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The Wolf Clan

Christmas at Wolf Manor

Centuries ago, a desperate and destitute Snow White, along with her equally hapless twin sister Rose Red, ran into the fearsome God of Monsters, the Big Bad Wolf, while fleeing the forces of The Adversary. That odd and totally random encounter would in hindsight prove the province of destiny, as it laid the foundation for a magical and overpowering wellspring of love and devotion that would birth not only a rock solid, if tumultuous marriage, but also result in seven very special children, not to mention having a hand in the ultimate fate of Fabletown and all its denizens.

Snow White

"Monsters of the woods couldn't kill me. The armies of kings, sorcerers and empires couldn't. I'm Snow goddamn White. I look after myself. I look after my own. And I never lose."

"God bless you, Snow. If you aren't a grand lass, then NO ONE is." - Weyland Smith

The former Deputy Mayor of Fabletown (a position she held for 115 years) and the one really running the place during that time. She eventually had to leave her job after giving birth to seven children fathered by Bigby (by the result of a litter), but is separated from him due to circumstances. Four years later, he returns, and they're finally able to marry and raise their family together. Constant problems, and her extensive experience, however, would require her to still take charge during various emergencies.

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• Action Mom: Upgrades to this after having her kids. Perhaps most visible when she brings back her old fencing skills in order to defeat Prince Brandish, whom even Bigby fell to.
• Badass Boast: Towards the end of the "Animal Farm storyarc. Snow is surrounded by dozens of armed animal revolutionaries, and when her demand for their surrender is scoffed at, she replies:
  "You dumb bastards! I'm Snow White! I run Fabletown and I'm NEVER outgunned!"
  Punctuated by her radioed order to a dragon to open fire.
• Badass Family: Her mother was a powerful witch (originating from an old and highly magical bloodline, in fact), her aunt was a witch queen (albeit the one that tried to kill her with a poison apple), her husband is the son of the primal northern wind and a wolf Fable, and her seven children are all prophesied to do great (but not necessarily good) things.
• Berserk Button: Don't. Mention. The Dwarfs. EVER. And don't threaten her kids.
• Big Good: Despite being Mayor King Cole's second, Snow is the one who really runs things, dealing with all the day-to-day issues of Fabletown, giving orders to crash Fabletown during the Adversary's first assault, and planning and coordinating the Fables' assault on the Empire despite technically no longer being in command.
• Boom, Headshot!: Gets shot in the head with a sniper rifle by Goldilocks, but because her story is so well known (the measure of a Fable's resistance to death) she survives. To be fair, she's in a coma for months, and has to re-learn how to walk among other things, but it's likely a lot of other Fables would have been killed outright.
• Cain and Abel: Issues #148 and #149 reveal Snow and sister Rose Red's rivalry goes further than simple sibling rivalry; it is part of a generations-long battle where sisters must kill one another to gain the full family magic and they are destined to follow the same path.
• Character Development: Snow was cold and calculating when she was mayor till she fell in love with Bigby, Snow's personality mellows out after she gets together with Bigby and has kids with him, along with finally fixing her relationship with her sister Rose Red and seeing that she never needed power or riches to help cope with her anger of her loss marriage with Prince Charming but that she needed to find the right person to help her with her problems.
• Cool Sword: She gets one during the Happily Ever After Arc, which she names Ice.
• Death Glare: Gives Beauty a truly fantastic one when she makes a crass comment about Snow's "adventure" with the Seven Dwarves. Beauty misses the point, but Boy Blue doesn't, and ushers her out immediately, for her own good.
• Deadpan Snarker: Her cynical, yet witty mind enables her to spew venom when the situation calls for it, especially after she retires from the Deputy Mayorship and no longer has to be diplomatic.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: As is befitting a former princess named "Snow". It takes centuries for her to admit her attraction and eventual love for Bigby.
• Everyone Can See It: Even if the circumstances and depth of their coital involvement were initially exaggerated, Reynard the Fox, Boy Blue, Pinocchio, and even ex-husband Prince Charming know there's something between Snow and the Big Bad Wolf. Rose Red explicitly tells Snow this when Bigby leaves town.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Responsible sibling to Rose Red's Foolish sibling.
• The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: With Rose Red, in the past, though to a lesser extent than her sister. The rivalry has since heated again since their reconciliation earlier in the series due to Rose's decision to give Brandish a second chance. Invoked again after that with the appearance of the gold and the black armors as of the Camelot arc.
• Good Thing You Can Heal: She survives a bullet in the brain because her story is very famous.
• Happily Married: To Bigby.
• In the Blood: It's revealed that the reason Prince Brandish wanted to marry her in the first place was to have heirs who inherited her strong wild magic, which was apparently passed down from her mother (and which her children and Rose have also inherited).
• Interspecies Romance: With Bigby, the son of a Fableland wolf and the North Wind.
• Lady of War: She shows this at times, like when she acts as general when the wooden soldiers attack Fabletown, and with her excellent fencing skills.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: She would rather negotiate a peaceful solution to most dilemmas, but when Snow has to take an active, physical hand in things, she is a force to be reckoned with. Just ask Cinderella, Shere Khan or Prince Brandish.
• Loved I Not Honor More: After the cubs (who aren't currently able to assume human form) are born, and Snow will be forced to move to Fabletown's Farm (where Bigby isn't allowed), Bigby suggests they all leave Fabletown and live in a part of the world secluded and cut off from the rest of the world. A teary-eyed Snow protests that she could never leave Fabletown or forswear her allegiance to its society.
  Bigby: (bitterly) Of course not. For all your griping about how ill-used you were, you still cling to your fantasies of castles and princes. Where dogs know their place— in the kennels.
• Magic Carpet: Is gifted with one after the events of "1000 Nights of Snowfall", which she uses in the modern day from time to time.
• Mama Bear: Oh, dear God, yes. If you try to hurt Snow's kids, you will pay for it. Her recent falling out with her sister due to her sparing Brandish as mentioned above is very much related to the fact that not only did he kill her husband, he also implied that her children "needed" to eventually die as well.
  to Geppetto: You were preparing to attack us. You threatened my children. Do you think I'd hesitate to throw a thousand worlds into chaos to protect my cubs?
• Master Swordsman: Trained by ex-husband Prince Charming (probably the finest swordsman to ever live), Snow is proficient enough to handily defeat and skewer Prince Brandish, no slouch in the sword wielding department himself. And she did it with one arm in a sling.
• Meaningful Name: Has pale skin, and a somewhat of a frosty demeanor.
• Mighty Whitey: There's elements of this in "1000 Nights Of Snowfall", where it turns out that she gives Scherezade the idea to entertain the Sultan with stories, saving her life.
• Noble Bigot: Seems to hold Mundanes, or at least Mundy society and many of its conventions, largely in contempt, specifically the issue of abortion, television, and the purported notion that the Mundane justice system invariably blames the victim.
  • Refuses to deal with the Arabian Fable envoy, despite the overall importance of an alliance, stating that she "doesn't talk to those people". Though, considering the last time she dealt with Arabian Fables, she was made a prisoner and nearly raped and killed, this stance is at least somewhat understandable.
• Number Two: As Deputy Mayor.
• Oh, Crap!: When Snow realizes that her plan to have Clara the fire-breathing raven incinerate the invading Wooden Soldiers of the Empire resulted only in the creation of a couple of hundred humanoid torches.
  "Oh dear god. I've killed us all."
• Outliving One's Offspring: Her son Darien died in issue #120 (thus fulfilling his part of the prophecy). And as of the end of the Happily Ever After arc, she realizes that the mind-controlled Bigby is being sent to Wolf Manor to kill their children. Issue #149 has her finding the manor destroyed and no sign of the kids.
• Pregnant Badass: While not involved in the actual fighting, she did plan and lead the defense of Fabletown in "March of the Wooden Soldiers" while heavily pregnant.
• Proper Lady: While she occasionally indulges in swearing, Snow is very prim, polite, and follows the rules of Fabletown strictly as well as she enforces them.
• Rape and Revenge: The Seven Dwarfs did horrible, horrible things to her during her time with them, ending when she murdered them all in succession.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Well, she is Snow White.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Hunts down and systematically butchers each one of the Seven Dwarves who kidnapped and sexually abused her years ago. But done entirely on the QT, so that no one (except her husband Prince Charming) ever knew that she was the killer.
• Screaming Birth: Fully justified. Times six.
  "Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! Put a gun to my head and shoot me now! I'll die this time, I promise....Please, please, please just make them stop coming out of me! I'll do anything! I'll give you the key to any one of Bluebeard's treasure rooms! Your choice!"
• Surprise Pregnancy: Especially because, due to an enchantment, she didn't even remember having the sex that caused it.
• This Is Gonna Suck: While giving birth. She was in labor for forty-two hours before giving birth. To the first of six babies.
  "A litter? I'm having a litter?"
• Too Many Babies: As mentioned above.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Snow White dresses much more femininely than Rose in dresses, skirts, and modest attire. She's almost more tactful and romantic in comparison to her wilder, outspoken sister.
• Tsundere: Her initial interactions with Bigby are sharp and cold, shutting down any possibility of affection there may be between them. However, onlookers can't help but wonder if there's something more on Snow's side, and Charming outright states she has fallen for the "mangy beast:"
  Prince Charming: Oh, don't go by how she treats him. She's been so relentlessly betrayed by everyone she's ever loved, she can't help but snap and snarl at a new love. Remember, I've taken my turn on the receiving end of her affections. It's a lot like being in a knife fight.
• What Did I Do Last Night?: In a sense. In Storybook Love, she and Bigby are drugged by Bluebeard and sent far into the wilderness somewhere for Goldilocks to track and kill them. It takes them three days to wake up from their drugged state, eventually leading her to question Bigby if they slept together during that time without even knowing it. Bigby reassures her that they didn't, only to later be revealed that they did: Snow is pregnant, and Bigby suspected she was due to his heightened senses, but he refrained from telling her so she'd keep calm during their escape from Goldilocks.

Bigby Wolf (The Big Bad Wolf)

"True- you never served the Adversary, but if your fellow Fables ever suspected the whole truth— the full enormity of what you've done— they'd still tremble in their beds every night" - Kay

"I won't become a shapeshifter, like my father and brothers— a creature of no particular kind! A thing of whim and unreliability! I will be only what I am! A man sometimes. And a WOLF at all times!"

The former Sheriff of Fabletown since its inception, he eventually left his job when he couldn't cope with being separated from Snow White. Eventually a loophole in the Fabletown rules reunites him with his love, the two then getting married and settling down to raise their seven kids (or cubs). Well, when there aren't any dire emergencies affecting Fabletown, that is.

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• The Atoner: He has worked for centuries to make up for all those thousands of people that he ate alive for sport. Subverted in that he feels no actual guilt for his actions, and is mostly just adapting to his new situation as a father and a leader in a civilized community. He initially decided to change his ways just to be close to Snow White, upon whom he had "imprinted".
• Author Avatar: Willingham has a tendency to let Bigby expound on his own personal views, whether they are about the awfulness of France or otherwise, and has stated in an interview that as a Republican, he identifies with Snow and Bigby.
• Ax-Crazy: Back in his old days he was little more than a ravenous beast that feasted on whatever he could eat and held a personal grudge against humanity and decided to eat whoever and whatever he could get his jaws onto. This is played straight upon his resurrection from death and from being brainwashed against his own will, his brutality remains the same and has been reverted to a raging monster who mercilessly kills without any clear conscience.
• Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: Cites this as one of the main reasons he was pegged to be Fabletown's Sheriff, and states that keeping the really evil things he has to do for the greater good from his bosses is one of his most prominent duties.
• Badass Boast: "And I was still just a growing pup back then. I doubt even a brick house could survive now."
• Badass in Distress: In Storybook Love, he's temporarily weakened by Goldilocks filling him with bullets and preparing to burn him, but is saved by Snow White axing Goldilocks' head.
• The Berserker: When he gets going in his wolf form there's literally not many who can stop him from going into a feral rage whenever he transforms as he becomes an extremely dangerous force of nature that will attack anyone in his way without a second thought.
• The Big Bad Wolf: The very same, except that now he's only one part-time due to becoming a werewolf.
• Big Damn Heroes: Pulls a truly EPIC one at the Battle of Fabletown, where he singlehandedly blows away the entire horde of the Adversary's Wooden Soldiers.
  "Too many candles on this birthday cake."
• Blow You Away: He is the wolf from "The Three Little Pigs", meaning he can blow gale-force winds. He inherited this ability from his father, the North Wind. In addition, he can command "local winds" to always stay downwind of his enemies, letting him track them easily and confusing them if they rely on scent themselves. He could also hold his breath for at least three days when he was a pup - with a belly full of stones, at the bottom of a river.
• Blue-and-Orange Morality: Bigby was raised and lived as a pure wolf for centuries before conforming to civilization, and has a rather interesting sense of right and wrong. He cares nothing for morality outside of keeping one's "pack" and "territory" safe, and judges weakness, incompetence, irresponsibility and disloyalty far more harshly than malevolence. This includes either killing someone for not being able to keep their followers in check, or as he said "unforgivable weakness".
• Brainwashed and Crazy: After being brought back from the dead under the control of Leigh Duglas (and later Rose Red). He has since killed several of his once-friends and allies, including Beast and Ozma, and Rose intends to have him kill Snow, and maybe also their children.
• Breaking the Cycle of Bad Parenting: Bigbys father, the North Wind, wasn't a kind father to his son, or any of his other sons for that matter, abadoning them all (and their mother) before they were even born. Didn't even break up the big fight bigby had with his brothers when his family came to visit his home kingdom, even when his older sons were trying to kill his grandchildren. The fact that his elder sons were all in the forest for centuries, trying to take on different shapes to impress him shows he really isn't a good father, even when his sons try back. Bigby on the other hand, proves to be a loving husband for snow and a wonderful father for their cubs, always putting family first.
• Calling Parents by Their Name: Due to centuries of estrangement and outright hostility, Bigby can only bring himself to call his father "Mr. North".
• Came Back Wrong: As of the Camelot arc, seeming to have lost most of his memories of his former life, but retaining his more destructive powers, and essentially brainwashed for easy control (firstly by Leigh Duglas and more recently by Rose Red). Comments made by both Leigh and Rose indicate that he's fighting their control and it's taking quite a bit of mental effort for them to subvert his will.
• Character Development: Although he still retains some of his violent tendencies, he began to develop a softer side to him after being with Snow and starting a family with her along with gaining respect for his father after his Heroic Sacrifice. In addition, his status as the big bad wolf begins to drop as he gains a better reputation with the other Fables who once feared him.
• The Chessmaster: For a "man" who turns into a gigantic wolf, he is extremely good at manipulating others through subversion, misdirection and other guile strategies to achieve his objectives. These skills enable him to expertly resolve the myriad problems arising from "Who Killed Rose Red".
• Clipped-Wing Angel: When fighting the Emperor in his wolf form, it turns out the former is too large to be affected by his winds and doesn't take much notice of random bites or scratches either from a wolf less than half his size. Eventually, Bigby retreats, changes to human form and returns with a large screwdriver to simply loosen the Emperor's wooden legs that finally causes him to fall.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: In the above mentioned arc, this is pretty much what he delivers to Beast and even Ozma, all while shouting for them to get away from him.
  • Delivered a handful of these to Jack Horner over the centuries.
  • Is on the receiving end of this from Brandish.
• Deconstructed Trope: At his "parlor scene" near the end of "Who Killed Rose Red", Bigby describes the actual career of a law enforcement officer as very different from what is depicted on TV and in films. He relates a life of relentless boredom and waiting, tons of paperwork, and car chases, shootouts and such as extreme rarities.
• Disproportionate Retribution: According to him, the most efficient way to end any cycle of violence is to return all attacks ten times as hard, making the enemy so afraid of your counterattacks that they stop bothering you altogether. This explicitly includes Israel's bombings of civilians, on the grounds that between certain death and collateral damage, the natural thing to do is fight with everything you have regardless of the costs.
• The Dragon: Unwillingly, to Leigh Duglas (as mentioned above) due to her stealing a part of the glass statue he was turned into, preventing all attempts for a proper resurrection and causing him to come back quite different from what he was before. After Rose kills Leigh and claims the ring for herself, he becomes her Dragon.
• The Dreaded: The most feared Fable in the Homelands, and still a figure of terror and abject hatred among the Farm Fables, who have banned him from ever setting foot there. Even Fabletown's human citizens are still wary of him, after centuries of him serving as Sheriff.
• Dub Name Change: In the Norwegian editions, his (nick)name is "Ulven" which literally just means "wolf" or "the wolf".
• Dysfunction Junction: His family: his father left them, his mother died of heartbreak, and his brothers spurned their mother's memory to get at their father's powers, losing themselves in the process. For all that, though, he is a good and devoted father and husband himself.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He was very fond of his mother as a young cub. Her death of a broken heart after having been abandoned by the North Wind was the catalyst for Bigby's centuries-long hatred of his father.
• Forced Transformation: Kevin Thorn, looking to stop Bigby from thwarting his plan to erase the Fableverse, turns the Big Bad Wolf into a seemingly harmless little girl. It doesn't quite work out as he'd hoped.
• Happily Married: To Snow White. Until he died at the hands of Brandish, that is. And then Came Back Wrong. He luckily returns back to normal though, and their relationship continues as if the hiccup never happened. The epilogue, set 1000 years past the Fables finale, show that he and Snow are still going stronger than ever.
• Heel–Face Turn: In his backstory. Overlaps a little with Hazy-Feel Turn, as his motivation for changing sides was not so much a change of heart as a change of priorities.
• He's Back!: Disappeared for four years after he couldn't see his and Snow's children when she moved to the Farm, but is eventually found by Mowgli and returns at the news of a new threat, along with learning of a loophole allowing him and Snow to finally live together.
• Hopeless with Tech: A self-confessed Luddite. He's never even learned how to drive.
• Insult Backfire: During the "Who Killed Rose Red" storyarc, an exasperated Snow White calls Fabletown's sheriff a "frustrating son of a bitch", to which Bigby calmly replies, "Literally, in my case. But she was always nuturing and loving; the best mother a cub could want."
• Interspecies Romance: Since the guy is a giant wolf and his human form is merely a disguise, his relationship with Snow counts as this. He mentions that it took him "a few centuries to get into human girls."
• Irony: His severe punishment in Little Red Riding Hood did nothing but convince him that humans would be his only prey from then on.
• Kryptonite Factor: Silver does far more lasting damage to Bigby than any other substance. Fire also works, according to Goldilocks.
• Literally Shattered Lives: Turned into a glass statue and shattered to pieces by Prince Brandish.
• Manipulative Bastard: So good at using guile and subversion to make people do what he wants or otherwise get his way, it's scary. See how smoothly and successfully he tricks Mr. North into pledging allegiance to Fabletown, by playing upon North's pride.
• Mr. Fanservice: Early on in the series, Bigby was drawn in a much more handsome, rugged manner, and the artist took many opportunities to draw him in tight undies or less.
• Mook Horror Show: Executes this upon the Genres towards the end of "The Great Fables Crossover". While in the form of a little girl, no less.
• Noble Wolf: His sense of morality revolves around protecting his pack and territory.
• Not Quite Dead: It is later revealed that his connections to the North Wind, both past (his father) and present (his daughter), give him a certain leniency when it comes to death. It is also foretold that he will outlive all of his children, but only after he has died seven times, so it is a safe bet that he will be back eventually. And, as of the Camelot arc, he has, though not quite as he used to be...
• Our Werewolves Are Different: He's a massive wolf transformed into a human, and he can both partially and fully transform back into his true form.
• Papa Wolf: Literally, and taken to the logical extreme. His entire "morality" is centered around pack and territory, and protecting his mate and "cubs" in ways that would cross into Protagonist-Centered Morality and/or Moral Myopia if he cared a bit about the philosophy rather than just following his instincts and protecting his family at all costs.
• Perma-Stubble: Because of his wolfish nature. During one story set during WWII, he has to be clean shaven to infiltrate a Nazi outpost, and even though he shaves right before going in, the stubble is back only about 30 minutes later. The trope is also very literal - while in his totally human form, his facial hair never gets further than stubble, no matter how long he leaves it. If he shifts into his wolf man form, he gets a very respectable set of muttonchop whiskers.
• Politically Incorrect Hero and/or Politically Incorrect Villain: He has outstanding family values. Otherwise, though...
• Protagonist-Centered Morality: While nothing really can redeem you for untold thousands of killings, Bigby has genuinely worked his ass off to protect Fabletown for centuries, earning the forgiveness of most of the loyal Fables. Whether this makes him a socially realistic example of a Heel–Face Turn or a Karma Houdini is up for debate. Besides keeping his family happy with him though, Bigby himself doesn't care where he stands on any moral scale.
• Punny Name: Bigby Wolf. Big Bad Wolf.
• Put on a Bus: After Snow White gives birth to their children, but decides to stay on the Farm where Bigby isn't allowed to be, Bigby takes this as Snow choosing Fabletown "over him" and not letting him see their children, to which he subsequently disappears for four years. Eventually, Mowgli is tasked to find him when Fabletown needs him back and it takes Mowgli a year to do so, eventually tracking Bigby to a remote cabin in Alaska.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: His orbs turn glow crimson as a wolf. Two words: RUN. And FAST.
• Rule of Cool: Apparently, eating tons of food if you're an animal Fable doesn't make you fat, it makes your entire body grow to scale, eventually leaving you a giant. It's been theorized that, despite willfully spurning his inherent shapeshifting ability (part of his birthright as a son of the North Wind) to remain a wolf, his determination to become the biggest and strongest of all creatures subconsciously tapped into that power and contributed to his unusual growth.
• Smoking Is Cool: His powerful senses get overwhelmed by everything that goes on in the city, so he smokes to block most of it out. When he's out of the city or specifically needs his nose, though, such as when examining a crime scene, he ditches the cigarettes without a second thought.
• Social Darwinist: In "Werewolves of the Heartland" he states that he is fine with the werewolves attacking, hunting, and eating humans as long as they do so openly. His problem is the cowardly, half-assed way they go about it. Pinocchio's prediction of how the war would unfold should the Emperor attack Earth with magical plagues, i.e.: biological weapons, also involves Bigby leading mundy soldiers in ruthlessly conquering and subjugating the far less advanced Homelands for themselves.
• The Spymaster: His other, secret role in serving Fabletown. He has a number of agents scattered around the world whose existence is known only to him, then later Beast, his successor.
• Stalker with a Crush: Played with: Snow White is his soulmate, meaning he can't elude her scent, no matter what: he always knows where she is and how she's feeling at any given moment. However he doesn't act as a stalker, respects her boundaries and is not particularly happy about the whole thing until she eventually reciprocates. He actually restrains himself for several centuries before acting on the feelings at all, besides leaving his old ways behind to be in her proximity.
• Summation Gathering: Bigby initiates a classic one in the last chapter of "Who Killed Rose Red".
• Super-Breath: His inheritance from the North Wind. In other words, he "huffs and puffs".
• Token Evil Teammate: While no Fable aside from Flycatcher has a clear conscience by the time they sign the Fabletown Amnesty and cynicism is a strong theme throughout the comics, Bigby has personally and unrepentantly murdered many times more people than all the other protagonist Fables in the story put together. And his Heel–Face Turn is entirely a matter of new priorities, rather than guilt or remorse.
• Unscrupulous Hero: What Bigby is at best — at worst, he's a Noble Demon with strong tribal values.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can change between human and wolf form at will. It's stated that he was born with the ability to change into any shape imaginable but refused to be anything but a wolf out of spite for his father until the ability withered and he was stuck. After leaving the Homelands, he becomes a werewolf — so as to be able to assume a human appearance - in order to be with Snow White. This also gave him an "in-between" form, the traditional Hollywood-style humanoid wolf-man.
• Willfully Weak: He drinks and smokes a lot to dull his senses and keep from going completely insane while living in the city, otherwise he'd be able to smell and hear everything from miles around, and potentially revert to his bloodthirsty nature.
• What Did I Do Last Night?: Along with Snow White, see her example.
• Wolf Man: He can partially transform into a wolf-man style werewolf.
• You Can't Fight Fate: Played with. He managed to exchange his fate with another one's. Though it's probably played straight with his new fate, as the "come back from the dead seven times total" and "outlive all his children" parts seem well on his way to being played out in full.

The North Wind (Mister North, Boreas Frostheart)

"Do you imagine I'm the sole creature in all of Creation whose whims and moods are the product of cold design and calculation?"

Mr. North: Hold on. Can you feel that?
Snow White: What?
Mr. North: The winds are changing.
Snow White: But you're the wind.
Mr. North: Exactly.

The personification of the North Wind and all its aspects. He is the father of Bigby Wolf and one of the most powerful Fables in existence.

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• Abusive Parents: He really hasn't been kind to his son Bigby.
• Armor-Piercing Question: One of the most pivotal and devastating in the Fables series. When Mr. North tells his son that he has no control over the shifts in his moods and moralities, Bigby asserts that that makes him nothing less than a monster. And if North is to abide by his own ancient decree that monsters are to be destroyed under any and every circumstance, then North should in fact slay himself. North later does in fact kill himself and Mister Dark in a duel shortly afterward.
• Blood Knight: Thoroughly enjoyed battling a D'Jinn centuries ago, citing it as a challenge the likes of which he deeply misses, and states that he relishes the thought of battling another. He also seemed to deeply enjoy every second of his life and death duel with Mister Dark.
• Blow You Away: How he usually (if not always) dispatches Bigby, on one of his several attempts on his life. On the very first such occasion, North's winds lifted Bigby so high and carried him so far, he didn't land for weeks.
  • Does it to Ozma, the very powerful Witch from Oz, when she intrudes upon North's meeting with Bigby in the woods.
    Ozma: Damn. How far out did that old man throw me?
• Blue-and-Orange Morality: He is as mercurial and changeable in his morality and loyalties as to be expected of the embodiment of Wind. Abandoned his wolf lover Winter (while she was with cubs) without a second thought, resulting in a very extended and hostile estrangement from his youngest son, Bigby. And when Rose calls him out on not helping the Fable cause when the Adversary began his depredations, he is clearly mystified, as in his view, empires and civilizations have risen and fallen countless times in the past, and will do so in the future. And as long as some entity like the Adversary doesn't bother him, he won't bother them. But centuries later, he declares himself fully on the side of Fabletown, due to his familial connection to Bigby and the cubs. Yet this still doesn't prevent him from seriously considering murdering one of said cubs, for the crime of being born a wild zephyr.
• Carpet of Virility: With his shirt open, it looks like he's smuggling a family of rabbits.
• The Chains of Commanding: More of the "heavy lies the head that wears a crown" variety. He describes to his son Bigby how a ruler is actually a slave to his own laws and conventions, and how he struggles under the burden of honoring his own dictates.
  "Most groundlings are simple folk. They look at a great king and see nothing but the power and privilege he enjoys. And they envy him for that. Wiser men might instead see the unbreakable chains forged by the terrible obligations and responsibilities any great king must take on."
• Disappeared Dad: Abandoned Bigby's mother before he and his brothers were even born.
• Fantastic Racism: Has an irrational hatred of "wild zephyrs" considering them freaks of nature and abominations that must be slain upon birth. He even makes it an official royal decree that even he cannot break, which comes back to bite him in the ass when one of his grandsons turns out to be one.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Rather than kill his own son and grandson, and taking the opportunity to rid existence of a dire threat, he drags Mister Dark into the Casket of Primordial Winds, meaning neither he nor Dark can ever escape or return to the land of the living.
• I Have Many Names: The Devouring One, The Howler in the Crags, Mighty King of the North, among the countless others.
• Interspecies Romance: Took a shine to a wolf named Winter, and transformed into a wolf himself to woo and mate with her.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Was a crummy husband to Winter and a totally non-existent father to Bigby, and justifies his pomposity and ridiculously mercurial temperament by assuming the "force of Nature" pose. But proves to be a doting and loving grandfather to the Cubs, puts Fabletown under his protection and ultimately sacrifices himself to rid the world of Mister Dark.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Notes to Mister Dark that when "their kind" linger in one place too long, the natural order is disrupted. This could be construed as justification for his abandoning Bigby's mother Winter, but North would have no reason to lie to Dark about such things.
• Love at First Sight: It was this for him upon laying eyes on Winter. But lasting love was a whole other thing.
• Nigh-Invulnerable: Bigby's been trying to slay him for centuries, and has never been able to even scratch him. It takes a being as powerful as Mr. Dark to even begin to do him damage.
• Noodle Incident: Claims to have once battled a D'Jinn ages ago, citing it as one of the very few challenges he's ever faced.
• Offing the Offspring: Because of his decree and vow to slay all wild zephyrs as soon as they are born, he feels duty bound to kill Bigby and Snow's seventh child (and his own grandson), Ghost. And North knows full well that he'll have to slay Bigby as well to do it. He ultimately Takes a Third Option, averting this.
• Physical God: The most powerful character to appear in the series (outside of The Pathetic Fallacy Gary, and Kevin Thorn); he can fly, shapeshift, teleport, summon wind, storms and ice, is virtually indestructible, among his many, many abilities. On two occasions, he discusses about how if he battled a being of similar power such as the D'jinn or Dark One, he would win, but would damage the planet irrevocably.
• Sealed Evil in a Duel: He declines to challenge Mister Dark to single combat due to the side effects that such a battle would do to the world, instead he banishes Dark (and himself) from this plane of existence forever by dragging him into the Casket of Primordial Winds.
• Taking You with Me: Defeats Mister Dark forever by dragging him into the Casket of Primordial Winds with him, effectively killing himself as well.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can take on a humanoid form, or that of a wolf, or even wind itself, among other things.

Bigby's Brothers

The six brothers in pitched battle with brother Bigby

"They've been living in the woods below my castle for years, hoping to worm their way back into my good graces- as if they ever had my grace to begin with— trying on new monstrous shapes every decade or so, in an attempt to find one that would impress me. Idiots. I should never have taught them to shapeshift." - Mister North

The six other progeny of The North Wind and a wolf named Winter, they are vicious, powerful shapeshifters eager to earn respect, renown, and most of all, the birthright of power from their absentee father.

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• Big Brother Bully: All of them, to the runt of the litter, Bigby. At least until he grew up and kicked the utter shit out of all of them, at the same time.
• Disappeared Dad: Their father, Mr. North, abandoned his lover and their cubs soon after they were weaned, but that only inspired the wolflings (except for Bigby) to undertake a quest to seek him out and claim their birthright.
• Killed Off for Real: Wolf Brother Longtooth was killed by Indus warrior woman Nalayani, in the course of defending her village from their depredations (in the forms of dhole).
• Laserguided Karma: they were all Big Brother Bullies to Bigby in their youth for being the runt of the litter as the smallest, youngest, weakest cub. When they meet again centuries later, he not only beats the living shit out of all six of them at once despite their shapeshifting abilities, he then punishes them by having them become small fish a bowl until he gives them something else to do. Whose the runt now.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: They blindly follow any leader, obeying their orders and directives wholeheartedly, because they admittedly have little imagination or initiative.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: After their defeat and humbling at the hands of Bigby, they are forced to assume to shapes of goldfish, and they are sentenced to stay in that shape until such time as their younger brother determines they are worthy to take on another shape. In the interim, Bigby deposits them all in a fish bowl and gifts them as pets to his children.
• Shout-Out: Their monster forms in FABLES # 57-58 evoke the creatures from Where the Wild Things Are.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Their default form is that of wolves, but they can also take on a hybrid wolf/human shape (like Bigby), or the forms of giant monsters, or even tiny goldfish.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: All six are motivated by the desire to impress their father enough that he will claim them and give them places of power in his kingdom.
• Would Hurt a Child: Definitely devour one, at least, as they tried to do to little Ambrose upon their first encounter.

The Cubs

General

Not pictured: Ghost (or is he?)

The children of Snow White and Bigby (Ambrose, Blossom, Conner, Darien, Therese, Winter and Ghost), conceived under the influence of an enchantment cast by Bluebeard, and born during The Mean Seasons arc.

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Tropes applying to all of them:

• Badass Adorable: Comes with being part of a Badass Family.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: While being trained by the attendant Zephyrs, it's revealed that they don't need to hold their breath while swimming, because they're made of air.
• Cant Get Away With Nothing: The Cubs state this after their mother Snow obtains a flying carpet, enabling her to catch her rambunctious offspring in various acts of mischief.
• Children Are Innocent: Applied to all of them until the events foretold by the prophecy started playing out.
• Cute Bruiser: Any of them in a fight.
• In the Blood: They're all highly magical individuals, something they get from both sides of the family.
• Informed Ability: According to the North Wind, they have the ability to shapeshift into any creature they want. Like their father, they're never shown changing forms between anything but human and wolf, however. That is, until Conner transformed into a monster to confront his brainwashed father in issue #150.
• Lineage Comes from the Father: Averted - it is specifically stated their magical nature comes from both parents.
• Massive Numbered Siblings / Rule of Seven / Too Many Babies: Seven of them, resulting from one single pregnancy.
• Middle Child Syndrome: Out of all the kids, Conner and Blossom are the only ones to never have stories dedicated to them, but remain background characters for pretty much the whole series. Only in the very last issue does Conner get a sudden important role as he becomes "a hero bold" transforming into a monster to confront a Brainwashed and Crazy Bigby, while Blossom gets a written short story dedicated to her fate as the "pauper" (in the form of a Nature Hero with no materialistic want) after the main story's end.
• Our Werewolves Are Different / Voluntary Shapeshifting: They're shapeshifters, but usually only seen in human or wolf form (or an in-between form, like the one they had at birth and kept until they could shapeshift properly).
• Prophecies Are Always Right: Sure enough, everything foretold by Ozma concerning the Cubs eventually comes to pass.
• Prophecies Rhyme All the Time: There was eventually revealed to be a prophecy concerning their fates (all of which are revealed in the last issue of the series):
  The first child will be a king,
  The second child a pauper.
  The third will do an evil thing,
  The fourth will die to stop her.
  The fifth will be a hero bold,
  The sixth will judge the rest.
  The seventh lives to ages old,
  And is by Heaven blessed.
• Shapeshifter Default Form: While young, it's their wolf cub form. When they grow into adolescence, it becomes their human form.

Ambrose

"Darkness is coming, but aimed directly at us this time."

Ambrose as an adult

"I learned two things: first, we would never have reason to fear our father. Second: those intending us harm couldn't entertain the same hopes." - Ambrose Wolf

Named after Flycatcher/King Ambrose. He's rather fearful and anxious when compared to most of his siblings, but also quite clever. He was the first one to learn of the prophecy, which was told to him by Ozma. In the Snow White arc, which is narrated by his future self, he is revealed to be the sixth child mentioned in the prophecy, "judging the rest" by telling their stories.

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• Apologises a Lot: This happens in almost every scene he's in.
• Bookworm: Said to do best in school among all of the Cubs, and frequently seen with a book nearby.
• Cowardly Lion: He might be afraid of many things, but he's far from being a Dirty Coward.
• Geek Physiques: Quite chubby in comparison to all of his siblings, and noted to love reading and learning new things.
• Good Parents: Issue #150 shows him and Lake as this to their six children.
• Happily Married: A flashforward shows that he eventually marries the Green Lady, a.k.a. the Lady of The Lake, a.k.a. the one who changed Bigby's destiny and is therefore indirectly responsible for Ambrose's existence in the first place.
• Happy Flashback: He has a brief one in the Inherit the Wind arc in his late grandfather's library, picturing one of the times his grandfather was reading a story to him and his siblings.
• The Storyteller: Becomes this in the future, as was foretold by the prophecy. In issue #150, it's shown he writes several volumes detailing the history of the Fables' lives in the mundy world.

Blossom

"Mommy! Look what I found in the kitchen! Do we have a cat now?"

Blossom as the "nature goddess"

"I eat only what I kill or gather. My clothes and weapons are what I fashion for myself, or take off an enemy. I've no need for high castles, like a certain sister I won't name. We wolf cubs never needed protection from the elements. I sleep where I stop of a day." - Blossom Wolf

(Sort of) named after her aunt Rose Red due to the red fur she had at birth. She's frequently seen playing with small animals or surrounded by them, and seems to be quite attuned to nature. In issue #150, her part of the prophecy is revealed as "the second child a pauper".

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• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Along with her sisters. She's the redhead in this trio.
• Friend to All Living Things: As said above, she's constantly seen surrounded by animals such as butterflies and forest creatures, and even manifested a wish to adopt the witch Maddy (who has the form of a black cat) once. She eventually becomes a demigoddess of the hunt in her adulthood, and a fierce protector to all living creatures in her planet against outside would-be hunters.
• Nature Hero: What she becomes. She is a "pauper" because she lives in the wild and has no material possessions, but she has no want for them either.
• Nature Lover: Implied to be this (during the testing to choose the new North Wind, she flew until she found a place "where it was still springtime enough for flowers).
• Princess Classic: Has shades of this as a child.

Connor

"Sometimes in the books the children are more than their parents. It's like a theme in all the stories. What if that's true?"

Connor as an adult

"You know what? I think I can become big enough to swallow the whole wide world. And sometimes I feel like something dark and growly is tugging at me and wants to try." - Connor Wolf

Connor is similar to Darien in terms of personality, though he was always less dominant. He's revealed to be fairly insecure about his own skills during the Inherit the Wind arc, believing that Darien would always do better no matter what. In issue #150, his part of the prophecy is finally revealed ("the fifth will be a hero bold").

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• Action Hero: He becomes one as an adult, as seen in issue #150.
• Age-Appropriate Angst: When the family gets the news of Darien's sacrifice, he's the one who seems to take it the hardest out of all the siblings, visibly crying while being comforted by Blossom.
• Always Someone Better: Growing up, he perpetually felt inferior to his brother Darien, the natural leader of the Cubs, and was convinced that his skills and accomplishments would never measure up.
• Badass Boast: When facing down his brainwashed father, he warns him that if Bigby doesn't come to his senses and stop trying to kill them, he'll shapeshift into something that can swallow him whole. And as his father immediately comes to heel, that was no idle threat.
• Calling the Old Man Out: In issue #150, combined with a "I Know You Are in There Somewhere" Fight. Connor shapeshifts into a fearsome monster when he and his siblings are being attacked by their brainwashed and murderous father, saying he will kill him if he goes through with his intention of killing them. This is what ultimately brings Bigby back to normal.
• Eldritch Abomination: Issue #150 shows that Connor has the ability to shapeshift into one.
• Inconsistent Spelling: Different printings can't seem to agree on whether his name is spelled "Conner" or "Connor".
• Meaningful Name: Connor is a variant of Conor, which has "wolf lover" as one of its possible meanings. Quite apt for someone who frequently shapeshifts into wolf form.
• Middle Child Syndrome: We don't really know where he stands in birth order, but he does have shades of this, particularly noticeable during and after the Inherit the Wind arc.
• Number Two: He served as this to Darien during most of their childhood.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: His feelings concerning Darien - he states nothing that he does will ever be good enough in comparison.
• So Proud of You: Connor's standing up to Bigby while Brainwashed and Crazy at once shocks him and makes him so proud, it breaks the spell cast on his father, and he immediately embraces his son.
• Took a Level in Badass: In the very last issue of the main series, it's revealed that as Connor practiced shapeshifting more than any of the other Cubs, he has the capacity to transform into a monster dwarfing even his father in raw power and ferocity.

Darien

"Ha! I'm still the best hunter in the pack!"

"Tell me one thing, before I finish. Will anyone ever know? Will they find out I did the right thing?" -Darien Wolf

Usually called "Dare". The most similar to his father in looks and personality, wild and adventurous, he assumed the "leader of the pack" role from early on. In the Cubs in Toyland arc, he goes on a mission to rescue his sister Therese, who is stranded in the land of Discardia in the verge of starving to death. He is then revealed to be the fourth child in the prophecy, sacrificing his life so that Therese can survive and eventually redeem herself.

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• Age-Appropriate Angst: In the Cubs in Toyland arc, very justified as he's only a child and is understandably afraid to die.
• Big Brother Bully: Considers himself to be this, telling Conner he failed them as a leader and didn't protect them as he should have.
• Big Brother Instinct: What Bigby was trying to encourage him to have as leader of the pack. However, Dare himself considers himself to have failed in this respect up until his decision to rescue Therese and subsequent heroic death.
• Death of a Child: He kills himself to save Therese at age nine.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Gets very upset when Winter is chosen as the new North Wind instead of him and nearly attacks her for it. He seems to quickly get over it, though.
• Heroic BSoD: Right after learning that his death is the only way to save Therese.
  Darien: I don't want to die. Please! Not yet. I'm still a little kid.
• Heroic Suicide: Sacrifices himself so that Therese will not starve to death (and leading to her subsequent quest for redemption).
• It's All My Fault: He feels this way towards Therese's disappearance in Cubs in Toyland, thinking that it wouldn't have happened had he been a better leader and protector.
• So Proud of You: How he wanted his father to feel about him. This was likely the ultimate result of their conversation in the afterlife in issue #134.
• Strong Family Resemblance: To Bigby, even Lampshaded at one point.
• Team Dad: What Bigby encouraged him to become via his role as "leader of the pack".
• Tears of Fear: In the Cubs in Toyland arc, when realizing the only way out is to sacrifice himself, and wondering if it will hurt.
• Wild Child: Shown to be this since quite early on.

Ghost

Ghost greets his mother, Snow

Ghost as an adult

"I can't speak to the 'heaven blessed' part. The ways of Heaven are opaque to me. But yes, I have lived a long time. That much is true. Outlived all my siblings in the end. A mixed blessing at best. Tried to acquit myself well, though. Do my duty, to the extent that I am given insight to recognize it." - Ghost Wolf

The seventh of the Cubs. Snow was originally unaware of his existence due to him being a zephyr (an invisible being with no physical body, made of air, which does not need to eat and feeds only on air from people's lungs). She eventually realized that the recent murders at Fabletown and the Farm had been caused by Ghost, who had not been aware that consuming the air from others' lungs would kill them. Ghost was then sent away (to prevent him from being killed by his grandfather, the North Wind, who had once vowed to kill all zephyrs) and lived with his father until his parents' reunion and marriage. He was officially introduced to his siblings on their 5th birthday. The North Wind eventually learned of his existence during the Mr. Dark arc, and eventually chose to kill himself along with Mr. Dark so that he would neither break his oath or irreparably break his bond with his son and grandchildren by killing Ghost. In issue #150, he was revealed to be the seventh child in the prophecy ("the seventh lives to ages old and is by heaven blessed").

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• Accidental Murder: Of several Fables at both Fabletown and the Farm (including Mr. Web, Leigh Duglas/Nurse Sprat's husband Jack Sprat and Mary's Little Lamb), due to his inability to feed on the air from their lungs in a non-lethal way.
• Blow You Away: As a wind, he has this power.
• Enfant Terrible: Might come across at this at first, though his murders were accidental, as he was just a very young child trying to feed himself while searching for his mother.
• Intangibility / Invisibility: Comes with being made of air and having no physical body.
• Long-Lived: As mentioned below, he outlives all of his siblings (who had probably been alive for millennia by the time they died.
• Teleportation with Drawbacks: Seemingly has the capacity to instantaneously transport himself to either his mother or father's side, even across worlds and/or dimensions, merely by wishing it.
• Youngest Child Wins: He has always been the "odd one out" and referred to as the seventh child. As revealed in issue #150, he does indeed turn out to be the seventh child in the prophecy, eventually outliving all of his siblings (who were shown alive and well at around 1000 years old, so Ghost is quite long-lived even for Fable standard).

Therese

"I'm bored. Being a queen isn't fun after all."

^{Click here} to see Therese after her Plot-Relevant Age-Up.

"I won't try to hide it, only- the prophecy didn't go far enough, did it? I did many evil things, not just one. Starting with simple greed . - Therese Wolf

Traditionally feminine and somewhat vain, fond of dressing up and playing with her numerous toys. Receiving a toy boat as a mysterious Christmas gift leads to her becoming Queen of Discardia during the Cubs in Toyland arc. However, she soon realizes she is stranded there with no source of food, causing her to order the death of Lord Mountbatten and eat his raw flesh out of extreme hunger and despair. (This marked her as the third child in the prophecy, who would "do an evil thing".) After Dare sacrifices himself, she is extremely remorseful and falls into a long period of depression. When she recovers, she and her subjects goes on a quest to atone for their crimes. More recently, she returns to her old house to inform her mother and siblings of Darien's fate.

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• A Child Shall Lead Them: Taken to Discardia to become the new queen of the land at age nine.
• The Atoner: Becomes this after ordering Mountbatten's murder and learning of Darien's sacrifice. She and her subjects (the toys of Discardia who had originally caused the deaths of the children who owned them) then go on a quest for redemption, saving the lives of hundreds of children to make up for the ones they took.
  Therese: We have to earn our way back. One hundred is the price. One hundred lives for each one that we took. That seems fair.
• Badass Long Robe: Wears this after her Despair Event Horizon and Plot-Relevant Age-Up mentioned below.
• Black Eyes of Evil: Displays these when ordering Mountbatten's death and eating his flesh.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Along with her sisters, being the blonde in the trio.
• Break the Haughty: The ultimate result of her ordeal in Discardia, especially after Darien sacrifices himself.
• Cool Big Sis: Has shades of this after the passage of time in Discardia leads to her becoming an adult, while her siblings left at home are still children (despite all having been born at the same time).
• Cynicism Catalyst: Darien's sacrifice is this to her.
  Therese: You're all very bad toys. And with me you got the queen you deserved. I was vain and spoiled and basically wicked. And then I became a killer, just like you. Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on.
• Despair Event Horizon: Darien's sacrifice.
• Long Hair Is Feminine: She had long blonde hair and usually wore flowers or bows on it (pre-Cubs in Toyland).
• My God, What Have I Done?: Her reaction to Lord Mountbatten's murder and Darien's sacrifice upon learning of the latter.
  • Tears of Remorse: Follows the above.
• Pink Means Feminine: Used to dress in pink, flowery, long dresses before the Cubs in Toyland arc.
• Plot-Relevant Age-Up: As an effect of time passing differently in Discardia. When she returns home to inform her family of Darien's death, years have passed for her, but only weeks or months for them.
• Redemption Quest: At the end of the Cubs in Toyland arc, she and her subjects set out to save one hundred lives for each of the deaths they were responsible for.
• Sanity Slippage: After realizing she is trapped on Discardia with no source of food, her mental state slowly deteriorates, culminating in Mountbatten's murder.
• Spoiled Brat: Before Cubs in Toyland, even Lampshaded by herself.
• Took a Level in Cynic: After the events in Cubs in Toyland as mentioned above.
• Troubled Fetal Position: Following her discovery of Darien's sacrifice.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Her murder of Lord Mountbatten, even if she was weakened and driven half-insane by desperation and hunger at the time.
• Vanity Is Feminine: Was said to enjoy frequent compliments, and is implied to have been this even by herself.
• You Can't Go Home Again: After arriving to Discardia, Therese learned there was no way to leave. Eventually subverted in that she ultimately left for the Redemption Quest mentioned above, but has mentioned she belongs there and will have to return eventually.

Winter

"You think I'm young? Still? I wish that were so."

^{Click here} to see Winter's Older Alter Ego.

"I inhabit each snowflake on its windswept fall towards countless worlds. I direct every northern breeze, and command the mighty works of infinite storms. All those scattered moments come home to accumulate in me. Ages come and go in a wink. Against my wishes, I'm already old and wise." - Winter Wolf

A shy girl who is frequently seen sucking her thumb and carrying a stuffed animal around. Despite her timid nature, she's the oldest of Snow and Bigby's children. Following the death of their grandfather, she is eventually chosen as his successor during the Inherit the Wind arc, thus becoming the new North Wind (and fulfilling the first line in the prophecy).

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• A Child Shall Lead Them: Becomes the new North Wind at age eight or so.
• Alliterative Name: Winter Wolf.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of the North Wind.
• Badass Boast: When the West, East, and South Winds attempt to cow her into submission, Winter, after relating just how much more powerful she is than the rest of them put together, lets them know precisely why that's not happening:
  "I won't be babied, humored or patronized! And I will not submit myself to you! Best flee now, abide for a time in your own realms, or risk my growing anger."
• Beware the Quiet Ones: Applies to her after becoming the new North Wind, with all the powers such entails.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Along with her sisters, being the brunette of the trio.
• Blow You Away: Displays these powers after becoming the new North Wind.
• Bookworm: Acts excited at the idea of something being "just like school" during the Inherit the Wind arc, mentioning she "loves school" and is the one who does best academically after Ambrose.
• Creepy Child: Shown to have become this as of the Camelot arc, due to the dissonance of being both a ten-year-old child and an elemental power with millenia of wisdom and experience behind her.
• Dead Girl Junior: She was named after Bigby's long-dead mother.
• Dreaming of Things to Come: In the Cubs in Toyland arc, she tells her father about the dreams she's had (that she somehow knows will eventually become true) about her cold, unforgiving future self, that controls others through fear. Sure enough, by the Camelot arc she has become somewhat more ruthless and is seen shapeshifting into this older self. In the Happily Ever After arc, it's shown that she's gathering an army to fight for her mother in the upcoming conflict between her and her sister (said army includes all of the other Cardinal Winds, Santa Claus, the Snow Queen, and Bigby's brothers).
• Girlish Pigtails: Her usual hairstyle of choice. In the Happily Ever After arc, she's switched to a Samurai Ponytail.
• Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Frequently seen carrying stuffed animals with her.
• Kneel Before Frodo: Occurs when she is chosen as the new North Wind.
• Large and in Charge: Grows to huge proportions, and takes on her adult aspect, when she lays down the law to the other Winds.
• Meaningful Name: Winter ends up succeeding her grandfather as the North Wind.
• Older Alter Ego: The cold, stern, white-haired persona she shapeshifts into to intimidate the other Cardinal Winds into submission in the Camelot arc.
• Physical God: Comes with being a powerful Anthropomorphic Personification as mentioned above.
• Power Dyes Your Hair: Her Older Alter Ego has impressive long and flowing white hair with two black stripes in it.
• Pretty in Mink: As the new North Wind, she wears a black cape trimmed with white fur.
• She Is the King: One of the titles of the North Wind is "King of the North", which is said to be gender-neutral (or close enough).
• Shrinking Violet: She's shown to be a very shy girl.
• Took a Level in Badass: After being chosen as the new North Wind.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: The consequence of taking over as the new North Wind, which can be quite unsettling to others.
  The Snow Queen: What an odd thing you are. A little girl in aspect, and sometimes you do talk like a child. Then, at other times you talk like one weighed down by the heavy wisdom of centuries. Which is the true you, I wonder?
  Winter: Both. All. I contain multitudes.

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