| “ | Does the mighty sultan invite a peasant to share his table? Run along, little panther. | „ |
| ~ Shere Khan insulting Bagheera in Fables #7 — "The Guns of Fabletown: Part Two of Animal Farm" |
Shere Khan is a Fable tiger who lives at the Farm. He debuts in Fables #7 — "The Guns of Fabletown: Part Two of Animal Farm." During Goldilocks's failed revolution, Shere Khan hunted Snow White down in an attempt to take her life. In the end, Snow White had to fire at him to protect herself, ultimately ending his life.
History
Goldilocks' revolution
During Goldilocks' revolution at the Farm, Reynard the Fox is almost caught by Bagheera and Shere Khan, but escapes and arrives to warn Snow White they must flee because the revolutionaries will be coming after her next.[3]
The next day, Shere Khan slowly makes his move towards the two refugees from behind as they make their way toward the Valley of the Big Sleepers. Reynard catches his scent and tells Snow to continue on and she will find a remote cave. As she runs, Reynard tries to distract Shere Khan, buy Khan states that he is interested in Snow. Reynard decides to bite Shere Khan in the tail to earn his attention.[1] Reynard holds on as long as he can, but Khan manages to shake him off.[4] Snow is attempting to climb the rocky mountain when she discovers that Shere Khan is right behind her. He tells her that a "single mouthful on four legs" like Reynard couldn't be enough to stop him. As Shere Khan is about to reach her, Snow bonks him in the nose with a metal helmet with a gun mounted to the top, made for animal Fables. The pain causes Shere Khan to fall back off the mountain into the branches below. He comes back angry, and Snow grabs at the gun on the helmet, hoping that it's loaded. Her luck holds out, and she shoots Shere Khan as he lunges for her. Grabbing the edge, he asks for mercy. Snow just shoots him over and over until the gun is empty. Shere Khan falls away and Snow is left alone on the mountain side.[1] King Noble tells Reynard to find out if Snow is still alive. Eventually he finds the remains of Shere Khan at the bottom of the mountain and is pleased that Snow was able to take care of herself. [4]
Ghost
While Khan's grave is marked at the site of his demise, his body is secretly transported to Fabletown and dumped down the Witching Well to prevent his resurrection.[5]
However, Flycatcher later travels through down the well[5] and leads an exodus of willing spirits out of the lands of the dead to retake his kingdom in the Homelands. Shere Khan joins them as a means to regain corporeal form[6] then betrays the group to the Adversary, unaware that Flycatcher is taking advantage of the tiger's duplicitous nature to deal a crippling blow to the Emperor's forces. Flycatcher proceeds to turn Khan back into a ghost and banish him from the kingdom.[7] After leading the army to Haven,[8] Shere Khan and the ghost of Bluebeard are brought to the Imperial City, for repeated treatments to restore their bodies. However, progress proved to be slow and even after months of treatment Bluebeard can only lift a cup for less than a minute.[9]
Appearances
Fables
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fables #8 — "The Pirates of Upstate New York: Part Three of Animal Farm"
- ↑ Fairest #16 — "The Prince Who Would Be Maharaja: Part Two of The Return of the Maharaja"
- ↑ Fables #7 — "The Guns of Fabletown: Part Two of Animal Farm"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fables #9 — "Warlord of the Flies: Part Four of Animal Farm"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fables #63 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Four: Home"
- ↑ Fables #65 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Five: Duel"
- ↑ Fables #66 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Six: Envoy"
- ↑ Fables #67 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Seven: Haven"
- ↑ Fables #68 — "The Good Prince, Chapter Eight: Kingdom"