Bluebeard

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

Bertrand de Montragoux, Robber Bridegroom, Mr. Fox, The Devil of Fabletown, Gilles de Rais (Aliases)

### Status

True Identity Believed to be Fictional by Most Persons

## Biographical Information

### Education

Tutored by Mentors, Trained Knight, Centuries of Experience

### Marital Status

Widowed (Multiple Times) (Too many to list) [See Supplemental Report]
Rose Red and Goldilocks (Former Lovers)

### Residence

Apartment 401
The Woodlands Building
Fabletown
Danny the Street

## Physical Description

### Bluebeard: Once Upon a Time...

There was a young nobleman from the Kingdom of Bretagne named Bertrand. As heir to House Barbebleue and the duché of Montragoux, Bertrand did not want for anything. He had no need to labor and had plenty of time to educate himself on all manner of subjects with the help of his family's tutors. As a teen, Bertrand squired for a great knight and became an accomplished commander, equestrian, and swordsman.

In service to the crown, Bertrand was highly honored for his service, but honors, titles, and so forth meant little to him. Bertrand was much more interested in spilling blood and taking lives. When there were no wars to fight, Bertrand often became involved in brawls in taverns and duels where he would slay dozens in reported self-defense. It was no secret among the nobles of Bretagne that Bertrand had a bloodlust, but no one dared say such to his face. Most seemed to think of it as some sort of indiscretion of his youth and he would grow out of it someday. This notion was helped by the fact that Bertrand seemed to mostly kill common folk, never taking the life of any noblemen of significance.

When Bertrand's father died, Ser Bertrand ceased to be a knight of the crown and became one of the lords of the realm. Duc Bertrand did what he could to satisfy his bloodlust by taking up hunting, but it held no thrill for him. He turned to a study of the occult as a way to curb his need to engage in the forbidden and accidentally discovered a path to Earth.

Stranded on Earth as he found the ritual for transportation to Earth was not easily reversible, Bertrand murdered the French nobleman Gilles de Rais and assumed his identity.

At first, Bertrand gave little thought to returning to the Homelands as an ongoing war interested him more. He became a known associate of the likes of Jeanne d'Arc, Stephen Lowell, Exoristos and the Demon Knights. After nine years of service, he was officially appointed as the Marshal of France. However, after the martyrdom of Jeanne d'Arc, Bertrand began to have concerns about this world and began secretly engaging in blood magic once more, desperate to find his way back to the Homelands.

After three years with little luck, he retired from public life in 1435 so he could continue his dark research. He engaged in a number of expensive good deeds, holding grand feasts, commissioning a great cathedral, and giving immense patronage to the arts — all to deflect suspicion from him as his dark research continued.

Ultimately, Bertrand did find a way back via a deal with a demon. However, before he could act on this deal, he was captured by authorities, tried for the murders of children used in his rituals and the kidnapping of clergymen, and was burned at the stake for his crimes.

Thirty years after his death on Earth, Bertrand returned to life in the Homelands. Now known as the infamous Bluebeard, Bertrand reclaimed his birthright and began marrying women and discreetly killing them to return to Earth, enriching himself and returning to the Homelands with more wealth. This pattern continued for almost two hundred years before the Sheeda threat presented a new opportunity.

Using his dark magic, Bluebeard began ferrying wealthy Fables to Earth. Because of this scheme, Bluebeard made the transition to Earth with his immense wealth intact, unlike nearly all other Fables.

### Supplemental Report

* (*Submitted by Herald*) The Sheriff believes Bluebeard has continued to extort the Fables who he brought to Earth, possibly even threatening to return them to the Sheeda-infested Homelands if they missed payments. Bigby has never been able to prove this is the case, which has caused no small amount of tension between the aristocratic Bluebeard and the "beast with a badge".
* (*Submitted by Herald*) I doubt anyone could make a complete list of Bluebeard's murdered wives, but Bigby has made an exhaustive list of Héloïse, Eléonore, Isaure, Rosalinde, Blanche, Judith, Boulotte, Princess Hermia of Bretagne, Ariane, Mélisande, Bellangère, Ygraine, Alladine, Sélysette, Anne, Isabel, Mary, Bonnie, Margerita, Collette Passage, Jeanne de la Cloche, Gigonne, Blanche de Gibeaumex, Angèle de la Garandine, Alix de Pontalcin, and Jeanne de Lespoisse. Since coming to Fabletown, he has had many lovers (none of which were murdered) but has notably never married. However, he did come close on two occasions. He was associated with Goldilocks for a time before the Manhattaning, but she left Bluebeard for a past lover. Much more recently, Bluebeard was engaged to marry Rose Red, but she and Jack Horner were simply using Bluebeard for his wealth and he ended the relationship.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Fable Physiology
	+ *Immortality & Resurrection*
* Genius Intellect
	+ *Eidetic Memory*
	+ *World-Class Business Acumen*
	+ *Expert Strategist*
* Legendary Marksman
* Legendary Swordsmanship
* Legendary Torturer
* Expert Occultist
* Indomitable Willpower
* Harrowing Mastery of Fear
* Ridiculously Wealthy
* Stockpile of Magical Relics

### Weaknesses

* Sadistic
* Vice — Lust

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Occult:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Weaponry:** 7 — Legendary
* **Expertise:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Range:** 7 — Legendary
* **Strategy:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
	+ **TOTAL:** 160
	+ **RANKING:** Severe Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He has a very shady past. Bluebeard maintains that's all behind him though since his signing of the Compact, but Bigby has his doubts about Bluebeard, but his nefarious talents have proved useful from time to time.
* Among the Fables who asked him for passage to Earth was Ichabod Crane.
* He was the Sheriff of Fabletown after its destruction in the Manhattaning.

### Notes

* Bluebeard is a character from *Fables*.
* Gilles de Rais was a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He killed several children and possibly inspired the tale of Bluebeard.
* Rose and Jack's scheme is a nod to the *Fables* storyline *Legends in Exile* from issues 1-5.
	+ Bluebeard and Goldilocks' relationship might also be a nod to *The Robber Bridegroom* fairy tale.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Bluebeard

1. ↑ Network Files: Bluebeard
2. ↑ Roy Reimagines... Fables
3. ↑ Network Files: Ichabod Crane
4. ↑ NFX: Snow White