Snow White

Fables

*Description Here ~ Zee*

## History

### Early Life

Once upon a time there was a family of thirteen sisters, descendants of a long line of powerful sorceresses. However, in that family reigned a curse. Only being able to father daughters, they would have an urgent instinct to kill each other until only one remained. In this way, all power would flow to the only living daughter. Not wanting to deal with the heavy burden and bad conscience of killing her sisters, nor having to live for years attentive to when she might be attacked, Lauda, who was the youngest, decided to voluntarily give up her power and retire to live in a modest cottage in the middle of a distant forest.

For years, Lauda was happy in her solitude, but the greed of her sisters knew no limits. One day, one of her sisters found her and claimed that only by killing her would she gain absolute power of their family. What she didn't know was that Lauda had saved a few spells, enough to turn her into a soon-to-dying rose bush. Thus the youngest inherited all the power of the family line from her and the curse that it brought.

Lauda thought that she could end the curse if she did not conceive children, but no one can escape their fate. One day, a mysterious man came to the cabin causing Lauda to fall madly in love. Soon, they were married and had two daughters. One with white skin like snow and black hair like a raven who she named Snow White, the other with red hair she named Rose Red.

The two girls grew up happily in the magical forest, unaware of the curse that weighed on them or the magic latent within. Their father died a year after they were born, so the twins have no memories of him. The girls were very fond of each other and were never apart.

One harsh winter day, a talking bear approached the cottage saying that he needed a place to shelter from the cold. Snow convinced her mother to let him spend the cold nights in the cottage with them until spring came.

Months after the bear left, in summer time, the girls met a dwarf whose beard got stuck on a tree branch while trying to rescue his treasure. Innocently and with the sole purpose of helping him, they cut part of his beard to free him. The dwarf did not take it well and yelled at the little girls, claiming the importance that beards had for their type, since his power resided in it. Over the next few days, the sisters had two more similar encounters with the same dwarf. His beard would get stuck somewhere while he was trying to get some kind of treasure. With the only options of cutting off his beard or letting him get stuck to death, the girls decided to save his life. This enraged the dwarf who attacked them with the intention of killing them. Then, the bear they had sheltered for the winter appeared and saved them by killing the aggressive dwarf. His death broke the spell he had casted on the bear and revealed his true form. He was a prince from a distant kingdom who, captivated by Snow White's good heart, promised to marry her and make her a princess.

Her mother did not agree to this compromise as didn’t the prince's father, a powerful king. To prevent the nuptials, the king swore to kill the girl. Lauda had no choice but to fake the death of her daughter and hide her from her, sending her to live away from her with her paternal aunt, a vain dowager queen.

Snow White grew up to be a beautiful and kind-hearted young woman. Meanwhile, the queen asked her magic mirror every day who was the fairest in the land. In a rage, she sent a hunter to drag the young girl into the forest, kill her, and bring her heart as proof. And so he did, but just before killing her, the hunter took pity and let her escape. A wild boar's heart would be enough to deceive the tyrant.

Snow found refuge in a cabin hidden deep in the woods, but that place was far from an idyllic refuge. She was inhabited by seven wicked dwarfs, sons of the very one she met in her childhood. They enslaved her, mistreated and abused her for months. When the queen discovered that the girl was still alive, she disguised herself as a kind old woman and went to the cabin where she lived. This false appearance made Snow trust her when she offered her a simple apple and her malnutrition urged her to eat it quickly. It only took one bite for her to fall to the ground, apparently dead.

The dwarves found her unconscious body and did not hesitate to get rid of her, leaving her in the forest. She would have died from inclement weather or wild animals, but fate wanted to give her a chance. A handsome and brave prince found her and realized that she was still alive. Fascinated by her beauty, Prince Charming instantly fell in love with the mysterious girl and kissed her lips. His love was able to overcome the magical poison and wake Snow White from her deep sleep.

The two lovers got married and lived happily in the Northern Kingdom for years. But happiness could not be eternal. Years later, Rose Red discovered that her sister was still alive and that she was a princess. Her jealousy got the better of her and she wanted to ruin everything Snow had. Her visit created big problems in the kingdom, several fights between knights and their deaths, she even seduced the Prince. After discovering the cruel betrayal, Snow divorced her husband and disowned her sister. That experience changed her forever, taking her sweet joviality from her and making her colder and more distrustful.

Shortly after running away from home, Snow met her sister again, but this time in worse conditions. All the kingdoms of the Fables were under attack by a mysterious being they called the Adversary and his merciless armies. The sisters were chained for days, awaiting their execution. There were no princes this time, but a Big Bad Wolf who freed them and brought them safely to the escape gate to another world in exchange for a bite of their flesh.

The exiled Fables created a new home in a New York neighborhood, protected by spells so that the mundys could not detect it. There she worked in the government of the new community called Fabletown as an assistant to Ichabod Crane, the Deputy Mayor. Snow White had found her duty in life, to help the Fables with all her might. Crane developed a dangerous obsession with her that years later came to light, along with some crimes he had committed for which he had to flee to France.

Her hard work had earned her the respect of her fellow citizens and Snow became the new **Deputy Mayor of Fabletown**. She practically shouldered the entire weight of the government on her own, hiring Boy Blue to help her. Since then, Snow White has lived devoted to her work.

## Powers and Skills

### Powers

* **Eternal youth:** as a Fable, once reached adulthood, she won’t age up.
* **Superhuman durability:** Snow White is a popular fable among the mundys. This makes it very difficult (although not impossible) to kill her. She can be seriously injured, but she will end up recovering as time goes by.
* **Magic:** Coming from an ancient lineage of powerful sorceresses, Snow is powerful in wild magic. Although she is not yet unnoticed to have this power.

### Skills

* **Basic hand-to-hand combat**
* **Fencing skills:** while she was married to Prince Charming, considered one of the greatest swordsmen in fables, he trained her in the art of sword fighting.
* **Bilingualism:** She can speak English and German.
* **Business Management:** For decades, she has practically run Fabletown.

### Weaknesses

* **Magic:** Despite her own power, she is vulnerable to magic. Her ignorance makes her unable to conjure defenses on her own.
* **Physical damage:** Her anatomy is similar to that of a human, so taking heavy damage can leave her severely injured.