| “ | The Empire can't put anything in the air to challenge us. | „ |
| ~ Sinbad to Prince Charming and Boy Blue in Fables #75 — "War & Pieces, Part Three: The Fire Ship" |
Sinbad is a human Fable from the Homelands version of Baghdad, who is part of the envoy of Arabian Fables to arrive in Fabletown. He debuts in Fables #42 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter One: Broken English."
History
Fabletown
Arriving in Fabletown with his envoy and his minister Yusuf to meet Prince Charming, Sinbad is met with the barrier of their different language and culture. Charming is unprepared to host them,[1] and once Fabletown learns that Sinbad had brought a d'jinn along, tensions rise high. Thanks to Totenkinder, a disaster is avoided, and with the arrival of King Cole who both speaks Sinbad's language and knew of his customs and culture, the relationship between Fabletown and the Arabian Fables is strengthened. After seeing Fabletown, Sinbad decides to prepare his own people in the event that their evacuation from their Homeland be necessary, using it as a model.
War with the Empire
During the war against the Empire, Sinbad is the captain of the ship Glory of Baghdad,[5] which has been built combining Arabian and Fabletown technology and magic. Charming serves as his second in command, and they successfully lead their mission. At the last step, however, the ship is attacked and catches fire. Sinbad escapes unscathed, and helps Charming through their last mission to the very end.
After the war, Sinbad is married to Rose Red.[6] She divorces him,[4] causing Sinbad to leave with one of the air ships in order to help recover the Homelands after their victory against the Adversary.
Reunion with Prince Charming
Charming is ultimately discovered to be alive and well in the Homelands.[7] One day, he receives a visit from his former ally Sinbad, who extends an invitation to return to Fabletown with him. Charming agrees to the proposal. Nalayani decides to come with Charming, and they embark on a voyage aboard one of Sinbad's flying carpets.[8]
Pan Caliphate leader
Later, in one of the old worlds of the long-fallen Empire, Sinbad ventures forth to claim the unidentified world in the name of his newly formed Pan Caliphate. He threatens to drop jars of cockatrices, which are in a state of suspended animation, as living bombs upon the inhabitants; or alternatively, jars of basilisks, salamanders, or other living weapons.[2]
Eventually, Charming, Nalayani and Boo Bear the younger join forces in a guerilla war against Sinbad's fleet, as Charming, despite viewing Sinbad as a friend, refuses to let a new empire come to power.[9]
Personality and traits
Sinbad is a mariner sent to Fabletown to meet with Prince Charming in order to form an alliance against the Adversary. Sinbad's relationship with Fabletown was off to a rocky start,[1] but he does not take the misunderstandings personally. Eventually, he sees Fabletown as a new beginning, something that could be positive for his own people. He cares about the Fables of his land and likes to settle things as diplomatically as possible.
Physical appearance
Sinbad is a tall, attractive Middle-Eastern man with tan skin and a muscular build. He has brown eyes and dark hair.
Powers and abilities
Powers
Immortality: Like all Fables, Sinbad is extremely long-lived and difficult to kill. Allegedly, the caliber of his immortality is based on how well known he is among the mundy.
Abilities
Seamanship: Sinbad is an accomplished seaman and ship's captain.
Appearances
Fables
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Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
Fairest
The Unwritten Fables
- The Unwritten #51 (alternate universe)
- The Unwritten #53 (alternate universe)
Original source
He is based on Sindbad (Arabic: السندباد البحري, as-Sindibād al-Baḥri; Persian: سندباد, Sandbād), the hero of Sinbad the Sailor from the One Thousand and One Nights. His name has many meanings, including Lord of Sindh and Wind that blows over the Sindh. The term "Sindh" is the native Hindi-Urdu name for the Indus River in present-day Pakistan and the origin of the name "Sindria" (which appears to be based on India, or the Indian subcontinent). Thus, Sinbad is the ruler of Sindria.
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Fables #42 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter One: Broken English"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fables #142 — "The Last Sinbad Story"
- ↑ Fables #45 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter Four: Act of War"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fables #81 — "The Blue Horizon: Chapter Five of the Dark Ages"
- ↑ Fables #75 — "War & Pieces, Part Three: The Fire Ship"
- ↑ Fables #77 — "Life in a Headless Empire — Chapter One of The Dark Ages"
- ↑ Fairest #15 — "Nalayani: Part One of The Return of Maharaja"
- ↑ Fairest #20 — "Charming to the Last: The Return of the Maharaja Part Six"
- ↑ Fables #146 — "The Toxic Dream"