Ichabod Crane

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Ichabod Crane: Once Upon a Time...

Ichabod Crane was born in the Homeland's Salem. Unlike the real world equivalent, this Salem was seen as a new world haven for witchcraft. Ichabod was the son of two witches and was taught the early steps of the craft. However, when Ichabod was still a young boy, he watched as the witchhunters rode into town, Systematically, the entire town's witches were tried and executed, Ichabod's parents included.

Taken in by the witchhunters, who used a bit of magic themselves to track the witches, Ichabod was the subject of every attempt to mold him into a skilled witchhunter by his mentors. He failed at anything that would require him to wield a weapon or face his fears. But he did well on a horse (even taming the volatile steed known as Gunpowder) and enjoyed reading. Instead of becoming a proper witchhunter, Ichabod was sent to school on the hopes he could be salvaged and become one of the order's best witchfinders.

After graduating from Big City University, Ichabod went up and down the coast of the Colonies, looking for signs of witches. In order to feed himself and Gunpowder, Ichabod often worked as a schoolteacher while in town, teaching the local youth not only the dangers of witchcraft but also basic arithmetic, reading, writing, grammar, history, literature, and so forth. He became quite popular on his circuit and was successful in his work, forwarding his notes to the witchhunters as he rode out of town, and letting them ride in to do what it was they did.

On his circuit of townships and settlements most frequented, Ichabod's favorite stop was the secluded glen of Sleepy Hollow near Tarry Town. The area was made up mostly recently settlers from the Three Kingdoms, particularly Fryslân. But the Fryslânian cooking was not the reason for Ichabod making his preferred home but rather Katrina Van Tassel was what caught the Witchfinder's eye.

The beautiful blonde captivated Ichabod's attention. Katrina also plagued Ichabod's dreams and made him stir with passions that the academic intellectual could not understand. The two also got on well with one another in their exchanges. When Katrina was him, she was somehow able to coax the repressed romantic out of Ichabod Crane and made him feel comfortable. She made him feel not too awkward, not too confident, but just right.

As Ichabod planned to marry Katrina, his efforts were contested by Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, a local rowdy. Eventually, Ichabod began to consider using the witchhunters to solve his problem and began looking for evidence he could use to frame Brom Bones for witchcraft. Only, it turns out, Ichabod did not need to fabricate evidence. A search of Brom Bones' house revealed involvement in Old World magic.

Running to Katrina's house to collect her before leaving town, Ichabod found her in the throes of passion with Brom Bones. It was then that Ichabod realized Katrina had been distracting him all along, clouding his mind so would not uncover their dark secret. Incesed, Ichabod fired his gun into Brom Bones's back before he rode off to alert the witchhunters. Little bothered by the gunshot, Brom Bones unleashed a horror from the Old World: the headless dullahan and it's foul steed. Ichabod escaped capture the night, but the dauntless dullahan still rides to this day.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by Four-Eyes*) The Colonial Lodge of True Humanity are an order of witchhunters from the Homelands, established in the New World. It was dedicated to ridding Americana of European magic as it viewed sorcery, witchcraft, and general magic as the cause for enabling or enticing the Sheeda to invade. Though they were considered extremists, they were quite popular for a time.
* (*Submitted by Herald*) Barely escaping from the dullahan by riding into a cemetery, Ichabod took advantage of his lead and just kept riding. Knowing dullahan would never ceased until they claimed the head of their target, Ichabod booked a passage back to the Old World where he brokered a deal with Bluebeard for safe passage to Earth. He originally settled in Gotham City, hoping its ambient occult energy would conceal his location from the dullahan. It worked for a while, but the dullahan found him and Ichabod fled to Fabletown where he was surprised to find "Brom Bones" and "Katrina," or Brandish and Goldilocks (as where their real names). Ichabod signed the Compact and the pair were forced to dismiss the dullahan. But with the Manhattaning, Ichabod's death and rebirth reactivated the dullahan's pursuit.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Fable Physiology
	+ *Immortality & Resurrection*
* Genius Intellect
	+ *Legendary Educator*
	+ *Legendary Investigator*
	+ *Legendary Scholar*
* Occultist Training
	+ *Legendary Master of Monster Lore*
	+ *Master Occult Ritualist*
	+ *Master Wardsmith*
* Expert Equestrian
* Impressive Book Collection

### Weaknesses

* Cowardly
* Pursued by the Headless Horseman
* Socially Awkward
* Vice — Lust

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 2 – Basic / Typical
* **Occult:** 5 – Master / Remarkable
* **Weaponry:** 1 – Paltry / Below Average
* **Expertise:** 7 – Legendary
* **Range:** 3 – Trained / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 4 – Expert / Enhanced
	+ **TOTAL:** 83
	+ **RANKING:** Moderate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He's a former mayor of Fabletown since after the Manhattaning to the reveal of their community caused by Briar Rose.
* He's Snow White's biggest critic, rival and has a crush on her.

### Notes

* Ichabod Crane is a character from *Fables*.
* Haskel Crane is a ghost from the *Supernatural* TV series.
* Arabelle Crane is a character from *Lucifer Vol. 2*.

## Network Files

Network Files Ichabod Crane.pngNetwork Files: Ichabod Crane

## Links and References

* Appearances of Ichabod Crane

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