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“ I never burned the world of Karse into a cinder. I did, however, kill the critter that did burn Karse to a cinder. „
― Connor Wolf, Fables #150 — "The Last Snow and Bigby Story"


Karse is a Fable world referred to in several Fables comics, with its first mention found in Fables #44 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter Three: Back to Baghdad."

History

Karse was one of the many worlds that were conquered by the Adversary. During Boy Blue's reconnaissance mission in the Homelands, he brings back a volume of Imperial tax records from the world of Karse.[1]

When Snow White and Bigby Wolf visit the North Wind's castle in the Homelands, they are served pork in a "Karse mire wine" sauce for dinner.[3]

When Fabletown goes to war with the Empire, Geppetto reminisces about his fallen wooden sons and mentions one son who was made lieutenant-governor of the seventh military district of one of the worlds beginning with the letter K, and suggest Karse as one possibility, although he cannot remember which one.[4]

During the Wolf family reunion one thousand years after the destruction of Fabletown, Connor Wolf comments on a rumor that he burned Karse "to a cinder," saying that this is untrue, but he did kill the "critter" that did burn Karse "to a cinder.[2]

Appearances

Fables

Original source

The world shares its name with Karse from The Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey, and may be based on it.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fables #44 — "Arabian Nights (and Days), Chapter Three: Back to Baghdad"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fables #150 — "The Last Snow and Bigby Story"
  3. ↑ Fables #57 — "A Man's Home is His Castle, Part One of Father and Son"
  4. ↑ Fables #74 — "War and Pieces, Chapter Two: A Very One-Sided War"