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- Wolf Clan note The Wolf Clan (Snow White, Bigby Wolf (The Big Bad Wolf), The North Wind (Mister North, Boreas Frostheart), Bigby's Brothers), The Cubs (Ambrose, Blossom, Connor, Darien, Ghost, Therese, Winter)
- Fabletown note Fabletown (Prince Charming, Cinderella, Beast, Beauty, King Cole, Pinocchio, Briar Rose, Bluebeard, Bufkin, Mrs. Sprat/Leigh Duglas, Kay, Grimble, Ichabod Crane, Rapunzel, Doctor Swineheart), The Thirteenth Floor Fables (Frau Totenkinder/Bellflower, Ozma, Morgan le Fay/Mrs. Green, Maddy, The Fairy Witch/Mother Ardelia, Birdie, Bulah, Cherish; Mister Grandours, Mrs. Someone, Prospero, Mister Kadabra/Karrant)
- The Farm note Rose Red, Boy Blue, Goldilocks, Reynard the Fox, Bo Peep Piper, Peter Piper, Brock Blueheart ("Stinky"), The Three Little Pigs, Clarathea the Dragon ("Clara"), The Three Bears, Bagheera, Shere Khan, Mister Sunflower
- Haven note Flycatcher (King Ambrose the First), Weyland Smith, Red Riding Hood, Lancelot, Trusty John, Grinder, Mister Bump, Boo Bear
- The Empire note The Emperor/The Adversary/Gepetto, "The Emperor", The Snow Queen/Lumi, Baba Yaga; Hugh, Drew and Lou; Hansel, The Nome King, June Greenwood, Rodney Greenwood
- Literals note The Literals (The Pathetic Fallacy/Gary, Kevin Thorn, Writer's Block, Mister Revise, The Bookburner, Deus Ex Machina ("Dex"), The Walls, Prose Page), The Page Sister (Hillary Page, Priscilla Page, Robin Page), The Genres
- Others note Other Fables (Jack Horner, Mister Dark, Jack Frost, Mowgli, Sinbad, Prince Brandish ("Werian Holt"), Max The Pied Piper, Old Sam, The Blue Fairy, Nalayani, Dorothy Gale ("Silverslipper"), The Fairy Godmother, Ali Baba, Lauda), Mundanes ("Mundys") (Molly Greenbaum, Tommy Sharp, Arthur Harp, Moss Waterhouse, Sarah Tanaraw, Meghan)