| “ | I'd like to tell you a story. You don't know me, by the way. I'm usually quite invisible, so there's no use digging through back issues or scouring the Internet to discover my identity. | „ |
| ~ Eliza Wall addressing the readers, Jack of Fables #25 — "Turning Pages, Chapter 1: Robin" |
Eliza Wall is a human Literal who is related to the Page sisters. She debuts in Jack of Fables #25 — "Turning Pages, Chapter 1: Robin" and is the youngest of the Wall siblings, making her the fourth Wall, and the personification of the fourth wall.
History
Among the Literals, some of them are aware of the fictional nature of the universe; however, Eliza Wall is one of the few who addresses the reader directly outside of narration boxes, and thus breaks the fourth wall.[1] She is not the only Literal with this ability, though, as Priscilla Page and Mister Revise have also been known to do this.[3]
Eliza Wall begins by presenting herself to the reader as the narrator for the "Turning Pages" arc of Jack of Fables.[1] She narrates the young lives of the Page sisters while making off mark comments on Jack's own narration.
She briefly joins the plot, alongside Dex in order to save Jack from Humpty Dumpty and an army of Knifejohns. She is then seen having a picnic with her brothers.[4]
She and her brothers later join Kevin Thorn and most of the Literals in a new blank universe.[5]
Trivia
Eliza Wall may or may not be related to Prose Page in some way, as Eliza has referred to the Page sisters as her "cousins"[1] but then again stated that Priscilla was her niece.[2] But since Kevin Thorn has not stated having a daughter, she could possibly be Prose's sister.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jack of Fables #25 — "Turning Pages, Chapter 1: Robin"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jack of Fables #26 — "Turning Pages, Chapter Two: Priscilla"
- ↑ Jack of Fables #6 — "Jack Frost, Part One of Two"
- ↑ Jack of Fables #27 — "Turning Pages, Chapter Three: Hillary"
- ↑ The Literals #3 — "The Great Fables Crossover, Part 9 of 9: Kill Your Darlings"
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In Jack of Fables #26 — "Turning Pages, Chapter Two: Priscilla," Eliza Wall refers to Priscilla Page as her niece. Since Robin Page is Priscilla's sister, she must also be Eliza's niece; however, Hillary Page is Priscilla and Robin's half-sister, and may only be Eliza's cousin, as opposed to her niece — in Jack of Fables #25 — "Turning Pages, Chapter 1: Robin," Eliza refers to all three Page sisters as her "cousins."