Bigby Wolf

**Bigby Wolf**, also known as the **Big Bad Wolf**, is the main protagonist of *The Wolf Among Us* game.

Bigby is The Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and Three Little Pigs. After being forced to leave The Homelands, Snow White was able to use an enchanted knife to physically transform him into a human form (unlike the glamours other Fables use). He retained much of his animalistic strength and speed, and can morph into either a more "wolfish" human form or a full werewolf form. As Episode 5 of Season 1 shows, he can also resume his true form at will - that of an small dinosaur-sized black wolf.

Bigby was made the Sheriff of Fabletown as it was thought that he was the only one tough enough for the job.

In the AWA fics, Bigby is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Bigby is a tall man with a muscular frame. He has neck-length brown hair and facial hair, and has brown eyes. He wears a white collared shirt with a black necktie, black pants and brown shoes. He has a noticeable hairy arms and a scar on his forehead.

## **Personality**

As a result of his actions back in the Homelands, Bigby has difficulty connecting with others, often closing himself off to the people around him. This attitude complicates his work as sheriff, making him appear indifferent to the plights of the fables he is meant to protect and serve. He is not afraid to use force in a confrontation, making many people fearful of him. He does, however, have a compassionate side, protecting Faith from the Woodsman, showing some concern for Lawrence when he is found nearly dead, telling Holly and Lawrence that he is going to bring Faith and Lily's killer to justice, and being deeply affected by Snow's apparent death. He also expresses a desire to help the people of Fabletown, but feels he is unable to do so due to his personality and past actions.

Bigby Wolf is pragmatic, cunning, competent, stoic, and usually even-tempered despite his animal nature. Even after all his years as sheriff of Fabletown, he is still a bit anti-social, and can sometimes appear inconsiderate to the plights of the Fables he's meant to protect. He can be callous, sarcastic, uncompromising, blunt, distant, hateful, cynical, manipulative, impatient, and distrustful. He holds all but his closest friends under scrutiny, and is willing to intimidate, harm, torture, and even kill anyone that is a threat to Fabletown's security or, more importantly, his loved ones. He can come across as gruff, brutish, and certainly intimidating, but he is a firm believer in the law and due process.

Player choice can downplay or accentuate many different aspects of Bigby's personality. Bigby can be made peaceful, sympathetic, caring, and kind or he can be made ruthless, violent, cruel, remorseless, and even sadistic. Many of the characters Bigby comes across will present the player with the option to punch them, and he can even end up killing some suspects even when they are at his mercy. Something that the player cannot change, however, is his constant swearing, cleverness, brashness, sarcasm, and his short temper. He arguably swears the most out of any character in Telltale history.

Despite this, several of Bigby's personality traits cannot be altered (or can be barely altered) by the player. Bigby is clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, sarcastic, short-tempered, foul-mouthed, destructive, vicious, and brash. For one thing, Bigby maintains a dedication to resolving the murders of Faith and Lily (having personally befriended the former), and Bigby is regardlessly gentle with some people such as Nerissa, Flycatcher, and Prince Lawrence.

Similar to his comic-counterpart, Bigby has secret romantic feelings for Snow White, which can be altered at the player's choices, as noted in his early conversation with Colin. Over the course of the investigation he and Snow grow closer, and he expresses his feelings by protecting her, allowing her agency, and fearing for her safety. Bigby will also, regardless of player choice, physically attack Crane if Crane calls out his impulsiveness as the reason he is responsible for Snow's death in Episode 2 (if you torture the murder suspect). Bigby, although he seemed to maintain composure, seemed heavily saddened by Snow's apparent death, and was enraged beyond composure when he realized it was Crane who put her in danger. His choices throughout the game affect how Snow White responds to and regards him, though Snow White will regardlessly stand appalled at Bigby if he kills the Crooked Man at the foundry.

His love for Snow White has encouraged him to act against his monstrous nature, and he tries to be a man worthy of her love and devotion.

Although this is only explained in the comics and never explained in the game, Bigby, due to his highly developed sense of smell, has to smoke heavily to avoid sensory overload in New York. In the comics, it is revealed that Bigby is particularly attuned to Snow's scent, and knows where she is every minute of every day. He can even detect her mood changes through changes in her musk.

## **Abilities**

Being the sheriff of Fabletown requires Bigby to keep the town in line, sometimes requiring him to use force. Because of that, Bigby often finds himself fighting other Fables; these include the Woodsman, Grendel, Beast, the Tweedles, Georgie Porgie, Bloody Mary and the Jersey Devil. Bigby has proven himself to be very potent and resilient in combat. When fighting against giant Fables such as Grendel or Jersey, Bigby calls upon his bestial abilities to give him an advantage. Bigby has a certain immunity toward metal shells. When the Tweedles keep firing shotgun shells at Bigby, he was merely temporarily stunned but far from incapacitated. That isn't to say that Bigby is invincible, due to his werewolf nature, he can be seriously injured by a silver bullet, which is how Bloody Mary fully subdued him in their first battle. Doctor Swineheart told Bigby that if a silver bullet were to even come near his heart, it would kill him.

* **Transformation** - Bigby has four different forms he morphs into. His standard human form (which is due to lycanthropy and not a glamour), his half-werewolf form (where his eyes turn red/gold and claws develop), his werewolf form (where he becomes taller, all-black and buffer) and his full-wolf form, where he becomes a larger-than-elephant form of the original Big Bad Wolf. Each episode shows him transform to some degree, though he only becomes the original Big Bad Wolf during his rematch with Bloody Mary. See below for more details.

* **Near-Immortality** - Being a very-well talked about Fable, Bigby is nearly-immortal and has a very high resistance to pain. This is most well showcased at the end of A Crooked Mile, when he is shot over 40 times (judging by the amount of blasts heard) by the Tweedles and is left hardly incapacitated by the shots. This shows that he is invulnerable to bullets. He also endures a lot of physical pain throughout the game that leaves him hardly fazed. Bigby's immune system is constantly showcased by how he smokes dozens of cheap cigarettes every day and is not affected negatively by them at all (though in the comics, it is explained he is doing so to avoid getting overwhelmed by all the scents).

* **Agility** - Both as a human and a werewolf, Bigby (during the chase scenes in Faith and Cry Wolf) is largely fast (able to keep up with Georgie Porgie/Vivian's car in the latter case) and capable of jumping large distances over rooftops. His ability to keep up also shows he has high stamina. His speed may also be attributed to an ability to see things in slow-motion at times as. This is shown at the end of "Faith" when he had to chose who to stop between Tweedle Dee and Woodsman, he would have in reality only had a split second to decide but seemed to perceive the situation for approximate ten seconds (though this might have been for the benefit of the player).

* **Strength** - Shown in every episode, Bigby Wolf is much stronger than a normal man while in is human form, and gets stronger through each transformation. He has been shown to be strong enough to lift a man off the ground by the face, tear off the arm of a creature much larger than himself, smash the Woodsman through a sink, break open a door that was chained down, halt a car's movement after grabbing its bumper, and casually rip a fuse box out of a wall and throw it.

* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** - Despite being a powerful Fable in his right, it is possible to injure or possibly even kill him. If that is so, Bigby's increased metabolism enables his body to be able to heal from wounds sustained, as well as being a major contributor to his immortality. He can even restore any broken bones or even severed limbs, though that can cause pain for him. This is only showcased in the opening to In Sheep's Clothing, when he re-inserts his arm's fractured bone back into place (though he must cringe as he does it). Bigby can also regenerate any wounds that come across him. (At one time he was shot on the arm, it healed quickly.)

### **Forms**

* **Human Form** - This is Bigby's most common form in the video game. Bigby mostly uses this form to prevent mundies from knowing that he is a fable. He also uses this form to prevent intimidating other fables with his wolf forms unless he is provoked. Bigby rarely fights others while in his human form. The only fight he has won in this form was against the Woodsman. Additionally, when Bigby confronts the Crooked Man after killing Bloody Mary, his eyes (due to his absolute engagement) will turn yellow though he still retains this form.

* **Half-Werewolf Form** - This is Bigby's most common wolf form. In this form, Bigby develops claws that are sharp enough to penetrate through many fables, sharp teeth, and an increase in strength, endurance, and speed. He also gains yellow eyes and fur growing from his face and arms. Bigby uses this form when he has to fight fables that are stronger than his human form. Bigby may also use this form to perform executions of other fables (Georgie (Determinant) and The Crooked Man (Determinant) being examples of fables that were executed by Bigby in this form). Throughout the first season, Bigby transforms into this form 6 times minimum but that number can increase to 8 if he chooses to kill Georgie and the Crooked Man.

* **Werewolf Form** - This is one of Bigby's most powerful forms. In this form, Bigby grows taller and develops grayish fur all over his body. His body becomes so large that most of his clothes are torn from his body. He also gains an increase in strength and an increase in speed. Bigby uses this form when he has to fight fables that his half-wolf form cannot overcome or if he has to chase other fables that are faster than his 2 previous forms. Throughout the first season, Bigby transforms into this form 3 times.

* **Wolf Form** - This is Bigby's true form and by far his most powerful. In this form, Bigby becomes the legendary Big Bad Wolf, a wolf that is larger than an elephant (about 8 feet high), with black fur and gold eyes. Bigby also gains the ability to use the "huff, puff, and blow" where he blows a powerful gust of wind which is mainly the power of a small tornado to be accurate that is capable of sending a fable flying. Bigby uses this form against Bloody Mary when her clones overcome his werewolf form.

## **Trivia**

* As the photos on a board in the Sheppard Metalworks reveal, Bigby has apparently been the subject of some photographic spying throughout the course of the game, even a photo of him when he first met Faith (which was before he became an enemy of the Crooked Man and his crew) was seen there.
* Bigby smokes Huff & Puff cigarettes, referencing the infamous words he spoke in *The Three Little Pigs* before blowing down the pigs' houses. The cigarettes are often regarded by others (such as Nerissa, Beauty and Woody) as being of low-quality. He even keeps some in his refrigerator.
* Bigby has a picture of Little Red Riding Hood in his apartment, above his chair.
* In his Security Office, Bigby keeps a calendar with an image of a wolf.
* Bigby owns a 'Certificate of Distinction' as well as a 'Certificate of Service'.
* During In Sheep's Clothing, Bigby can quote Robocop's famous line 'Dead or alive you're coming with me' when addressing the Crooked Man (Determinant).
	+ Additionally, in the following episode he can also quote Judge Dredd's famous line 'I'm the law' when addressing Tweedle Dee.
* The scene where Bigby confronts the Crooked Man in his office is similar to the Telltale *The Walking Dead* finale as Lee Everett faces the stranger as both protagonists are held at gunpoint, and the player will have the option to strangle the antagonist.
* He is voiced by Adam Harrington, who also voices the Woodsman as well as Andrew St. John, Jerry and Leland in *The Walking Dead*.
* He, Snow White, Beauty, Beast, Tweedledee (if arrested) and Tiny Tim are the only characters who appear in all 5 episodes.
* Bigby's office contains a mundy named Duffy's phone number on a note. Duffy was a soldier in WWII with Bigby.
* Bigby's uses his WWII trunk as a TV stand in his apartment.