Briar Rose

Katrya the Pure, Sofiya the Wise, Nyura the Graceful, Ionna the Gifted, Alyas the Noble, Yeva the Lively (Godmothers, Deceased)
Leysa the Defender (Godmother)

### Affiliation

Seppantyre (Princess)
Silver Realm (Former Princess)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Woodland Apartments
42 Nowhere Street Apt 520
Fabletown
Danny the Street

### Occupation

Philanthropist
Songwriter (formerly)

## Background

### 1413 - 1531: Sleeping Beauty

King Troylus & Queen Rosamund of the Kingdom of Seppantyre had much difficulty trying to conceive a child. After many years, the queen gave birth to Aurora, which was celebrated by the whole Kingdom of Seppantyre.

At the christening of the long-wished-for child, seven good fairies were invited to be godmothers to the princess. Each fairy bestow their gifts of beauty, wit, grace, wealth, song & dance. However, Hadeon the Destroyer, a dark fairy who was not invited to the celebration, cursed her with death upon pricking her finger on a spinning wheel. The seventh fairy, Leysa the Defender, had not yet given her gift & attempted to reverse the evil fairy's curse. She can only do so partially so that instead of dying, the princess fell into a deep sleep & could only be awakened by a kiss from a prince. This is her gift of protection. The King orders that every spindle & spinning wheel in the kingdom to be destroyed, to save his daughter from the terrible curse.

At the age of eighteen, Aurora is left at the palace with the workers as her parents were away on business. As she wanders the palace, she finds the room where all he spinning wheels had been placed. Her curiosity got the best of her & the princess pricks her finger on the spindle, instantly placing her into a deep sleep. Her handmaiden comes upon Aurora & attempts to revive the princess.

When the King & Queen return, they found the palace in ruins & tried endlessly to enter the castle but could not get pass the impenetrable barriers. For a hundred years, the princess slept until a certain prince ventured to the castle after hearing of the tale of the sleeping beauty. Making his way past the rose thorns surrounding the palace, Charming eventually found the princess sound asleep. Struck by her radiant beauty, the prince kisses her causing the princess to awaken. Unfortunately, the rest of the castle did not follow as they passed away from natural causes during the century that passed. As everyone she knew had passed, Aurora went with Charming back to his kingdom. The two were soon married with Aurora becoming his second wife.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Fable Physiology**
	+ ***Immortality*:** As a Fable, Briar Rose is immortal & eternally youthful.
	+ ***Invulnerability*:** As one of the Fables whose story is common knowledge to Mundies, she is essentially unkillable.
* **Enchanted Blessings:** Not very long after her birth, Briar Rose received several mystical blessings from a group of good fairies.
	+ ***Enhanced Beauty*:** Katrya the Pure promised that Briar Rose would grow up to be the most beautiful woman in the land.
	+ ***Angelic Wit*:** Sofiya the Wise decreed that Briar Rose would have the wit of an angel. Alyas assumed this to be a poor blessing, claiming that angels have no guile & tend to assume everyone is playing straight with them. Briar herself agreed with this analysis, as she claimed to be very gullible.
	+ ***Enhanced Moving*:** Nyura the Graceful gifted Briar Rose with a wonderful grace in everything she does, from the dance floor to the boudoir.
	+ ***Perpetual Wealth*:** Ionna the Gifted promised that Briar Rose would always be wealthy. As such she can become rich very quickly & easily. It has been speculated that even if she were to give all her money away she would win the lottery the next day.
	+ ***Avian Singing*:** Alyas the Noble promised on her honor that Briar Rose would sing like a nightingale. According to Briar Rose, as a metaphor this may be great, but the more powerful magic gets interpreted literally & now when she actually tries to sing she sounds like a bird chirping.
	+ ***Musical Intuition*:** Yeva the Lively blessed Briar Rose with ability to craft delightful songs & play all sorts of music to the utmost perfection.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Briar Rose took boxing classes with Ted Grant at the Wildcat Gym at some point after arriving to the mundane world.

### Weaknesses

* **Sleeping Curse:** When Briar Rose pricks her finger with a needle she, & every other living being in the building she is in, will fall into a deep sleep. Within a few minutes of the sleep starting, rose thorns will grow around the building. Only the kiss of a prince who truly cares for her will be able to end the spell. What constitutes true love is not explicitly known. Ali Baba was able to wake Briar Rose from her enchanted sleep after braving several treacherous circumstances to wake her. Evidently, a suitable kiss can be from a man who holds the noble status of an actual prince, one who is colloquially referred to as such (i.e. Ali Baba is known as the Prince of Thieves), or even Bigby's pet dog named "Prince". While an undeniable weakness, she has managed to turn her curse into a potent weapon.

### Ratings

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

## Trivia

* Charming's kiss did not end her curse & instead merely reset it.

## Notes

* Sleeping Beauty is a character from the *Fables*.