The Homelands are the mythical lands from fairy tales, folklore, and nursery rhymes in the comic book series Fables. The majority of those listed have been conquered by the mysterious Adversary, as he has conquered most of the European Fable lands. This is a list of the Homelands that have been directly referenced in Fables and its spin-offs Jack of Fables, Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, Cinderella: Fables are Forever and Fairest.
Major lands ToscaneFables #99: Dark City – also known as the Imperial Homeworld,Fables: Homelands this world is Italian in nature, which can be seen in the Roman styles of architecture of Calabri Anagni, the capital city of the Empire. This world is home to several Italian Fables: The Adversary and the characters from the tale of Pinocchio. It was formerly the home Sacred grove, now located in the Kingdom of Haven.Fables #69: The Good Prince, Chapter Nine When translated into Latin, Calabri refers to the Boot heel-shaped peninsula in Italy and Anagni refers to the ancient town in central Italy. The Kingdom of the Great Lion – a reference to Narnia,Nevins, Jess, Willingham, Bill, Buckingham, Mark (2013). Fables Encyclopedia. New York. DC Comics. . Page 240 it was another land that was conquered early on.Fables #5: Legends in Exile, Chapter Five Due to the Chronicles of Narnia currently being protected by copyright, the kingdom may never be officially named. The first chapter of "War And Pieces" is called "The Voyage Of The Sky Treader",Fables #73: War and Pieces, Chapter One which may be a reference to The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (the 5th book in the "Narnia" series, using the internal chronology). In Fables #137 (Camelot, Part Six), Winter refers to a book her mother reads to her and her siblings all the time, about a land where there is always winter, but never Christmas;Fables #137: Camelot, Part 6 this is a reference to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Lilliput – from Gulliver's Travels, it is unknown if the island of Lilliput is conquered by the Adversary, but the first party that came from Lilliput is now living in Smalltown of Fabletown's upstate Farm annex.Fables #18: Barleycorn Brides Bornegascar and Madagao – from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce, the rival kings managed to escape and died side by side in The Last Castle.Fables: The Last Castle The Kingdom of the North Wind – also referred to as "the North",Fables #110: Inherit the Wind, Chapter Three the lands of the North Wind were not taken, as the Adversary's minions "knew to leave him alone". Foggytown is located in the Kingdom of the North Wind.Fables #102: Super Team, Chapter One The Rus – a mythical version of RussiaPeter and Max: A Fables Novel and home to many Slavic Fables. Baba Yaga, the mice and the cat from the Russian lubok The Mice are burying the Cat,Fables #37: Homelands, Chapter Two and Ivan Durak,Cinderella: Fables Are Forever all came from this world. It was controlled by Baba Yaga, until she was captured in the Battle of Fabletown. Her Knights also patrolled the lands until they were beheaded by Boy Blue. Prose Page spent years in the Rus during her quest for knowledge in the Homelands.Jack of Fables #32: The Books of War, Volume Five Mundane Russia is approximately one-sixteenth the size of the magical Rus. Dunhill, Viss, Haven, and Lamien – the home of Lumi, the Snow Queen.Jack of Fables #6: Jack Frost, Part One These were not conquered, as Lumi made a deal in which she would use her powers in the Adversary's service, if he would spare her world.Fairest #4: Wide Awake, Chapter Four The Arabian Homeworld – the Arabic Fable Homeworld,Fables #42: Arabian Nights (and Days), Part One it is a primary Islamic world host to places such as Ali Baba's Cave,Fables #45: Arabian Nights (and Days), Part Four mythical versions of Baghdad and Samarcand and Fabletown East. Flying carpets,Fables #46: The Ballad of Rodney and June, Part One Manticores and Ghouls can also be found in this world. A gate to this world is found in modern-day Baghdad, leading to its fabled version.Arabian Nights (and Days), Part Three Solomon's plan of trapping Djinns in wish-granting bottles was initiated here.Fables #43: Arabian Nights (and Days), Part Two Sinbad, Yusuf, Hakim and the Three Harem girls, Sidi-Nouman, King Shahryar, Scheherazade, Aladdin and Ali Baba all came from this world. The Cloud Kingdoms – from Jack and the Beanstalk, the Cloud Kingdoms exist in their own interdimensional way, being a world of their own but at the same time existing over all of the other worlds.Fables #50: Happily Ever After Thrumbly Warrens – a land inhabited by talking rabbits and inspired by Watership Down, these were shown as being taken in 1001 Nights of Snowfall.Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall The Indu – a fabled version of India, and home to Mowgli, Shere Khan, Bagheera, Baloo and others from The Jungle Book. 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. The Indu might not be the home to Fables of Indian origin but rather those who are born from the British view on India, thus explaining why it was conquered alongside the European worlds instead of the Oriental worlds.Fables: The Dark Ages The Golden Realm – also known as The West, it was ruled by the King to the West, the father of the prince from the fairy tale Snow White and Rose Red. The Golden Realm borders on the Silver Realm and The North. The Magical Forest from Snow White and Rose Red and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves lies in between all three realms.Fables #96: Rose Red, Chapter Three The Silver Realm – also known as The East, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, it was ruled by the Evil Queen after her husband, the King to the East, died. The North – the Lands of Prince Charming, ruled by his father, the King to the North. Prince Charming's lands were confirmed as taken in the Legends in Exile story arc.Fables #4: Legends in Exile, Chapter Four Whether or not the Adversary conquered the Dwarf Kingdom underneath is unknown, but no dwarves seem to be living in Fabletown, The Farm or even The Golden Boughs Retirement Village. Furthermore, Dwarf Kingdom was not even mentioned during war preparations. Landfall – a science fiction-like world with advanced technology and space travel. Apparently, Landfall was not conquered by the Adversary. "Jack Frost Two" spent time there during his career as a hero-for hire. The capital city is also called Landfall.Jack of Fables #41-45: The Fulminate Blade The Hesse are the German Fable lands. The name Hesse is derived from one of the larger states in Germany. The Hesse is host to the Black Forest, the city of Hamelin, the town of Winsen and the Weser River. Much of the novel Peter and Max is set in Hesse, and Dunster Happ spent seven years in the Hesse trapping the last of the Baleful HernesFables #86: Boxing Days (presumably a reference to Herne the Hunter and Wild Hunt). Erin – the mythical version of Ireland, the name Erin is derived from the Irish name for Ireland “Éirinn". Albion – the Homelands version of England, it is the home to many English Fables as the name derives from the eldest known name for the United Kingdom. Ultima Thule – seen in the mini-series Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, Thule is a Fable homeworld that mainly draws its characters from Norwegian Folktales. Humans and trolls live side by side with sentient moose, foxes and polar bears. Thule was governed before, during and after the Adversary conquered it by King Valemon and his bride until they were overthrown by its current ruler, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Night lasts for six months in Ultima Thule.Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love Oz – also known as the Emerald Kingdom, from the classic Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum, it and surrounding kingdoms are controlled by the Nome King.Fables #101: The Ascent The Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, and Dorothy were imprisoned at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village until Jack Horner helped them escape.Jack of Fables: The Big Book of War Princess Ozma escaped and is currently a member of Fabletown's coven of magicians, witches and sorcerers.Fables: Witches It is revealed that a road is being constructed through the Deadly Desert linking Oz properly to surrounding lands and kingdoms. The Emerald City appears in the story arc Inherit the Wind.Fables #111: Inherit the Wind, Chapter Four The Land of Ev: Bufkin ends up here after climbing the Fabletown Business Office's tree. Ev, like Oz, was conquered by the former Adversary, and is now ruled by the Nome King as part of his Pan-Ozian Empire. While sitting in one of Ev's native Lunch Box Trees, Bufkin accidentally saves Bungle the Glass Cat, Jack Pumpkinhead and The Sawhorse from a couple of "Rumbe Tumble Toms". The Lands of the West are ruled by the West Wind. Far MattagoniaFables #115: Cubs in Toyland, Chapter Two – also known as Toyland, Madland and the Wondrous Shore,Fables #116: Cubs in Toyland, Chapter Three it is a land of discarded toys, the Discardia. Because the land is inhabited by toys from the mundane world,Fables #118: Cubs in Toyland, Chapter 5 it is possible that Toyland is not actually part of the Homelands, but part of another, alternate reality. The Hidden Kingdom – the homelands version of Japan, the people of The Hidden Kingdom lived side by side with creatures from Japanese mythology, including the funa yurei,Fairest #9: The Hidden Kingdom, Chapter Two kappas, the legendary tanuki, kitsune, kirinFairest #11: The Hidden Kingdom, Chapter Four and assorted yokai. It was ruled by an Emperor, who is referred to as Heika, a term used to identify the emperor in Japanese. The Hidden Kingdom was conquered by the Adversary after the Seii Taishogun was secretly laying the way for an invasion. Many of the kingdom's citizens are living in exile in a secret Fable community in Tokyo. The Roman Empire: While searching for her lost children, Rapunzel witnessed the birth of an empire, when she found a she-wolf suckling the infant Romulus and Remus.Fairest #10: The Hidden Kingdom, Chapter Three The Kingdom of a Thousand Hills is a homeworld of African origin, one of the many worlds that Rapunzel visited while searching for her lost children. Wonderland, Looking-Glass Land and Snark Island – from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, it is never shown or referred to, except for a vague reference to Looking-Glass Land in the "who's who" in the Jack of Fables trade paperback Jack of Hearts, which refers to Alice as "a survivor of several adventures through a looking-glass, including a meal of questionable mushrooms". These lands are assumed to have been conquered since numerous playing cards and the Cheshire Cat are residents of Fabletown.Fables #6: Animal Farm, Chapter One Alice,Jack of Fables #2: The (Nearly) Great Escape, Part Two the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and the March Hare,Jack of Fables #27: Turning Pages, Part Three the Walrus and the Carpenter (and the oysters they seem not to have eaten yet)Jack of Fables #1: The (Nearly) Great Escape, Part One were held prisoner at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. Humpty Dumpty is also a prisoner and a violet/pink caterpillar (which may or may not be the Caterpillar) is shown eating a leaf while Humpty Dumpty tries to convince Jack Horner to let him escape with the others.Jack of Fables #3: The (Nearly) Great Escape, Part Three The Vorpal Sword is now Fabletown property, and has been referred to as the Jabberwock's bane.Fables #3: Legends in Exile, Chapter Three This could imply that Tulgey Wood has been conquered as well.
Places Keep at the End of the World – from East of the Sun and West of the Moon, this was the setting for The Last Castle, where the last Fable refugees escaped from to the Mundy world.