fables


Unicorns are a species which debuts in The Literals #2 — "The Great Fables Crossover, Part 6 of 9: Keep Your Ass in Your Chair."

Biology

Unicorns possess the physical characteristics of ordinary horses, with the exception of their coloration (they come in blue,[1] purple,[2] and chalk white[3]) and a long, pointed, spiraling horn that extends from their foreheads. They also have the ability to speak.[1]

History

The Literals

As the Page sisters engage in combat against the Literals lead by Kevin Thorn, one of the Genres, the Literal representation of Fantasy, dispatches a unicorn to negotiate a truce. Nevertheless, Priscilla Page, who harbors a deep disdain for Fantasy, terminates the creature by blowing its head apart.[1]

The everaftering

Jordan Yow,[4] a young mundy girl turned Fable who has gained powerful magical abilities since the introduction of magic into the mundane world, Jordan animates her stuffed unicorn, Mister Prisms, to speak,[5] and subsequently transform it into a real unicorn.[2]

Known goblins

Mister Prisms: Jordan Yow's talking, stuffed unicorn,[5] that was eventually transformed into a real animal.[2]

Appearances

The Unwritten Fables

Everafter: From the Pages of Fables

Original source

Unicorns are based on the creature of the same name from worldwide mythology.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Literals #2 — "The Great Fables Crossover, Part 6 of 9: Keep Your Ass in Your Chair"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #5 — "Turn and Face the Strange: The Conclusion of The Pandora Protocol"
  3. ↑ The Unwritten #54 — "The Unwritten Fables, Part 5: The Sacrifice"
  4. ↑ Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #4 — "Spirits In the Material World: Chapter Four of The Pandora Protocol"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #2 — "Train In Vain: Chapter Two of The Pandora Protocol"
  6. ↑ Bauer, Pat (August 1, 2025). Unicorn, Encyclopædia Britannica. "The unicorn appeared in early Mesopotamian artworks, and it also was referred to in the ancient myths of India and China. (…) As a biblical animal, the unicorn was interpreted allegorically in the early Christian church. One of the earliest such interpretations appears in the ancient Greek bestiary known as the Physiologus, which states that the unicorn is a strong, fierce animal that can be caught only if a virgin maiden is placed before it. The unicorn leaps into the virgin's lap, and she suckles it and leads it to the king's palace. Medieval writers thus likened the unicorn to Christ, who raised up a horn of salvation for mankind and dwelt in the womb of the Virgin Mary. (…) Many fine representations of the hunt of the unicorn survive in medieval art, not only in Europe but also in the Islamic world and in China."