| “ | Silly grandma! That's not a problem! I'm a little girl, remember? I'm made of sugar, and spice, and everything nice! | „ |
| ~ Jordan Yow to her grandmother, Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #5 — "Turn and Face the Strange: The Conclusion of The Pandora Protocol" |
Jordan Yow is a young mundy girl turned Fable who has gained powerful magical abilities since the introduction of magic into the mundane world. She debuts in Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #1 — "The Show Me State: Chapter One of The Pandora Protoco." Feathertop, deeming her too dangerous to keep alive, sends Bo Peep on a mission to assassinate her, but Bo fakes Jordan's death and sends her to Nibiru to heal the dead world. But in the end, Feathertop's fears are proven valid as Jordan decides to raise an army of the undead and conquer the entire mundy world.
History
Hunting Jordan
The Shadow Players agents Bo Peep, Hansel, and Bo's husband Peter Piper, embark on a mission in the mundane world to capture Jordan Yow,[1] a twelve years old[4] mundy girl who has gained magical abilities since the introduction of magic into the mundy world. The comrades battle against a swarm of zombies and other horrifying beings. As they cautiously explore an abandoned train station, they stumble upon a peculiar train that seems to have appeared out of nowhere, not resting on any rails as if it was simply dropped in place by some unknown force. Inside the train, Bo and Hansel discover Jordan. However, instead of capturing her, Hansel declares he will kill her. When Bo attempts to stop him, she receives a blow to her knee from his walking stick. Peter locates his injured wife, and she begs him to stop Hansel from killing Jordan.[1] Bo and her husband make an attempt to apprehend Jordan without harming her, but the girl teleports out of their grasp.[2]
Helping Jordan
Bo shares with Feathertop the details of their encounter with the monsters and reveals that they were figures from St. Louis folklore that Jordan raised from the collective unconscious. Using a magical map of the mundane world, the truthsayer Thomas of Erceldoune is able to locate Jordan. Feathertop demands for Bo to kill the girl, which shocks her. Despite the pressure, Bo stands firm in her decision not to harm a child. In an attempt to persuade her, he brings her to Nibiru, a once prosperous world that was destroyed by powerful magic. Feathertop cautions her that if she chooses to spare Jordan's life, the mundy world could suffer the same fate.[5] But Bo firmly states that she cannot live with the weight of Jordan's death on her conscience. Feathertop then reveals a heartbreaking tale of being forced to witness the deaths of countless innocent beings on the planet Nibiru, hearing the screams of children and smelling their burning flesh. He orders her to fulfill her responsibility, in order to prevent the children of the mundane world from meeting a similar fate.[4]
Bo intercepts a call from Jordan's panicked grandmother to 911. She frantically explains that Jordan has murdered her own family, and resurrected them as walking zombies. With the help of Glam in a Can, Bo transforms her appearance into that of a police officer and heads to Jordan's hous, introducing herself as Officer Lamb from the Chicago Police Department. Bo expresses her concern for Jordan, and offers to help her. Jordan accepts the offer and agrees to go with her. Noticing Bo's knee injury, she heals it with her magic. Bo fakes Jordan's death by using Glam in a Can to transform a pig into an exact replica of Jordan and executing it. She then dumps the body in a rendering plant furnace, and sends the girl to Nibiru to help resurrect the dead world. When she returns to headquarters, she provides body cam footage as proof of the "deed."[3]
But, it seems that Feathertop's concerns[4] were valid as Jordan now sets out to gather an army of the undead and take over the mundy world. [6]
Physical appearance
Bo Peep describes Jordan as a twelve year old child who wears neon-colored bracelets and puts her hair up in barrettes.[5] Jordan and her family are Asian Americans.
Etymology
"Yow" is a common surname among Overseas Chinese communities around the world.[7] Given her last name and appearance, Jordan is likely Chinese American.
Appearances
Everafter: From the Pages of Fables
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #1 (first appearance)
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #2
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #3
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #4 (mentioned)
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #5
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #12