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In the future, the article could use entries for Mowgli, King Cole, Weyland Smith, and probably a few others. Elijya 20:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Also anyone know who 'Kay' (with the all seeing eye) is (what fable he's from)? --24.116.69.69 06:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
YES! I've been wondering that for ages. I know a few of the characters have come from really really obscure places, so it might not be something so obvious. Elijya 16:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
He's from The Snow Queen, along with, naturally enough, the Snow Queen. Stilgar135 15:38, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I've added some more entries, including all those listed above. I've put Mowgli in under The Tourists for now. --Tailkinker 14:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Individual entries

The major characters deserve their own entries. Bigby, Snow, Boy Blue, the Adversary, and Jack to start. I'm going to do Bigby now. Stilgar135 16:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I am thinking about adding jabberwocky to the list of characters, but I am not 100% sure if that is the character that boy blue slays with his sword on his journey to the adversary.flyboyz2000k 13:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't see any character that can remotely be identified as the Jabberwock. We see Blue defeat a couple of goblins, Governor Chernomor, the dragon, which it's never suggested is the Jabberwock (and certainly bears no resemblance to the Jabberwock as illustrated in Carroll's work) and finally the three knights of the Rus before his fateful encounter with the Emperor. --Tailkinker 18:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jack

Should Jack be moved under Others? I don't think he qualifies as a resident of Fabletown, what with his exile and all. JQF 22:03, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I have to admit, I've never liked the title Fabletown Residents for that section. Kay doesn't live there, nor do the Tourists and, as you say, neither does Jack these days. Having difficulty coming up with an improved title, through. Maybe something like Fabletown Regulars? Hmm, not sure about that one either. But, yes, I think that Jack certainly ought to be moved. Probably the Tourists, too, unless we come up with a better title for that section. --Tailkinker 12:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe make a header "New York Fables" or something, and split it into "Farm" "Fabletown" and "Others", and add an "International Fables" section? JQF 14:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
That's a good title - I'll alter it to that for the time being. I don't think that we really need to split the Fables between the Farm and Fabletown itself; if we just leave it as 'New York-based' then we can keep Kay in there without any difficulty. I've moved Jack and the Tourists down to the Others section. --Tailkinker 20:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Feathertop

To whoever it is who keeps adding Feathertop into the New York Fables 'Others' section. Please stop it. Firstly, Feathertop is already listed under the heading of The Tourists in the bottom section of the page. Secondly, as one of the Tourists, he's not based in New York, so would not be appropriate in that section even if he wasn't already listed. I've had to remove his name three times now so I would take it as a kindness if you desisted from adding his name in again. --Tailkinker 19:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I apoligize profusely about that. I didn't mean to keep putting him back in, but I thought he kept being remove because of internet pranksters or a refusal of being a character. Again I apoligize for continuing to reenter him, keep up the good work.

[edit] Totenkinder

I don't know who translated "Totenkinder" with "Childeater", but it is wrong. The closest translation might either be "Deadchildren" or "ChildrenoftheDead". The problem with translating it, is that "Totenkinder" isn't a real german word. It is a combination of "the dead" and "children" with probably some accusative for good measure. 87.123.198.47 01:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, somebody just altered it to from "Dead Children" to "Death of Children". Is that in some way more accurate? Can somebody with decent German skills make some definitive statement on this one? --Tailkinker 06:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Frau Totenkinder's section is becoming long enough that creating a separate article and leaving a small summary and a link is beginning to look attractive. Any objections? Caerwine Caer’s whines 22:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

At one point in the section about Frau Totenkinder it states that she "turned out to be Cinderella's fairy godmother" but, at the end of the section, it says that she definitely isn't as she can't be any witch who was actually named in a particular story (even though I don't remember Cinderella's fairy godmother being named). Anyone know which of these opposing statements is true? 85.210.6.86 17:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jack of Fables

Shouldn't we add the characters from Jack of Fables to this list? While at present there are only two characters, Jack and Goldilocks, that have appeared in both books, the two series exist in the same fictional universe and there is bound to be more characters moving between the two. Caerwine Caerwhine 00:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I think there are enough characters from both series to support a seperate seperate "List of characters from the Fables universe" page or thereabouts, with no descriptions whatsoever (think List of characters in A Song of Ice and Fire). Stilgar135 00:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baba Yaga

i personaly thought that it was of worth to note that prior to Baba yaga been used as a main character in Fables, she has had apeared in other Vertigo titles. the ones i know off are a story in the sandman fables and reflections tradepaper back where she transports the protagonist to his lady love. as well as a more prominent role in the original books of magic series ( the section where Timmothy hunter steps off the path in the lands of fairy. i thought it was impotant to put this down even if it was a bit just to prevent confustion. also it is worth noteing that both these pror apearances where penned by the same author neil gaiman.

I don't think it's necessary to go to the level of detail that you put - the exact places where she appears is largely irrelevant, as is the fact that Gaiman wrote them both. The only thing really worth mentioning is that the characters shouldn't be confused as they exist in different continuities. --Tailkinker 07:57, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Willingham likes this page

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About 3/5 of the way down, Willingham says that this article is "wonderful"... good work, everyone. Stilgar135 21:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's certainly something for us all to be pretty chuffed about. We're all reading Willingham, but, hey, he's reading us, too... --Tailkinker 10:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zephyr

I thought Ghost had been humanely put down by his grandfather, because he could only exist by killing.

Lots42 01:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Ghost wasn't killed. If he was killed it was never mentioned. First off he can exist by sucking the air out of living things (we know people -Mr. Webb- and animals -Mary's Little Lamb-) plus Bigby used that power of Ghost's for Fabletown's benefit. Also, I doubt Bigby'd do that to his son, he seemed to be close to him and also in the Christmas issue they had a ninth stocking with out a name, I'm not saying for sure it's his cause it could just be an art error, but I think it was ment to keep us wondering, since it happened twice, though maybe Willingham forgot to tell Buckingham to just do 8 stockings- and the colorist was told not to put the name. I don't know. All I know is that its safe to presume Ghost alive until other evidence is shown.

[edit] Bluebeard

Does anyone know what this, currently the last sentence in Bluebeard's description, is supposed to mean? It doesn't make sense, especially since the previous sentence emphasizes that he'll likely stay dead after having been thrown down the witching well.

Bluebeard appears along with other deceased Fables, Bluebeard says that he has learned to be virtuous, though Lancelot and Fly believe that his position of villain has not changed.

Obviously the sentence emphasizing on his death was written long before the current arc which has all the fables thrown into the well "alive." I'm not exactly sure if they are considered "living", but all the same they aren't exactly "dead" either. And if you ask my opinion you really shouldn't say anyone in a comic book will "likely stay dead" I mean how many times do they resurrect characters? There's a pretty good chance anything can happen. 70.171.66.169 23:23, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Nome King

When does he show up? I am a major Buam fan, and was expecting to see him in volume 6, but he hasn't been introduced yet in that volume, which is as far as I've read so far. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 16:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Volume Nine. Brian Boru is awesome (talk) 20:28, 16 January 2008 (UTC)