Dark Parables
So I absolutely love the Dark Parables PC game series. They're essentially based on all the fairy tales, but sparklified and much, much darker. I am just trying to wrap my head around all the references in the games, so this is really just a thing for myself to get organized.
The games so far are:
1. Curse of Briar Rose (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2. The Exiled Prince (Black Forest, Germany)
3. Rise of the Snow Queen (Bernese Alps, Switzerland)
4 The Red Riding Hood Sisters (Vosges Mountains, France)
5. The Final Cinderella (Matese Mountains, Italy)
6. Jack and the Sky Kingdom (Alblasserwaard, Holland)
7. The Ballad of Rapunzel (Mount Snezka, Czechoslovakia)
8. The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide (Crete, Greece)
9. Queen of Sands (Provence, France)
10. Goldilocks and the Fallen Star
11. The Swan Princess and the Dire Tree
12. The Thief and the Tinderbox
13. Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow
Referenced Fairy Tales:
Beauty and the Beast
Bluebeard
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Cinderella
The Frog Prince
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
King Midas and the Golden Touch
The Little Mermaid
Little Red Riding Hood
Pinocchio
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin
The Seven Ravens (and similar)
Sleeping Beauty
The Snow Queen
Snow White and Rose Red
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Thumbelina
Tom Thumb
Trusty John
The Wizard of Oz
Characters (with fairy tale references):
Briar Rose - the sleeping beauty who doesn't actually wake up and sleeps on in a Scottish castle. She wields the power of thorns and briars. Featured in Game 1, reappears in Game 4 as an ally. Referenced in Game 7 (one of the 6 Guardians of Flora--the guardian of the Thorned Rose, and a courtyard in the castle is dedicated to her).
Ivy Green - Briar Rose's sister, also known as the "forgotten princess". She's the princess from the "Frog Prince" story, and is Prince James's first wife and true love. She gave up her immortality and powers to cure James but unfortunately made things worse for him after she died. Referenced in the bonus story of Game 1, featured (as a ghost) in Game 2. Referenced in Game 7 (one of the 6 Guardians of Flora--the guardian of the English Ivy, also an area of the castle is dedicated to her and James).
Prince James - the frog prince. Cursed with immortality, he has haunted the Black Forest in Germany for centuries, turning people into frogs. He has married 5 times (Ivy, Snow White, Cinderella, Swan Lake Princess, Little Mermaid) and has now built an underground palace filled with grave-shrines to them. So far we've met Ivy as a ghost, Snow has reappeared very much alive, and Agnes is mentioned as being the second Cinderella. Featured in Game 2. Referenced in Game 3 (you find a destroyed carriage from a search party looking for Snow), Game 6 (Jack has a Frog Prince statue in his collection and Prince Julian shapeshifts to look like James the first time you meet him), Game 7 (an area of the castle is dedicated to him and Ivy), and Game 8 (he married Princess Naida, and there are numerous references to him throughout the castle).
Snow White - based on Snow White and the Snow Queen. She wields the power of ice and snow. She was also married to Prince James (against Ross's wishes), with whom she had a son. The son was placed in an enchanted sleep due to some injury (for which Snow still blames the prince) and in her grief (and influenced by the False Mirror from the Snow Queen fairy tale) Snow started kidnapping children in a search for a Golden Child to save her son. Her father failed to protect her from her evil stepmother when she was a child, so he lets her have her way out of guilt; after he gives her the throne to the kingdom of Snowfall in/near Switzerland, she turns him into an angry beast with her magic. Appears in Game 3. Referenced in Game 2 (she is one of James's wives), Game 4 (there is a statue of her son because Sisters saved her son from wolves at one point), Game 6 (Jack has a similar mirror to hers in his collection), and Game 7 (one of the 6 Guardians of Flora--the guardian of the Frost Edelweiss, also Prince Ross is her twin brother).
Gerda and Kai - Gerda and Kai of the Snow Queen fairy tale. They're the kids of the guide who takes you to the Alps. Gerda ends up being the Golden Child who helps Snow save her son. Featured in Game 3. They return in Game 7, 10 years later. Kai is a young botanist, and Gerda, as the Golden Child, has been asked by Ross to help him get to Rapunzel as Gerda is immune to the nightshade. in the bonus story of Game 7, Gerda works with Kai and Gwyn (Snow's son) to rescue Flora.
Hansel and Gretel - Gretel gets kidnapped by the witch, and Hansel has to save her. He is given the power of the Golden Child by the moon goddess who was trapped as a statue by the witch. Gerda (see previous) is Hansel's descendant. Featured in the bonus story of Game 3.
The Red Riding Hood Sisters - the initial Sister is named Isabella. She was attacked by the mist wolf who killed her grandmother, and saved by the hunter, who then took her in and taught her how to fight. Isabella then teaches other orphan girls how to fight and creates the Red Riding Hood Sisters. They are the focus of Game 4. At the beginning of the game there are eight (?) Sisters, including Teresa (the original Elder Sister, who dies at the beginning), Eldra (who is believed lost, but is actually the Wolf Queen), Jessica (the de facto leader of the five who are captured) and Ruth (the one who leads you around and eventually gets voted new Elder Sister). Referenced in Game 5 (Gepetto and Amelia helped design their hideout and costumes), Game 6 (Emma was a member of the Sisters and later returns to them), Game 7 (Briar Rose left some notes that include a picture of one of the Sisters), Game 8 (Teresa is revealed to have been one of the mermaid princesses from Prasino), and Game 9 (Ruth and Brianne help with the investigation, and there's a letter from Jessica in the bakery).
The mistwolves - wolves that emerge from the Mist Kingdom in France, one of them plays the role of the wolf in the Red Riding Hood tale. They've been attacking people since the Mist Kingdom vanished into the lake in the era of the Greedy King. They exited the Fairy Tale World when the Greedy King tried to go in to take treasure, as the Fairy Tale World was ruled by the Wolf King. Eldra kills the Wolf King and steals his talisman, which turns her into the Wolf Queen. Featured in Game 4.
Boy Who Cried Wolf - gets locked in his basement, and has to save his father from the Greedy King. He is forced to open the portal to the Fairy Tale World with the talisman to save his father. He and his father escape on a griffin. Featured in the bonus story of Game 4.
The Greedy King - appears to be loosely based on Midas. Goes to Fairy Tale Land to obtain its treasure due to his obsession with gold, and is turned into the Wolf King, ruling Fairy Tale Land. Featured in the bonus story of Game 4.
Cinderella - In Game 5 it is revealed that "Cinderellas" are actually a type of young woman who is exceptionally kindhearted and pure, and receive blessings from Godmother, a role appointed by the Maiden Goddess. The first Cinderella (Ella) is the one from the traditional story. The second Cinderella (Agnes) is the one who marries the frog prince, and her story is based on the Donkeyskin fairy tale. We are additionally introduced to a third Cinderella (Bianca) and a fourth (Shan). Shan's story is the theme of the bonus in game 5. The "final" Cinderella is Katherine, a girl whose stepsister is turned into glass at a ball in Italy. Featured in Game 5. Referenced in Game 2 (one of Prince James's wives), Game 4 (the castle has a room with a glass foot that you have to put a glass slipper on to, and there is a pumpkin carriage on the stairs to a glass castle in the Fairy Tale World; in the stinger we see a hand reach out of the carriage, and a foot in a glass slipper steps on to the ground), and Game 6 (Jack has a glass slipper in his collection).
Amelia/Godmother - Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Amelia is the last godmother appointed by the Maiden Goddess. She has aided several Cinderellas in her time before her obsession with reviving her husband (via sacrificing Cinderellas) drove her mad. Now she is known as the Evil Godmother and has been giving girls poisoned ball gowns that turn them into glass at midnight if they are not a Cinderella. It is implied that she has some connection to the Red Riding Hood Sisters, since she has one of their cloaks in her sewing room. Featured in Game 5.
Geppetto - a genius puppetmaker who marries Godmother. They have a puppet son, Pinocchio, who is made from the wood in the Forbidden Grove. Geppetto spends time in the Forbidden Grove making a giant puppet companion for his son, but the effects of the grove drive him mad and turn him into the evil Puppet Master. He is executed by his subjects for his evil while Godmother is away, and in turn she goes mad trying to revive him. She eventually succeeds, and he tries to take over the kingdom. It is implied Geppetto helped design the Red Riding Hood Sisters' fortress. Featured in Game 5.
Pinocchio - a puppet who is the child of Godmother and Geppetto. The crystal heart that detects Cinderellas is attached to him. Due to his wood coming from the Forbidden Grove, he dies when the grove is destroyed. He is eventually made into a real boy through his parents' souls. Featured in Game 5. Reappears in Game 8 looking for Prasino because he needs their magic to re-energize the orb that's keeping him human.
Jack - Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, an adventurer who once traveled to the Sky Kingdom. He accidentally left his fiancee Emma in the Sky Kingdom, where she found out she was a descendant of the royal family. Featured in Game 6. Referenced in Game 5 (there is a giant beanstalk in the woods and the stinger shows a floating kingdom above the beanstalk) and Game 7 (there are magic beans).
Rumpelstiltskin - a little imp. He is animated from a mud idol by a sorcerer as an assistant. He later kidnaps the Queen of the Sky Kingdom's baby and is defeated. He is then turned back to stone and locked in a cage in the Sky Castle. Mentioned in Game 6 and featured in the bonus story.
Miller's Daughter/Queen of the Sky Kingdom - the girl from Rumplestiltskin. Her father claims she can spin wheat into gold. With Rumplestiltskin's help, she does it and marries King Eurig. She defeats Rumplestiltskin with the help of Tom Thumb to take back her child. Later, she takes her daughter and leaves the Sky Kingdom. Emma is her descendant. Mentioned in Game 6 and featured in the bonus story.
King Eurig - the king from Rumplestiltskin. After his queen leaves, he adopts 3 orphan boys as his "princes". He goes mad with greed and floats his kingdom into the sky. The main villain in Game 6.
Tom Thumb - his parents prayed for a child late in life, and he was given by the fairies. He is no bigger than a thumb. He gets kidnapped by an evil merchant and runs away into the woods, where he helps the Queen of the Sky Kingdom. Featured in the bonus story of Game 6.
Rapunzel - She is one of the 6 Guardians of Flora, the guardian of the Lilac Bellflower. She wields the power of life through song (which is indicated by the growth of her hair), and has been mind-controlled via her flower crown to help her half-sister Belladonna (the last of the 6 Guardians of Flora, guardian of the Nightbloom aka Deadly Nightshade) kill everyone via the spreading nightshade. The circumstances have been created by Mother Gothel. Featured in Game 7. Referenced in Game 6 (there is a tower with golden hair in the sky castle, and the stinger shows Rapunzel in the tower). She reappears in Game 9 to save the detective.
Ross Red - Based on Rose Red. He wields the power of fire and ash. He is Snow's twin brother (their mother Empress Brunhilda was a disciple of Flora) and is also one of the 6 Guardians of Flora, the guardian of the Fiery Rosa (aka Eglantine rose). He is also engaged to Rapunzel. Featured in Game 7.
Mother Gothel - Based on Dame Gothel from the Rapunzel fairy tale as well as the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz". She had devoted herself to Flora but envied the guardians their immortality. Gothel tried to become immortal via her botany experiments, which caused Flora to stop her and the failed experiments disfigured her face. In anger, she devised up the circumstances that led to Belladonna's birth by getting herself to be a trusted servant to Queen Melanie. This was all part of her plan to destroy Flora once the flower guardians leave Floralia at the end of the regular game, and has sent her flying monkeys to recapture Flora/Thumbelina. In the bonus story, she is defeated by Gerda, Kai, Gwyn, and Flora. She is mostly not actually present but is a large part of the story in Game 7.
Flora - the impartial goddess of nature. After the events of Game 7, she is cursed by Mother Gothel into a shrunken child form and has her memories erased. Gothel names her Thumbelina, and she has many adventures and falls in love with a fairy prince. It is mentioned that she's also Glinda from the Wizard of Oz. Featured in the bonus story of Game 7.
Naida - the oldest of the five mermaid princesses of Prasino, also one of Prince James's wives. Mentioned in Game 2, her story is told in Game 8 although she only appears in the Bonus of Game 8.
Calliope - the second oldest of the five mermaid princesses of Prasino. Based on the Little Mermaid fairy tale. She falls in love with a prince but dies sacrificing herself to stop his assassination and turns into foam.
Mermaids - the general concept of mermaids in Dark Parables is they are the five cursed daughters (Naida, Calliope, Teresa, Althea, Daphne) of King Alexandros of Prasino. Alexandros enslaved the Sea Goddess Thalassa, and in revenge she cursed the kingdom of Prasino to the bottom of the ocean, the king into an insane sea monster man, and his daughters into mermaids. Each princess found one of the orbs of power to return to human form. The last of the daughters to remain at her father's side is Althea, who features in Game 8. The mermaids in general are a major concept in Game 8, and were teased in Game 7 as you see the model of an underwater kingom.
Trusty John - the advisor to the king of Prasino. He's actually a spy for the neighboring rival kingdom Kokkino. Based on the Trusty John fairy tale. The old king of Kokkino told John not to let his son into the Forbidden Room, but the son (Bluebeard) goes in anyway. Bluebeard falls in love with the portrait of the Sea Goddess (a princess in the original fairy tale) and obsesses over her. John later discovers Bluebeard's madness and that he's been murdering his wives. John regrets his part in bringing about Prasino's downfall and is killed (not fulfilling the second half of the original story). He appears as a helpful ghost in Game 8, and is the main character of the bonus of Game 8.
Bluebeard - the last king of Kokkino. Bluebeard's forbidden room holds his painting of Thalassa. He kills at least four of his wives for entering and leaves them there. He is presumably destroyed with this kingdom once the Sea Goddess is enslaved by Prasino and curses it to drown. Appears in the bonus of Game 8.
Brianne - a Red Riding Hood sister, and also based on Beauty from Beauty and the Beast. She is "kidnapped" by Eric in beast form, but it's revealed he did it to save her, and the two of them work together to find out more on the Queen of Sands. She breaks Eric's curse at the end of the game. Appears in Game 9.
Baron Eric de Montafleur - based on the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. It is later revealed his beast curse was the result of him accidentally releasing Mab after his father imprisoned her to make perfume. Appears in Game 9.
Mab, Queen of Sands - based mostly on the character of the Sandman, she has the power to control nightmares. She is revealed in the Game 9 bonus to also be the main character of the Seven Ravens fairy tale, although this version is only loosely based on the original story. Also probably gently based on Queen Mab, the fairy queen. Mab was previously the leader of the Sandmen/Keepers, the Moon Goddess's servants who bestowed dreams on people. After being imprisoned by Eric's father, she goes mad and tries to drown the world in nightmares, but is ultimately restored. Appears in Game 9, teased in Game 8.
Goldilocks - teased in Game 9 (there's a set of Goldilocks and the 3 bears puppets in the workroom, and the stinger involves someone eating porridge).
The games so far are:
1. Curse of Briar Rose (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2. The Exiled Prince (Black Forest, Germany)
3. Rise of the Snow Queen (Bernese Alps, Switzerland)
4 The Red Riding Hood Sisters (Vosges Mountains, France)
5. The Final Cinderella (Matese Mountains, Italy)
6. Jack and the Sky Kingdom (Alblasserwaard, Holland)
7. The Ballad of Rapunzel (Mount Snezka, Czechoslovakia)
8. The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide (Crete, Greece)
9. Queen of Sands (Provence, France)
10. Goldilocks and the Fallen Star
11. The Swan Princess and the Dire Tree
12. The Thief and the Tinderbox
13. Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow
Referenced Fairy Tales:
Beauty and the Beast
Bluebeard
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Cinderella
The Frog Prince
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
King Midas and the Golden Touch
The Little Mermaid
Little Red Riding Hood
Pinocchio
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin
The Seven Ravens (and similar)
Sleeping Beauty
The Snow Queen
Snow White and Rose Red
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Thumbelina
Tom Thumb
Trusty John
The Wizard of Oz
Characters (with fairy tale references):
Briar Rose - the sleeping beauty who doesn't actually wake up and sleeps on in a Scottish castle. She wields the power of thorns and briars. Featured in Game 1, reappears in Game 4 as an ally. Referenced in Game 7 (one of the 6 Guardians of Flora--the guardian of the Thorned Rose, and a courtyard in the castle is dedicated to her).
Ivy Green - Briar Rose's sister, also known as the "forgotten princess". She's the princess from the "Frog Prince" story, and is Prince James's first wife and true love. She gave up her immortality and powers to cure James but unfortunately made things worse for him after she died. Referenced in the bonus story of Game 1, featured (as a ghost) in Game 2. Referenced in Game 7 (one of the 6 Guardians of Flora--the guardian of the English Ivy, also an area of the castle is dedicated to her and James).
Prince James - the frog prince. Cursed with immortality, he has haunted the Black Forest in Germany for centuries, turning people into frogs. He has married 5 times (Ivy, Snow White, Cinderella, Swan Lake Princess, Little Mermaid) and has now built an underground palace filled with grave-shrines to them. So far we've met Ivy as a ghost, Snow has reappeared very much alive, and Agnes is mentioned as being the second Cinderella. Featured in Game 2. Referenced in Game 3 (you find a destroyed carriage from a search party looking for Snow), Game 6 (Jack has a Frog Prince statue in his collection and Prince Julian shapeshifts to look like James the first time you meet him), Game 7 (an area of the castle is dedicated to him and Ivy), and Game 8 (he married Princess Naida, and there are numerous references to him throughout the castle).
Snow White - based on Snow White and the Snow Queen. She wields the power of ice and snow. She was also married to Prince James (against Ross's wishes), with whom she had a son. The son was placed in an enchanted sleep due to some injury (for which Snow still blames the prince) and in her grief (and influenced by the False Mirror from the Snow Queen fairy tale) Snow started kidnapping children in a search for a Golden Child to save her son. Her father failed to protect her from her evil stepmother when she was a child, so he lets her have her way out of guilt; after he gives her the throne to the kingdom of Snowfall in/near Switzerland, she turns him into an angry beast with her magic. Appears in Game 3. Referenced in Game 2 (she is one of James's wives), Game 4 (there is a statue of her son because Sisters saved her son from wolves at one point), Game 6 (Jack has a similar mirror to hers in his collection), and Game 7 (one of the 6 Guardians of Flora--the guardian of the Frost Edelweiss, also Prince Ross is her twin brother).
Gerda and Kai - Gerda and Kai of the Snow Queen fairy tale. They're the kids of the guide who takes you to the Alps. Gerda ends up being the Golden Child who helps Snow save her son. Featured in Game 3. They return in Game 7, 10 years later. Kai is a young botanist, and Gerda, as the Golden Child, has been asked by Ross to help him get to Rapunzel as Gerda is immune to the nightshade. in the bonus story of Game 7, Gerda works with Kai and Gwyn (Snow's son) to rescue Flora.
Hansel and Gretel - Gretel gets kidnapped by the witch, and Hansel has to save her. He is given the power of the Golden Child by the moon goddess who was trapped as a statue by the witch. Gerda (see previous) is Hansel's descendant. Featured in the bonus story of Game 3.
The Red Riding Hood Sisters - the initial Sister is named Isabella. She was attacked by the mist wolf who killed her grandmother, and saved by the hunter, who then took her in and taught her how to fight. Isabella then teaches other orphan girls how to fight and creates the Red Riding Hood Sisters. They are the focus of Game 4. At the beginning of the game there are eight (?) Sisters, including Teresa (the original Elder Sister, who dies at the beginning), Eldra (who is believed lost, but is actually the Wolf Queen), Jessica (the de facto leader of the five who are captured) and Ruth (the one who leads you around and eventually gets voted new Elder Sister). Referenced in Game 5 (Gepetto and Amelia helped design their hideout and costumes), Game 6 (Emma was a member of the Sisters and later returns to them), Game 7 (Briar Rose left some notes that include a picture of one of the Sisters), Game 8 (Teresa is revealed to have been one of the mermaid princesses from Prasino), and Game 9 (Ruth and Brianne help with the investigation, and there's a letter from Jessica in the bakery).
The mistwolves - wolves that emerge from the Mist Kingdom in France, one of them plays the role of the wolf in the Red Riding Hood tale. They've been attacking people since the Mist Kingdom vanished into the lake in the era of the Greedy King. They exited the Fairy Tale World when the Greedy King tried to go in to take treasure, as the Fairy Tale World was ruled by the Wolf King. Eldra kills the Wolf King and steals his talisman, which turns her into the Wolf Queen. Featured in Game 4.
Boy Who Cried Wolf - gets locked in his basement, and has to save his father from the Greedy King. He is forced to open the portal to the Fairy Tale World with the talisman to save his father. He and his father escape on a griffin. Featured in the bonus story of Game 4.
The Greedy King - appears to be loosely based on Midas. Goes to Fairy Tale Land to obtain its treasure due to his obsession with gold, and is turned into the Wolf King, ruling Fairy Tale Land. Featured in the bonus story of Game 4.
Cinderella - In Game 5 it is revealed that "Cinderellas" are actually a type of young woman who is exceptionally kindhearted and pure, and receive blessings from Godmother, a role appointed by the Maiden Goddess. The first Cinderella (Ella) is the one from the traditional story. The second Cinderella (Agnes) is the one who marries the frog prince, and her story is based on the Donkeyskin fairy tale. We are additionally introduced to a third Cinderella (Bianca) and a fourth (Shan). Shan's story is the theme of the bonus in game 5. The "final" Cinderella is Katherine, a girl whose stepsister is turned into glass at a ball in Italy. Featured in Game 5. Referenced in Game 2 (one of Prince James's wives), Game 4 (the castle has a room with a glass foot that you have to put a glass slipper on to, and there is a pumpkin carriage on the stairs to a glass castle in the Fairy Tale World; in the stinger we see a hand reach out of the carriage, and a foot in a glass slipper steps on to the ground), and Game 6 (Jack has a glass slipper in his collection).
Amelia/Godmother - Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. Amelia is the last godmother appointed by the Maiden Goddess. She has aided several Cinderellas in her time before her obsession with reviving her husband (via sacrificing Cinderellas) drove her mad. Now she is known as the Evil Godmother and has been giving girls poisoned ball gowns that turn them into glass at midnight if they are not a Cinderella. It is implied that she has some connection to the Red Riding Hood Sisters, since she has one of their cloaks in her sewing room. Featured in Game 5.
Geppetto - a genius puppetmaker who marries Godmother. They have a puppet son, Pinocchio, who is made from the wood in the Forbidden Grove. Geppetto spends time in the Forbidden Grove making a giant puppet companion for his son, but the effects of the grove drive him mad and turn him into the evil Puppet Master. He is executed by his subjects for his evil while Godmother is away, and in turn she goes mad trying to revive him. She eventually succeeds, and he tries to take over the kingdom. It is implied Geppetto helped design the Red Riding Hood Sisters' fortress. Featured in Game 5.
Pinocchio - a puppet who is the child of Godmother and Geppetto. The crystal heart that detects Cinderellas is attached to him. Due to his wood coming from the Forbidden Grove, he dies when the grove is destroyed. He is eventually made into a real boy through his parents' souls. Featured in Game 5. Reappears in Game 8 looking for Prasino because he needs their magic to re-energize the orb that's keeping him human.
Jack - Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk, an adventurer who once traveled to the Sky Kingdom. He accidentally left his fiancee Emma in the Sky Kingdom, where she found out she was a descendant of the royal family. Featured in Game 6. Referenced in Game 5 (there is a giant beanstalk in the woods and the stinger shows a floating kingdom above the beanstalk) and Game 7 (there are magic beans).
Rumpelstiltskin - a little imp. He is animated from a mud idol by a sorcerer as an assistant. He later kidnaps the Queen of the Sky Kingdom's baby and is defeated. He is then turned back to stone and locked in a cage in the Sky Castle. Mentioned in Game 6 and featured in the bonus story.
Miller's Daughter/Queen of the Sky Kingdom - the girl from Rumplestiltskin. Her father claims she can spin wheat into gold. With Rumplestiltskin's help, she does it and marries King Eurig. She defeats Rumplestiltskin with the help of Tom Thumb to take back her child. Later, she takes her daughter and leaves the Sky Kingdom. Emma is her descendant. Mentioned in Game 6 and featured in the bonus story.
King Eurig - the king from Rumplestiltskin. After his queen leaves, he adopts 3 orphan boys as his "princes". He goes mad with greed and floats his kingdom into the sky. The main villain in Game 6.
Tom Thumb - his parents prayed for a child late in life, and he was given by the fairies. He is no bigger than a thumb. He gets kidnapped by an evil merchant and runs away into the woods, where he helps the Queen of the Sky Kingdom. Featured in the bonus story of Game 6.
Rapunzel - She is one of the 6 Guardians of Flora, the guardian of the Lilac Bellflower. She wields the power of life through song (which is indicated by the growth of her hair), and has been mind-controlled via her flower crown to help her half-sister Belladonna (the last of the 6 Guardians of Flora, guardian of the Nightbloom aka Deadly Nightshade) kill everyone via the spreading nightshade. The circumstances have been created by Mother Gothel. Featured in Game 7. Referenced in Game 6 (there is a tower with golden hair in the sky castle, and the stinger shows Rapunzel in the tower). She reappears in Game 9 to save the detective.
Ross Red - Based on Rose Red. He wields the power of fire and ash. He is Snow's twin brother (their mother Empress Brunhilda was a disciple of Flora) and is also one of the 6 Guardians of Flora, the guardian of the Fiery Rosa (aka Eglantine rose). He is also engaged to Rapunzel. Featured in Game 7.
Mother Gothel - Based on Dame Gothel from the Rapunzel fairy tale as well as the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz". She had devoted herself to Flora but envied the guardians their immortality. Gothel tried to become immortal via her botany experiments, which caused Flora to stop her and the failed experiments disfigured her face. In anger, she devised up the circumstances that led to Belladonna's birth by getting herself to be a trusted servant to Queen Melanie. This was all part of her plan to destroy Flora once the flower guardians leave Floralia at the end of the regular game, and has sent her flying monkeys to recapture Flora/Thumbelina. In the bonus story, she is defeated by Gerda, Kai, Gwyn, and Flora. She is mostly not actually present but is a large part of the story in Game 7.
Flora - the impartial goddess of nature. After the events of Game 7, she is cursed by Mother Gothel into a shrunken child form and has her memories erased. Gothel names her Thumbelina, and she has many adventures and falls in love with a fairy prince. It is mentioned that she's also Glinda from the Wizard of Oz. Featured in the bonus story of Game 7.
Naida - the oldest of the five mermaid princesses of Prasino, also one of Prince James's wives. Mentioned in Game 2, her story is told in Game 8 although she only appears in the Bonus of Game 8.
Calliope - the second oldest of the five mermaid princesses of Prasino. Based on the Little Mermaid fairy tale. She falls in love with a prince but dies sacrificing herself to stop his assassination and turns into foam.
Mermaids - the general concept of mermaids in Dark Parables is they are the five cursed daughters (Naida, Calliope, Teresa, Althea, Daphne) of King Alexandros of Prasino. Alexandros enslaved the Sea Goddess Thalassa, and in revenge she cursed the kingdom of Prasino to the bottom of the ocean, the king into an insane sea monster man, and his daughters into mermaids. Each princess found one of the orbs of power to return to human form. The last of the daughters to remain at her father's side is Althea, who features in Game 8. The mermaids in general are a major concept in Game 8, and were teased in Game 7 as you see the model of an underwater kingom.
Trusty John - the advisor to the king of Prasino. He's actually a spy for the neighboring rival kingdom Kokkino. Based on the Trusty John fairy tale. The old king of Kokkino told John not to let his son into the Forbidden Room, but the son (Bluebeard) goes in anyway. Bluebeard falls in love with the portrait of the Sea Goddess (a princess in the original fairy tale) and obsesses over her. John later discovers Bluebeard's madness and that he's been murdering his wives. John regrets his part in bringing about Prasino's downfall and is killed (not fulfilling the second half of the original story). He appears as a helpful ghost in Game 8, and is the main character of the bonus of Game 8.
Bluebeard - the last king of Kokkino. Bluebeard's forbidden room holds his painting of Thalassa. He kills at least four of his wives for entering and leaves them there. He is presumably destroyed with this kingdom once the Sea Goddess is enslaved by Prasino and curses it to drown. Appears in the bonus of Game 8.
Brianne - a Red Riding Hood sister, and also based on Beauty from Beauty and the Beast. She is "kidnapped" by Eric in beast form, but it's revealed he did it to save her, and the two of them work together to find out more on the Queen of Sands. She breaks Eric's curse at the end of the game. Appears in Game 9.
Baron Eric de Montafleur - based on the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. It is later revealed his beast curse was the result of him accidentally releasing Mab after his father imprisoned her to make perfume. Appears in Game 9.
Mab, Queen of Sands - based mostly on the character of the Sandman, she has the power to control nightmares. She is revealed in the Game 9 bonus to also be the main character of the Seven Ravens fairy tale, although this version is only loosely based on the original story. Also probably gently based on Queen Mab, the fairy queen. Mab was previously the leader of the Sandmen/Keepers, the Moon Goddess's servants who bestowed dreams on people. After being imprisoned by Eric's father, she goes mad and tries to drown the world in nightmares, but is ultimately restored. Appears in Game 9, teased in Game 8.
Goldilocks - teased in Game 9 (there's a set of Goldilocks and the 3 bears puppets in the workroom, and the stinger involves someone eating porridge).