Flycatcher

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Flycatcher: Once Upon a Time...

Prince Ambrose hailed from Kärnten, a mountainous kingdom northeast of Toscane and to the southwest of the Silver Realm of Lotharin. As a boy, he was tutored by the greatest mentors in all manner of subjects, ranging from philosophy, music, and diplomacy. Ambrose was also trained as a knight. Great Prince Ambrose was highly favored by his kingdom's citizens and it was even believed he was the subject of a prophecy that claimed he would one day unite all of Europa under his rule.

When Ambrose reached an age where his parents began to insist he find a wife, his parents called for all of Europa's nobles to send their unwed daughters to the royal palace. A great number of potential wives arrived, and Ambrose was able to woo a meek lady who he met at the garden fountain while being spied upon by a jealous young lady named Gothel.

Secretly also a witch, jealous Gothel brewed a potion. Gothel poured the potion in the drink of Ambrose's potential bride, intending that the young woman would drink from the goblet prior to Ambrose's announcement of their engagement at that night's dinner. However the girl was so captivated by being invited to sit on the royal dais that she neglected her drink, much to Gothel's annoyance.

When Ambrose got up to make the announcement, he had a dry throat. Rather than wait for the servants to fill the prince's cup, the bride-to-be offered her goblet to Ambrose. The prince took a sip to wet his throat. As he began to speak, Ambrose felt a great pain in his stomach. Suddenly, he ran to his safe place, the palace garden, to compose himself. When the palace guards were sent to find him, they only found his clothes, and so the prince was believed to to be the victim of a heinous abduction.

The kingdom held annual festivals in his honor. But Ambrose never did return in his parent's lifetime. Without their monarch, the kingdom fell into a loose feudal coalition and after decades of neglect, the palace was demolished and the palatial grounds became a public park. During one festival, two hundred years since Ambrose's disappearance, a beautiful lady from Toscane was in attendance and heard the fountain's frog make an off-hand comment. She inquired further and the frog realized that she was of ancient royal blood if she could hear his words. The frog claimed he was the lost prince and asked for a kiss. To his surprise, she agreed.

With the kiss of a princess, the curse's magic was dispelled and Ambrose became a great king to a kingdom that seemed to rise from the ashes just in time to challenge the Sheeda invasion. The old Vatrach summer palace on the coast became the "Last Castle" where the European Fables made their last stand against the Sheeda, as Ambrose's court magicians worked on using magic rituals to send people to Earth. However, due to limited resources, only two could be sent each day.

When the Sheeda finally broke through the defenses, after hundreds of Fables were able to escape, Ambrose and his family were captured by King Melmoth. Ambrose was forced to watch as his wife and daughter was brutally tortured. The stress reactivated Ambrose's curse and his transformation allowed him to slip from his captors and gave his dying wife a kiss. Ambrose fought his way to freedom and returned to his castle ruins where he found the scroll which allowed him passage to Earth where he arrived in Fabletown clearly a man with a broken heart and mind.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by Four-Eyes*) When Flycatcher is stressed, over-excited, or otherwise overwhelmed by any particular emotion, his curse begins to assert itself. If he does not rein in his emotions in time, he can revert back into his cursed form of a small frog. The only remedy to his curse is "True Love's Kiss" and since he is a prince by birthright, that requires the kiss from a maiden of royal blood.
* (*Submitted by Herald*) Fly is almost universally popular among Dannyzens, as he's known for being kind and friendly to all. He is an invaluable part of Danny the Street as the primary custodian of both the Woodlands Building and the Organ Disco DMV. Snow and Bigby named one of their children Ambrose in Fly's honor. I've heard it said that Fly may be one of the only innocent Fables as it has been noted that Flycatcher was the only Fable to reach the mundane world who had nothing to be forgiven, covered up, or otherwise absolved of, under the amnesty clause of the Fabletown Compact. However, it turns out Fly tends to become unstable when he's not busy so Bigby used to write him up on a number of petty charges and gave him years of community service. Eventually, this service evolved into his job.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Cursed Fable Physiology
	+ *Enchanted Charisma*
	+ *Immortality*
	+ *Long, Adhesive Tongue*
	+ *Rapid Regenerative Healing*
	+ *Resurrection*
	+ *Metamorphosis*
	+ *Supernatural Senses*
* Master Custodian & Handyman
* Master Statesman (Repressed)
* Master Strategist (Repressed)
* Master Swordsman (Repressed)

### Weaknesses

* Emotionally Triggered Transformation
* Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
* Repressed Memories
* Residual Addiction to Eating Insects

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Occult:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Weaponry:** 1 (7) — Paltry / Below Average (Legendary)
* **Expertise:** 3 (6) — Trained / Exceptional (World-Class / Superb)
* **Range:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 0 (7) — Abysmal / Nonexistent (Legendary)
	+ **TOTAL:** 26 / 150
	+ **RANKING:** Minimal Threat / Severe Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He's Fabletown's janitor.
* He helped with delivering Snow White's children when the nurse ran away, scared by the snarling babies. Snow named her son Ambrose after him.
* He's friends with Beast.
* He sends letters to Santa Claus.

### Notes

* Flycatcher is a character from *Fables*.

## Network Files

Network Files Flycatcher.pngNetwork Files: Flycatcher

## Links and References

* Appearances of Flycatcher

1. ↑ Network Files: Flycatcher
2. ↑ Roy Reimagines... Fables
3. ↑ NFX: Snow White
4. ↑ VOX Box: Holiday Special 3