

This is discovered through finding either a envelope of money in Crane's apartment or a package in the basement of the Tweedles' office.

Sound familiar?" ― Bloody Mary reveals who she's working forĭuring his search for Crane's witch, Bigby learns that the Crane is in debt to the Crooked Man and has been embezzling Fabletown funds to pay him off.

He's about yae high, a hundred and twenty-odd pounds, pissed his sheets until he was 14. " Look, it's recently come under our attention that you're, how shall I put this? Attempting to claim what is the personal property of the Crooked Man. During his interrogation, Dee claims that Beauty took out a loan from The Crooked Man, which is later corroborated when Bigby asks Beauty about the Tweedles when he is investigating the Open Arms Hotel. The first mention of the Crooked Man comes if Bigby decides to capture Tweedledee in the Trip Trap. In his rise, The Crooked Man has ensnared many Fables in his criminal web, providing them with what they need, but always at a high cost. His operation started with a crooked sixpence and a crooked house - two things he cared about more than his wife or children, whom he killed rather than let them stand in his way. The Crooked Man has slowly built himself into one of the most powerful figures in Fabletown.
