Turtle Shell Productions

Welcome to Whitechapel, London. It is December, 1888 and there have been a number of grisly murders in the last few months. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is poking their noses everywhere, stirring up a lot of things, but they have made no real progress in finding a killer. This would normally be a side note to most Londoners, however you are not “most”. You, and your community, are special. You are Fables.

Ever since the story of your life spread around Europe (and now, the world) you found that, among other things, you no longer seem to age. You didn’t start off that way. Actually, your life started off pretty poorly, as most of the stories tell. After some arguments with fate, you were finally able to settle down, only to find this happening. King Henry Cole, also known as the Iron Henry and the Frog King, quickly rose as the leader of the Fairy Tale lands in Europe. When the population of Europe exploded and people started pouring into your lands from all over, something had to be done. King Henry declared that the group, now known as Fables, must retreat from the public eye. The must keep their existence secret from the “normals”. Moving to London, your group settled in Whitechapel, at that time a not so affluent, but still nice area of the city. Over the years, the area has gone downhill. This suits the majority of the community just fine, since many of you are trying to avoid notice, and you can always go “uptown” for culture, if you desire.

Recently, however, the murders have drawn attention to your home, and you fear they might have some reason. Could it have been the Beast, or the Big Bad Wolf? Maybe it’s something much more sinister… Or it could just be the work of a crazy barber, as many of the papers are writing.