Jack Horner

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack, Jack, Ass, Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick, Jack Candle, Jack in the Green, Jack O'Kent, Jack O'Lantern, Jack of All Trades, Jack of the Stalk, Jack the Giant Killer, Kai, Stingy Jack (Aliases)
Jack Frost, Lampwick, Romeo (Former Aliases)

### Status

True Identity Believed to be Fictional by Most Persons

### Relatives

Prince Charming (Biological Father)
Tasmin Horner (Biological Mother, Deceased — Suspected)
Jack Sprat (Adopted Father)
Leigh Sprat (Adopted Mother)
Jack Frost (Estranged Son)
Jill Horner (Twin Sister)

### Affiliation

Dannyzens (Member)
Little Resistance (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Marital Status

Dating (Rose Red, Girlfriend)
Exes (Lumi, Ex-Lover)

### Residence

Apartment 328
The Woodlands Building
Fabletown
Danny the Street

## Physical Description

### Jack Horner: Once Upon A Time...

Twin siblings were admitted to the House that Jack Built (also known as the Sprat Orphanage) after being found one morning just outside the house, clinging to a dead woman. With them was a letter saying these children were heirs to the throne of the Iron Realm and urged the orphanage to keep this fact a secret from the children. In absence of any knowledge as to the kids' names, the Sprats named the children Jack and Jill, but had them keep their mother's surname as signed on the letter.

Though the Sprats and his sister Jill did their best, Jack Horner was a mischievous scamp. As a young boy, he found that note and set off to confront his father on the castle on the far-away hill. Jill went with him, trying to urge him to abandon his foolish mission but failing to do so.

Jack and Jill got rejected by the guards several times. Then one day, when the prince was preparing to ride out to the forest, he was confronted by Jack and Jill who stopped his horse by offering it a drink from a bucket of cool rainwater. The twins had gathered a thick grime to them from week spent living as street rats in the castle town.

Charming doubted they could be his but also knew he likely had a dozen bastards or more, so he outright dismissed them and declared them to be bastards and forever banned from holding any official royal titles. In his haste to put them behind him, Charming spurred his steed and it knocked Jack over and sent him tumbling down a sloped street. When he stopped, he had a broken nose and a broken heart.

Returning to the orphanage, Jack stewed his rage. Before long, he set off on another adventure, this time to the Magical Forest. Again, Jill came with him. The two met the hermit herbalist who have them magic beans. The brother and sister used the magic beans to find the Ascension Anchor which could give them access to the realm of the giants, said to be filled with wonderful treasures. To activate the portal, the twins stole the Sprat's dairy cow and sacrificed it to the old gods.

The twins came back with spectacular stories and plenty of treasure. They paid off the Sprats and left the orphanage, intending to visit their father to boast of their riches. However, before they could reach the castle, a harsh and sudden winter fell upon the land. The Snow Queen Lumi found the twins at an inn and proposed to give Jack all manner of riches in exchange for showing her to the Ascension Anchor.

Jack abandoned his sister for the Snow Queen, going to the Far North with her in her magical sleigh. Jack would receive gifts aplenty, but he also tried to trick the queen out of her own powers... and paid the price for his trickery. Many years later, Jack was awakened from a fugue state in the Snow Queen's dungeons by the intervention of Jill. He discovered his blood had been farmed for the Snow Queen's magical rituals.

Jack and Jill had a number of misadventures all over the Homelands in their efforts to regain their riches and reconcile their past with their father, even joining the Little Resistance against the Sheeda — since the Sheeda were the very same 'giants' that the twins had robbed many years before and had found their way to the heart of the Homelands due to Jack and Jill's activation of an old gateway.

When the Resistance broke, Jack ended up in Toscane for a time, living under the alias Lampwick before he eventually found his way to Earth.

### Supplemental Report

* (*Submitted by Herald*) Jack is the bastard son of Prince Charming. His mother was believed to be Tasmin Horner, a servant in the royal residence of the Iron Realm. She went missing shortly after one of the prince's birthday celebrations. She was found months later on the doorstep of the Sprat Orphanage, her fresh corpse holding two newborn children. But while Charming does not dispute that the children are his, he is rather adamant that he never seduced Tasmin Horner and denies having anything to do with her death. What Charming does recall having been given a rather generous birthday present from a mysterious woman with red hair and amber eyes.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Fabled Physiology:**
	+ ***Immortality & Resurrection:*** Like most Fables, Jack's vitality is tied to to his popularity. As a folk hero in many popular tales, Jack is difficult to put down by violent means and even then he tends to bounce back quick.
	+ ***Royal Blood:*** Jack's blood has magical properties and is a powerful conduit for fae and daimon magic. Residual gifts Jack inherited from his father include giving Jack enhanced reflexes, agility, and charisma.
* **Tricks:** Jack has a number of magical talents he has acquired.
	+ ***All Trade:*** Jack always has an unnatural streak of beginner's luck in any action he lacks proficiency with.
	+ ***Ember:*** Jack can use any organic material to glow with magical light that dispels illusions.
	+ ***Green Walk:*** Jack cannot be ensnared or tripped by any sort of natural growth. He's also rarely lost.
* **Legendary Con Artist:** The only skill Jack can master without ill-effect is lying.

### Weaknesses

* **Master of None:** One of Jack's tricks came with a downside. The more skilled Jack becomes in a feat, the more his luck begins to sour.
* **Vice — Greed:** Jack is always looking for a get rich scheme.
* **Vice — Lust:** Jack has an insatiable sexual appetite, much like his father.
* **Vice — Pride:** Jack is a vain jerk.
* **Vice — Sloth:** Jack is lazy, and only motivated by significant rewards.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Weaponry:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Expertise:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Range:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 7 — Legendary
	+ **TOTAL:** 80
	+ **RANKING:** Moderate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He's Fabletown's resident con man.
* He has a rivalry with Bigby Wolf, Beast, Horatio Cricket and Lucifer Morningstar, but with Lucifer it's a friendly rivalry.
* He used Jill to find out about his lineage.
* The Snow Queen seduced the location of the Accession Anchor out of him. As Lumi deciphered the information Jack has given to her, she found her life complicated by something else Jack has bestowed upon — a child. As the child of their coupling was made of infernal, eldritch, vorpal, and sidhean energies, even the womb of a powerful succubus became quite ill. Lumi had to rest in bed, but winter was coming. Afraid she would lose her child if she carried out her obligations, and seeing no other alternative, Lumi bestowed Jack Horner with a measure of her power so he could bring a mild winter to Ultima Thule. But Jack got carried away with the power and Lumi confronted him to have her gift returned. Jack tried to escape with the magic endowment but Lumi's sisters managed to capture him and throw him in Lumi's dungeon. After taking back her powers by force, Lumi placed a magical shard of ice in Jack's eye, placing him in a docile fugue.
* In Toscane, he met Pinocchio and became friends. He convinced him to go to a festival for children, but when they arrived it turned out to be a trap laid by the Sheeda to capture Jack. He and Pinocchio were turned into donkeys. Jack was kept in King Melmoth's personal stable. He was eventually saved by Jill and Pinocchio. Jack no longer considers Pinocchio his friend.
* He's dating Rose Red, and she's suspected to be his accomplice in the majority of his misdeeds. Rose became briefly engaged to Bluebeard so she and Jack could steal his wealth.

### Notes

* Jack Horner is a character from *Fables*.
* He's composited with Kai, one of the children of the Snow Queen fairy tale and Pinocchio's friend Lampwick.
* Rose and Jack's scheme is a nod to *Fables* storyline *Legends in Exile* from issues 1-5.

## Network Files

Network Files Jack Horner.pngNetwork Files: Jack Horner

## Links and References

* Appearances of Jack Horner

1. ↑ Network Files: Jack Horner
2. ↑ Network Files: Lumi
3. ↑ Network Files: Jill Horner
4. ↑ NFX: Rose Red
5. ↑ Network Files: Bluebeard