Who is the crooked man? (Spoilers)

[swarmofpenguins]

So we saw him at the end of the latest episode, but I still have no clue who he is. Does anyone know? Also, are you planning on killing or sparing him? I think I'm going to do a batman thing and not kill anyone.

[InfernoKun]

All we know is that he is a crime boss/loan shark. He's using everyone's money problem to his advantage and stuff. I dunno if ima kill him.. Beauty & Beast want me to, but Snow doesn't. If he isn't a ♥♥♥♥ then I might spare him XD

[Hag god]

He is from poem/poems about the Crooked Man

[Miszczunio]

Play Episode 4 and u will know everything. Hard decisions in that episode, just one spoiler, I decided to talk with him, instead of taking him or trying to kill.

[BeastBox]

He's the guy sitting on the couch. We know as much about his as we know about any other character. I'm sure he's going to give us his rationalizations for his actions next episode, but between you and me, I hope he doesn't have any long-term plans for his jugular vein ...

[Bunny]

just for fun

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Mother goose :) But yes hes the one whos been calling the shots :) My first playthrough I said les talk.

[swarmofpenguins]

Originally posted by wonder33:

just for fun

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Mother goose :) But yes hes the one whos been calling the shots :) My first playthrough I said les talk.

I was hoping for the main villan to be from something creepier than mother goose, but I guess it goes along with the them of reinvinting characters. I decided to talk with him also.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by nerdydude11:

Originally posted by wonder33:

just for fun

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Mother goose :) But yes hes the one whos been calling the shots :) My first playthrough I said les talk.

I was hoping for the main villan to be from something creepier than mother goose, but I guess it goes along with the them of reinvinting characters. I decided to talk with him also.

The Mother Goose part was a joke.

[Hag god]

We also know his liquidation planning is coming

[TIAAP]

we know who he is =)

[swarmofpenguins]

Originally posted by MorningLightMountain:

Originally posted by nerdydude11:

I was hoping for the main villan to be from something creepier than mother goose, but I guess it goes along with the them of reinvinting characters. I decided to talk with him also.

The Mother Goose part was a joke.

hey you never know with these kind of games haha

[Blackleaf]

Somewhat spoilery: The ingame book of Fables says the guy murdered his wife and kid because he didn't want to share a sixpence and his house. That's kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

[seemespin]

Originally posted by nerdydude11:

Originally posted by MorningLightMountain:

The Mother Goose part was a joke.

hey you never know with these kind of games haha

It actually is a Mother Goose rhyme, though. Haha.

[swarmofpenguins]

Originally posted by seemespin:

Originally posted by nerdydude11:

hey you never know with these kind of games haha

It actually is a Mother Goose rhyme, though. Haha.

*Face palm* I don't know what to think...

[gnometorule]

For the mystery genre, it would be bad style to pull out the main antagonist at the end of episode 4; so I still hope it's a known character in charm. If that is the case, my money is on Bluebeard, and - similarly to the hints they dropped in the Crane investigation that it wasn't Crane (cigarette in room but Crane non-smoker, etc) - here are some small hints that the Crooked Man is Bluebeard in charm: (1) left ear has essentially the same earring (earrings are common, but Bluebeard's golden one struck me as more memorable); (2) Tim said the Crooked Man awaited his arrival - there were 3 people in the mayor's office when it was discussed that Bigby would go now: him, Snow, and Bluebeard; and (3) even though he is introduced early, Bluebeard's fabel entry comes late, focusing on his desire to use his wealth for stability, and we have overheard and seen several hints that this concerns the Crooked Man too: why let Bigby live - the person chasing you? Because he also enforces order (stability); it radiates through the discussion you over-hear while watiting in front of his door; Tim essentially describes him as a force of stability; etc. If it's really a new character introduced (other than as a name) this late, I'd find that disappointing; but there is some indication it might be Bluebeard.

[swarmofpenguins]

Originally posted by no_ones_sleep:

For the mystery genre, it would be bad style to pull out the main antagonist at the end of episode 4; so I still hope it's a known character in charm. If that is the case, my money is on Bluebeard, and - similarly to the hints they dropped in the Crane investigation that it wasn't Crane (cigarette in room but Crane non-smoker, etc) - here are some small hints that the Crooked Man is Bluebeard in charm: (1) left ear has essentially the same earring (earrings are common, but Bluebeard's golden one struck me as more memorable); (2) Tim said the Crooked Man awaited his arrival - there were 3 people in the mayor's office when it was discussed that Bigby would go now: him, Snow, and Bluebeard; and (3) even though he is introduced early, Bluebeard's fabel entry comes late, focusing on his desire to use his wealth for stability, and we have overheard and seen several hints that this concerns the Crooked Man too: why let Bigby live - the person chasing you? Because he also enforces order (stability); it radiates through the discussion you over-hear while watiting in front of his door; Tim essentially describes him as a force of stability; etc. If it's really a new character introduced (other than as a name) this late, I'd find that disappointing; but there is some indication it might be Bluebeard.

This is interesting. I hadn't thought about the Crooked Man being someone in glamor. I did pick up on the hints about Crane. I've been expecting Blue Beard to be mixed up in some sort of shady power grab, but I never considered that he could be the Croocked Man. In my opinion I think it's more likely that the Crooked Man is working for Blue Beard because so far it seems that inorder to glamor yourself you need a hair (or something along those lines) from the person you will be glamored as. If Blue Beard were glamored as the Crooked Man it would still mean there has to be a real Crooked Man running around somewhere. Either way I'm very excited to see how this story plays out.