Aladdin

## Background

### 1618 - 1637: Aladdin

From birth, Aladdin was the lowest of the low, with no bed but the cooled ashes of hearth. His father abandoned him & his mother, leaving them to fend for themselves in the kingdom of Agrabah. Due to this, Aladdin never met or knew his father, believing he was dead & was only given a dagger as his only memento. Life was already hard for Aladdin then his mother passed away when he was eight, making life feels hopeless. Now left an orphan, Aladdin was forced to fend for himself more than ever.

Due to being an orphan & his family's status, Aladdin never received a formal education nor had a positive role model to guide him through life. With no form of income, he was forced to learn to survive on the streets of Agrabah. Lacking other means, he stole to survive but his good heart often moved him to donate his stolen goods to those who are as poor or poorer than him, making him the Robin Hood of Agrabah.

For years, Aladdin managed to outmaneuver the guards. Only once was he apprehended & sentenced to detention within the palace dungeon. However, he managed to escape by picking the locks to his chains. Though well known & liked by others living on the streets, Aladdin became particularly close with a fellow street rat & thief, Amal. Amal eventually convinced Aladdin to steal money & valuables for his own selfish greed. But one day, Amal disappeared, prompting Aladdin to go back to his altruistic ways & only steal when needed.

When he was fourteen, he fell in with a group of circus performers / con artists & their pet monkey, Abu. Aladdin & Abu would form a brotherly relationship throughout this endeavor, eventually leaving the circus two years later but remaining together as both partners & best friends.

### 1637 - 1639: Aladdin

While at the market one morning, he spotted a beautiful woman giving an apple to a young boy. The peddler threatened to chop her arm off but Aladdin claimed that she is his crazy sister, with him giving the little money he had to cover the cost of the apple. Once reaching Aladdin's "home," they were confronted by guards ready to arrest Aladdin. The woman revealed herself to be Princess Jasmine & demands Aladdin's freedom but the guards explain they are under the orders of Jafar, not Jasmine's father. Though Aladdin was arrested, he is soon freed by Abu.

On the way back home, they met an old beggar (Jafar in disguise) that informs him of the Cave of Wonders & the legendary magic inside. Believing he could wish himself into a prince for Jasmine, he agreed. Inside, he found a magic flying carpet (named Carpet) who led them to the lamp. Upon exiting, Aladdin realized the beggar had malicious intentions with the lamp & evaded him. Back home, he rubbed the lamp & unleashed an all-powerful, chaotic Genie. After Genie informed him that he can grant three wishes, Aladdin wished to become a prince to win the heart of Jasmine. Genie created Aladdin an entourage, transformed Abu into an elephant then changed Aladdin from a poor man to a cultured, sophisticated man about town.

Introducing himself as Prince Ali Ababwa, he met with the Sultan & Jafar to discuss winning Jasmine's heart. After a bad second first impression, Aladdin flew up to Jasmine's room that night & took her on a ride with his magic carpet. During the adventure, Jasmine exposed Aladdin as the boy from the market but he lied, saying he sometimes dresses as a commoner to escape the pressures of life as a prince. Escorting Jasmine back to the palace, she invites him inside to stay the night. He woke later that night next to a naked Jasmine but removed himself from bed to use the bathroom. On his way down the long & dreadful hall, Aladdin was kidnapped by Jafar & the guards.

Shackled to a ball & chain by the legs & thrown from a cliff into the sea, Aladdin was left to drown until Abu used Aladdin's second wish to have Genie free him from his binds & carry him to the surface. Returning to the palace, Aladdin confessed his true self to Jasmine, revealed Jafar's evil ways & destroyed the snake staff he used to control the Sultan. With Jafar arrested, the Sultan declared "Ali" as his heir to the throne is Jasmine agreed to have him as her suitor. But Jasmine refused, unwilling to forgive Aladdin for lying to her, thus revealing he is not a prince.

Returning back to the streets, Aladdin used his last wish to free Genie as he promised. Moved by his selflessness, Genie decided to help Aladdin win back Jasmine. Before he even got the chance, Jafar attacked the palace but Aladdin was able to save Jasmine again with the help of Genie. Giving his millionth apology, Jasmine forgave him & asked her father if she could marry him anyways. Witnessing his bravery, the Sultan subsequently decrees that Jasmine can marry whomever she deemed worthy. After a few months of engagement, the two were married as Prince & Princess of Agrabah.

### 1639 - Present: Aladdin

After two years of blissful marriage, Agrabah was invaded by Jafar with the help of the Sheeda. They had mostly left the Middle Eastern & Asian Homelands alone but had decided it was time to consolidate more power. Genie tried to help but was no match for the Sheeda, being killed in the process alongside the Sultan. Aladdin attempted to do damage but after witnessing Jasmine's death, he lost all hope himself. He would have been killed too if Carpet didn't grab him, Abu, Iago & Rajah to escape. Aladdin lost his ways after this, not able to cope with the loss of Jasmine. Abu, using his natural wit, discovered a way out of the Homelands & led the group to the mundane world. Eventually, they found the other Fables in their own community called Fabletown.

Aladdin chose to become a volunteer worker, doing whatever he could to help others in need. When Fabletown was taken by the intrinsic bombings in 1987, Aladdin came back within weeks, along with his four companions. As one of first to get back in touch with Bigby Wolf, he decided to make use of Aladdin's former skills & have him work as a tourist, someone to keep an eye on the Fables outside of town & bring the lost ones back to town. His work led to him working close with another tourist Rapunzel, with the two even sharing multiple nights together as a result. Things quickly came to an end when Jasmine suddenly returned in the year 2000, having survived her ordeal with Sheeda & leading a resistance against them for the last 350 years. Back with the love of his life, Aladdin quickly settled back into a married lifestyle.

## Romantic Relationships

* Rapunzel: On & Off Lover (1989 - 2000)
* Jasmine: Wife (1638 - )

## Personality

Despite his upbringing, Aladdin is generally optimistic, fun-loving & charming. Though he was forced to steal for survival, he showed joy in escaping the brutish guards & showed an attempt to find enjoyment in the struggles of his day-to-day life. Though he did not mind stealing from the marketplace denizens, Aladdin was not selfish. Not only were the thefts for survival, but Aladdin sacrificed his food for others, such as starving children. When he became prince, he would give the riches of incarcerated thieves to Agrabah's less fortunate citizens.

Although generally cheery and fun-loving in nature, Aladdin has also been insecure. Living on the street, Aladdin normally faced discrimination in the city of Agrabah & was seen as a worthless member of society. This cruelty eventually led Aladdin to he was unworthy of Jasmine's affections. This insecurity would prompt Aladdin to compulsively lie, go back on promises & hide his true self under the guise of "Prince Ali." But Aladdin later became more accepting of his status, refusing to continue living a lie & embracing who he is as a person.

In general, Aladdin is a very likeable & appealing person. He is quite flirtatious, but never acted on any of this except for with Briar Rose. Once Jasmine was revealed to be alive, Aladdin reserved all his romantic personality traits for her.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Fable Physiology**
	+ ***Immortality*:** Like most Fables, Aladdin is eternally young & immortal.
	+ ***Invulnerability*:** He is extremely difficult to kill as his immortality & durability is based on the popularity of his tales.
	+ ***Animal Empathy*:**Aladdin is an animal whisperer, as he is able to understand Abu, his pet monkey when to a normal person, he simply speaks gibberish.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Though he normally prevailed through wit or teaming with his allies, Aladdin is a highly capable fighter.
* **Physicality:** Aladdin is in great ships, partially due to his younger years of running from guards & fighting. He is very agile, showing similar acrobatics & grace to his monkey Abu. He's also pretty fast, having spent years outrunning the officers of Agrabah during his theft of food.
* **Swordsmanship:** Aladdin possesses some swordsmanship abilities, despite not having any official training. His primary weapon is the scimitar.
* **Tactical Analysis:** Aladdin has demonstrated amazing cleverness, as he is always able to outsmart enemies multiple times. He once evaded capture from the guards despite being greatly outnumbered and overpowered. While harboring a modest amount of physical prowess, his true strength lies within his intelligence & wit. He is a quick-thinker, with the ability to formulate a scheme that ends in his favor. Aladdin also takes advantage of his societal stereotype to further his schemes, as most wouldn't expect a meager street urchin to have the intellect to outwit others.
* **Thievery:** Aladdin became a skilled thief, gaining a lot of experience since a young age.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* He has three animal companions: a monkey named Abu, a parrot named Iago & a tiger named Rajah. When he goes on his missions for Bigby, he'll only bring Abu and/or Iago as Rajah sticks out in the mundane world. He also has his sentient magical carpet name Carpet.
* Aladdin is still a thief at heart. He once stole a sword from Vandal Savage.
* He is friends with Sebastian Faust & Thomas Herman.
* After Jasmine's death, Aladdin had only been intimate with one other person: Rapunzel. He had no romantic feelings for her, feeling she served more as someone to "scratch an itch."

## Notes

* Aladdin is a character from the *Fables.* He is also based on his portrayal from Disney, DC comics &
* Cassim is the name of Aladdin's father in the Disney movie *Aladdin*. It is also the name of Ali Baba's brother in *Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves*.
* In the *Fables*, he was intimate with Cinderella & not Rapunzel.