Fabletown
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Fabletown is the clandestine community of "Fables" resident in New York in the Fables comic book universe. It exists in two locations, one being Bullfinch Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and the other on a large farm, protected with magical spells that repel "Mundys" (Mundanes, non-Fables) in upstate New York State.
The New York City Fabletown is restricted to Fables who are, or can pass, as normal humans. Non-human-looking Fables are restricted to the "Farm," which is resented by many of them, despite the Farm's comforts and large size. At one point, a non-human Fable points out that "it is a prison, because we aren't allowed to leave!"
While Fabletown is run, ostensibly, along democratic lines, in practice many of the same people have stayed in office for centuries, at least until recently. The longtime mayor was Old King Cole, who delegated much of his work to his assistant, first Ichabod Crane, and after Crane's resignation to avoid charges of sexual harassment, Snow White. The sheriff of Fabletown was The Big Bad Wolf, or "Bigby Wolf," who had acquired the ability to assume human form, until his resignation, in the wake of Cole's loss of office. Bigby was hampered in his work by the agreement that had made him part of the Fable community; many of the less-human Fables had suffered his predations in the "Homelands," and one part of the compromise that was struck to allow him to join the others in the New World was that he should never, ever be allowed on the Farm under any circumstances whatsoever.
Cole was ousted by the manipulations of Prince Charming. Charming wanted the job because he saw only the perks of high office and not the responsibilities, which led him to make some rash campaign promises... a fact he now regrets, since some of those he made promises to include Fabletown's most powerful witches. Charming has appointed Beast as his new sherriff, and Beauty as Deputy Mayor. Both are still learning the ropes, and even Charming looks like he may be learning that there are consequences to his actions (something several centuries of privilege and mooching had failed to teach him).
Fabletown predates the British acquisition of New York, and has always been kept deeply secret from the "Mundy" authorities. It has its own system of laws, including capital punishment or imprisonment at hard labor on the Farm for criminal Fables, or those who reveal their true nature to Mundys.
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