| “ | Once we were a thousand separate kingdoms, spread over a hundred magic worlds. Wizards or woodcarvers. We had our sinners, our saints, and our blatant social climbers. We were kings and cobblers. And from the grandest lord to the lowliest peasant girl, we were, for the most part, strangers one to another. | „ |
| ~ King Cole addressing the Homelands in Fables #4 — "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day" |
The Homelands, or the Fable Realms,[1] comprise every landscape of fable, myth, and legend, and are home to every story ever told. The Homelands are connected by various magical gates (some of which also lead to the mundane world). Most of the doorways back to the Homelands have been closed, but as the residents of Fabletown start to strike back against the Adversary they open new ones — like the beanstalks up to the Cloud Kingdoms, from Jack's magic beans.[2]
Description[]
The mundane world seems to contain miniature versions of every Homeland world Fablekind had originally come from. For example, in the mundane world there is a small island nation called England that mirrors the entire world they once knew as Albion; the country called Russia is a rough sixteenth-scale sketch of the vast old world of The Rus; Ireland resembles the world of Erin; and infant America slowly grew into an approximation of Americana. For some as yet undiscovered reason, or perhaps for no reason at all since some truly remarkable things do seem to be the result of mere (or possibly mighty) chance, the mundane world has turned out to be a map of sorts for all of the much grander ones the Fables had left behind.[3]
Every Fable world is home to both mortals and immortals, but the method of selection for immortality remains a mystery.[4]
The majority of the locations listed have been conquered by the mysterious Adversary, as he has conquered most of the European Fable lands.[5]
This is a list of the Homelands that have been directly referenced in Fables and its spin-offs:
Known Fable homeworlds[]
European Fable worlds[]
When Boy Blue is Geppetto's captive, the latter explains to Blue that the Empire has finally absorbed the last of[5] European Fable worlds,[5][6] indicating that all of them have been conquered.[5]
Albion[]
| Albion is the Homelands version of England.[7][8] It is, presumably, the home to many English Fables as the name derives from the oldest known name for the United Kingdom. |  |
Aquitaine[]
| Aquitaine is a mythical version of Aquitaine,[7] a (now former) region of southwestern France, which ceased to exist in 2016,[9] six years after Fables #99 — "Dark City," in which the location is mentioned, was published. | |
Aragon[]
| Aragon is a mythical version of Spain,[7] with "Aragon" being the name of a region of northeastern Spain.[10] | |
Bilbao[]
| Bilbao is the mythical Basque Country,[7] a region in northern Spain,[11] with "Bilbao" referring to its capital.[12] |  |
Bourgogne[]
| Bourgogne is a mythical version of Burgundy,[7] a historical region of France: "la Bourgogne" is French for "Burgundy."[13] | |
Bretagne[]
| Bretagne is a mythical version of Brittany,[7] a region of France: "la Bretagne" is French for "Brittany."[14] | |
Dane-land[]
| Dane-land appears in flashbacks in Fables: The Wolf Among Us #11 — "Chapter Eleven" and is the Homelands version of Denmark. Grendel terrorized the Danes for twelve years, until the legendary hero Beowulf sailed over to Dane-land with fourteen of his friends and fought the Grendel in single combat. |   |
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Locations
Heorot, a mead-hall that was the site for many of Grendel's attacks, in which he would grab drunken Danes and devour them. | |
Erin[]
| Erin is mentioned in Peter & Max: A Fables Novel and is the mythical version of Ireland.[3] The name Erin deriving from the Irish name for Ireland, "Éirinn." | |
Fabled Sweden[]
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In the epic poem Beowulf, the titular character was a member of the Geats, a Scandinavian civilization hailing from southern Sweden. | ||
Fryslân[]
| Fryslân is a mythical version of the Netherlands,[7] with "Fryslân" being the official and Frisian name for Friesland,[15] a coastal province of northern Netherlands.[16] | |
History
This location is indirectly mentioned in the graphic novel Fairest: In All the Land, in which the drunken warrior Turgo of Nor is sitting in a tavern in his village, ordering the waiters to "bring some of that too flowery, too fruity wine we captured from those Frisii girl-men." "Frisii" is another word for Frisian, a people from western Europe whose legacy endures in the name of the mainland province of Friesland and the Frisian Islands located off the coast of the Netherlands, although they originally inhabited a significantly larger region.[17] | |
Gascogne[]
| Gascogne is a mythical version of Gascony,[7] a historical region of France: "Gascogne" is the French name for Gascony.[18] | |
The Hesse[]
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Hybernia[]
| Hybernia first appears in Fables #139 — "The Boys in the Band, Part 1 of 2" and is the Homelands version of Scotland. |   |
History
Hybernia is a tiny Fable world populated by humans,[19] giants,[20] and anthropomorphic bears with a Scottish accent.[21][22] It was one of the many worlds to fall victim to the Empire's invasion. After the fall of the Empire, the baobhan sith seized power there with the help of the monstrous dogs known as the cu sith, and declared herself as its queen.[19] Briar Rose and the members of Boy Blue's old band traveled there together at one point.[20] Hybernia was one of the many worlds Goldilocks visited as she attempted to convince others to join her in adhering to communist beliefs. Brock Blueheart made a stop there while on a journey to find Bigby Wolf's missing cubs.[22] While having a drink and dinner in a local tavern,[21] he met Goldilocks, who seduced him into giving her a ride home to the mundane world.[22] | |
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Kärnten[]
| Kärnten is a mythical version Austria,[7] with "Kärnten" being the German name for Carinthia,[23] a federal state of southern Austria. | |
Lotharin[]
| Lotharin is a mythical version of Lorraine,[7] a historical region corresponding to present-day northeastern France: the name "Lotharin" is derived from Lotharingia, an alternate name for Lorraine.[24] | |
Roman Empire[]
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The Rus[]
| The Rus is a mythical version of Russia[7][8] and home to many Slavic Fables. Baba Yaga;[25] her knights Bright Day,[26] Dark Night[26] and Radiant Sun;[26] the Mice and the Cat,[26] and Ivan Durak all came from this world.[27] Tugarin Zmeyevich is the leader of the secret Fable community in Russia, implying that this creature from Slavic mythology is also from The Rus.[27] Mundane Russia is approximately one-sixteenth the size of the magical Rus.[3] |   |
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Septimanie[]
| Septimanie is a mythical version of Septimania,[7] an ancient territory in what is now southwestern France, with "Septamanie" being the French name of Septimania.[30] | |
Toscane[]
| Toscane,[7] also known as the Imperial Homeworld,[31] is the Homelands version of Italy.[7] "La Toscane" is French for Tuscany,[32] a region in Central Italy.
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Toscane was the first world that fell to the Adversary.[34] | |
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Toscane is based on The Adventures of Pinocchio, which is set in Tuscany. | |
Ulster[]
| Ulster is mentioned in Jack of Fables #31 — "The Book of Reversals: The Books of War, Volume Four," in which Cuchulain refers to himself as the "Hound of Ulster." It is presumably the Homelands version of Northern Ireland. | |
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Cuchulain (formerly) | |
Original source
It is based on Ulster, the northernmost of the four ancient provinces of Ireland , which is a prominent location in the Ulster cycle from Irish literature. The Ulster Cycle tells the tales of Cú Chulainn and other heroic figures from the province. Today, the name "Ulster" is often used to refer to Northern Ireland.[41] | |
Ultima Thule[]
| Ultima Thule first appears in Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love #5 — "Part Five: Cold Wars" and is the Homelands version of Norway. This world draws its characters from Norwegian Folktales. Humans and trolls live side by side with sentient moose, foxes and polar bears. Night lasts for six months in Ultima Thule.[42] |   |
History
Thule was governed before, during and after the Adversary conquered it, by King Valemon and his queen; first on their own, then in the name of the Empire, and then became the supreme rulers again after the Empire was overthrown; until they were overthrown themselves[42] by Cinderella's Fairy Godmother.[43] However, it is later revealed that King Valemon survived and reclaimed his land following the Godmother's defeat.[44] | |
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Arabian worlds[]
The Arabian home worlds,[45] also known as the Arabian worlds[5] and the Arabian Fable worlds,[5][6] are primary Islamic worlds.[45] When Boy Blue is captured by Geppetto, the latter explains that, having just absorbed the last of the European Fable worlds, the Empire has just begun their conquest of the Arabian Worlds.[6] Shortly afterward, it was reported that the Adversary had begun an extensive invasion of their worlds, and a large group of Arabian Fable refugees flocked into the mundy version of Baghdad,[45] where a magic gate to its fabled version could be found.[46] However, it was eventually discovered that the group was not really refugees, as fabled Baghdad itself had not yet been invaded. Flying carpets[47][48] and manticores can also be found there.[48] Solomon's plan of trapping d'jinns in wish-granting bottles was initiated here.[49]
Baghdad[]
| Baghdad, also referred to as the Arabian Homeworld,[50] first appears in Fables #45 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter Four: Act of War," and is, presumably, the Homelands version of Iraq. A magic gateway to this world is found in the mundy version of Baghdad.[46] At the time of Sinbad's diplomatic visit to Fabletown, Baghdad had not yet been invaded, and Sinbad believed that they still had months or even years to fortify the world against a potential invasion, although he was aware of the fact that the inhabitants might have to flee to the mundane world some day.[47] |   |
Locations
A new Fabletown for the Arabian Fables, called Fabletown East, was in the process of being planned after Sinbad's visit to Fabletown.[47] | |
Persia[]
| Persia is referred to in Fables #44 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter Three: Back to Baghdad," in which one of Sinbad's slave girls is "aptly" known as "the fair Persian." It is the Homelands version of the historic region that is today known as Iran. Persia is the setting for the frame story of the graphic novel Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, itself based on the frame story of the Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights; although the land/world is unnamed in the graphic novel. |   |
Samarcand[]
| Samarcand is referred to in graphic novel Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, and is presumably the Homelands version of Uzbekistan. | |
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King Shahryar's brother[6] | |
Asian kingdoms[]
When Boy Blue is captured by Geppetto, the latter mentions the Asian Kingdoms, saying that the Empire's forces should be ready to conquer these lands in another century or two.[5] However, the Hidden Kingdom, the Homelands version of Japan;[52] and The Indu, the Homelands version of India, had already been conquered by then.[53]
Chinese Empire[]
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The Homelands version of the Great Wall is referred to in the same issue. | ||
The Hidden Kingdom[]
 
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The Indu[]
| The Indu is a fabled version of India, and home to many Indian Fables. |   | ||
History
The Indu is a jungle world[56] ruled by the "great white lords of the West," mirroring the real-world India; but when the Adversary invaded, all the white rulers were killed and the Empire took over; making The Indu one of the few Asian kingdoms that was actually conquered by the Adversary. As the last remaining member of the Raj, the current Viceroy is Lord Mountbatten, a Clockwork Tiger crafted as a gift to Lord Viceroy Lovejoy by the craftsmen of Maharaja Sindu Baba Singh.[53] | |||
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African kingdoms[]
The African kingdoms are referred to by Geppetto when he explains to Boy Blue that the Empire's forces should be ready to conquer these lands in another century or two.[5] They were presumably home to Anansi, the trickster spider from Akan mythology, who is referred to as an "African Fable."[60]
Alexandria[]
| The world of Alexandria appears in a brief flashback in Jack of Fables #32 — "The Book of Revelations: The Books of War, Volume Five" and shares its name with the ancient mundy city, indicating that it is the Homelands version of Egypt. Prose Page spent an entire decade there studying, a reference to the real-world Alexandria once being the center of Hellenic scholarship and science. |   |
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Prose Page (formerly; immigrated) | |
Kingdom of a Thousand Hills[]
| The Kingdom of a Thousand Hills appears in a one-panel flashback in Fairest #10 — "The Hidden Kingdom Chapter Three: Lost in Translation." It is the Homelands version of Rwanda, with its name being a reference to the country's nickname of "the Land of a Thousand Hills." It is one of the many worlds that Rapunzel visited while searching for her lost children. |   |
Silene[]
| Silene is mentioned in Fairest #7 — "Lamia" and is presumably the Homelands version of Libya. It is stated to be the home world of Saint George. This is presumably the same world as the "faraway land" that is Lamia's original homeworld. When an important man got Lamia in the family way, her reputation was ruined and the man's wife had some friends run Lamia out of town. She fled as far and fast as she could, all the way to another world, but to no avail, as the man's goons followed her there. | |
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Original source
In the legend, Saint George is from Cappadocia, a historical region in Turkey. He came to the city of Silene in the province of Libya, where he rescued a princess and slayed a dragon.[61] In Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful queen of ancient Libya. | |
Americana[]
 
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Fabled Central and South America[]
Fabled Central and South America is mentioned indirectly in Fables #79 – "Mountbatten, Part Three of Five," in which Lord Mountbatten describes his companion Bad Sam as kinkajou from "some exotic land," saying that they enjoy a particular taste for a fermented fruit, giving them the nickname of "the alcoholics of the rain forest." Real-world kinkajous live in tropical rainforests from southern Mexico through Brazil.[62]
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Miscellaneous Fable worlds[]
Beauty's old homeworld[]
 
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Boxing League's world[]
| The Boxing League's World appears in flashbacks in Fables #86 — "Boxing Days." It was a world which never had a name, where the Boxing League gathered to study their craft. |   |
The Cloud Kingdoms[]
 
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Deep Realm[]
| The Deep Realm is mentioned in Fables #123 — "The Destiny Game, Part Two of Two" and is where the Lady of the Lake is from. Lake explains that she is the realm's emissary in the "dry parts of the worlds" and, by its authority, can allot or reallot fates. | |
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Lady of the Lake (formerly) | |
Original source
In the Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake is a powerful sorceress that resides in a castle deep beneath the lake surrounding the island of Avalon.[63] | |
Drift Worlds[]
| The Drift Worlds are mentioned in Jack of Fables #50 — "The Dragon, His Sidekick, a Nemesis, & Their Cows: The Final Indispensable Components in the Last Jack of Fables Story of All Time!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero for hire. | |
Residents
Plague Scyrat League | |
Homeland of the North[]
| The Homeland of the North[64] first appears in Fables #106 — "Downfall: Chapter Five of Super—Team" and is the North Wind's own realm of elemental ice and wind.[65] Not many people can get there, as few know where it is or are able to survive the journey.[64] |   |
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North Wind † (presumably; formerly) | |
Kardan[]
| Kardan is the main setting for Fables #36 — "Death & Taxes: Chapter One of Homelands." A world conquered by the Adversary, it is ruled by Governor-General Chernomor in the Empire's name. It is also linked to Skold via a magic gateway.[26] After Chernomor's death, Boy Blue impersonated the governor, ordering his underlings to lower the tax rate.[66] |   |
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Karrant Kadabra's homeworld[]
| Karrant Kadabra's homeworld appears in flashbacks in Fables #113 — "In Those Days." This world was positioned close to the Imperial Homeworld, and was embroiled in the Adversary's campaign against his neighboring realms. |   |
History
The world was divided into nine kingdoms, and Mister Kadabra had become famous for his magical abilities among all of them. Kadabra was engaged to a beautiful princess, and to protect his bride's kingdom, he bravely went to fight the Emperor on his own with his magic. Kadabra boldly proposed a one-on-one fight with the Emperor, and he was granted permission to do so. The Emperor promised that if Kadabra won, his world would be spared from destruction. However, while Kadabra did fend himself off well, the Emperor eventually defeated him and captured him, and sent his forces to destroy and burn Kadabra's kingdom. | |
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Karse[]
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King Cole's kingdom[]
| King Cole's kingdom,[6] located in an unnamed world,[67] was shown being taken in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall — "Fair Division." It was a very small kingdom ruled by King Cole and his wife, and was home to many animal Fables and other non-human Fables. When the Adversary advanced to King Cole's kingdom, it took them only a day to conquer it.[6] |   | ||
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Locations
Toad HallToad Hall is mentioned in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall and Fables: The Wolf Among Us #1 — "Chapter One," and is based on the location from Wind in the Willows. It was taken along with the rest of the kingdom; however, Mr. Badger, Mr. Toad and Mr. Mole all escaped.[68] | |||
Kingdom of the Great Lion[]
| The Kingdom of the Great Lion appears in a brief flashback in Fables #4 — "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day." It was one of the first lands to fall to the Adversary's invasion. |   | ||
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Kingdoms of Dunhill, Viss, Haven and Lamien[]
 
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Kurrewyn[]
| Kurrewyn is one of the many worlds that was conquered by the Adversary. It is referred to in Fables #74 — "War and Pieces, Chapter Two: A Very One-Sided War," where Geppetto laments the loss of his wooden sons that were recently killed in the war with Fabletown. The old woodcarver mentions how one of his sons was made lieutenant-governor of the seventh military district of one of the worlds beginning with the letter K, and suggest Kurrewyn as one possibility. | |
Landfall[]
| Landfall is the capital city of a kingdom[71] in a science fiction-like world with multiple lands.[72] This world first appears in Jack of Fables #41 — "The Fulminate Blade: Kings of Earth and Sky, Part One of Five" and has advanced technology, electricity[73] and space travel.[74] Jack Frost Two spent time there during his career as a hero-for hire.[71] Landfall does not appear to have been conquered by the Adversary. |   |
Looking Glass World[]
 
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Miss Mousyworld[]
| Miss Mousyworld appears in Fables #144 — "The Final Hurrah of the Three Blind Mice" and is a world inhabited by beautiful mouse women. When the Three Blind Mice return to the Homelands, they become the triumvirate rulers over this world. |   |
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Olympus[]
| Olympus is mentioned in The Unwritten #50 — "The Unwritten Fables, Part 1: The Summoning" and is the home of Hope. In the issue, which takes place in an alternative universe where Mister Dark was never defeated, Hope is one of the Great Powers who appears before Mr. Dark in his castle, in a futile attempt to persuade him not to claim their territories for his own. Hope seeks assurance that Dark will not try to scale Olympus; however, Dark cannot promise that he will stay out of their realms, and rejects their embassy. | |
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Original source
In Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was considered the dwelling place of the deities and the location of Zeus' throne.[76] | |
Pan Ozian Empire[]
 
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Prince Charming's Fable world[]
 
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Planet Fifty-Two[]
| Planet Fifty-Two is mentioned in Jack of Fables #48 — "The Impaled Wild Man! The Third Ingredient in the Most Unabashedly Genius Jack of Fables Story in Human History!" The robot Mister Click once served the March Wyrm of Planet Fifty-Two. | |
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March Wyrm | |
Skribnutch[]
| Skribnutch is mentioned in Fables #55 — "Over There: Part Four of Sons of Empire." When Pinocchio demonstrates to Geppetto's war council how he believes Fabletown and the mundane world will go to war against the Adversary, he states that after the mundane world wins, its countries will divide the Empire between them. During Pinocchio's story, we see an imaginary soldier mention that one country got assigned a world called Skribnutch ("or something like that"). | |
Shifting Worlds[]
| The Shifting Worlds are mentioned in Jack of Fables #46 — "Hot Librarians! The First Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" Jack Frost II and his owl Macduff have a series of bank accounts there. | |
The Silverling[]
| The Silverling is a world where reflections go when they become untethered; it's the Looking Glass World's' own looking glass world.[77] |   |
Skold[]
| Skold appears in Fables #36 — "Death & Taxes: Chapter One of Homelands" and Fables #37 — "The Saint George Syndrome: Chapter Two of Homelands Fables." It is a desolate land that links Kardan to The Rus. Boy Blue fought and killed a dragon there.[26] |   |
Stellarholm[]
| Stellarholm is mentioned in Jack of Fables #47 — "Dragonslayer! The Second Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" Jack Frost II was incolved in an incident there while working as a hero for hire. According to Macduff, this world only had the most limited, primitive sorts of sorceries. | |
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Zombie debutant gogwamps | |
Teacup World[]
 
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Tiabrut[]
| Tiabrut first appears in Fables #77 — "Life in a Headless Empire — Chapter One of The Dark Ages" and is one of the many worlds that were ruled by the Empire. This is where Mister Dark was imprisoned,[78] inside a treasure fortress filled with gold.[79] |   |
History
In the wake of the Empire's fall, looters mistakenly released Mister Dark, who proceeded to drain them of life.[80] Frau Totenkinder later created a magic gateway from the mundy world to follow a "trail of gold, to a world that finds itself overburdened with it."[81] Her journey took her to Tiabrut, where she entered the fortress and examined Mister Dark's former prison.[79] She then had the gold shipped to the Farm[82] to solve Fabletown's financial difficulties.[81] | |
Toyland[]
 
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Winterlance Floating Worlds[]
| The Winterlance Floating Worlds are mentioned in Jack of Fables #46 — "Hot Librarians! The First Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero for hire, although the mission ended in failure. | |
Wonderland[]
| Wonderland is mentioned by the Knave of Hearts in Fables: The Wolf Among Us #30 — "Heart of Glass Part 9 “It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)”." After stealing tarts[83] in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts flees to the Looking Glass World.[84] Wonderland is assumed to have been conquered, since numerous playing cards and the Cheshire Cat are residents of Fabletown;[85] while Alice,[86] the Hatter,[87] the Dormouse and the March Hare were held prisoner at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village.[87] | |
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Original source
Wonderland is the setting in the 1865 children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. | |
World of the Far North[]
| The World of the Far North,[88] also known as the Lands of the North or just the North,[88][89] is the world ruled by North Wind,[88] located east of the sun and west of the moon. It is a world that is remote and nearly barren. The few who dwell close to the North Wind's stronghold are monstrous and myth-altered, most of them deviants; and even far away from his home, only the most hardiest can survive.[7] The North Wind's world was not taken, as the Adversary's minions "knew to leave him alone."[49] |   |
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Original source
The North Wind's dwelling is based on the house of the North Wind from the Norwegian fairy tale of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." This is implied in Fables: The Last Castle, and confirmed in Fables #99 — "Dark City." | |
Yankum[]
| Yankum,[91] also known as The Hunting World,[92] first appears in "The Last Blossom Story," a short story from Fables #150 — "Farewell." It is the privately owned world of Blossom Wolf,[91] although she states that her ownership is more of a caretaker's authority than possession.[92] The name translates to "blossom" in the local tongue. Anyone in the world, resident or visitor, is there by Blossom's leave.[91] |   |
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Ynnes[]
| Ynnes appears in Fables #68 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Eight: Kingdom," and is one of the worlds that came under the rule of the Empire. |   |
History
Following the appearance of several flyers there from Flycatcher's Kingdom of Haven, which were mysteriously dropped from the sky, the Imperial forces issued a violent decree to incinerate one of the nearby villages as retribution. | |
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Aldara Quoor[]
| The Aldara Quoor is mentioned in Jack of Fables #46 — "Hot Librarians! The First Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" Jack Frost II and his owl Macduff did some mining investments there, which returned some decent profits. | |
Anguish Dome[]
| The Anguish Dome briefly appears in flashbacks in Fairest: In All the Land. It was built by the enchanter Cendrée, and was one of the many "wondrous things of power and insight" that the wizard created. |   |
Antrigonet[]
| Antrigonet is mentioned in Jack of Fables #48 — "The Impaled Wild Man! The Third Ingredient in the Most Unabashedly Genius Jack of Fables Story in Human History!" The robot Mister Click once served the Queen of Antrigonet. | |
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Queen | |
Athebore[]
| Athebore is mentioned in Jack of Fables #50 — "The Dragon, His Sidekick, a Nemesis, & Their Cows: The Final Indispensable Components in the Last Jack of Fables Story of All Time!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero for hire. | |
Atlantis[]
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Mersey Dotes (formerly; immigrated) | ||
Original source
Atlantis, also spelled Atalantis or Atlantica, is a legendary island that was located in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Over time, the inhabitants became wicked and impious and their home was destroyed in a series of earthquakes, eventually being swallowed up by the sea. Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias are the original sources for the Atlantis legend.[93] | ||
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Bald Mountain[]
| Bald Mountain appears in Jack of Fables #16 — "Jack o' Lantern." It is home to Chernobog, one of the Devils Jack Horner made a deal with to prolong his life. |   |
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Balthador's Gate[]
| Balthador's Gate is mentioned in Jack of Fables #46 — "Hot Librarians! The First Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero-for hire. | |
Beaucaire[]
| The Homelands version of Beaucaire is mentioned in Fables: The Last Castle as the home of Count Aucassin de Beaucaire. Although not stated in the comic, "Aucassin de Beaucaire" is French for "Aucassin of Beaucaire." | |
Residents
Count Aucassin de Beaucaire † (formerly) | |
Original source
This location is based on Beaucaire from the French chantefable Aucassin and Nicolette. It recounts the tale of Aucassin, son of Count Garin of Beaucaire, who so loved Nicolette, a Saracen maiden, who had been sold to the Viscount of Beaucaire, baptized and adopted by him, that he had forsaken knighthood and chivalry and even refused to defend his father's territories from enemies. | |
Bluebeard's lands[]
| Bluebeard's lands briefly appear in flashbacks in Fables #3 — "Chapter Three: Blood Tells." Bluebeard stated that he enjoyed maintaining his lands wolf and vermin-free, and was not afraid to kill them if necessary. |   |
Bornegascar[]
| Bornegascar is first mentioned in Fables: The Last Castle. It is heavily implied to have been conquered, as the King of Bornegascar; his arch enemy, the King of Madagao; and what remained of their forces, were among the people who found refuge at the keep at world's end.[94] Bornegascar is also mentioned in Fables: The Wolf Among Us #26 — "Heart of Glass Part 5 “Why Can't I Be You?”," in which the Knave of Hearts presents Mary with a corset with stays made from whalebone from a beast harpooned off the coast of the kingdom. | |
Residents
The King of Bornegascar (formerly) | |
Original source
Bornegascar is from the story "Two Kings" from the short story collection Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Pierce. | |
Boxen[]
| Boxen is mentioned in the graphic novel Fables: The Last Castle and was the site of one of the famous battles of Colonel Bearskin's Free Company during the Adversary's invasion. | |
Original source
Boxen is a fictional world invented by C. S. Lewis and his brother Warren when they were children, as described in his memoir Surprised by Joy.[95] The stories they invented were published posthumously as Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis in 1985. | |
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Camelot[]
| Camelot appears in flashbacks in Fables #62 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Three: Knighthood." According to the ghost of Sir Lancelot, the legend of Camelot and its fabled King Arthur set the standard of "true chivalry" for all of Christendom and its legend touched much of the pagan worlds beyond. Lancelot's betrayal would eventually lead to Camelot's downfall.[96] |   |
Original source
In Arthurian legend, Camelot is the seat of King Arthur's court. The exact location of Camelot is still debated. Some believe it's located in Caerleon, Monmouthshire, in Wales, while others cite Queen Camel, Somerset; Camelford, Cornwall; Winchester, Hampshire; or Cadbury Castle, Somerset as possible sites.[98] | |
Cannondale[]
| Cannondale is mentioned in Fables #137 — "An Early Winter: Part Six of Camelot," and is where Mr. Brump the goblin is from. | |
Residents
Mr. Brump (formerly) | |
Castle Allerleirauh[]
| Castle Allerleirauh[99] first appears in flashbacks in Fables: The Wolf Among Us #5 — "Chapter Five" and was the seat of the kingdom belonging to King Edward and his daughter Faith. |   |
Residents
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Original source
Castle Allerleirauh is based on the palace from the fairy tale "Donkeyskin" by Charles Perrault, and the King's castle from the variant "Allerleirauh" by the Brothers Grimm. | |
Colchester[]
| Colchester is first referred to in Jack of Fables #2 — "Jack in the Box." Humpty Dumpty, who can blast away like a cannon, served as one for the Homelands version of the Battle of Colchester.[100] | |
Residents
Humpty Dumpty[101] † (formerly) | |
Original source
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The Dark Tower[]
| The Dark Tower briefly appears in flashbacks in Fairest: In All the Land. Long before Childe Roland came to the tower, it was the home and workshop of the wizard Cendrée, an enchanter known for creating the Maerorgladi, and many other wondrous things of power and insight. |   |
Residents
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Original source
The Dark Tower is from Robert Browning's narrative poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. | |
Dunhollow[]
| Dunhollow is mentioned in Fables #137 — "An Early Winter: Part Six of Camelot," and is where Lady Maeve is from. | |
Residents
Lady Maeve (formerly) | |
Original source
In the Ulster Cycle, a body of legends from ancient Irish literature, Maeve, or Medb, holds the title of Queen of Connacht.[103] | |
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Eastermouse[]
| Eastermouse is mentioned in Fables #137 — "An Early Winter: Part Six of Camelot," and is where Mr. Brump the goblin is also from. | |
Residents
Mr. Brump (formerly) | |
Edge of the world[]
| The edge of the world appears in flashbacks in Fairest #9 — "The Hidden Kingdom Chapter Two: Hard-Boiled Wonderland." Rapunzel once sailed off the edge of the world, and washed up on the shores of the Hidden Kingdom.[104] |   |
Original source
The edge of the world is from the archaic model of the Flat Earth. | |
Erceldoune[]
| Erceldoune is mentioned in Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #12 — "The Bones of What You Believe: The Conclusion of The Unsentimental Education." Thomas of Erceldoune is stated to be from this place. | |
Residents
Thomas of Erceldoune (formerly) | |
Original source
Erceldoune is an old name of Earlston, Scotland. Thomas of Erceldoune is based on Thomas the Rhymer, a real-world Scottish poet and prophet from Erceldoune, known from the ballad of the same name, and popular lore. | |
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Floating Cities of Dabb[]
| The Floating Cities of Dabb appear in Fables #124 — "A Revolution in Oz, Chapter Eleven: Emperor Bufkin." Bufkin liberated the slaves there during his many adventures. |   |
Folly's Well[]
| Folly's Well briefly appears in flashbacks in Fairest: In All the Land. It was dug by the enchanter Cendrée, and was one of the many "wondrous things of power and insight" that the wizard created. |   |
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Gallows Crest[]
| Gallows Crest is mentioned in Fables #141 — "Remembrance Day: Chapter One of Happily Ever After" and held one of the magical gateways that Fabletown took control of during the war with the Adversary. | |
Gothal Negros[]
| Gothal Negros is mentioned in Jack of Fables #50 — "The Dragon, His Sidekick, a Nemesis, & Their Cows: The Final Indispensable Components in the Last Jack of Fables Story of All Time!" Jack Frost was involved in an incident there while working as a hero for hire. | |
Locations
The Topless Black Tower of Gothal Negros was brought down by Jack Frost. | |
The Great Wiggly River[]
| The Great Wiggly River is mentioned by Ollikandar Strikeswift during Mr. Brump the Goblin's trial in Fables #93 — "The Little Murder, Part 2 of 2." | |
Residents
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Original source
The Great Wiggly River is based on the river from the fable of The Scorpion and the Frog. | |
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Hall of the Mountain King[]
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The Hall of the Mountain King appears in Fables #150 — "The Last Lake Story" and is home to the Mountain King, one of the Great Powers. He owed a great deal of debt to the Lady of the Lake. One day, she arrived to collect the debt owed and presented a solution for settling it: by providing her with an exquisite fate with a happy ending and middle, but plenty of challenges along the way. The Mountain King complied with her request. |
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Original source
The Hall of the Mountain King is a location from the verse play Peer Gynt by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.[105] The Mountain King is a powerful troll king[106] who resides in the Hall of the Mountain King[107] with his court of subterranean creatures.[106] "In the Hall of the Mountain King" is also the name of a famous piece of orchestral music composed by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg for a scene in Ibsen's play.[108] | |
Hall of Waiting[]
| The Hall of Waiting is mentioned in Fairest: In All the Land. It was built by the enchanter Cendrée, and was one of the many "wondrous things of power and insight" that the wizard created. | |
Harvest Town[]
| Harvest Town is mentioned in Fables #86 — "Boxing Days" and is where "the Janky Man" was boxed away. | |
Hollyfield[]
| Hollyfield is mentioned in the graphic novel Fables: The Last Castle and was the site of one of the famous battles of Colonel Bearskin's Free Company during the Adversary's invasion. According to Boy Blue, it ended in a "hellish rout." | |
The homelands of the "civilized apes"[]
| The homelands of the "civilized apes" appear in flashbacks in Jack of Fables #36 — "Jack 'n' Apes." Some of the apes lived in cities and towns, with modern conveniences, art and culture; others lived in the countryside, and others in "blissful simplicity." |   |
History
After their homelands were conquered by the Adversary's forces, some of the apes fled to West Africa in the mundane world, where they settled down in the jungle. | |
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Locations
Hundred Acre Wood  | |
Original source
In Winnie-the-Pooh, the first book of the series, Sanders is the name of the person who resided at Pooh's home prior to Pooh making it his house,[110] and Winnie-the-Pooh and several other characters from the books were based on the stuffed toys of Milne's son. | |
Houses of the four winds[]
| The houses of the four winds are mentioned in Fables: The Last Castle. According to Boy Blue, the Fables who fled to the keep at world's end had fled beyond these houses, as they had lost faith that they could prevail against the Adversary. | |
Residents
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Original source
The houses of the four winds are based on the houses of the North Wind, South Wind, West Wind and East Wind from the Norwegian fairy tale of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." This is implied in Fables: The Last Castle, and confirmed for the North Wind's castle in Fables #99 — "Dark City." | |
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Janne Secundus[]
| Janne Secundus is mentioned in Jack of Fables #50 — "The Dragon, His Sidekick, a Nemesis, & Their Cows: The Final Indispensable Components in the Last Jack of Fables Story of All Time!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero for hire. | |
Residents
Holocaust beast † | |
John the Presbyter's lost kingdom[]
| John the Presbyter's lost kingdom is mentioned in Fables #62 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Three: Knighthood." When the ghost of Sir Lancelot knights Ambrose, he endows him with the privilege to carry arms and dispense justice, "by the blood of every true king." Among those kings, he references "John the Presbyter in his lost kingdom." | |
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Original source
In the legends, Prester John, also known as John the Elder and Presbyter John, was a purported king-priest reigning "in the Far East beyond Persia and Armenia."[111] | |
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Karth[]
| Karth is referred to in Fables #137 — "An Early Winter: Part Six of Camelot," and is one of the domains of the North Wind. At one point, Winter, the new North Wind, is there, planning a storm. | |
Keep at world's end[]
| The keep at world's end,[5] also known as the keep at world's end,[94] the keep at the end of the world,[94] and simply world's end,[5] appears in flashbacks in Fables: The Last Castle. It is located east of the sun and west of the moon, and was were one of the last gateways to escape the Adversary still existed back during the early nineteenth century in the mundane world. This was where the last Fable refugees made their stand.[94] |   |
Original source
The keep at world's end is based on the Castle from the Norwegian fairy tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," which is located East of the Sun and West of the Moon, much like the Keep. | |
Kingdom of Haven[]
 
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Kingdom of Lilliput[]
| The Kingdom of Lilliput appears in flashbacks in Fables #18 — "Barleycorn Brides." |   |
History
The Adversary's forces planned to claim this kindom in their conquest, believing that a single squad would suffice due to the small size of its residents. When Lilliput's expedition force discovered the Adversary's scheme, they opted to flee instead of returning home, due to the fear that they would bring their enemy back with them. They later settled down in Smalltown of Fabletown's upstate Farm annex. | |
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Original source
Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. | |
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The Labyrinth[]
| The Labyrinth appears in flashbacks in Fairest #10 — "The Hidden Kingdom Chapter Three: Lost in Translation" during Rapunzel's quest for her lost daughters, she entered the Labyrinth and slew the Minotaur. |   |
Residents
Minotaur † | |
Original source
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. | |
Lands of the West[]
| The Lands of the West are mentioned in Fables #110 — "Allies: Chapter Three of Inherit the Wind" and are ruled by the West Wind. The West Wind's dwelling is indirectly referred to in Fables: The Last Castle, in which Boy Blue mentions the "houses of the four winds" and how the Fables who fled to the keep at world's end had fled beyond these houses. | |
Original source
Boy Blue's description in Fables: The Last Castle suggest that the West Wind's lands are based on the House of the West Wind from the Norwegian fairy tale of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon." | |
Lauda's childhood home[]
| Lauda's childhood home appears in Fables #148 — "Tontine: Chapter Eight of Happily Ever After," and is located worlds away from where she inevitably settled. |   |
Levant[]
| The Homelands version of Levant is mentioned in Jack of Fables #32 — "The Book of Revelations: The Books of War, Volume Five." Prose Page spent years there during her quest for knowledge in the Homelands. | |
Lemuria[]
| The Homelands version of Lemuria is mentioned in Fables #128 — "Through a Glass Darkly: Chapter Four of Snow White." When Beast tricked the Blue Fairy into a marriage proposal in the name of Geppetto, the latter sent Lake as her representative to negotiate the terms of the wedding.[113] One of the magical treasures that Beast's suggested as the Blue Fairy's dowry to Geppetto, was a golden chalice with the tears of the nine thousand gods of lost Lemuria. | |
Original source
The real-world Lemuria is a mythical continent purported to have been in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. | |
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Madagao[]
| Madagao is mentioned in Fables: The Last Castle. It is heavily implied to have been conquered, as the King of Madagao; his arch enemy, the King of Bornegascar; and what remained of their forces, were among the people who found refuge at the keep at world's end.[94] | |
Residents
The King of Madagao (formerly) | |
Original source
Madagao is from the story "Two Kings" from the short story collection Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Pierce. | |
The Mediterranean[]
| The Homelands version of the Mediterranean is mentioned in Fables #90 — "Ozma: Chapter Four of Witches" and is where Sycorax is from. Sycorax despises cold weather due to her accustomedness to the Mediterranean climate. | |
Residents
Sycorax (formerly) | |
Original source
In William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Sycorax is from Algiers, located in the far north on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. | |
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The North Pole[]
| The North Pole first appears in Fables #56 – "“Jiminy Christmas”" and is the real version, where Santa Claus lives.[114] |   |
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Original source
According to legend, Santa Claus resides at the North Pole with his wife, where he devotes his time to crafting toys throughout the year, with assistance from his loyal elves, and receives countless letters from hopeful children, eagerly requesting their desired Christmas gifts. There he receives letters from children asking for Christmas gifts.[115] | |
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Oakcourt[]
| Oakcoart is mentioned in the graphic novel Fables: The Last Castle and was the site of one of the famous battles of Colonel Bearskin's Free Company during the Adversary's invasion. | |
Oak Hollows Gate[]
| The Oak Hollows Gate appears in a brief flashback in Fables #18 — "Barleycorn Brides." This was a magic gateway between the mundane world and the Homelands, which Johnny Bullhorn and Arrow passed through during their quest for the magic barleycorns. Forty years later, the Adversary's warlocks found the gateway and destroyed it. |   |
Onyx[]
| Onyx is mentioned in Jack of Fables #46 — "Hot Librarians! The First Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero-for hire. | |
Residents
Nine princes | |
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Red City[]
| The Red City was mentioned by the Snow Queen in Fables #53 — "Sons of the Empire, Part Two: The Four Plagues." Red City Plague originates from this City. | |
Original source
Red City Plague might be a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death." | |
Rome[]
| Rome is mentioned in Jack of Fables #23 — "1883, Chapter Two: Moon of the Wolf" and Jack of Fables #24 — "1883, Chapter Three: The Showdown," and is the fabled version of the capital of Italy. Incitatus was a member of its senate.[116] | |
Residents
Incitatus (formerly) | |
Ruby Lake[]
| Ruby Lake is mentioned in the graphic novel Fables: The Last Castle and was the site of one of the famous battles of Colonel Bearskin's Free Company during the Adversary's invasion. | |
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Sarukan[]
| Sarukan is referred to in Jack of Fables #46 — "Hot Librarians! The First Ingredient in the Ultimate Jack of Fables Story!" and Jack of Fables #50 — "The Dragon, His Sidekick, a Nemesis, & Their Cows: The Final Indispensable Components in the Last Jack of Fables Story of All Time!" Jack Frost II was involved in an incident there while working as a hero-for hire. | |
Scanda[]
| Scanda is mentioned in Fables #107 — "Waking Beauty," and is the land that Prince Lindworm is the ruler of. | |
Residents
Prince Lindworm | |
Original source
Scanda is based on the titular character's kingdom from the Danish fairy tale of "King Lindworm." | |
Scythia[]
| The Homelands version of Scythia is mentioned in Fables #90 — "Ozma: Chapter Four of Witches," where Maddy, also known as Medea and Sycorax, states that she was once known as the "Scythian Raven." | |
Trivia
The real-world Scythia is an ancient region of Southeast Europe and Asia, centered around the north coast of the Black Sea, which is now part of Ukraine.[117] Maddy's alias, the "Scythian Raven," alludes to one of Medea's surnames and the speculation that Shakespeare combined the words "Scythian" and "corax" (Greek for "raven") to create Sycorax's name.[118] The Scythians were a nomadic people who established a rich and powerful empire situated in the area that is now known as Crimea.[119] | |
Sycorax's tropical island[]
| A tropical island is mentioned in Fables #90 — "Ozma: Chapter Four of Witches" and is the former home of Sycorax. She despises cold weather due to her accustomedness to the Mediterranean climate.[82] Sycorax[81] and Prospero are members of Fabletown's 13th Floor of magicians and spell-casters.[82] | |
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Thrumbly Warrens[]
| Thrumbly Warrens is a land inhabited by talking rabbits. These were shown as being taken in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall. The comic suggests that Thrumbly Warren is either a world or a kingdom, though it does not specify which. |   |
Residents
Colonel Thunderfoot (formerly) | |
Trivia
This location was inspired by Watership Down.[120] | |
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Valley of King Noble[]
| The Valley of King Noble appears in a flashback story in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall — "The Christmas Pies." It was a sprawling, forested valley inhabited by animal Fables and ruled by King Noble, the lion. |   |
History
At first, the Adversary's forces let King Noble continue to rule, as long as he kept his subjects pacified and paid taxes to the Empire. However, they were not allowed to celebrate Christmas, and the enemy seized the forest's magic gateway that lead to the mundane world, and arrested anyone who attempted to flee through it. Noble and his people, desiring freedom from the evil oppressors, eventually found a way to escape through the gateway after Reynard tricked the enemy into leaving it unguarded for one night.[6] | |
Residents
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Original source
The Valley of King Noble is based on King Noble's kingdom from the literary cycle of Reynard the Fox. | |
Vestiri[]
| Vestiri is mentioned in Fables #36 — "Death & Taxes: Chapter One of Homelands" and was the site of a battle where Chernomor and Boy Blue fought on opposing sides, with Chernomor's side fighting for the Adversary and the other against. During a reconnaissance mission in the Homelands, Blue finds Chernomor reading aload a poem about the battle, in which the latter is described as "the captain of the west, birthed from crashing sea--his home" and the leader of "the fabled thirty and three, puissant knights, also birthed out from the sea." Blue interrupts his reading, claiming that the poem is not accurate: Despite what it says about Chernomor's victory, it was actually Boy Blue's side that emerged as the true winners. | |
Trivia
Although Vestiri itself is a location created for the comic, Chernomor's thirty-three knights are reference to the Russian fairy tale "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Alexander Pushkin, in which a prince visits the titular character's court and overhears his elder aunt telling the merchants about an army of thirty-three men led by one Chernomor that march in the sea. Chernomor himself is from Puskin's epic poem/fairy tale Ruslan and Ludmila. | |
Spiritual planes[]
Heaven[]
| Heaven appears in flashbacks in Jack of Fables #16 — "Jack o' Lantern." It's a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky. |   |
Hell[]
| Hell appears in flashbacks in Jack of Fables #15 — "The Bad Prince, Part Four: (Enchanted) Blade Runner" and Jack of Fables #16 — "Jack o' Lantern," and in the present day in the chapter story Fables #148 — "The Very Last Jack of Fables Story of All Time." |   |
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The Underworld[]
| The Underworld is mentioned in Fables #150 — "The Last Snow and Bigby Story" and Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #5 — "Turn and Face the Strange: The Conclusion of The Pandora Protocol." There are different Underworlds, each ruled by a different deity. One Underworld is ruled by Supay,[124] while another is ruled by Hel, a descendant of Snow White and Bigby Wolf.[91] | |
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Trivia[]
In Peter & Max: A Fables Novel, it was stated that the mundane world's new year didn't match up with any of the calendars the Fables had used in the hundred-plus worlds they'd come from.
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See also[]
| Jack of Fables | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Jack Horner • Kevin Thorn • Gary • Mister Revise • Robin Page • Priscilla Page • Hillary Page • Jack Frost • Babe • Snow Queen • Wicked John • Alice |
| Locations | Fabletown • Golden Boughs Retirement Village |