wanted to find his courage. He's one of the companions of Dorothy Gale in her quest to find the Wizard of Oz and defeat the Wicked Witch of the West.

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• Animal Talk: Benroy can understand and be understood by animals. He also has a degree of psychic influence when dealing with such creatures, making his commands able to carry a certain psychic authority. It is worth noting that canines generally find this psychic impression to be unsettling and usually respond unfavorably.
• Anthropomorphic Shift: Instead of a talking lion like in some adaptations, he's a humanoid grey lion here. He began as a regular, albeit Talking Animal who eventually became more anthropomorphic as his legend grew.
• Composite Character: The Cowardly Lion from the Oz stories is combined with the lions of several of Aesop's fables.
• Cowardly Lion: He's the Trope Namer after all. Many falsely believed that Benroy lacks courage (even Benroy himself believed he lacked such a trait). However, Benroy has shown that he has the power to confront his deepest fears without hesitation if properly motivated, such as when he led his companions to rescue Dorothy from the clutches of Gothel. Granted, the lion believed he was still under the effects of the the Wizard's "potion" of "Liquid Courage" at the time, but he still charged into that castle with a sober mind. Courage is resistance to fear; mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Once a proud and mighty lion, he was captured and imprisoned by the Baba Yaga, who tortured, tormented and humiliated him for at least a thousand years, leaving him with a very strong trauma that he struggles with to this day.
• King of Beasts: He's a humanoid grey lion and one of his titles is King of the Wild Forest.
• Liquid Courage: The gift of the Wizard of Oz gave Benroy was nothing more some homemade moonshine. However, while drunk, the lion felt a relief from psychological scars and he was able to confront the Wicked Witch of the West despite her direct involvement in Benroy's torture. Following his first adventure with Dorothy, Benroy went on a series of walkabouts with the mystics of Oz. During which he continued to use alcohol and potent narcotics as a means to bypass his trauma.
• Mighty Roar: Not surprising given he's a lion, and he used it to intimidate enough inhabitants of Oz to allow him to feed himself.
• Nigh-Invulnerability: Benroy has been known to take considerable damage and keep on fighting. While much of this durability comes from his immense physique and his regular use of powerful intoxicants, it is also worth noting that Benroy's legend is not limited to his time in Oz. This lion is also the titular lion featured in many of Aesop's Fables as well as a godlike lion featured in a successful literature series, which means his tales' popularity spread for thousand of years, lending him an immeasurable amount of esoteric power.
• Really 700 Years Old: He's easily the oldest among Dorothy's companions, being born in 2000 BCE.
• Super-Senses: Benroy has incredibly sharp senses of an apex predator, generally more potent than those of a human. His eyes are particularly well-adapted to nocturnal vision. His movable ears can hear a conversation from a mile away. His nose can smell freshly spilled blood from a half-mile or more (and he can track the stink of Baba Yaga magic from a similar distance).
• Trauma Button: Benroy continues to suffer from a lingering fear of the Baba Yaga, which extends to witches in general. If he suspects a person in his presence is a witch or witnesses something he believes to be witchcraft, Benroy will panic and become visibly uncomfortable, usually resulting in him fleeing if he is not restrained or comforted in a timely manner. However, when drunk or otherwise inebriated, Benroy has an opposite reaction to witches and witchcraft, becoming eager to find and kill the witch without the slightest regard for fear or cowardice.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He understandably still suffers from wiccaphobia, fear of witches and witchcraft.

Other Fables

Bloody Mary (Mary Worth)

The folklore ghost that appears in a mirror of you call her name three times. She occasionally works as an enforcer for The Crooked Man, but has no permanent residence.

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• Back from the Dead: As a Fable, she can't be permanently killed as long as her legend lives on. She was killed once after the death of Mary I of England and later was burned alive by a Dr. Fate for her part in the Salem Witch Trials. She came back to life during the 19th century.
• Boyish Short Hair: Keeps her hair relatively short.
• Burn the Witch!: She's a witch hunter and was a major advocate of this method back in the 17th century during the Salem Witch Trials.
• Composite Character: She's a composite of Bloody Mary from The Wolf Among Us and Mary Worth/Bloody Mary, a Batwoman villain.
• Dark Action Girl: She's the most psychotic Fable introduced so far.
• The Dreaded: Everyone who knows about her is terrified of her.
• Extreme Omnisexual: She's pansexual.
• The Lad-ette: Her behavior isn't even remotely feminine. Her attire isn't super girly, either.
• Logical Weakness: She can't travel through a covered mirror.
• Magic Mirror: She can use mirrors for vigilance and communication.
• Psycho Knife Nut: Fights with two knifes and she's certainly not a stable Fable.
• Psychotic Smirk: Seems to be her default expression, often veering into Slasher Smile territory.
• Related in the Adaptation: She's the mother of Greg Saunders, better known as Desperado.
• Self-Duplication: If she stands in front of a mirror of appropriate size and good clarity and says her name three times, she can create a duplicate of herself that will be destroyed within a few hours.
• Slasher Smile: Very much so.
• Super-Strength: Though she isn't known to throw cars or kick down vault doors, she is able to snap chains one-handed, break Kryptonian bones, and toss manhole covers aside as if they were throw pillows.
• Super-Toughness: Even by Fable standards, Mary is pretty tough and is capable of shrugging most injuries and blood loss.
• The Witch Hunter: She's been hunting witches for centuries.

Morgainne le Fey

The current Queen of the Unseelie Court at Albion on The Homelands. Sister of Nimue Inwudu and Vivienne of the Lake.

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• Composite Character: Morgainne le Fay from Fables is combined with Morgan le Fey from the main DCU.
• The Fair Folk: The Unseelie Court is more directly cruel, particularly toward humans and outsiders. That's not to mean they're unreasonable or evil. They're just more blunt and mean-spirited than the Seelie.

Finvarra

King of the Unseelie Court at Albion on The Homelands and husband of Morgainne le Fey.

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Victor Frankenstein/Geppetto

See The Cadre of the Immortal page

Frankenstein's Monster

See the S.H.A.D.E. page

Frankenstein's Bride

See the S.H.A.D.E. page

Headless Horseman (Xingtian)

• Achilles' Heel: Like all beings of daimonic heritage, he's vulnerable to adamant. He's also vulnerable to gold due to being a Dullahan.
• All Myths Are True: He's practically every Headless Man from different mythologies all rolled into one.
• Badass Biker: Instead of a horse, the Headless Horseman now rides a bike on modern times.
• Composite Character: Xingtian, the headless god from Chinese Mythology is combined with the Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, as well as the Green Knight from the Arthurian stories, the Blemmyes from Greek Mythology, Kabandha from Hindu mythology, the pagan god Crom Cruach and the Horseman of War.
• Cool Helmet: Rather than the typical pumpkin head, he uses a pumpkin-themed biker helmet. He keeps his severed head inside it.
• Divine Parentage: He's the son of Destruction of the Endless and the Chinese goddess Xiwangmu, caretaker of the Peaches of Immortality and a goddess of creation, destruction, life, and death.
• The Dreaded: No one in Fabletown is excited when he comes into town.
• Good Hurts Evil: He's not really evil, but the Horseman cannot cross into Hallowed Ground.
• Headless Horseman: He's the best known version, and he's Badass Biker to boot.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Wears a leather biker's jacket, and he's a half-Endless, half-Daimon that relentlessly goes after Ichabod Crane.
• Horsemen of the Apocalypse: As a child of the Endless Destruction, he's the Horseman of War.
• I Have Many Names: Bertilak de Hautdesert, Black Horseman, Blemmyes, Bredbeddle, Crom Cruach, Crum Dubh, Dullahan, Dulachán, Durahan, Ewen of Glen Cainnir, Foul Rider, Gan Ceann, Green Knight, Headsman, Headless Hessian, Headless Rider, Headless Spectre, Hell's Coachman, Hollow's Headsman, Kabandha, and War.
• Implacable Man: Relentlessly chased after Ichabod Crane, and while Crane managed to convince Prince Brandish to call him back, the Manhattaning and the destruction of the original Fabletown restarted the curse, so once more he rides trying to get Ichabod's head.
• Losing Your Head: His head was severed but he still fights on. This was possible due to his being the child of the Endless Destruction and the very powerful goddess Xiwangmu.
• Non-Human Humanoid Hybrid: He's the son of an Endless and a daimon.
• One-Man Army: One time he managed to reach Fabletown to try and get Crane, and he incapacitated all the defenders, including Boy Blue and the Huntsman, only relenting due to Briar Rose's unorthodox tactic that forced him to vanish in the ether.
• Weapon-Based Characterization: Carries an axe and he's always ready to chop the head of Ichabod Crane.

Witchguard

Elven Winkies who served the Wicked Witch of the West when she ruled over the western part of Oz.

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• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Their armor is black and red and they served the Wicked Witch of the West.

Rumplestiltskin (Bregik Thastor)

• Archnemesis Dad: For his daughter Meglik due to killing her mother Vestal and she even helped bring him to justice.
• Composite Character: The dwarf that cursed Prince Brandish is combined with the character Rumplestiltskin.
• Connected All Along: Not only he's the father of Meglik, the one who cursed Prince Brandish and the one known as Rumplestiltskin, he's also the one who made the charm that allowed Goldilocks' Fae mother to hide her presence and live among humans.
• The Ghost: Mentioned but hasn't appeared yet.
• Jerkass: Everything so far that's known about him indicates he's a huge prick.
• Karmic Death: Killed by the same Prince he cursed, with his daughter, Snow White and Rose Red breaking the curse.
• Posthumous Character: Killed by a transformed Prince Brandish and so far it appears he hasn't come back despite the popularity of his story.

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