Rumburak

Rumburak is the main antagonist in the Czech TV-show "Arabela" and its sequel "Arabela Returns" as well as the narrator of both shows. He is portrayed by Jiří Lábus.

Arabella
Deciding to teach him how to hunt, the sorcerer Rumburak takes the actor Karel Majer to the Fairy Tale Kingdom, where Majer ends up shhoting the Big Bad Wolf by accident. Rumburak is then punished into taking the wolf's place by being turned into one. He is later restored to his usual form by the witch and uses her as his spy by having her impersonate the queen. Rumburak, who fell in love with princess Arabella, finds out about Arabella being in love with Majer's son and plans to prevent their wedding. He kidnaps her, but she escapes into the real world, followed by Rumburak and other characters.

After several complications, during which two of three magic rings end up being destroyed, Rumburak kidnaps Arabella and puts her into a dungeon, planning to behead Peter so Arabella will marry him instead. However, Arabella and Peter manage to escape with the help of Fantomas, a character from the Realm of Adult Fairytales.

To prevent their marriage once and for all, Rumburak turns Peter and Arabelle into a sheep and a grandfather clock. However, the spell gets reversed and the two get married, while Rumburak and the witch get turned into garden tools.

Arabella Returns
Hearing that Arabella wants to have children, Rumburak plots his revenge against her. He comes to an island where a tree grows magic apples that turn children into grandfathers He takes one and smuggles it to Arabella. The apple causes her children to turn into old men. Arabela and Peter look for a cure.

Finally the children are returned to normal. Rumburak is turned into a statue of a raven at the end, before the king uses the magic ring to turn him into a living raven, which he considers the better punishment. Trapped in his raven form, Rumburak flies out of the window.

Trivia

 * Jiří Lábus later reprised his role as Rumburak in the standalone movie Rumburak, however the character beared little to no resemblance to the evil sorcerer from the show: this version was a lonely sorcerer who forgot all his spells and lives in a cold tower together with his abusive wife, a raven. After being shot in his raven form, he lands in the modern city of Prague where he's given a job as an ornithologist and finally gives up his powers to be with Helene, the daughter of a school's headmaster.