List of Once Upon a Time characters
The characters of the ABC show Once Upon a Time and its spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland are related to classic fairy tale and fantasy characters, and often tie-in with other Disney media properties. In addition to main and recurring cast, there have also been many minor characters introduced in the series.
Once Upon a Time
Appearances
Characters are listed in title credit order (alphabetically), and then by duration.
- ^1 Colin O'Donoghue was credited as recurring during the first half of the second season before being upgraded to main.
- ^2 Tom Ellis guest starred in the second season as Robin Hood before being replaced by Maguire in the third season.
- ^3 This character has a Land Without Magic counterpart without ever being cursed by the Dark Curse.
- ^4 Raphael Sbarge was not credited as his character, Jiminy Cricket, did not appear in human form in 5x12, his only appearance in the season.
Main characters
| Land With Magic Character | Real World Character | Portrayer | Starring | Recurring/Guest | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard | Ginnifer Goodwin (adult) Bailee Madison (child and teenager) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | N/A | Alive | |
| Snow White is the daughter of King Leopold and Queen Eva, and later stepdaughter of the Evil Queen Regina.[3][4] She is the true love of Prince Charming, mother of Emma Swan and Prince Neal, and grandmother of Emma's son Henry.
In Storybrooke, she appears as Mary Margaret Blanchard, a teacher at Storybrooke Elementary School.[3] | ||||||
| Emma Swan | N/A | Jennifer Morrison (adult) Abby Ross (teenager) Mckenna Grace (child) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | N/A | Alive | |
| Emma Swan is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, sister to Prince Neal and the mother of Henry Mills.
After arriving in Storybrooke, she is often called as the Savior by Henry and later by the other residents of the town after she breaks the Evil Queen's curse. | ||||||
| Regina Mills/Evil Queen | N/A | Lana Parrilla (adult) Ava Acres (child) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | N/A | Alive | |
| Regina Mills is the daughter of Cora Mills and Prince Henry Mills. She is also the half-sister of Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West and later the stepmother of Snow White. She later became the Evil Queen.[4][5]
In Storybrooke, she's known as the Mayor and the adopted mother of Emma Swan's son, Henry Mills.[3] | ||||||
| Prince David | David Nolan | Josh Dallas | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | N/A | Alive | |
| Prince David is the true love of Snow White, as well as the father of their daughter Emma Swan and son Prince Neal, and grandfather of Henry. He is often called as Prince Charming by Snow White.
In Storybrooke, he first appears as a John Doe, who has gone unidentified for years.[3] He is later identified as David Nolan.[6] | ||||||
| style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A | Henry Daniel Mills[7] | Jared S. Gilmore | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | N/A | Alive | |
| Henry Daniel Mills is Emma Swan and Neal Cassidy's son, whom she gave up for adoption after giving birth following her release from jail.[3][8] He is also Snow White, Prince Charming and Rumplestiltskin's grandson, and the great-grandson of the latter's father's alias Peter Pan. He is adopted by Regina Mills, after Mr. Gold procures him, naming him after her late father. Some time later, Henry becomes the Author, succeeding Isaac Heller, but has so far chosen not to use the powers associated with the title. | ||||||
| Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold | Robert Carlyle (adult) Wyatt Oleff (child) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | N/A | Alive | |
| Rumplestiltskin is a whimsical yet sinister imp who delights in making devilish deals with desperate people, warning them "all magic comes with a price".[9] He is also known as the Dark One. He is the true love of Belle, father to Baelfire/Neal Cassidy, and grandfather to his and Emma Swan's biological son Henry.
In Storybrooke, he is Mr. Gold, the owner of a pawn shop and the town's wealthiest resident. | ||||||
| Jiminy Cricket | Dr. Archibald "Archie" Hopper | Raphael Sbarge (adult) Morgan Roff (teenager) Adam Young (child) | 1 | 2, 3, 4 | Alive | |
| Jiminy Cricket is the son of con artists who desires to live an honest life, but is too weak-willed to leave his family.
In the Enchanted Forest, he receives a potion from Rumplestiltskin that will free him from his parents but inadvertently gives it to a young couple, transforming the pair into puppets. He wishes on a star in the hopes that the couple will be transformed back. The Blue Fairy appears and tells him that she cannot undo Rumplestiltskin's work. To make things right, she transforms him into a cricket so that he can be free from his parents and guide the couple's son Geppetto.[9] He was transported to Storybrooke when Regina cast her curse. In Storybrooke, he is Dr. Archibald "Archie" Hopper, the town's psychotherapist.[3] He is good friends with Marco. Archie is asked by Regina Mills to convince her adopted son Henry that his ideas about the curse are false.[10] Although it violates his conscience, he initially complies with her demands. Archie confides to Henry that he wants to be free, standing up to Regina and threatening to declare her an unfit mother if she continues to interfere with his sessions.[9] Emma later breaks the curse and he regains his memories as Jiminy. Regina's mother Cora later assumes the form of her daughter and abducts Archie while disguising an unspecified person she killed as his body. He is later found by Belle on Captain Hook's ship, from which he is rescued.[11] | ||||||
| Huntsman | Sheriff Graham Humbert | Jamie Dornan | 1 | 1, 2 | Deceased | |
 Jamie Dornan In the Enchanted Forest, he is raised by wolves. He considers the wolves to be his true family, and is greatly saddened by the deaths of animals. He is considered by the Evil Queen Regina the perfect assassin, and is hired to kill Snow White, though he spares her for selflessness. When he offers the Queen a stag's heart instead, she realizes she has been tricked and tears out the Huntsman's heart, keeping it in her vault and using it to make him her slave.[12] When Prince Charming is led to his execution, the Huntsman helps him escape. The Prince asks him to assist him, but he states he cannot leave and not to let the sacrifice of his heart be in vain.[13] He was transported to Storybrooke when Regina cast her curse. In Storybrooke, he is Sheriff Graham Humbert, the town's handsome and level-headed police officer.[3] In the earlier parts of Storybrooke, Sheriff Graham helps Regina Mills in preventing Owen and Kurt Flynn from leaving town. When Emma Swan arrives, he is one of the few residents who go against Regina, making her his deputy.[9][10] He and Emma are attracted to each other, though he has a secret sexual relationship with Regina,[9][10] which Emma later discovers, feeling betrayed and disgusted.[14] As he experiences flashbacks of his previous life, he seeks advice from Henry Mills, who tells him of his story. After Graham is unable to locate his heart, he ends his relationship with Regina and starts a new relationship with Emma, regaining his lost memories in the process. However, Regina crushes his heart and he dies in Emma's arms, shortly after thanking Emma for helping him remember who he truly was.[12] | ||||||
| Pinocchio | August Wayne Booth | Eion Bailey (adult) Jakob Davies (child) | 1 | 1, 2, 4 | Alive | |
 Eion Bailey In the Enchanted Forest, as a boy, he gives his life to save Geppetto from drowning, though the Blue Fairy restores him into a real boy, promising that the spell will hold if he is selfless, brave and truthful. Later, the Blue Fairy asks Geppetto to form a magical wardrobe to save the pregnant Snow White and Prince Charming from the Evil Queen's curse. However, the curse will send the inhabitants to a land without magic, and Pinocchio would be at risk of being transformed back into a puppet. Snow gives birth to Emma and Geppetto sends his son through the wardrobe, telling him to protect the child and get her to break the curse. After transporting, Pinocchio finds Emma, and they live in an orphanage until he leaves Emma to run away with other members of the home. Seventeen years later, Pinocchio, now known as August Wayne Booth travels to Portland and confronts Neal Cassidy, a thief who falls in love with Emma. He convinces him to leave Emma to allow her to fulfill her destiny. After Emma is arrested for possession of stolen items, he informs Neal of Emma's sentencing and later when the curse is broken.[15] August enters Storybrooke upon Emma's arrival to the town,[8] attempting to convince her of the curse's reality. He informs Mr. Gold and Emma that he is deathly ill and needs magic, though her denial refuses to see his condition. When Emma realizes the curse's reality, she visits August for help, though he completely turns to wood.[13] After the curse is broken, Mary Margaret finds August hiding in the woods, ashamed of the mistakes that he has made. He is later found by Tamara and offered a potion that will keep him human forever if he leaves Storybrooke. Upon realizing that Tamara intends to bring harm to the Storybrooke citizens, August attempts to warn Emma, but is fatally wounded by Tamara. However, it is determined that August's actions were selfless, brave, and true and Mother Superior restores him to his original form of a seven-year-old Pinocchio.[16] He was transported back to the Enchanted Forest when Regina undid her curse and later transported back to Storybrooke when the curse was cast again. Mr. Gold later uses Pinocchio in his plan to find the author of Henry Mills' story book in order to get the villains their happy endings. Transforming him into August once more, he reluctantly informs Gold of his findings, explaining that the author is in Storybrooke. After he is freed, he reveals to Regina Mills that the author is in fact within the book itself. | ||||||
| Red Lucas/Red Riding Hood/Wolf | Ruby | Meghan Ory | 2 | 1, 3, 5 | Alive | |
 Meghan Ory In the Enchanted Forest, Red meets Snow White during the latter's fleeing from the Evil Queen. The two work together to attempt to kill a wolf that is terrorizing the area, gradually leading them to believe it is Peter, Red's lover. However, Red soon discovers she is in fact the wolf, and inadvertently kills Peter. During her later travels with Snow, she discovers a society of werewolves, including her supposed mother, Anita. Red learns to control her wolf transformation, but when Anita plans to kill Snow in a revenge attack, she is accidentally impaled by Red in wolf form. She is transported to Storybrooke when the Evil Queen cast her curse. In Storybrooke, she is Ruby, a rebellious young woman who wants to leave town but is held back by her grandmother's ill health.[3] She works at Granny's Diner as a waitress,[17][18] though her relationship with her grandmother is strained, as she disapproves of her behavior and provocative attire.[3] Ruby later tires of responsibility, quitting her job, and becoming Sheriff Emma Swan's assistant. Due to her tracking skills inherited from the wolf's curse, she manages to discover a buried box containing a human heart. Horrified, she decides to resume working at Granny's, and as a result of her new-found maturity, she adopts a more mature image. When Emma breaks the curse, Ruby's memories are returned and she reunites with her family and friends.[15] Her wolf abilities remain, and on the first full moon since the curse is broken, Ruby transforms. An apparent wolf murder of Billy is discovered, though an investigation reveals that Albert Spencer killed him in an attempt to frame her. Following comfort by David, she remembers self-control as a wolf and goes for a run in the woods. She was transported back to the Enchanted Forest when Regina undid her curse and transported back to Storybrooke when the curse was cast again. Following the birth of Snow's son Neal, Ruby talked with her about possibly using Anton's magic beans to return to her pack. While using one of them, Ruby traveled to DunBroch where she met the local witch in order to see if there were other werewolves like her. This encounter left Ruby trapped in wolf form until Mulan restored her to normal. Ruby later helped Mulan and Merida when it came to fighting King Arthur and Zelena to keep them from obtaining a magic helm which ended with the other clans arriving to drive them off. After paying their respects at King Fergus's grave, Ruby left with Mulan to find other werewolves like her. This quest led them to Oz, where she met Dorothy Gale. Though their first meeting began rough due to Ruby's status as a werewolf, Dorothy grew fond of her, giving her the moniker "Wolfie," while Ruby nicknamed Dorothy "Kansas." Over their brief time together, Ruby and Dorothy, as well as Mulan, fought off Zelena after her return to Oz. In the end, Zelena placed Dorothy under a sleeping curse. In an attempt to locate her, Ruby tried to track down Zelena. Unfortunately, this led her to the Underworld, as the Wicked Witch had previously been transported there.[19] She was uncovered by her old friend Snow, while in wolf form.[20] With the help of Regina and Emma, Ruby questioned Zelena about her past with Dorothy, where the witch revealed what she did to her. Believing Dorothy's only chance of arrival to be her Aunt Em, Ruby and the others tried to seek her out in the Underworld, but they were prevented when Hades destroyed Em with water from the River of Lost Souls. However, through the help of Snow, Ruby realized she was in love with Dorothy and was therefore her only chance. After Regina retrieved the silver slippers from Zelena, Ruby and Snow used them to travel to Oz. Arriving in Oz, Ruby was reunited with Mulan and awoke Dorothy from her sleeping curse.[21] | ||||||
| Belle | Lacey | Emilie de Ravin | 2, 3, 4, 5 | 1 | Alive | |
| Belle is the daughter of Sir Maurice and his wife Colette. She is true love of Rumplestiltskin.
In Storybrooke, Belle is kept beneath the town's hospital for twenty-eight years by Regina.[22] She is later released by Jefferson and finds Mr. Gold, professing her love for him when the curse is broken and standing beside him as he brings magic to Storybrooke.[13] Belle later remembers her cursed self as a scantily-clad barfly named Lacey after Regina cursed her out of revenge towards Mr. Gold. | ||||||
| Killian Jones/Captain Hook | N/A | Colin O'Donoghue (adult) Oliver Bell (child) | 2, 3, 4, 5 | 2[23] | Deceased | |
| Killian Jones, is a pirate who formerly worked for a King with his brother Liam. In a fight, Rumplestiltskin cuts off Jones' hand, which he replaces with a hook, thus receiving his alias as Captain Hook. His character is constantly batteling his inner demons to become a better man. He is Emma's true love. | ||||||
| Baelfire | Neal Cassidy | Michael Raymond-James (adult) Dylan Schmid (teenager) Sebastian Wilkinson (child) Dean Petriw (younger child) | 3 | 1, 2, 5 | Deceased | |
 Michael Raymond-James After a number of unspecified adventures, Bae ends up in the Land Without Magic during the 20th century, taking on the identity of Neal Cassidy. In Portland, he meets Emma Swan with whom he falls in love. The two plan to run away until Neal is accosted by August Booth, who forces him to leave Emma to fulfill her destiny; Emma is arrested for possession of stolen watches. In Storybrooke, Mr. Gold and Emma track his son to Manhattan, and his true identity is revealed to Emma, while Neal discovers the two have a son, Henry.[24] Neal reluctantly returns to Storybrooke with his father, for Henry and Emma's sake, inviting his fiancée Tamara, though it is revealed she is working with Greg Mendell to destroy Storybrooke. After this discovery, Neal is shot by Tamara and falls through a portal to the Enchanted Forest.[25] After Neal discovers Emma is in Neverland,[26] he uses the Shadow to travel there, rescuing Henry from his sinister grandfather, Peter Pan, and returning to Storybrooke.[27] When Regina undid her curse, Neal is transported back to the Enchanted Forest.[28] In the Enchanted Forest, Neal and Belle visit Rumplestiltskin's castle and are given the location of the Dark One's vault. Neal is tricked into unlocking the vault, which will in fact resurrect Rumplestiltskin, but what he doesn't know is that for Rumplestiltskin truly to return to life, the one who unlocks the vault must die. Before Bae dies, Rumplestiltskin takes his body and merges it with his own. After Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West informs Rumplestiltskin that a new curse is coming, Neal temporarily splits from his father's body and sends a dose of memory potion to Hook to help Emma break the curse back in Storybrooke. Back in Storybrooke, Emma finds the reason Rumplestiltskin is losing his mind is because Neal is trapped within Mr. Gold. Neal is able to emerge and asks for Emma to free Gold so they can defeat Zelena though he will die. She reluctantly agrees.[29] Since then, Neal had been sent to Mount Olympus. Sometime later, he visits Emma in her dream warning her to not enter the Underworld, which she disagrees. | ||||||
| Will Scarlet/Knave of Hearts/White King | N/A | Michael Socha | 4 | N/A | Alive | |
| This is also a Once Upon a Time in Wonderland character.
Will Scarlet is the brother to Penelope and true love of Anastasia. In Oz, he witness the death of his sister, Penelope. Since then, he had been depressed. He then meets Robin, who helped him obtain the elixir of the wounded heart. Sometime later, he ends up in the Enchanted Forest. He then becomes a thief who joins Robin Hood's group of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest. However, after stealing for himself, he exits the band and travels to Wonderland with a girl named Anastasia, hoping for a better life. In Wonderland, Will and Anastasia attends a royal ball uninvited and later was caught by the Red King. Later, the two decides to leave Wonderland but before they do so, Anastasia decided to steal the royal crowns from Wonderland Castle, which resulted in her marrying the Red King and abandoning Will. Will later persuaded Anastasia to return home with him. However, due to the intervention of the Queen of Hearts, Anastasia remained in the castle. Heartbroken, he asks the Queen of Hearts to rip his heart out so he wouldn't have feelings. This lead to him being forced to become the Knave of Hearts in the Queen's army. He is later interested to hunt Alice down for treason. Eventually, Alice managed to get his heart back in order to make him stop hunting her. He is later transported to Storybrooke when the Evil Queen cast her curse. Twent-eight years later, after the curse broke, the White Rabbit arrives and takes him to save Alice. This eventually led to him being reunited with Anastasia and ruling aside her in Wonderland. He later ends up back in Storybrooke, although it is unknown how. Back in Storybrooke, he meets Robin Hood and apologies for his actions years ago. He begins to date Belle who he views as a kindred spirit. Mr. Gold enlists Will to look after Belle as he feels he cannot treat her how she deserves. However, after Gold's condition worsens, Belle admits that she does not truly love Will. Although not explained, Will eventually returns to Wonderland and becomes the White King and rules Wonderland with Anastasia, who is now the White Queen. | ||||||
| Zelena/Wicked Witch of the West | N/A | Rebecca Mader (adult) Isabella Blake-Thomas (child) | 5 | 3, 4 | Alive | |
| Zelena is the daughter of Cora and Jonathan and half-sister of Regina. Sometime later, she becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. She is also the mother of her and Robin Hood's daughter. | ||||||
| Robin Hood | N/A | Sean Maguire Tom Ellis (first appearance) | 5 | 2, 3, 4 | Alive | |
| This is also a Once Upon a Time in Wonderland character.
Robin Hood is an archer who robs from the rich to give to the poor with his Merry Men. He is also the father to his and Marian's son Roland, the current romantic interest of Regina and father to his and Zelena's daughter. | ||||||
Recurring characters
| Land With Magic Character | Real World Character | Portrayer | Recurring | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Dwarfs | |||||
| The Seven Dwarfs are a group of dwarf miners whose names reflect their personality traits. They are good friends with Snow White and Prince Charming, allowing Snow to live with them when she was escaping from the Evil Queen.[17] | |||||
| Dreamy/Grumpy | Leroy | Lee Arenberg | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| This is also a Once Upon a Time in Wonderland character.
Dreamy was born in the mines; as his egg was accidentally sprinkled with fairy dust by the fairy Nova, he dreams and falls in love with her. The Blue Fairy tells Dreamy that if he and Nova run away together, she will lose her wings. Dreamy ends their relationship and returns to the mines, being renamed Grumpy.[30] He is later seen as a guard looking out for the curse in a watchtower of Snow and Charming's castle.[3] In Storybrooke, he is Leroy, a janitor at the Storybrooke General Hospital and the "town drunk".[6] He quickly forms a bond with Sister Astrid (Nova), and after learning of the nunnery's rent problems, he assists with raising money to the content of Astrid.[30] Leroy's original memories are restored when the curse is broken, reuniting with Snow and the other dwarfs.[15] He unites the dwarfs together and they begin to mine for fairy dust again. | |||||
| Sneezy | Tom Clark | Gabe Khouth | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Sneezy is known to have a habit of sneezing often. In Storybrooke, he is Tom Clark, the owner of the Dark Star Pharmacy. After the curse is broken, Sneezy joins the other dwarfs in an experiment to find out why the residents cannot leave town. Crossing the border, he loses his memories of his past life once again. Mother Superior (the Blue Fairy) later creates a potion that restores his memories. In the 5th season when the heroes return from Camelot and Emma now fully embraced as the Dark One, then turns him to stone after seeing him in her red leather jacket. He is then turn back to normal by Regina.[25] | |||||
| Doc | N/A | David Paul Grove | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Doc is the group's doctor, helping Snow White give birth to Emma in the Enchanted Forest. In Storybrooke, Doc's occupation is unknown. | |||||
| Sleepy | Walter | Faustino Di Bauda | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Sleepy is known to fall asleep often, even in public places. In Storybrooke, he is Walter, a security guard who works at Storybrooke Hospital and occasionally dozes off on the job. | |||||
| Bashful | N/A | Mig Macario | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Bashful is extremely shy and quiet. | |||||
| Happy | N/A | Mike Coleman | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Happy tends to be extremely cheerful in most situations. | |||||
| Dopey | N/A | Jeffrey Kaiser | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Unknown | |
| Dopey is mute. In Storybrooke, Dopey becomes the owner of an ice cream business, Any Given Sundae. When Ingrid arrives in 2001, she takes over the shop and erases Dopey's memories of ever owning the shop.[31]
Sometime after Hook cast the third curse, he is sent over the town line and turns into a tree. | |||||
| Widow Lucas/Granny | N/A | Beverley Elliott | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Widow Lucas, simply referred to as Granny, is the mother of Anita and grandmother of Red Lucas.
As a girl, a wolf killed her father and brothers and then also transformed her into a wolf. The other aspects of the curse faded with age, but her heightened senses remain. Red inherited the family curse and is also a wolf, though Granny received an enchanted red cloak from a wizard, to prevent her transformation. When her granddaughter begins a relationship with a man called Peter, she disapproves. As news of a wolf killing villagers becomes known, Granny warns the others not to fight the monster. Red and Snow White believe Peter is the wolf, until Granny informs Snow of her curse. By the time she and Snow find Red, she had already killed Peter. Granny is transported to the real world when the Evil Queen Regina casts her curse. In Storybrooke, she is known simply as Granny and is the owner of "Granny's Bed and Breakfast and Cafe." Her health problems prevent Ruby Lucas (Red Riding Hood) from leaving town, who assists her grandmother as a waitress. Granny's memories are returned when the curse is broken by Emma Swan, and she embraces her family and friends.[13][15] | |||||
| Reul Ghorm/Blue Fairy | Mother Superior | Keegan Connor Tracy | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
 Keegan Connor Tracy In the Enchanted Forest, she was a teacher to Tinker Bell (the Green Fairy), until she stopped believing in her due to her rule-breaking.[33] While she is quite powerful, she is unable to undo Rumplestiltskin's magic. To help fix a problem created by his magic, she transforms Jiminy into a cricket and guides him to help Geppetto.[9] She also transforms the puppet Pinocchio into a real boy, and creates a quill that temporarily immobilizes Rumplestiltskin, aiding in his imprisonment.[34] Rumplestiltskin is hostile towards her and other fairies, blaming her for the disappearance of his son Baelfire.[32] The Blue Fairy presents the idea of fashioning a wardrobe from a magical tree to save Emma and Pinocchio from the Evil Queen Regina's curse by sending them to the new world.[3] In Storybrooke, she is Mother Superior of the town's nuns, who were all fairies prior to the curse.[15] When August Booth (Pinocchio) is murdered by Tamara, she restores him to a seven-year old real boy.[16] Following the successful mission to rescue Henry from Neverland, the town's heroes return to Storybrooke. However, Peter Pan uses his shadow to kill Mother Superior by ripping her own shadow from her body, seeing her as a threat to his plot to take over Storybrooke.[35] After Tinker Bell kills Pan's shadow, Mother Superior's is returned. She thanks Tinker Bell and restores her fairy status. Mother Superior is placed into Merlin's hat after Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) controls an unwilling Captain Hook to remove the fairies from Storybrooke in his plan to cleave himself from his dagger. The fairies are later freed by a reformed Regina. | |||||
| Victor Frankenstein | Dr. Whale | David Anders | 1, 2, 3, 5 | Alive | |
 David Anders Victor originally seeks a way to restore life to the dead, but has his funding pulled by his father. Rumplestiltskin offers him gold in exchange for the scientific method on how to revive the dead as magic could not. Victor robs a grave for body parts to experiment on, but is caught by Gerhardt who is shot by a police officer. As Victor attempts to bring Gerhardt back to life, electricity cannot revive him, so Rumplestiltskin instead offers a heart from the Enchanted Forest. As part of a bargain, he creates a false attempt to reanimate Daniel (the Evil Queen Regina's lost love) to make it easier for Rumplestiltskin to manipulate her. In his own world, Frankenstein reanimates his brother with the heart, but inadvertently turns him into a monster, beating his father to death. Victor imprisons him until he can devise a way to help Gerhardt overcome his psychotic rage.[36] In Storybrooke, he is Dr. Whale, a doctor working in Storybrooke General Hospital. His name is a reference to James Whale, director of the films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. He originally assists Regina Mills (the Evil Queen), doing whatever she says without hesitation.[6] After the curse is broken, he leads a mob to Regina's home intending to kill her.[15][37] Victor later seeks a way to return to his brother, believing if he were to do something for Regina she would bring him back. He successfully reanimates Daniel's corpse with a magical heart, turning him into a monster who savagely rips off Whale's arm. Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) later reattaches his arm. He was transported back to the Land Without Color when Regina undid her curse and returned to Storybrooke when the curse was cast again. Dr. Whale would later show up to help save Greg Mendell, and deliver both Mary Margaret and Zelena's children, the latter two due to being forced into it by Zelena and Emma, respectively. | |||||
| Geppetto | Marco | Tony Amendola (adult) Michael Strusievici (child) | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Alive | |
 Tony Amendola He became orphaned when Jiminy Cricket accidentally transformed his parents into puppets. He carves himself a son named Pinocchio out of magical wood. During their adventures, Pinocchio sacrifices his life for Gepetto's. For this act, the Blue Fairy turns him into a real boy. She asks him to carve a magical wardrobe with the ability to save the pregnant Snow White and Prince Charming from the Evil Queen Regina's curse. However, the curse would send everyone to a land without magic and Pinocchio, a real boy because of magic, could turn back into a puppet. Geppetto bargains with the fairy to use the second spot for Pinocchio, ultimating in her lying to the other inhabitants, claiming the wardrobe can only save one. Geppetto sends his son to the real world, telling him to protect the child and get them to break the curse. In Storybrooke, he is Marco, the town's handyman. August Booth (the adult Pinocchio) offers to work as Marco's assistant to which he agrees. His memories as Geppetto are restored when the curse is broken. August (who had turned back into wood) returns to life, until he is murdered by Tamara. Mother Superior (the Blue Fairy) resurrects him for his honesty, and Marco takes in a now seven-year-old Pinocchio as his son once more.[16] | |||||
| Maleficent | N/A | Kristin Bauer van Straten | 1, 2, 4 | Alive | |
 Kristin Bauer van Straten After failed attempts to kill Princess Aurora's mother, Maleficent inflicts Aurora with a sleeping curse, putting both the Princess and her kingdom into a thorn-adorned ruin. Maleficent also curses Aurora's true love Prince Phillip into a beast called the Yaoguai, banishing him to another realm. He is eventually discovered by Belle who returns him to human form. Maleficent befriends Cruella de Vil and Ursula and later falls pregnant whilst in her dragon form. Snow White and Prince Charming expect a baby at the same time, though they are told that she has great potential for darkness. To ensure their child's goodness, Snow and Charming steal Maleficent's egg to which Merlin's Apprentice places the darkness into. Due to the spell's side effect, Maleficent's egg is transported to the real world with Cruella and Ursula. Some time after Maleficent is approached by the Evil Queen Regina, who trades Rumplestiltskin's dark curse for Maleficent's sleeping curse, in order to punish Snow White. Prince Charming also places a bottle of true love within Maleficent in exchange for directions to wake Snow from her slumber from Rumplestiltskin.[13] Regina again visits Maleficent to steal the dark curse after her sleeping spell fails,[10] enacting it and taking everyone to the real world. In Storybrooke, Regina traps Maleficent in her dragon form beneath Storybrooke's abandoned library. Later, when her adoptive son Henry falls under a sleeping curse to prove the curse's reality to his birth mother Emma Swan, Emma is forced to destroy Maleficent to retrieve the potion within her. Regina later finds Maleficent alive in an undead-like body form.[38] When Cruella and Ursula arrive in Storybrooke with Mr. Gold (Rumplestilstkin), they resurrect Maleficent for their plan to locate the author of Henry's story book and get their happy endings. An awakened Maleficent tells Mary Margaret (Snow White) and David (Prince Charming) that they will pay for stealing her child. Mr. Gold later informs Maleficent that her child is alive, leading Maleficent to disband from the group and asking Emma to locate Lily, who knows her from her early life in foster care. Emma finds Lily in the real world, bringing her back to Storybrooke. Lily is intent on enacting revenge on Mary Margaret and David for what they did, but Maleficent does not want to waste time on revenge plans, instead convincing Lily to stay in Storybrooke and teach her how to control her own dragon abilities. | |||||
| Prince Henry Mills | N/A | Tony Perez (older adult) Zak Santiago (younger adult) | 1, 2, 4, 5[39] | Deceased | |
| Prince Henry Mills is the son of King Xavier. He is the husband of Cora Mills and father to Regina Mills.
In the Enchanted Frest, he marries Cora after she demonstrates the ability to spin straw into gold. He is later the loving but weak father of the Evil Queen, Regina, and serves as her royal valet in the Enchanted Forest. Henry is supportive of Regina, but does not protect her against the manipulations or actions of her mother. He is later held captive in Wonderland by Cora as leverage against Regina, who eventually rescues him. However, when Rumplestiltskin informs Regina she must retrieve the heart of who she loves most to enact his dark curse, she kills him. In Storybrooke, Regina appears to have cared a great deal for her father, naming her adopted son Henry and turning his tomb into a large mausoleum. After his death, Henry was sent to the Underworld. Years later, while trying to find Hook, he meets Regina, who apologises for her actions back in the Enchanted Forest. Later, Cora threatens to send him to Hell. When at the entrance to Hell, Regina tries to persuade her mother not to send her father to Hell which she starts to do. What Cora doesn't know is that Henry was spared upon his unfinished business of Regina being free of her mother. Henry then meets his grandson Henry. Before heading to Mount Olympus, Henry tells his grandson to watch over his daughter and to remember who she is. | |||||
| Genie/Magic Mirror | Sidney Glass | Giancarlo Esposito | 1, 3, 4, 5[40] | Alive | |
 Giancarlo Esposito After being washed away from Agrabah, the Genie was found by King Leopold, who, being extremely wealthy, simply wishes to free the Genie and invite him to live in his castle to help him find true love. There, he falls in love with the King's wife Queen Regina, who fools him to kill Leopold in order for her to become sole ruler of his kingdom. Realizing the Queen never loved him, he uses his final wish to remain with her forever; thus trapping him in her mirror.[4] As a spirit in the Magic Mirror, he is able to move between and see through other mirrors in the Enchanted Forest, acting as a spy to Regina.[8][12] In Storybrooke, he is Sidney Glass, a reporter for Storybrooke's local newspaper The Daily Mirror. On Regina's request, he researches Emma Swan's past to help Regina expel her from Storybrooke.[10] After Graham's death, Regina attempts to appoint him sheriff, but he loses the position to Emma.[18] Sidney later secretly works with Regina to gain leverage over Emma.[4] Emma later learns of his deception realizing that he is in love with Regina. Regina uses Mr. Gold to kidnap Kathryn Nolan, framing Mary Margaret (Snow White) for her alleged murder.[41] However, after Kathryn is found alive, Sidney falsely confesses to kidnapping Kathryn to use as an article and become famous.[32] He is then placed into Storybrooke's asylum underneath the hospital. Later freed by Regina for her quest to remove Maid Marian from Storybrooke, Regina again places Sidney in a mirror. It is soon revealed that Sidney was actually in allegiance with the Snow Queen working against Regina, who frees him in exchange for the mirror he was stored in. | |||||
| King George | Albert Spencer | Alan Dale | 1, 2 | Alive | |
.jpg) Alan Dale King George and his wife are unable to bear children of their own, leading George to strike a deal with Rumplestiltskin for an heir. Years later, the kingdom falls into financial trouble, and Prince James offers to slay the dragon plaguing King Midas' realm in exchange for gold. James is killed in battle, and his twin brother David is recruited to carry out the task. The task is completed and Midas deems the Prince worthy of marrying his daughter and uniting the kingdoms. George reneges on his promise to return David home and forces him to marry, otherwise he will kill David's mother and burn his home.[14] Later, George learns that David has fallen in love with Snow White. He forces Snow to break David's heart,[17] though David still breaks off his engagement, fleeing the kingdom. George's knights capture him, and David is sentenced to death, though the Evil Queen Regina intercepts him, instead using him in her plan to curse Snow.[42] A reawakened Snow is then kidnapped by George, who curses her to never have children. This plan is foiled when water from Lake Nostos breaks the curse.[43] King George later joins forces with the Evil Queen to fight Snow and Charming's forces, which ends with George's army being defeated and the Evil Queen being apprehended. In Storybrooke, he is the cold-hearted District Attorney Albert Spencer who leads the prosecution for the Kathryn Nolan "murder case", against Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White).[41] Following the curse being broken, Spencer murders Billy, framing Ruby (Red Riding Hood) in an attempt to show the town of David's incapable control. Spencer then burns Jefferson's hat that David was relying on to retrieve his daughter and wife who had fallen through a portal created by it, and is later arrested.[44] | |||||
| Jefferson/Mad Hatter | N/A | Sebastian Stan | 1, 2 | Alive | |
 Sebastian Stan When he first meets Regina, Rumplestiltskin has Jefferson bring Dr. Frankenstein to the Enchanted Forest to pretend failing to revive her true love Daniel, in order to make her become evil. In his later life, he lives with his daughter Grace, selling fungus to survive. He initially refuses to help Regina, though later agrees if his daughter will want for nothing. He takes Regina to Wonderland, where she rescues her father Henry and abandons Jefferson, who is beheaded by the knights of the Queen of Hearts. His head is reattached and he is ordered to make another hat to return home. Although he makes thousands of hats, none take him home, leading him into insanity and earning his alias as the Mad Hatter.[45] In Storybrooke, he remembers his pre-cursed life and lives in a large house. He captures Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) and abducts Emma, ordering her to make a hat that will take him home. Emma knocks him out and when he awakens to kill Emma, Mary Margaret pushes him out of a window. He disappears, leaving nothing but his hat.[45] Jefferson returns upon request of Regina to remove Emma, promising a new life with his daughter. He retrieves the apple that cursed Snow White into a deathlike sleep from the Enchanted Forest.[42] However, after Henry Mills is cursed, Regina refuses to reward Jefferson, who later frees Belle from her cell and instructs her to tell Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) that Regina held her captive.[13] After the curse is broken, he initially avoids Grace, feeling guilty for unintentionally abandoning her, but they eventually happily reunite. | |||||
| Princess Abigail | Kathryn Nolan | Anastasia Griffith | 1, 3 | Alive | |
 Anastasia Griffith In Storybrooke, she is Kathryn Nolan, the wife of David Nolan (Prince Charming). David however is in love with Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White), and starts an affair with her.[14][17] She is later accepted into a law school in Boston, though David refuses to relocate and suggests they end their marriage. Kathryn then learns about David's affair, deciding to move to Boston alone. However, her car is found abandoned at the town's limits, and a missing persons case becomes a murder trial when a heart proven to be Kathryn's is found in Mary Margaret's jewelry box. It is later revealed that Regina worked with Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) to attempt to frame Mary Margaret for Kathryn's murder, when Mr. Gold in fact kidnapped Kathryn. She is later found alive, though she does not remember her disappearance.[41] Sidney Glass (The Genie/Magic Mirror) falsely takes the blame for her kidnapping.[32] After the curse is broken, Kathryn and Frederick find each other and live happily together in her home.[46] | |||||
| Cora Mills/Queen of Hearts | N/A | Barbara Hershey (older adult) Rose McGowan (younger adult) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Deceased | |
 Barbara Hershey Cora Mills is the daughter of a local poor, drunken miller. She later becomes the mother to both Zelena and Regina and the grandmother of Henry Mills. As a young woman, Cora is asked for her hand in marriage by a man named Jonathan claiming to be a Prince. The two conceive a child, Zelena, though Cora discovers Jonathan's fake identity. She then meets Prince Leopold and the two form a bond, until Cora learns he is engaged to Princess Eva, who informs Leopold of her secret child. Banished from the kingdom, she sends Zelena to Oz, in order to become a royal. Some time after she delivers flour to King Xavier, claiming she is more than the miller's daughter, demonstrating how to spin straw into gold after being trained by Rumplestlitskin. In exchange, she promises to run away with him but chooses power over love, ripping her own heart, marrying Henry, and later giving birth to Regina. As an older woman, Cora is a controlling mother towards Regina, creating a series of events that will lead her daughter into being crowned Queen. In an earlier life, Regina accidentally got badly injured upon touching Cora's wand. As her magic can't heal Regina, Cora had to travel to Oz to get Zelena. The two girls got to know each other. After an incident with Cora's wand, Cora had Zelena sent back to Oz and then erased Regina's memories of Zelena. Later on, Cora fatally poisons an older Eva, leaving her daughter Snow White to be raised by Regina. However, Regina is in love with the stable boy Daniel, a secret that Snow innocently informs Cora of. Cora soon kills him,[41] leading Regina to resent both her mother and Snow. Rumplestiltskin later helps Regina send Cora to Wonderland via a magical mirror,[47] where she becomes the Queen of Hearts. In Wonderland, she meets Anastasia, the soon to be Red Queen and teaches her magic. She also recruited Will Scarlet, Anastasia's lover, as her Knave of Hearts and instructs him to hunt Alice for treason. Briefly returning to the Enchanted Forest, Cora witnesses as Regina drinks a potion that makes her infertile, as a way to keep Cora from manipulating the child. Cora later kidnaps her husband Henry to Wonderland, though Regina retrieves him to kill him in order to enact Rumplestiltskin's dark curse. Not wanting her mother to follow her to the new world created by the curse, Regina sends Captain Hook to assassinate Cora. However, Cora instead allies with Hook, travelling to an island, casting a barrier to protect them from the curse, frozen in time for twenty-eight years.[48] After the curse is broken and Mary Margaret (Snow White) and her daughter Emma Swan are transported to the Enchanted Forest, they encounter Cora.[47] Cora learns that Regina and her adoptive son Henry are in Storybrooke, and retrieves a magical bean, following the two back to Storybrooke with Hook.[48] Cora impersonates Regina to supposedly kill Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket), thus causing Regina to lose Henry. She then turns a rehabilitating Regina back to evil by playing on her love for him. She seeks out the Dark One's dagger to kill their enemies,> though Regina returns her heart which, unbeknownst to her, has been poisoned by Mary Margaret with the same candle that Cora poisoned Snow's mother with. Upon possessing her heart, she loves Regina truly, until she dies in her arms. Cora is later summoned from the Underworld by Regina and Snow White to find out their parent's dark past involving Zelena. While in the Underworld due to having unfinished businesses in the living, Cora is shown to be running the Underworld's version of Storybrooke. She is informed that Regina has arrived in the Underworld. Regina reunites with Cora who states that Regina is Cora's unfinished business. Cora then states that it is too dangerous to find Captain Hook and not to make the same mistake. Regina is shown by Cora the fate of not returning to Storybrooke where the only two ways out are a pleasant one and a worst one as she sends one of her servants down to Hell. The same might happen to Regina's father if Regina doesn't retreat back to the living. Regina learns from his father that Cora is using him to make Regina leave. When at the entrance to Hell, Regina tries to persuade her mother not to send her father to Hell which she starts to do. What Cora doesn't know is that Henry was spared upon his unfinished business of Regina being free of her. Henry then meets his grandson Henry. Before heading to Mount Olympus, Henry tells his grandson to watch over his daughter and to remember who she is. When Cora visits Hades, he reprimands her for not getting Regina out of the Underworld. Hades tells Cora that the ticking he hears was the result of her husband Henry moving on to the next life and out of the Underworld. Hades tells Cora about how he knows about how she gave up Zelena. He declares that Cora has failed him and makes her a miller again where she must deliver the mill flour bags. Captain Hook and Regina free her from her fate in order to get her to reason with Zelena. When the first attempt failed, Cora had to admit what she had done with them when they were children as her unfinished business is to see the two of them happy like they were when they were together. Cora even restores their memories enabling Regina and Zelena to reconcile. Before moving on to Mount Olympus upon her unfinished business being complete, Cora wishes her two daughters good luck. | |||||
| Caterpillar | N/A | Roger Daltrey (voice, first appearance) Iggy Pop (voice) | 1 | Alive | |
 Iggy Pop The Caterpillar is an inhabitant of Wonderland who resides on a mushroom where he is always smoking. The Caterpillar is also the boss of a group of warriors called Collectors who are sent to collect the debts to the Caterpillar from anyone. The Knave of Hearts is in debt to the Caterpillar. Cyrus once traded his compass to the Caterpillar in exchange for an invisible tent at the edge of the Outlands. When the Knave of Hearts and Alice travel to Underland to take possession of the Forget-Me-Knot, the Caterpillar accepts the Knave's deal of obtaining the item from the Grendel for him, in exchange that the Caterpillar erases his debt. The Knave instead keeps the Forget-Me-Knot to help Alice on their quest to find Cyrus. Jafar later visits the Caterpillar so that he can tell him about the Knave of Hearts. When in the presence of Jafar, Caterpillar tells him about the Jabberwocky and where she was imprisoned. Cyrus later visits the Caterpillar in order to get his compass back. | |||||
| Princess Aurora | N/A | Sarah Bolger | 2, 3, 4 | Alive | |
 Sarah Bolger She first appears when she is awoken from her deep sleep by Phillip, accompanied by Mulan. Phillip is later marked by a wraith, who sucks out his soul. Mulan tells Aurora that part of the Enchanted Forest had been spared from the Evil Queen's curse, as Emma Swan and Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) are transported from Storybrooke to the area, after falling into a portal with the wraith.[15] Although Aurora tries to kill Snow at first, believing her to be the cause of Phillip's death, she later trusts her and Emma and with Mulan's help, assists their return to Storybrooke. Aurora learns from Cora that the soul of a wraith's victim can be restored. She and Mulan successfully recover Phillip's soul and find a wounded Neal Cassidy (Baelfire) after he is transported from a portal in Storybrooke,[25] assisting him on his quest to find Emma and Henry.[26] It is later revealed that Aurora and Phillip are expecting a baby, much to Mulan's dismay as she secretly has romantic feelings for her, though she leaves to join Robin Hood's Merry Men.[33] Aurora and Phillip later greet the inhabitants of Storybrooke in the Enchanted Forest upon their transportation, after Peter Pan's curse took them back to their original worlds.[49] Prior to the curse's reversal, they were under the protection of Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, though she transforms them into flying monkeys when they reveal her intentions of stealing Snow White and Prince Charming's baby. After Zelena's defeat, the two are restored to human form and begin to live in Storybrooke, where along with Mary Margaret and Ashley, attends parenting classes with her newborn child. | |||||
| Prince Phillip | N/A | Julian Morris | 2, 3 | Alive | |
 Julian Morris Aurora and Phillip later greet the inhabitants of Storybrooke in the Enchanted Forest upon their transportation, after Peter Pan's curse took them back to their original worlds.[49] Prior to the curse's reversal, they were under the protection of Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, though she transforms them into flying monkeys when they reveal her intentions of stealing Snow White and Prince Charming's baby. After Zelena's defeat, the two are restored to human form and begin to live in Storybrooke. | |||||
| Mulan | N/A | Jamie Chung | 2, 3, 5 | Alive | |
 Jamie Chung Spared by the curse which had left their land unaffected but frozen for 28 years, Mulan and Phillip resume their search for Aurora. After she is rescued, the trio encounter a wraith, who sucks out Phillip's soul. When Emma Swan and Mary Margaret (Snow White) appear in the area, Mulan believes that they were responsible for unleashing the wraith, and for Phillip's death.[15] Mulan later trusts Mary Margaret and Emma, helping them return to Storybrooke. Aurora later learns from Cora that the soul of a wraith's victim can be restored. Mulan and Aurora successfully recover Phillip's soul and find a wounded Neal Cassidy (Baelfire) after he is transported from a portal in Storybrooke,[25] assisting him on his quest to find Emma and Henry.[26] It is later revealed that Aurora and Phillip are expecting a baby, much to Mulan's dismay as she secretly has romantic feelings for her, though she leaves to join Robin Hood's Merry Men.[33] Mulan later shows in DunBroch, where she teaches Merida in combat and archery, then later teams up with Ruby after she freed her from the Witch and both begin a journey to find Ruby's family of lycans, which lead them to the Land of Oz, where they help revive Dorothy after she was placed under a sleeping curse by Zelena. | |||||
| William Smee | N/A | Chris Gauthier | 2, 3, 4 | Alive | |
| William Smee is a man capable of procuring objects that are hard to find. In the Enchanted Forest, he makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in order to get his life extended; Smee trades him a magic bean for his age reversal. Captain Hook manages to intervene and kidnaps Smee to obtain the bean, later appointing him as a crewman on his ship, the Jolly Roger. Hook uses the bean to create a portal that takes the ship to Neverland where he and his crew will never age.[51] In Neverland, Smee serves as an adviser to Hook, assisting in his murderous aspirations to kill Rumplestiltskin and to raise the newly arrived Baelfire.
In Storybrooke, Smee appears as a homeless man who kidnaps Belle under the orders of her father Moe French (Sir Maurice).[51] Mr. Gold later uses him as an experiment for his spell that would enable anyone to cross the border to Storybrooke without losing their memories. When Hook arrives in Storybrooke, Smee immediately begins following orders, retrieving Mr. Gold's most prized possession: Baelfire's shawl. In retaliation, Gold turns Smee into a rat. He is later reformed to his human body. | |||||
| N/A | Owen Flynn/Greg Mendell | Ethan Embry (Mendell, adult) Benjamin Stockham (Flynn, child) | 2, 3 | Deceased | |
 Ethan Embry Almost three decades later, a man crashes his car into Storybrooke. His name is later revealed to be Greg Mendell, an alias of Owen whose name is a reference to the geneticist Gregor Mendel.[53] When Greg is brought to the hospital, the residents debate whether to save his life and risk the truth of Storybrooke being revealed to the outside world. He is ultimately saved, and remains in the town to investigate the strange happenings of Storybrooke. Regina eventually learns of Greg's identity, telling him to leave the town. Greg ignores her, as it is revealed he is in alliance with Neal Cassidy's fiancée, Tamara.[16] The two kidnap Regina and torture her to reveal his father's whereabouts. She eventually tells him that she killed his father. A hurt Greg plans to kill Regina but escapes when David Nolan (Prince Charming) tracks him down. Greg and Tamara later obtain a trigger to obliterate Storybrooke, though it is foiled.[42] The two instead kidnap Henry Mills, travelling to Neverland, though upon arrival, they realize that they had been fooled. When confronted by the Lost Boys, the pair refuse to hand Henry to them, causing Peter Pan's Shadow to rip out Greg's shadow from his body, killing him instantly.[25][26] | |||||
| Tamara[54] | N/A | Sonequa Martin-Green | 2, 3 | Deceased | |
 Sonequa Martin-Green Her quest begins in Hong Kong, where she visits a self-proclaimed healer called the Dragon claiming to have cancer. There, she meets August Booth (Pinocchio), who also seeks the healer as he is gradually turning to wood. August steals $10,000 from her as a settlement to the Dragon's cure, though Tamara finds and takes the potion back. She later returns to the Dragon's home and kills the Dragon.[16] Tamara later follows August to New York City where she begins a scheme to learn about Storybrooke. She befriends Neal Cassidy (Baelfire), eventually becoming an engaged couple. Tamara is invited to Storybrooke by Neal who informs her of his magical background. She finds a completely wooden August, offering to give him a cure if he leaves Storybrooke forever. However, when August learns that Tamara killed the Dragon, he warns Emma Swan about Tamara's deception, only to be mortally wounded by her. He is later resurrected to his child self, though unable to identify who attacked him. Tamara is later shown to be in a romantic alliance with Greg Mendell, a stranger who crashed into the town and who also wants to destroy magic.[16] Tamara and Greg are instructed by the "Home Office" to send them magical objects, including magic beans and a "trigger" which can self-destruct Storybrooke. After Emma becomes suspicious of the pair, Tamara reveals her deception, shooting Neal and sending him through a portal, before fleeing.[42] Tamara and Greg activate the trigger but are foiled, instead kidnapping Henry and travelling through a portal to Neverland.[25] However, they soon realize that they are being fooled. When confronted by the Lost Boys (the real "Home Office") the pair refuse to hand Henry to them. After the Shadow rips out Greg's shadow, Tamara is hit by an arrow. Mr. Gold finds Tamara and heals her in order to find the location of Henry. After Tamara asks for forgiveness for attacking his son, Mr. Gold kills Tamara by crushing her heart.[26] | |||||
| Marian | N/A | Christie Laing | 2, 3, 4 | Deceased | |
| Marian is the first wife of Robin Hood and mother to their son Roland.
Initially the target for the affection of the Sheriff of Nottingham, she runs away with Robin after falling in love with him. Sometime later, Marian is pregnant and falls ill, causing Robin Hood to obtain a magic wand from Rumplestiltskin's castle to heal her.[55] Marian later gives birth to a son named Roland, though she ends up wanted by the Evil Queen and is sentenced to death. After Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West opens a time-travel portal, Emma and Hook are dragged into it and sent to the Enchanted Forest of the past. Emma decides to rescue Marian (though she does not know her identity) and the two take her back to present day Storybrooke. Unknown to the pair, Marian is in fact Zelena, who killed Marian and took on her body. Marian is reunited with Robin and Roland, which hurts Regina, whom Robin had been in a relationship with. Marian is hostile towards Regina, until she saves her life after being cursed by the Snow Queen. It is discovered that the remnants from her curse continue to affect Marian, leading Regina to reluctantly suggest Marian and her family must leave Storybrooke and travel to the real world to save her. Marian, along with Robin and Roland, leave Storybrooke to start a new life. In New York City, Robin discovers her true identity after Regina locates them. However, he also learns that Zelena is pregnant. | |||||
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| The Lost Boys are the murderous inhabitants of Neverland and servants of Peter Pan. Pan began forming the group under his alias of the Pied Piper in the fairytale world. As mentioned by Wendy Darling, they cry at night because they miss their families. | |||||
| Felix | N/A | Parker Croft | 2, 3 | Deceased | |
| Felix is a member of the Lost Boys and Peter Pan's right-hand boy. He leads the group into searching Captain Hook's ship for Baelfire, whom he eventually finds and delivers to Peter Pan, though he is not the boy wanted: Henry Mills.[25] When Neal arrives in Neverland to save his son Henry, Felix captures him until being knocked out after he breaks free. Upon his capture of the group from Storybrooke, Felix is taken to the town and placed in jail, until Peter Pan (who has inhabited Henry's body) breaks him free, explaining his plot to make the town "The New Neverland" with possession of the original dark curse.[35] However, Pan reveals he needs the heart of the thing he loves most to enact it. As Felix was the most loyal to him, Pan uses his heart to enact the curse, thus killing him as a sacrifice.[28] | |||||
| Malcolm/Peter Pan/Pied Piper | N/A | Robbie Kay (Peter Pan/Pied Piper, teenager) Stephen Lord (Malcolm, adult) | 3, 5 | Deceased | |
 Robbie Kay He later appears as a fugitive boy pretending to escape from the Lost Boys. He "befriends" Henry who is also attempting to escape upon arriving in Neverland, following his kidnap from Storybrooke. He later reveals his true identity and tells Henry he possesses "the heart of the truest believer", which he now owns.[26] He blackmails John and Michael Darling to help him with his tasks, in exchange for their sister Wendy's life, who had been lured back to Neverland. Pan falsely claims to Henry that magic is dying in Neverland, persuading him to give him his heart, leading Henry to temporarily die. After Pan traps Gold inside Pandora's Box,[56] Regina successfully reclaims Henry's heart and revives him, before Pan swaps his and Henry's souls.[27] Once in Storybrooke, Pan orders the Shadow to kill Mother Superior after reading Henry's book. He then steals the original curse from Regina that created Storybrooke, planning to enact it to turn the town into "The New Neverland."[35] His plot is successful, though before it takes place, Gold kills both Pan (who reverts to Malcolm) and himself with the Dark One's dagger.[28] After dying, Malcolm's Peter Pan form ends up in the Underworld, running the Underworld version of Mr. Gold's shop. When Mr. Gold enters the shop, Pan states that he won't find anything unless he allows him to. Pan plans to return to the living by exchanging one of the living that arrived. He does allow Mr. Gold to take the Ale of Seonaidh from him on the house. Mr. Gold later enlists his father as part of a loophole for a deal with Hades that involves abducting Zelena before the two of them can have dinner together. | |||||
| Tinker Bell | N/A | Rose McIver | 3 | Alive | |
| Tinker Bell, or the "Green Fairy" is a fairy who began training under the guidance of the Blue Fairy. However, her ways displease the Blue Fairy after she breaks rules including interacting with the Evil Queen and stealing pixie dust, believing it to help Regina find true love. Regina's cowardice would lead to Tinker Bell being stripped of her wings and made human by the Blue Fairy.[33]
Tinker Bell later travels to Neverland, where some years later, she forgives Regina and helps to find her son Henry who had been kidnapped by the sinister Peter Pan.[33] She successfully arrives in Storybrooke with the rest of Storybrooke's residents, where she manages to kill Peter Pan's shadow. Her actions result in saving Mother Superior whose shadow was ripped from her body by Peter Pan's. Mother Superior restores Tinker Bell to fairy status.[35] | |||||
| Dorothy Gale | N/A | Teri Reeves (adult) Matreya Scarrwener (teenager) | 3, 5 | Alive | |
| Dorothy Gale is a young girl from Kansas. She is also the true love of Red Lucas.
Caught in her Kansas farmhouse during a raging cyclone, she is swept away to Oz. Taken in by the protectors of Oz, the sisterhood of witches, she comes to view them as family. One night, she is confronted by Zelena, the Witch of the West, while getting water from a well. Zelena intends to get rid of Dorothy as she believes the girl is destined to usurp her seat in the sisterhood. In defense, Dorothy throws a bucket of water at Zelena; causing the witch to melt. Glinda, the Witch of the South, then appears and offers her to take Zelena's place as the Witch of the West, but Dorothy declines; wishing only to return home. With Glinda's help, she is taken to see the Wizard and given a pair of silver slippers to travel to any world. Dorothy thanks the Wizard and proceeds to click the slippers' heels three times to send herself home. Only after the girl's departure, Glinda discovers too late that Zelena masqueraded as the Wizard in order to usher Dorothy out of Oz. Years later, Dorothy gets words that Zelena is still alive. She then uses the Silver Slippers and travels back to Oz to face Zelena. She rescues the Scarecrow from her and takes cover somewhere in Oz. With the help of Hades, Zelena tracks Dorothy down and rips the Scarecrow's brain out. She however leaves Dorothy unharmed as she wants all of Oz to witness their Saviour fail in saving them. Ruby and Mulan later encounter Dorothy during their trip to Oz where she meets them and they witness Zelena's return. Zelena captures Toto in order to get the Silver Slippers from Dorothy. During an attempt to obtain some poppies as part of a knock-out potion, Ruby gave Dorothy the nickname of Kansas then they are chased by Flying Monkeys. When Dorothy goes to confront Zelena alone, she ends up in a Sleeping Curse. Ruby arrived in the Underworld looking for Zelena in order to find a way to undo the Sleeping Curse on Dorothy. After the attempt to bottle some kisses from Auntie Em fails due to Hades' interference, Mary Margaret would accompany Ruby to Oz where she convinces Ruby to be the one to kiss Dorothy. After the two of them teleport to Oz, Ruby kisses Dorothy which wakes her from the Sleeping Curse in front of Mulan, Toto, and the Munchkins. Ruby and Dorothy then resume kissing. | |||||
| Elsa/Ice Queen | N/A | Georgina Haig | 3, 4 | Alive | |
 Georgina Haig As a young woman, her parents travel on a mission to the Enchanted Forest, searching for a cure to Elsa's powers. However, they are involved in a storm and die in a shipwreck. Elsa discovers this years later, leading Anna to venture to the Enchanted Forest to fulfill their parents' last mission. Upon her return with remaining questions, Anna is suspicious of Ingrid (the Snow Queen) who has befriended Elsa after revealing she is their aunt. Ingrid attempts to prove to Elsa that people will turn on her for her powers by cursing Anna to turn on her. However, Anna inadvertnalty traps Elsa within a magical urn which is then taken by Rumplestiltskin and placed within the Dark One's vault. After Emma Swan and Captain Hook are dragged into a time portal to the past, they bring Elsa to Storybrooke upon their return. Initially frightened of the new land, Elsa eventually befriends Emma who she helps accept her powers similar to her own. Attempting to locate her sister, she uses Anna's necklace (the Wishing Star) to bring her to Storybrooke. Elsa soon learns that Ingrid wants to make Emma and Elsa her new sisters having lost her own as a young woman. However, Anna finds their mother's last letter, explaining her forgiveness towards Ingrid for their past in Arendelle. Realising what she has become, Ingrid destroys herself, leaving Elsa, Anna and Krisoff to return to Arendelle and restore the memories of her mother and her sisters to their kingdom. | |||||
| Anna | N/A | Elizabeth Lail | 4 | Alive | |
| Anna is the second daughter of the King and Queen of Arendelle, sister of Elsa, and true love of Kristoff.
As a young girl, her parents travel on a mission to the Enchanted Forest, searching for a cure to her sister's powers. However, they are involved in a storm and die in a shipwreck. Elsa discovers this years later, leading Anna to venture to the Enchanted Forest to fulfill their parents' last mission, delaying her wedding to Kristoff. Returning to Arendelle with questions outstanding, Anna becomes suspicious of Ingrid (the Snow Queen) who claims to be her aunt. Ingrid imprisons Anna, using a spell to have her turn on Elsa, resulting in Anna trapping Elsa in the urn. Ingrid then freezes Anna and Kristoff and the kingdom of Arendelle. Thirty years later, Arendelle thaws and Anna and Kristoff escape from Anna's sinister previous lover Prince Hans. With help from Blackbeard, Prince Hans captures the pair who then are placed in a trunk and thrown off the ship. In Storybrooke, Elsa discovers Anna's necklace in Mr. Gold's pawn shop and vows to find her. When Elsa wishes for Anna to return using her Wishing Star necklace, she inadvertently brings Anna from Arendelle to Storybrooke. Anna discovers her mother's letter, leading Ingrid to destroy herself and be with her sisters once more. Anna, along with Elsa and Kristoff, return to Arendelle in time for her wedding. | |||||
| Kristoff | N/A | Scott Michael Foster | 4 | Alive | |
| Kristoff is the true love of Princess Anna. Originally set to marry Anna, she puts the wedding on hold in order to find the truth behind her parents' death. After Ingrid (the Snow Queen) attempts to harm Anna, Kristoff attempts to save her, only to be frozen by Ingrid. Thirty years later, Arendelle thaws and Anna and Kristoff escape from the sinister Prince Hans, having now taken over the kingdom. With help from Blackbeard, Prince Hans capture Anna and Kristoff, who are thrown from his ship inside a trunk. In Storybrooke, Elsa using Anna's necklace (the Wishing Star) to unintentionally save Anna and Kristoff and bring them to the town. After Ingrid destroys herself, Kristoff returns to Arendelle with Anna and Elsa for his wedding. | |||||
| Ingrid/Snow Queen | Sarah Fisher | Elizabeth Mitchell (adult) Brighton Sharbino (child) | 4 | Deceased | |
 Elizabeth Mitchell Developing her powers and taking on the alias of the Snow Queen, Ingrid is unintentionally released from the urn years later, meeting her niece Elsa, who also possesses similar ice powers of her own. The two form a bond until Elsa's sister Anna returns from a trip and is suspicious of Ingrid's motives. Ingrid casts a spell on Anna, leading her to trap Elsa inside the urn. Rumplestiltskin steals the object in exchange for Merlin's magical hat. Ingrid then visits the Apprentice once more, offering him the hat in exchange for a portal to the real world in order for Ingrid to find a new family of sisters. In New York City, 1982, Ingrid fosters a young Emma Swan, but loses her after attempting to prove to Emma that she is magical. Ingrid later travels to Storybrooke, and using the alias Sarah Fisher, she takes over an ice cream parlor, Any Given Sundae, from Dopey.[31] When Emma is drawn to the town, she has a heated argument with Emma who believes Ingrid is following her. She then erases Emma's memory of their time together to continue living in Storybrooke. When Elsa is brought to the town, Ingrid sees her opportunity to finally complete her family. Attempting to show Emma her true abilities, Ingrid eventually causes her to lose control of her magic, though Elsa helps Emma to accept herself and her powers. Ingrid then places magical ribbons on the three of them, allowing her to harness their powers. She casts the Spell of Shattered Sight over Storybrooke, attempting to have the residents kill one another, leaving only her, Elsa and Emma remaining. However, when Anna arrives, reading her mother Helga's last words of regret and forgiveness, Ingrid undoes the Spell of Shattered Sight by destroying herself. Before she dies, Ingrid returns the memories of Emma and Elsa, disappearing to the afterlife, also known as Mount Olympus, where she is happy to join Gerda and Helga. | |||||
| Apprentice | N/A | Timothy Webber (adult) Graham Verchere (child) | 4, 5 | Deceased | |
| The Apprentice is an elderly man who works for the sorcerer Merlin in Camelot and later the Enchanted Forest.
He protects his teacher's creation, a box capable of transforming into a hat for absorbing and accumulating magic, from each person that takes on the Dark One's powers. A version of the Dark One, Rumplestiltskin manages to steal the hat, but it is then taken by Princess Anna of Arendelle. Some time later, Ingrid (the Snow Queen) obtains the hat and gives it back to the Apprentice in exchange for a portal to the real world in order for Ingrid to complete her family. Snow White and Prince Charming also cross paths with the Apprentice, offering them a spell to remove any potential darkness from their expected baby. After they obtain Maleficent's egg, the Apprentice places the darkness inside and transports it to the real world. The Apprentice later confronts the Author for manipulating the transportation of Maleficent's egg and imprisons him for his irresponsibility. In Storybrooke, the Apprentice is visited by Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin), who uses the hat (found in Merlin's home) to place the Apprentice inside and utilize its power to be cleaved of the Dark One's dagger's control. Mother Superior later frees the Apprentice from the hat, who helps to save Mr. Gold's life by placing the Dark One's dark powers into the hat. Unfortunately, the darkness escapes and enters the Apprentice's body which weakens him. While in a weakened state, he reveals that Merlin is the only one who can stop the darkness forever after it is taken in by Emma Swan. He then procures a wand to assist the residents in their transport to Camelot to find him. Afterwards, the Apprentice takes his last breath and passes away. Henry later encounters the Apprentice where he learns that the Apprentice's unfinished business is to make sure Henry does the right thing if he happens to get the key to the Sorcerer's Mansion from Sheriff James where another Magic Quill is contained. | |||||
| Lilith Page | N/A | Agnes Bruckner (adult) Nicole Munoz (teenager) | 4 | Alive | |
 Agnes Bruckner Born inside an egg, she is transported from the Enchanted Forest to the real world after Snow White and Prince Charming attempt to rid their daughter Emma Swan of any potential darkness. The darkness instead is put into a newborn Lily. As an orphan, Lily is adopted into the Page Family in Hopkins, Minnesota, though she runs away after feeling alone. She meets a similar aged Emma who befriends her after realizing their supposed similar orphan situation. However, Lily's adoptive father James eventually locates the pair at an uninhabited lake house, instructing her to come home. A betrayed Emma abandons Lily and is taken into foster care. Emma later secures a family and encounters Lily who apologizes to Emma for lying about her circumstances where it is mentioned that James has disassociated himself from Lily. Emma forgives her but is again hurt after she discovers Lily is wanted for stealing, leading Emma to leave her foster parents. Years later, Maleficent requests that Emma locate Lily. Finding her working at a gas station under the alias of Starla, Emma discovers that Lily is out for revenge against Emma's parents after they made her evil. After a near-fatal showdown, Emma convinces Lily to come with her back to Storybrooke. Lily is reunited with her mother in Storybrooke, though is disappointed when Maleficent states she does not want to waste time on revenge plans. Regina cuts Lily's hand to obtain her blood to use for the author of Henry's story book to rewrite events of her life. Infuriated, Lily transforms into a dragon, attacking Mary Margaret (Snow White) after becoming out of control. Regressing back to human form, Maleficent gives Lily her baby rattle which she never got the chance to give her. Lily agrees to stay in the town with her mother, while also attempting to locate her father, who neither Lily or Maleficent knows because she was conceived in dragon form. | |||||
| Ursula/Sea Witch | N/A | Merrin Dungey (adult) Tiffany Boone (young adult) | 4 | Alive | |
| Ursula is a half-woman half-octopus sea witch. She is named after the ancient Sea Goddess Ursula who grants mermaids the ability to walk on dry land from one high tide to another for twelve hours.[58] Ursula also appears to have a human form in which she can use her tentacles.
In her earlier life, Princess Ursula was a former mermaid, the daughter of King Poseidon and her late mother who was killed by pirates. Her singing voice is exploited by her father to attempt to kill pirates in retaliation for the death of her mother. Ursula eventually argues with him that her singing is the only memento of her mother, and doesn't wish to use her gift to harm others and so she decides to take on human form and escape the sea. She befriends Hook, captain of the Jolly Roger, who offers to take her to Glowerhaven. She soon learns from Hook that her father asked him to trap her singing voice within an enchanted shell in exchange for squid ink, which Hook desires for vengeance against the Dark One. Ursula steals the ink from Poseidon's vault but as she delivers the item to Hook, her father arrives and takes the procured item away. Angered that his only hope of revenge has been crushed, Hook removes Ursula's singing voice so Poseidon can never use his daughter to sink another ship again. Poseidon then leaves with Ursula, but shattered at this betrayal, Ursula decides she no longer wants to be a mermaid and uses her father's trident to transform her tail into tentacles similar to the Ursula of legend, she claims that the whole sea will be at her mercy because of her newfound power, and that even her father will come to fear her. After that, Ursula becomes a well-known villain in the Enchanted Forest, becoming the Sea Witch. Her reputation is important enough to be known by Rumplestiltskin and among other merfolk. However, over the years, some of her actions as villain ended up being thwarted by heroes, and she began to harbor resentment against them. Ursula later forms a somewhat alliance with Cruella and Maleficent, which ended when Ursula and Cruella De Vil are taken to the real world whilst guarding an egg containing Maleficent's child. Many years later, Ursula works as an aquarium worker in New York. Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) finds her, offering her her happy ending by working with him, Cruella and Maleficent. Entering Storybrooke, Captain Hook makes a deal with Ursula for information regarding Mr. Gold's plan in exchange for her singing voice being returned. After this fails, Hook retrieves King Poseidon by use of Ariel, who apologizes to Ursula for his past actions. Reconciling with her father upon having her singing voice returned to her, Ursula leaves with him to return to the Enchanted Forest. | |||||
| Cruella De Vil | Cruella Feinberg | Victoria Smurfit (adult) Milli Wilkinson (child) | 4, 5 | Deceased | |
| Cruella De Vil is the daughter of Madeline an evil woman who has the ability to control animals using magic.
In her early life in 1920s England, Cruella is troubled, intentionally killing her father and later her two stepfathers. Cruella's mother banishes her to the attic in her home where she grows up confined. Later visited by Isaac (the Author) posing as a newspaper reporter, he frees her and plans to run away with her. However, after informing her of his real identity and ability to alter events, Cruella regains her abilities and kills her mother. A betrayed Isaac writes Cruella into not being able to kill anyone while accidentally spilling ink onto her, drastically altering her appearance. Cruella is later taken to the real world with Ursula whilst guarding an egg containing Maleficent's child. Many years later, Cruella, now known as Cruella Feinberg, is located in Long Island, has her lavish lifestyle and items repossessed by the FBI. Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) and Ursula offer her the opportunity to join them in returning to Storybrooke to get their happy endings. Cruella agrees to the terms and takes them to Storybrooke in her car. However, whilst there she bargains with Emma Swan by kidnapping her son Henry in exchange for the murder of Isaac who keeps his writing of preventing Cruella being able to kill. However, this ultimates in Emma inadvertently murdering Cruella by blasting her off a cliff after she threatens to shoot Henry. Mr. Gold and Isaac later mourned her death. Since her death, Cruella had been living in the Underworld due to having unfinished business. Henry encounters her behind a protection spell where she states that she misses the music and gin of the living. Cruella stated that the only way out of the Underworld is resolving their unfinished business, ending up sent to an infernal place, and Cruella's claim of the Author powers. When Henry stated that the Apprentice told him that the Author powers can't bring back anyone who has died outside their world, Cruella claims that the Apprentice is lying since the Author powers are its own entity. She also claims that because Henry broke the quill that had the Author powers in it, the Author powers are in the Underworld with unfinished business. After speaking to Cruella, Henry returned to Robin Hood where he has kept quiet about Cruella's claims about what the Author powers can do. Hades later ordered Cruella and Claude to disable all the Haunting Booths in Underbrooke much to the dismay of David and Captain Hook. David suspects that Hades had Cruella do this in order to keep hope from occurring in the Underworld. Cruella de Vil later accompanied Sheriff James into ambushing Emma and Robin Hood. When it came to the action at the Underbrooke Harbor, Cruella witnessed Sheriff James fight David. After Sheriff James is thrown into Underbrooke Harbor landing him in the River of Lost Souls, Cruella escapes. After Hades gives her and the Blind Witch the Underworld, she attempted to keep the outsiders from leaving because she didn't get her wish to return to the living, but failed. | |||||
| N/A | Isaac Heller | Patrick Fischler | 4 | Alive | |
| Isaac Heller is a writer who began his career as a television salesman in the real world in the 1960s. Upon being invited to a publishing company, he meets the sorcerer Merlin's Apprentice who selects him to become the latest of many "authors". The job of each author being to transcribe the events that occurred in the Enchanted Forest, using a magical quill. Among his many predecessors, it is suggested Walt Disney had the job before he died.
Being transported to the Enchanted Forest, Isaac abuses his powers, manipulating events that surrounded him, showing no regret to the people he hurt. Posing as a peddler, he crosses paths with Snow White and Prince Charming, tricking them into placing their child's potential for darkness into Maleficent's unborn child. As punishment, the Apprentice seals Isaac into his book. Many years later after the Evil Queen Regina enacts her dark curse, the inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest are taken to a town called Storybrooke in the real world. The author's book is found by Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) who gives it to Regina's adoptive son Henry Mills to give him hope of a better life. Regina begins to believe the book is preventing her happy ending as she is illustrated as a villain. Regina locates the author after discovering he is trapped within the book. Isaac escapes from her after being let out by Emma Swan. Attempting to create a new quill, he is approached by Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) who forces him to write a new book entitled "Heroes and Villains". All the residents apart from Henry are sucked into the book into a parallel universe. Within this version of events, Regina begins to die after being attacked by Rumplestiltskin. Emma demands that Isaac save her and return them to their original world. However, Isaac informs her that he is not the Author anymore. With this, Henry retrieves his quill discovering he is the next Author. Using Regina's blood, Henry undoes Isaac's work and returns the characters back to Storybrooke. Isaac attempts to escape the town, but is arrested by Mary Margaret and David (Prince Charming) as confirmed on Adam Horowitz' Twitter account. | |||||
| Merlin | N/A | Elliot Knight Jonathan Adams (voice only, first appearance) | 4, 5 | Deceased | |
| Merlin is a powerful sorcerer originating from Camelot. He is served by his Apprentice.
In his early life, Merlin trekked through the desert with an unnamed companion until they come across the Holy Grail. When his companion disintegrated upon touching the Grain, Merlin finds himself approved by the Holy Grail where he gains magic and immortality. He first discovered his magic by turning the desert into a forest. 500 years later, Merlin takes on a young boy as his Apprentice and creates a special box that contains a hat, which can absorb and accumulate magic. As a safeguard, only those who have overcome the Darkness can open it. Merlin later met Nimue, when he learns that her village of Oxleigh was attacked by Vortigan. The two fall in love where Merlin reveals the traits of the Holy Grail. In order to combat Vortigan and remove his immortality, Merlin headed to the place where the Stolen Flame is held and used it to remake the Holy Grail into Excalibur. When Vortigan attacks and seemingly kills Nimue. Merlin confronts Vortigan, until his heart is ripped out by Nimue (who drank from the Holy Grail). Though Merlin tells Nimue to spare Vortigan, Nimue kills Vortigan anyway which transforms her into the first Dark One. After Nimue breaks the tip off of Excalibur and steals the spark of the Stolen Fire, Merlin remakes the tip into the Dark One's Dagger, binding Nimue's spirit to it. Eventually, Merlin uses the Dark One's Dagger to summon Nimue, where he tries to kill her. But after failing to do so, Nimue takes the Dagger and uses one of Merlin's tears to transform him into a tree. The Darkness is later taken in by certain individuals including Gorgon the Invincible, Zoso, and more prominently Rumplestiltskin, who both attempt to gain freedom by cleaving themselves from the dagger unsuccessfully by stealing the box from the Apprentice. For eons, Merlin and his Apprentice choose an "Author" to witness and record the events that occur around them. While still trapped in tree form, Merlin gives a young King Arthur the prophecy of Excalibur. The Apprentice later speaks with Merlin. He tells Merlin that he has trapped the current Author Isaac Heller into the book after he made him harm Maleficent's child. Merlin tells the Apprentice that he can't undo what has already been done and remarks that the fate of the child and the fate of Snow White and Prince Charming's child are bound together as they always have been. Some time later through unknown means, Merlin appears in the Land Without Magic. Posing as an usher during the filming of The Sword in the Stone, Merlin instructs a confused young Emma Swan to not take Excalibur from its stone when she has the opportunity to do so. In the town of Storybrooke, Merlin owns a mansion containing his hat, a hidden portal door to Arendelle, and a secret room containing blank storybooks similar to the ones used by each Author. When the Dark One's powers escape from Rumplestiltskin, an older Emma takes them in as a sacrifice, causing the town's residents to travel to Camelot in order to locate Merlin and save her. The inhabitants of Camelot inform them that Merlin prophesized their coming, telling them only a savior can free Merlin from his entrapment in a magical tree in the kingdom. Thanks to a teardrop obtained by Regina and Emma (who used Violet to break Henry's heart in order to obtain it), Merlin was freed and begins helping Emma in her attempt to free her from the darkness. He starts by helping David's group infiltrate the dungeon to take out the guards and free Lancelot and Merida. Merlin takes Emma to where the spark of the Stolen Fire was last used and has her summon the spirit of Nimue using the Dark One's Dagger. After overcoming Nimue's influence, Emma and Merlin then return to the diner. On the way back, Zelena had tethered Merlin to Excalibur using a spell and summoned Merlin to his side. Again and again, Merlin tries to talk sense into Arthur, who is still furious at the sorcerer for giving him a false prophecy and a broken sword. Though Merlin says he can help him unite the sword with the dagger and repair everything that was lost, Arthur believes there is no going back and he doesn't want Merlin to have all the glory. Smugly, Arthur then orders him to render the heroes powerless and send them away. After Emma frees King Arthur's captives enough for King Arthur and Zelena to get away, Merlin is present when Emma tries to unite Excalibur and the Dark One's Dagger. During this time, Captain Hook's wound he sustained from helping to fight King Arthur opens up. As Emma heals it, Merlin states that any wound caused by Excalibur cannot be fully unhealed causing Emma to teleport herself and Captain Hook away. Merlin then feels his tethering to Excalibur fading, as the Darkness within him is transferred into Hook via Excalibur, knowing that it isn't good. After Captain Hook becomes another Dark One, Merlin sends Sir Lancelot to find the Lady of the Lake. While in Granny's Diner, Merlin foresees what will happen and prepares a recorded message. His message is cut off when he senses Captain Hook come in. Captain Hook then rips out Merlin's heart as the Darkness in Captain Hook's head changes form from Rumplestiltskin to Nimue. Despite Emma's attempted intervention, Captain Hook crushes Merlin's heart at Nimue's tempting, in order to enact another Dark Curse to return to Storybrooke and take revenge on Mr. Gold. When the group was back in Storybrooke through some way, Henry threw the magical toadstool into the cauldron where a pre-recorded message from Merlin is played telling them to find Nimue, the only person capable of helping them defeat the Dark One in the event that something bad happens to him. Before he can say anything more, he sees the Dark One coming, prompting the remaining part of the message to be cut off. | |||||
| King Arthur | N/A | Liam Garrigan (adult) Webb Baker Hayes (child) | 5 | Alive | |
| King Arthur resides in the kingdom of Camelot. As a young boy, his dream was to become a great king because of a prophecy he heard from Merlin. He successfully pulls Excalibur from its stone, finding the tip (the Dark One's dagger) missing, which would become his endless obsession, neglecting his own knights, his kingdom, and even his wife Guinevere. After Lancelot left, he used the same sand to turn Camelot into a castle.
Some time later, Arthur brings the residents of Storybrooke to Camelot, and assists them in finding Merlin. He even joins David in finding a toadstool and makes him a member of the Round Table, replacing a supposedly deceased Lancelot, but turns out that Arthur has his own agenda by keeping the toadstool for himself in order to save the kingdom. He is also a manipulator as he soon discovers that Emma is the Dark One from Mary Margaret and David and upon learning about Guinevere's feelings for Lancelot. King Arthur later confronts Mary Margaret and Sir Lancelot in the Vault of the Dark One where he claims the Dark One's Dagger only to find it is fake. David arrives and was able to capture King Arthur. While at the diner when handcuffed, Guinevere and the rest of King Arthur's knights arrive where David and Mary Margaret are bewitched to serve King Arthur and Sir Lancelot is thrown into the dungeon. Merlin is foiled by Emma and Regina upon freeing Merlin, who warned Arthur that as long as Excalibur is separated he can not stop Merlin. King Arthur later confronts Mary Margaret and Sir Lancelot in the Vault of the Dark One where he claims the Dark One's Dagger only to find it is fake. David arrives and was able to capture King Arthur. While at the diner when handcuffed, Guinevere and the rest of King Arthur's knights arrive where David and Mary Margaret are bewitched to serve King Arthur and Sir Lancelot is thrown into the dungeon. When David and those with him infiltrate Camelot's castle in an attempt to claim Excalibur and the Dark One's Dagger, Zelena had captured Mary Margaret and sided with King Arthur. Using a spell, Zelena tethers Merlin to Excalibur and King Arthur summons him to his side. Again and again, Merlin tries to talk sense into Arthur, who is still furious at the sorcerer for giving him a false prophecy and a broken sword. Though Merlin says he can help him unite the sword with the dagger and repair everything that was lost, Arthur believes there is no going back and he doesn't want Merlin to have all the glory. Smugly, Arthur then orders him to render the heroes powerless and send them away. King Arthur and the other residents of Camelot are later transported to Storybrooke when Captain Hook evokes the Dark Curse as part of his plan to get revenge on Mr. Gold.. However, it is revealed that Arthur has known of Emma being the Dark One. He plans on overthrowing an established peaceful community for the sake of desiring power and making Storybrooke the new Camelot. He explained to the residents that Emma might use the reunited Excalibur to snuff out either the dark or light magic. When Regina plans to contact Merlin, King Arthur goes in alone to do it and throws the toadstool into the fire and claimed that he wasn't able to get through. Though King Arthur was unaware that magical toadstools don't burn. He is later locked up, with David mockingly pointing out that Arthur is upset because he's not important anymore. Arthur's insanity is likely lifted after Excalibur vanishes. With nothing else to do, he likely began to think about his actions. | |||||
| Merida | N/A | Amy Manson | 5 | Alive | |
| Merida is the daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, sister to her triplet brothers and later Queen of DunBroch.[59]
Emma finds Merida where they compete for a wisp. While Emma wants to obtain the wisp to find Merlin, Merida wanted the wisp to save DunBroch. Merida states that wisps can be found in the Hill of the Stones. She also made a reference to having encountered witches and bear curses. Merida states that her father has passed away during a battle where he was killed by King Arthur and she has been made queen where she needs the wisp to find her brothers who have been kidnapped by the United Clans. The manifestation of Rumplestiltskin's Dark One form wants Emma to betray and kill Merida. During the confrontation at the Hill of the Stones after Emma whispers to the wisp, Merida tells Emma that she heard her voice talking in her sleep. Emma tries to fight the temptation to take Merida's life as she catches Merida's arrows. Emma successfully pulls out Merida's heart only for David, Mary Margaret, Regina, and Captain Hook to show up. Thanks to Captain Hook, Emma fights the temptation and spares Merida from getting her heart destroyed. The wisp returns where Merida decides to show mercy to the United Clans when she finds them as she heads out to find the United Clans. Merida is later caught and jailed by Arthur. She later meets Lancelot in the dungeon where they make an alliance to take down the King. After being freed by Emma's group and Merlin, Merida dragged Belle into helping her rescue her brothers from the United Clans. Both of them managed to succeed in this mission with Belle returning to the others. Due to King Fergus' death, he was unable to return the Enchanted Helm to the Witch who vowed to turn everyone into bears if the Enchanted Helm is not returned to her by sundown tomorrow. Merida works to find the Enchanted Helm and receives help from Little Red Riding Hood and Mulan. After King Arthur and Zelena are fended off by Merida, Little Red Riding Hood, Mulan, and the United Clans, Merida didn't want to return the helm to the Witch. The Witch then tells Merida that she passed the test since the Enchanted Helm in question was not magical at all as both Merida and King Fergus gained the confidence to lead without the Enchanted Helm. Merida then received the Ale of Seonaidh from the Witch which she used to speak to her dead father. In Storybrooke upon being brought there by the Dark Curse, Merida became a minion for Emma as she has her heart in order to train Mr. Gold to become heroic enough to release Excalibur and at the same time use him in order to kill Emma. Mr. Gold passed this event by defeating Merida's bear form. Upon releasing Mr. Gold and Merida from her clutches, Emma told Merida that her three brothers are still in DunBroch. | |||||
| Guinevere | N/A | Joana Metrass (adult) Dalila Bela (child) | 5 | Alive | |
| Guinevere the wife of King Arthur who resides in Camelot. As a young girl, she believed in Arthur's dreams of becoming a king, and upon returning with Excalibur she became his wife. Unfortunately, she would become neglected by Arthur's obsession with Excalibur, resulting in her falling for Lancelot. The two even went on a mission to seek out the Dark One's dagger. Thanks to a deal made by Rumplestiltskin, she traded the gauntlet in exchange for the magical sands that came from the sap of a tree that is found on Avalon.
When Arthur finds out about her feelings for Lancelot, he takes the sands and uses it on Guinevere to make her follow his orders. She then uses the sand on David and Mary Margaret so they can follow Arthur's orders. When Captain Hook's Dark One form evoked the Dark Curse, Guinevere is among those that ended up in Storybrooke. | |||||
| Sir Lancelot | N/A | Sinqua Walls | 2, 5 | Alive | |
| Sir Lancelot is one of King Arthur's knights of the round table and the son of the Lady of the Lake. During his tenure, Lancelot witnesses Arthur free Excalibur from its stone, though abandons his place on the Round Table after falling in love with Arthur's wife Guinevere, this after they went on a quest to find the dagger, which resulted in a deal with Rumplestiltskin that Lancelot was against.
After leaving Camelot, he became a servant of King George under the alias of "Leviathan." Under the orders of King George, Lancelot captures Snow White and brings her to him, unintentionally allowing King George to curse her with water that makes her barren forever, with no chance of producing children. Lancelot revisits Snow, mentioning that he had no knowledge of the water's content. Using the remnants of the water in Lake Nostos, Lancelot is able to undo the curse on Snow White. Lancelot was later seen in the protected area of the Enchanted Forest that was unaffected by the Dark Curse. This Lancelot was actually Cora in disguise. The ruse is exposed by Mary Margaret (Snow White) as Cora claimed that she killed Lancelot. Lancelot turns up alive. At some point, he returns to Camelot and sneaks into King Arthur's castle. During the night where David is bestowed the Siege Perilous seat by Arthur, Snow White goes out to the hallway to calm down her crying baby son where she sees a shadowy figure walk past. When she calls out to the person, Lancelot steps out much to her astonishment. He assures her it is truly him. After putting aside the story of his struggles, Lancelot warns her about a villain that is currently in the castle. At first, Snow assumes he is speaking about Emma (who is now the Dark One). Instead, Lancelot reveals that King Arthur is the villain and Camelot is not what it seems. When Arthur found out that Lancelot was alive and confronted him and Mary Margaret in the Dark One's Vault, David found out where the suspicions towards King Arthur were confirmed. When the rest of the Knights arrive at Granny's to help King Arthur, Lancelot also discovered that Guinevere was under Arthur's command thanks to the sand dust that was used on her by King Arthur. Lancelot is locked up in the dungeon where he meets Princess Merida as they both plan to find a way to defeat King Arthur. Both of them are freed by David's group with the help of Merlin. Following Captain Hook being tethered to Excalibur, Merlin sends Sir Lancelot to the Lady of the Lake. | |||||
| Violet | N/A | Olivia Steele-Falconer | 5 | Alive | |
| Violet is the daughter of Sir Morgan. She is an avid horse rider, hoping to follow in her late mother's footsteps as a champion horseback rider.
When the Storybrooke inhabitants comes to Camelot, she becomes Henry's crush, sharing a passion for music. She also played a part in Emma's quest to free Merlin in Camelot by using her to break Henry's heart so she can obtain Henry's teardrop in order to free Merlin. When Violet is among the Camelot citizens to end up in Storybrooke, Henry develops a crush on her again. Her horse Nicodemus goes missing until Henry manages to catch him. He returns Nicodemus to Violet during the town party impressing Sir Morgan. Sir Morgan departs with Nicodemus to the stables while Henry and Violet share a kiss. | |||||
| Hades | N/A | Greg Germann | 5 | Alive | |
| Hades is the God of the Underworld. He is the brother of Zeus and uncle of Hercules.
Some time ago, he appeared before Liam Jones and offered to let the ship sink in exchange that Liam and Killain be spared and the Eye of the Storm will be in their possession. Years later, he meets Zelena in Oz and was interested in her time travelling spell. He fell in love with her but Zelena saw it as a trick and asked him to go back to the Underworld. Over thirty years later, while being tended to by his servants, Cora visits Hades. He reprimands her for not getting Regina out of the Underworld. Hades tells Cora that the ticking he hears was the result of her husband Henry moving on to Mount Olympus and out of the Underworld. Hades tells Cora about how he knows about how she gave up Zelena. He declares that Cora has failed him and makes her a miller again where she must deliver the bags of mill flour. After Hercules and Megara ascend to Mount Olympus, Hades decides to trap the heroes in the Underworld by forcing Hook to write a new name on a gravestone for each souls that leaves. When Captain Hook was unwilling to do the job, Hades has him imprisoned above the River of Lost Souls. While Emma was rescuing Captain Hook, Hades froze Milah so that he can talk to Mr. Gold. After the discussion followed by Emma freeing Captain Hook, Hades had to do the job that Captain Hook woundn't and had the names of Emma Swan, Snow White, and Regina Mills carved onto tombstones. When Mr. Gold goes to visit Hades, he ends up learning from Hades that the child he was looking for in the crystal ball was actually the unborn child of Belle. Upon bringing Fendrake the Healer to him, Hades states that he had bought the contract Rumplestiltskin signed from Fendrake the Healer so that he can gain control of the Dark One with any violation to it having Hades gaining Mr. Gold's unborn child as a result of the contract. Hades later had Liam destroy the pages about Hades in exchange for not telling Captain Hook about the deal Liam made. When Captain Silver and the sailors with them tried to make Captain Hook and Liam "walk the plank" to the far worst place, Hades arrived where he throws Captain Silver into a far worst place for not being invited. Even though he threw Liam into a far worst place, Hades was surprised that Liam had resolved his unfinished business at the last minute and angrily leaves. Hades later salvages the pages and finds that the page containing his secret deal with Zelena is safe. Hades later took Zelena for a ride where he wants Zelena to love him in order to restart his heart and proposes an offer to make chaos with him, but before that could happen, Hades learns that Gold and Peter Pan kidnapped Zelena in order to tear up the contract, which forced him to turn to Emma to help him. When he meets with Gold and Pan at the diner, he gives in and tears up the contract and is reunited with Zelena, whose true love kiss freed him of being confined to the Underworld and offers Emma and the outsiders a portal back to Storybrooke. However he left out the part of deceiving everyone by turning over the Underworld to Cruella and The Blind Witch, and destroying the ambrosia tree that Emma needed to restore Hook's soul back to the living. He and Zelena leave for Storybrooke before the others. | |||||
| Jacob | N/A | Sam Witwer | 5 | Unknown | |
| Jacob is an upcoming character in Once Upon a Time. | |||||
| Nathaniel | N/A | Hank Harris | 5 | Unknown | |
| Nathaniel is an upcoming character in Once Upon a Time. | |||||
Guest characters
| Land With Magic Character | Real World Character | Portrayer | Guest Seasons | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Witch | Miss Ginger | Patti Allan | 1 | Alive | |
| The Blind Witch is a witch with stitched eyes who was a participant in the Evil Queen Regina's curse alongside an evil gnome, an ogre, and some unidentified villains. She was considered to be among those with the darkest souls in the Enchanted Forest, cutting off a lock of her hair to enact the curse.
In Storybrooke, she is Miss Ginger, a bespectacled busybody. | |||||
| Cinderella | Ashley Boyd | Jessy Schram | 1, 4 | Alive | |
 Jessy Schram In Storybrooke, she is 19-year-old Ashley Boyd, a single, pregnant maid. The baby's father Sean Herman (Prince Thomas) is forbidden to see Ashley by his father Mitchell leading to Mitchell arranging for Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) to pay Ashley in exchange for the baby. She originally agrees to the exchange, but later decides to keep her child. She attempts to flee town but goes into labor at the city limits. Emma Swan brings her to the hospital, where she gives birth to a daughter and reunites with Sean. Emma agrees to be in-debt to Mr. Gold if Ashley is allowed to keep the baby.[34] Ashley and Sean are later engaged. A few years later, Ashley begins teaching parenting classes in Storybrooke. | |||||
| Prince Thomas | Sean Herman | Tim Phillipps | 1 | Alive | |
| Prince Thomas is the husband of Cinderella, whom he meets after she makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin. During their wedding reception, Rumplestiltskin informs Cinderella that he owes her her first-born child in exchange for her lavish life. Thomas comforts a frightened Cinderella, devising a plan with Prince Charming to capture Rumplestiltskin. The plan succeeds, but Thomas disappears, with Rumplestiltskin vowing that she will never see Thomas again until the contract is fulfilled.[34]
In Storybrooke, he is Sean Herman, a cannery worker who is forced by his father Mitchell to leave Ashley after she falls pregnant. Sean eventually decides to go against his father's wishes and visits Ashley to reconcile with her and to see his new-born daughter. A few months later, he proposes to Ashley and the pair are engaged.[34] | |||||
| Gus | Billy | Jarod Joseph | 1, 2 | Deceased | |
| Gus is a domestic mouse who lives in the pantry of Cinderella's house in the Enchanted Forest. He is one of Cinderella's only friends, along with Jaq and the other mice. In Storybrooke, he becomes a human named Billy, a car mechanic, who shows an interest in Ruby Lucas (Red Riding Hood) but is denied a date, unaware of the reason being her werewolf persona. Billy is later found dead, apparently murdered by Red in her wolf form. David Nolan (Prince Charming) however discovers his adoptive father, Albert Spencer (King George), gruesomely murdered him, leaving doctored evidence that Red was responsible, because he wanted David to look irresponsible of the town's safety.[44] | |||||
| Prince James | N/A | Josh Dallas | 1, 2, 5 | Deceased | |
| Prince James is the twin brother of Prince "Charming" David and son of King George.
When George's kingdom struggles financially, James and his lover Jacqueline "Jack" trick Anton the Giant by stealing treasure from his beanstalk home.[60] He later competes in a battle which ends in a mutual kill, causing George to use his twin brother David to pose as him in order to save the kingdom.[14] Mary Margaret later encounters Prince James in the Underworld where he is operating as sheriff. Its also revealed that he is envious of David, who was chosen over James to be raised by their parents. It is implied that James is in a romantic relationship with Cruella de Vil. After knocking out his brother, Sheriff James assumes his identity in order to help Cruella de Vil obtain Zelena's baby. When he and Cruella have Emma Swan and Robin Hood at the Underbrooke Harbor, David arrives upon escaping his cell where he fights Sheriff James who states that his unfinished business is to kill David. Before Sheriff James can kill David, he gets knocked into Storybrooke Harbor by David ending up in the River of Souls. Although David commented about how his brother didn't deserve that, Emma states that some people aren't meant to move on. | |||||
| Ruth | N/A | Gabrielle Rose | 1, 2, 4 | Deceased | |
| Ruth is the late mother of twin brothers Prince James and Prince "Charming" David.
When James is killed in battle, Ruth tries to convince her second son, shepherd David, to marry King Midas' daughter in order to save their farm. She tells David of James whom he originally had no knowledge of, informing him that she gave him away as an heir to King George to keep their farm. George later forces David to pose as James and marry Princess Abigail in order to unite the kingdom. Ruth gives David her wedding ring to pass on to his true love, Snow White.[14] Ruth is later shot by a poisoned arrow from George's knights when David arranges to meet his mother. David, Snow and Lancelot attempt to cure her with the water of Lake Nostos, but unbeknownst to them, she instead gives Snow the healing water to make her fertile again following King George's potion. As her dying wish, Ruth witnesses Snow marry her son, before passing away.[43] | |||||
| King Midas | N/A | Alex Zahara | 1, 3 | Unknown | |
| King Midas is the father of Princess Abigail, who possesses powers to turn all he touches to gold. Due to this he accidentally transforms his daughter's true love Fredrick into a statue whilst protecting him. After a dragon terrorizes Midas' kingdom, he enlists King George's son James to kill the creature. After James is killed, his twin brother David takes his place, slaughtering the dragon, leading Midas to offer David his daughter's hand in marriage. However, Abigail chooses to marry a now human Frederick, for love, while David weds Snow White.[14] | |||||
| Zoso | N/A | Brad Dourif | 1, 4, 5 | Deceased | |
| Zoso was an unmatched sorcerer who was The Dark One before Rumplestiltskin. He used his powers to have parents send their children to fight in the Ogre Wars. However, Zoso was only a slave to the Duke (who wielded The Dark One's dagger which enabled anyone who possessed it to control him) that resided in the frontlands. Seeking freedom from the Duke, Zoso manipulates Rumplestiltskin while in the form of a beggar by telling him to burn down the Duke's castle and steal The Dark One's dagger. After the objectives are filled, Rumplestiltskin stabs him with the dagger, killing him, which allows Rumplestiltskin to become the new Dark One.[18] | |||||
| Blind Witch | N/A | Emma Caulfield | 1, 5 | Deceased | |
| The Blind Witch is a witch who resides at her Gingerbread Home made completely out of candy deep in the woods. Her house and the treats lure in children, whom she would cook and eat.
At some point, the Blind Witch comes to possess the Evil Queen's poisoned apple. One day, the Evil Queen bargains with two young children, named Hansel and Gretel, to find their lost father, in return for stealing a poisoned apple from the witch. However, despite the Queen's warning not to eat anything, Hansel licks some frosting off a cupcake, awaking the witch. She tries to eat Hansel and Gretel but they trick her and lock her in her own oven. The Queen, who was watching the events through her mirror, sends a bolt of fire through the mirror and lights the oven on fire. Since her death, the Blind Witch works at the Underworld's version of Granny's Diner when she encounters Mary Margaret. She hasn't forgiven Regina for sending Hansel and Gretel to retrieve the apple and for burning her alive. Regina claimed that Hansel and Gretel were the ones who did it where the Blind Witch states that they did it on Regina's behest. Mary Margaret gets the Blind Witch to tell them where they can find Hercules. She tips them off by stating that he comes in from the shipyards during his lunch hour. The Blind Witch later informs Emma, Regina, and Red about where they can find Auntie Em stating that where she works is the competition to her business. She later acquired powers from Hades to keep the outsiders from escaping the Underworld in exchange for taking over the realm with Cruella when Hades leaves, this after Regina discovered that she wasn't supposed to have any ability to obtain magic | |||||
| Stealthy | N/A | Geoff Gustafson | 1, 5 | Deceased | |
| Stealthy is a dwarf.
Stealthy along with the other dwarves, was hatched from an egg, fully grown, and instructed by Bossy in mining the diamonds that would be turned into fairy dust. Each dwarf was given a name after picking up their own individual axe. His name "Stealthy" was written on the handle of the axe. When Dreamy tries to go to Firefly Hill in order to explore the world with his true love, Nova, Stealthy catches him, waking up the other dwarves. While the other dwarves are happy for their brother, Stealthy looks upset. When Grumpy commits a crime and is thrown in prison, it is Stealthy who breaks into the castle to rescue him. Snow White convinces Grumpy to free her, as well, and tries to give them advice on how to escape. However, Stealthy disregards this, and the three split up. They run into the courtyard and are quickly surrounded by King George's men. When Stealthy tries to run, he is shot and killed by an arrow. In the Underworld, Stealthy is given his unfinished business by Henry. Before he moved on, he told Henry to tell his brothers that he loves and misses them, especially Grumpy. | |||||
| King Leopold | N/A | Richard Schiff (older adult) Eric Lange (younger adult) | 1, 2, 3 | Deceased | |
| King Leopold is the father of Snow White and the husband of Queen Eva. He later marries Regina, his second wife.
As a Prince, Leopold meets Cora after she is betrayed by Jonathan, a man claiming to be a Prince. The two form a strong bond until Cora learns he is engaged to Princess Eva, who informs Leopold of her secret child, leading him to remove Cora from his kingdom. Becoming King, Leopold marries Eva and the two have a daughter named Snow White, though Eva later dies after being poisoned by Cora. The latter later sets up her daughter Regina to marry Leopold by getting Regina to save Snow's life.[41] Upon finding the Genie's lamp, he cannot think of anything he desires, so instead frees the Genie and invites him to his castle to work with him. These actions end in disaster when the Genie falls in love with Regina and plots to kill the King to free her from the loveless marriage. The Genie places poisonous vipers from Agrabah in the King's bed, killing him.[4] | |||||
| Sir Maurice | Moe French | Eric Keenleyside | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Sir Maurice is the ruler of a kingdom where he is the husband of Colette and the father of Belle. He once introduced Belle to Gaston at the time when the Ogre Wars were starting. During one of the Ogre attacks, Maurice lost Colette to the invading Ogres. He later enlists Rumplestiltskin to save his people from the Ogre's War. He agrees on the condition that Belle must leave her family and become the caretaker of his estate. Maurice declines, but Belle agrees to the bargain.[22]
In Storybrooke, he is Moe French, a florist. Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) repossesses the shop's van, leading to Moe robbing his house and being beaten viciously.[22] After the curse is broken, Moe begins to search for Belle, hiring Mr. William Smee to locate her. Initially they are reunited, but when Moe learns that Belle still has feelings for Rumplestiltskin, he tries to send her across town lines in order to have her forget him. After Gold rescues Belle, she tells both him and her father that she wishes to never see them again.[51] Belle and Moe later reconcile and Moe gives his blessing for Belle to marry Mr. Gold. | |||||
| Gaston | N/A | Sage Brocklebank (first appearance) Wes Brown | 1, 5 | Deceased | |
| Gaston is Belle's betrothed.
Sir Maurice had Gaston introduced to Belle at the time when the Ogres were closing in on his kingdom. During a ride with Belle, they find a young injured Ogre. Belle wants to know it's purpose. Both of them researched a book that told about every magical item listed in which Belle found a mirror. When Belle and Sir Maurice went to where the young Ogre was, Gaston claimed that the young Ogre attacked him leading Sir Maurice to lead a hunting party. When Sir Maurice, Gaston, and the soldiers caught up to the young Ogre, Belle arrived stating that she still wants to find the young Ogre's purpose. When Gaston fires an arrow at the young Ogre, the mirror takes the brunt of the attack and the young Ogre gets away. The mirror revealed that Gaston tortured the young Ogre. Upon the news of the Ogres breaching the eastern boundaries reaching Sir Maurice, Belle reluctantly agrees to be wed to Gaston. He was present in the castle when Sir Maurice seeks the aid of the Dark One, Rumplestiltskin, to protect their land from the rampaging Ogres. Rumplestiltskin promises to do so only when Belle becomes his maid, so she consents, though Gaston objects as he is worried for her safety. Later, Gaston appears at the Dark Castle to confront Rumplestiltskin and attempts to fight him. Rumplestiltskin simply turns him into a rose and gives it to Belle, who cuts the plant's stem. In the Underworld, Gaston works at the Underbrooke Pet Shelter. Hades approaches him with a deal to get his revenge on Mr. Gold. Hades gives him arrows that were dipped into the River of Lost Souls. Anyone who is hit by the arrows ends up in the River of Lost Souls. Belle figures out that she is the unfinished business that Gaston has. Near the Underbrooke Harbor which the River of Lost Souls flows through, Mr. Gold has Gaston in a stranglehold until Belle arrives. Belle uses the Dark One's Dagger to have him release Gaston. When Gaston starts to attack Mr. Gold, Belle accidentally knocks Gaston into the Underbrooke Harbor causing him to end up in the River of Lost Souls. | |||||
| Daniel Colter | N/A | Noah Bean | 1, 2 | Deceased | |
.jpg) Noah Bean After the curse in Storybrooke is broken, Dr. Whale (Victor Frankenstein) wishes for Regina to return him to his world. In order to persuade her, he attempts the experiment on Daniel again, this time succeeding. However, the pain of resurrection turns Daniel into a "monster" who rips off Whale's arm. During a brief moment of painful lucidity, Daniel tells Regina to forget their love and "love again", before lapsing back into psychotic behaviour and attempting to attack her; a heartbroken Regina turns Daniel to dust.[61] While in the Underworld, Regina discovered that Daniel's tombstone is on its side meaning that Daniel has no unfinished businesses and is on Mount Olympus. | |||||
| Milah | N/A | Rachel Shelley | 2, 5 | Deceased | |
| Milah is the ex-wife of Rumplestiltskin and ex-girlfriend of Captain Hook and the mother of Baelfire.
Sometime during the Ogre Wars, Milah gave birth to Baelfire. She and Rumplestiltskin come to the aid of Baelfire when he gets bitten by an Atlantean Rat Snake. As the cure to the 24-hour venom owned by Fendrake the Healer is expensive, both of them had to come up with a plan to obtain it. Rumplestiltskin had to make a deal with Fendrake to obtain the cure, they administered it to Baelfire. While at a bar, a drunk threatened Milah until she is saved by Captain Hook. At some point, Rumplestiltskin finds out that Milah has been having an affair with Captain Hook and secretly leaves with Captain Hook on his journey out to sea. Rumplestiltskin thinks that Captain Hook kidnapped her and sets out to find her. Upon becoming the Dark One, Rumplestiltskin catches up to Captain Hook where Milah stated that Captain Hook didn't kidnap her. Milah states that she couldn't stay in a loveless marriage with Rumplestiltskin and that she never loved him. This causes an angry Rumplestiltskin to rip out her heart and crush it and kills Milah. In the Underworld, Mr. Gold encounters Milah as a crossing guard and enlists her to help him and Emma rescue Captain Hook from his prison near the River of Lost Souls. While waiting for Emma's return, she admits to Mr. Gold that her guilt over leaving Baelfire is keeping her in the Underworld and that she regrets treating her son poorly because she hated her husband. Recalling that Baelfire forgave him for betraying him, Mr. Gold offers her hope about their son forgiving her as well. Since she now knows Baelfire is happy and in a better place, she has hopes her unfinished business is done, and that she can move on. Milah is temporarily frozen by Hades so that he can make a deal with Mr. Gold. After the discussion Mr. Gold was forced to destroy the boat. Mr. Gold regrettably sends Milah into the River of Lost Souls all the while feeling remorse. When Emma and Captain Hook arrived, Mr. Gold told them that Hades attacked and sent Milah into the River of Lost Souls. | |||||
| Anton | N/A | Jorge Garcia | 2 | Alive | |
 Jorge Garcia Prior to the curse, Anton resided in a realm of giants which could only be accessed via a large beanstalk. His brothers Abraham and Arlo referred to him as "Tiny" and often mocked his love for knowing more of the outside world. In retaliation, he journeyed down the beanstalk and befriended Prince James and his lover Jacqueline "Jack", who gave Anton a piece of mushroom from Wonderland that shrinks him to human size. Jack tells Anton James' kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs money. Anton offers to give them treasure from his home, however, they betray him and lead an army to fight against the Giants, causing the death of all his kind except for Anton. He develops a hatred towards humans for what happened to his family. Years later after the Evil Queen's curse is broken, Emma Swan and Captain Hook journey up the beanstalk to retrieve a magic compass. Anton attacks them, but Emma pleads with him that she needs the compass to get back to her son. He reluctantly gives the compass to Emma, stating that all humans are alike. However, Emma responds by stating that he is wrong to generalize.[62] Back in Storybrooke, Captain Hook reveals that Cora shrunk Anton to bring him to the new land. Regina Mills (the Evil Queen) restores his giant size, and he rampages through Storybrooke, attempting to kill David, who he mistakes for James. However, when the magic wears off, he falls into a pit. David rescues him, convincing him to trust them all. Anton reveals to the group that he owns a magic bean and works with the Seven Dwarfs to harvest beans as portals until Regina destroys them during the time when Greg and Tamara have infiltrated Storybrooke.[60] Anton succeeds to produce only one magic bean on the burnt-out fields. As a token of appreciation for her work, Anton gives the magic bean to Ruby which she uses to come back to the Enchanted Forest in order to find any other werewolves. | |||||
| Queen Eva | N/A | Rena Sofer (adult) Eva Bourne (young adult) | 2, 3 | Deceased | |
 Rena Sofer As a Princess, Eva is spoiled and selfish, forced into an arranged marriage to Prince Leopold, who simultaneously falls in love with Cora. However, Eva learns of Cora's secret child with Jonathan, a man claiming to be a Prince, and informs Leopold, leading him to remove Cora from his kingdom. She later trips Cora during her visit to King Xavier causing Eva to fly into a "rage". As a changed, mature adult, she teaches her daughter, Snow White, kindness, respect for service, and to avoid dark magic. She unexpectedly falls ill before Snow's birthday. The Royal Doctor cannot heal her, so her servant Johanna informs Snow that she should talk to the Blue Fairy. The fairy offers Snow a magic candle which would save the life of her mother at the cost of another's life. She refuses the candle which pleases Eva, who eventually dies. Following the Queen's funeral, the "Blue Fairy" is revealed to be Cora in disguise. Over the corpse of Eva, she confesses to poisoning her in order to place Regina on the throne as well as to turn Snow White evil.[63] When Snow White was possessed by Cora's ghost as part of Regina's plan to get answers about Zelena, Snow White learned of her mother's dark past. | |||||
| Sheriff of Nottingham | Keith | Wil Traval | 2, 4 | Unknown | |
| The Sheriff of Nottingham was once humiliated by Robin Hood who then stole his love Maid Marian, turning him into an alcoholic.[55]
Cora later encountered the Sheriff of Nottingham while looking for Robin Hood to please her daughter Regina. Upon being unable to find his location, Cora had the Sheriff of Nottingham pose as Robin, though Regina discovers the ruse and locked him up in one of her dungeons. Cora later teleported him out of the dungeon when confronted by Regina. In Storybrooke, he is Keith, a frequent patron of The Rabbit Hole bar. He meets Lacey (Belle) and later goes on a date with her. Unaware that Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) and Belle are a couple, Keith is beaten by Gold.[55] | |||||
| Darling Family | |||||
| The Darling Family consists of Wendy, John, Michael, Nana, Mr. Darling and Mrs. Darling.
Using the Magic Bean given by the Blue Fairy, Baelfire ended up in Edwardian London[64] to escape from the witchcraft and magic of the Enchanted Forest. Living as a poor street urchin, Bae breaks into the Darling Family's house, stealing bread. Once aboard The Jolly Roger in Neverland, Baelfire protests to Captain Hook that he wishes to be returned to the Darlings as he views them as his real family.[25] | |||||
| Wendy Darling | N/A | Freya Tingley | 2, 3 | Alive | |
 Freya Tingley Wendy is later shown to be a prisoner of Peter Pan in Neverland, who is using an adult John and Michael to head to Storybrooke and prevent Belle and Ariel giving Mr. Gold Pandora's box, which he and Regina are seeking in order to defeat Pan in exchange for Wendy's freedom. Pan later forces Wendy to pretend to be ill in order for Henry to harness his belief in magic, before she is returned to her cage. Mr. Gold is instructed by Ariel to attempt to save Wendy on his quest to kill Pan.[65] Wendy is later saved by Bae, and in return she informs him and the rest of the group of Pan's intentions to kill Henry. She is then rescued and escapes Neverland en route to be reunited with her brothers.[27] Upon their reunion in Storybrooke, the Darlings prepare to travel back to their world. | |||||
| John Darling | N/A | Matt Kane (adult) William Ainschough (child) | 2, 3 | Alive | |
| John Darling is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Darling. As a child, he lives with his sister Wendy and brother Michael. Baelfire saves him and his family from being taken to Neverland by Peter Pan's Shadow.
As an adult, he was ordered to retrieve the infant Henry by Peter Pan in Storybrooke, but failed after Regina decides to keep him after her initial struggle. Years later, John returns to Storybrooke with Michael before Belle casts a cloaking spell around the town which damaged the rear of their car. He and Michael find Belle and Ariel in Mr. Gold's shop and retrieve Pandora's Box from them, revealing that they were sent by Peter Pan to prevent the two giving the item to Mr. Gold. Belle and Ariel later stop the pair from destroying the box with a dwarf axe. It is then revealed that the brothers wanted to destroy the object in a deal to save Wendy, who is being held prisoner by Peter Pan in Neverland. Mr. Gold is instructed by Ariel to attempt to save Wendy on his quest to kill Pan.[65] After the Darlings are reunited in Storybrooke, the siblings prepare for their return to their world. | |||||
| Michael Darling | N/A | James Immekus (adult) Benjamin Cook (child) | 2, 3 | Alive | |
| Michael Darling is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Darling. As a child, he lives with his sister Wendy and brother John. Baelfire saves him and his family, from being taken to Neverland by Peter Pan's Shadow.
As an adult, he was ordered to retrieve the infant Henry by Peter Pan in Storybrooke, but failed after Regina decides to keep him after her initial struggle. Years later, Michael returns to Storybrooke with John before Belle casts a cloaking spell around the town which damaged the rear of their car. He and John find Belle and Ariel in Mr. Gold's shop and retrieve Pandora's Box from them, revealing that they were sent by Pan to prevent the two giving the item to Mr. Gold. Belle and Ariel later stop the pair from destroying the box with a dwarf axe. It is then revealed that the brothers wanted to destroy the object in a deal to save Wendy, who is being held prisoner by Peter Pan in Neverland. Mr. Gold is instructed by Ariel to attempt to save Wendy on his quest to kill Pan.[65] After the Darlings are reunited in Storybrooke, the siblings prepare for their return to their world. | |||||
| Merry Men | |||||
| The Merry Men are a group of men that work with Robin Hood to steal from the rich and help the poor. | |||||
| Little John | N/A | Jason Burkart | 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Little John is a member of the Merry Men. In an attempt to leave Storybrooke, he is turned into a flying monkey. Following Zelena's defeat, he is returned to his human form. | |||||
| Friar Tuck | N/A | Michael P. Northey | 3 | Alive | |
| Friar Tuck is a member of the Merry Men. | |||||
| Roland | N/A | Raphael Alejandro | 3, 4, 5 | Alive | |
| Roland is the son of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. | |||||
| Liam Jones | N/A | Bernard Curry | 3, 5 | Deceased | |
| Liam Jones is the son of Brennan Jones, brother to Killian Jones and half-brother to Liam (named after him).[66]
Liam and Killian are sold into servitude, one ship they served on was owned by Captain Silver. During Captain Silver's mission to infiltrate the hurricane to obtain a sapphire called the Eye of the Storm, Liam orchestrated a mutiny to save his fellow workers from their doom. While reading the sea maps, Liam is approached by Hades who warns him that his mutiny won't work for him while asking for the cargo on the ship in the form of the souls that are on the ship. Hades offers Liam a deal to let the ship sink in exchange for Killian and Liam being spared and the Eye of the Storm being given to him. Liam gives in to Hades' deal and gives Killian his lucky ring. As part of Hades' deal, Killian and Liam survived and the sailors with them perished. Upon reaching shore, they are greeted by the soldiers that provide them a ship for them to work on that is in services of the soldiers' king. With assistance from Killian, he worked for an unknown King, being sent to Neverland to retrieve a plant called Dreamshade where they get there by using a sail made from the feathers of Pegasus. Upon arrival, Peter Pan informs the two that the plant they are seeking is poisonous. Liam ignores Pan, finding the plant and cutting himself with its thorns to prove its safety. However, the poison quickly infiltrates his arm and Killian is forced to make a deal with, Pan to use the waters of Neverland to heal him. The two then travel out of Neverland where Liam dies as a side effect of the water's magic. After Liam was buried at sea, Killian becomes the new captain where he exposes the King's intentions to the crew, renames the ship the Jolly Roger, and leads the crew into an era of piracy.[67] Emma Swan and Captain Hook later reunited with Liam in the Underworld. Liam claimed that he doesn't know what his unfinished business is and states to Emma that he should let Captain Hook move on. While at the Underbrooke version of the Sorcerer's Mansion, Liam is approached by Hades who wants the pages that are about Hades to be removed in exchange that Hades doesn't tell Captain Hook why Liam is in the Underworld. Liam reluctantly does as Hades says and steals the pages. Liam had to cover up his actions as Emma tells Captain Hook her suspicions of Liam hiding something from Captain Hook. After Liam throws the pages down a deep well, Emma confronts Liam to see if he had taken the pages. After Emma left, Killian later finds ink on Liam's hands and asks what he did. Just then, Killian and Liam are approached by the souls of Captain Silver and those who perished at sea. Liam comes clean stating that he had no other choice. Captain Silver then takes Captain Hook and Liam to near the Worst Place in order to walk the plank. Before this can be done, Hades arrives and sends Captain Silver into the Worst Place for not inviting him before planning to deal with Liam and Killian. Liam stands up to Hades who starts to knock Liam into the Far Worst Place as Killian grabs him. Liam lets go from Killian's hand and falls. Upon Liam resolving his unfinished business at the last minute, he is spared from falling into the Far Worst Place. Killian then allows Liam and the remaining sailors to move on to Mount Olympus. Before departing with the sailors, Liam says goodbye to Captain Hook. | |||||
| Ariel | N/A | Joanna García Swisher | 3, 4 | Alive | |
 Joanna García Swisher Regina later summons Ariel to Neverland, revealing that mermaids can travel through realms. After restoring Ariel's voice, she promises to return her legs if she retrieves Pandora's Box from Mr. Gold's shop to defeat Peter Pan.[58] After she completes the quest, Regina gives her the ability to use both her legs and fins with a special bracelet, allowing her to continue her search for Eric in Storybrooke. With help from Belle, she finds Eric as a fisherman and the two reconcile. After Pan enacts his curse, Ariel, along with the other inhabitants, are returned to their original worlds.[28] It is later revealed that Eric was kidnapped by the pirate Blackbeard and sent to Hangman's Island. Ariel eventually finds a safe haven on the island with Eric. Sometime later Ariel gets accidentally trapped inside a bottle with the Jolly Rodger by Elsa and is later freed by Hook and then helps him by bringing King Poseidon to Storybrooke.[68] | |||||
| Prince Eric | N/A | Gil McKinney | 3 | Alive | |
| Prince Eric is Ariel's true love whom he first meets following a shipwreck from which she saves him. A year later, Ariel uses her legs to meet Eric at a ball. He remembers her from his dreams of the wreck, and invites her to travel with him. She later returns to him, only to find that the Evil Queen has stolen her voice, meaning she cannot communicate with him.[58]
Whilst summoning Ariel in Neverland, Regina (the Evil Queen) mentions that Eric was transported to Storybrooke, where she locates Ariel to in order to retrieve an item from Mr. Gold's shop.[58] Later, Eric is reunited with Ariel (who is now permanently human thanks to the spell on the special bracelet) in Storybrooke where she finds him working as a fisherman near the Storybrooke Docks. After Peter Pan enacts his curse, Eric, along with the other inhabitants, are returned to their original worlds.[28] It is later revealed that Eric was kidnapped by the pirate Blackbeard and sent to Hangman's Island, in a bid to steal the Jolly Roger from Captain Hook. Ariel later finds Eric and the two live together on the island.[68] | |||||
| Ursula/Goddess of the Sea | N/A | Yvette Nicole Brown (voice) | 3 | Unknown | |
| Ursula is a famed ancient Goddess of the Sea who is worshiped by mermaids and humans. King Poseidon's daughter is named after her.
In an act of trickery, the Evil Queen impersonates Ursula in order to lure a mermaid, Ariel, with an offer to remain human permanently, but the cost is someone else must take her place. Ariel follows suit by clasping a magical bracelet on a human friend, Snow White, which causes her legs to turn into a mermaid tail. Eventually, Ariel discovers the truth and distracts the Evil Queen so she and Snow White can escape. However, the Evil Queen gets back at Ariel by stealing her voice, and later returns to her palace. In one of the mirrors, Ursula makes herself known and plunges out her tentacles to entrap the Evil Queen. Deeply offended at the masquerading ploy, she threatens if it happens again, the Evil Queen will find out exactly how real Ursula is. | |||||
| Medusa | N/A | CGI | 3 | Deceased | |
| Medusa is a Gorgon. She lives in a cavern near the old Summer Palace of the Enchanted Forest.
One day, she chases two intruders, Snow White and Prince Charming, after they purposely enter into her home. While Prince Charming goads Medusa into coming after him, Snow White hides in wait to cut off her head. Surprisingly, the sword has no effect on Medusa and she entraps Prince Charming, forcing him to meet her gaze, and thus transforming him into a stone statue. Medusa goes after Snow White next, but is tricked into meeting her own reflection and immobilizing herself into stone. From her own downfall, Prince Charming is freed. | |||||
| Walsh/Wizard of Oz/Flying Monkey | N/A | Christopher Gorham | 3 | Deceased | |
| Walsh is a failed circus performer who found himself in Oz.
In Oz, he becomes the Wizard of Oz, a supposedly powerful sorcerer in the land by tricking Glinda. When Zelena requests the truth of her upbringing, she visits the Wizard who gives her a pair of slippers that send Zelena to the Enchanted Forest. Returning with knowledge of how her mother abandoned her in favor of her sister Regina, Zelena learns the truth about the Wizard's true identity. Zelena transforms Walsh into a Flying Monkey to serve in her revenge plot against Regina.[69] After Dorothy Gale supposedly defeats Zelena, she poses as the Wizard to send Dorothy back to Kansas using the pair of slippers. In the real world, he appears in his original human form, as the owner of a furniture shop called "The Wizard of Oak." Sent by Zelena to New York City to persuade Emma Swan to stay away from her family in Storybrooke, he becomes her boyfriend. When Emma receives her pre-existing real memories from Hook, she realizes she must return to Storybrooke. When she declines Walsh's offer of marriage, he appears angered and transforms into his cursed flying monkey form. Emma fights off Walsh after he begins to attack her, pushing him from her apartment roof, unintentionally killing him where he turns to smoke upon hitting the ground. | |||||
| Black Beard | N/A | Charles Mesure | 3, 4 | Unknown | |
| Black Beard is a pirate captain, and enemy of Captain Hook. When Ariel angrily confronts Hook over her missing true love Prince Eric, Hook learns that Blackbeard is responsible. Ariel and Hook confront Blackbeard who states that he will inform them of Eric's whereabouts in exchange for the Jolly Roger ship and his life. Captain Hook chooses his ship and forces Blackbeard to walk the plank. Ariel however saves him.[68]
Some time later, Anna and Kristoff visit Blackbeard requesting the Wishing Star. However, he is revealed to be in allegiance with Anna's sinister ex-lover Hans. Anna and Kristoff are then placed in a trunk and thrown aboard, though they survive when they are transported to Storybrooke by Anna's sister Elsa. Returning to the Enchanted Forest, Anna and Elsa later arrest Blackbeard and his crew while the Jolly Roger gets trapped inside a bottle. | |||||
| Queen Gerda | N/A | Pascale Hutton (adult) Ava Marie Telek (child) | 4 | Deceased | |
| Queen Gerda is the former Queen of Arendelle, mother of Elsa and Anna, and sister to Ingrid and Helga. The youngest of the three sisters, Gerda seeks Rumplestiltskin's help in controlling Ingrid's magic. Unfortunately, after seeing Helga's destroyed frozen body, Gerda, realizing Ingrid, whether intentionally or not, killed Helga, exiles Ingrid into a magical urn. Gerda then requests a memory potion from Grand Pabbie to have Arendelle forget about the existence of Helga and Ingrid. Years later, Gerda and her husband leave on a mission to find a way to remove their daughter Elsa's powers, only to die in a shipwreck. | |||||
| Bo Peep | N/A | Robin Weigert | 4 | Alive | |
| Bo Peep is a warlord. She intimidates people into paying her money or facing life as a slave once she brands them with her shepherd's crook.
Arriving at David and his mother Ruth's farm, she seeks payment from them. Knowing that they don't have the money at that time, she brands them using her crook and leaves. At that time, a travelling visitor, Anna, witness the confrontation. Anna then teaches David to sword fight in order to go against Bo Peep. Anna is later imprisoned by Bo Peep after knowing about this. Bo Peep later battle's with David, leading to her weapon getting stuck in a pillar at her base, losing the battle. David takes her crook and uses it to find Anna, rescuing her. Sometime later, Bo Peep is taken to Storybrooke by the Dark Curse. In Storybrooke, she is a butcher at Chop Shop. One day, she is visited by David and Captain Hook, asking for her help. She refuses to help him, demanding that she owes him none. David interrogates her demanding to know about Anna, whom she branded years ago. Claiming that she had branded many people and that she couldn't remember the girl, David instructs Hook to take her crook. Angered by their actions, Bo Peep mocks David for being a hero in this world. | |||||
| Grand Pabbie | N/A | John Rhys-Davies (voice) | 4 | Alive | |
| Grand Pabbie is the King of the Rock Trolls that live in Arendelle.
After Gerda seals her sister Ingrid in a mystical urn following Ingrid's unintentional murder of her sister, she requests Grand Pabbie give her a memory potion for Arendelle to forget the existence of Helga and Ingrid. Gerda later dies in a shipwreck, leaving her daughters Elsa and Anna as orphans. When Belle visits Arendelle, Anna takes her to see Grand Pabbie to give her a stone that will restore her memories of her mother's death. | |||||
| Prince Hans | N/A | Tyler Jacob Moore | 4 | Alive | |
| Prince Hans is the archenemy of Queen Elsa and Anna from the Southern Isles who attempts to take over the kingdom of Arendelle.
Hans and his brothers locate a mystical urn to imprison Elsa within, though when Hans opens it, he unknowingly releases Ingrid (the Snow Queen), who freezes Hans. After thirty years, Arendelle awakens from Ingrid's frozen spell. Hans reunites with his brothers and becomes the new King of Arendelle, with his first act being to arrest Anna and her love Kristoff. Hans plans to send the pair to their deaths by throwing them into the sea. Meanwhile, in Storybrooke, Elsa transports Anna and Kristoff to the town, saving them. Reunited, the trio return to Arendelle and banish Hans and his brothers, taking back the kingdom. | |||||
| Colette | N/A | Frances O'Connor | 4 | Deceased | |
| Colette is the wife of Sir Maurice and mother of Belle.
During an ogre attack at her castle, she is alreted by the guards to evacuate the palace. Busily collecting books she deems too valuable to leave behind, Colette orders them to take the filled trunks to the carriage. She calls to Belle, who scurries over with the book her mother once read to her. Before they can leave, an ogre enters the room as the two hides under a table. The ogre rips away the table obscuring the mother-daughter pair from view. To save Belle, Colette sacrifices herself to the ogre as the guards pulls Belle out of the room. Soon after this, she is killed by the ogres. | |||||
| Duke of Weselton | N/A | Jonathan Runyon | 4 | Alive | |
| The Duke of Weselton is a man who is enamored with Helga, a princess of Arendelle.
Arrivng at Arendelle Castle during King Harald's birthday, he soon became attracted to the King's middle child, Helga. He is introduced to the King by Helga and the two share a dance together. He later comes across Ingrid, the heir to Arendelle's throne. He remarks on her incredible beauty. As he makes advances on her, Ingrid rebuffs him, and out of panic, she blasts him away with ice magic. Helga then comes to the Duke's aid, where he accuses Ingrid of trying to win his romantic affection. Helga claims that he is lying and believes her sister. The Duke threatens to expose Ingrid to everyone in Arendelle because he believes the people deserve to know their future queen is a monster. At this, an angered Ingrid attempts to blast him, but the Duke uses Helga as a shield and she takes the magical hit while the Duke escapes. Later, his memories of this incident is wiped out when Gerda urges Grand Pabbie to erase memories of the existence of Ingrid and Helga over the realm. | |||||
| Helga | N/A | Sally Pressman (adult) Bailey Herbert (child) | 4 | Deceased | |
| Helga is the daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja and sisters to Ingrid and Gerda. | |||||
| King Stefan | N/A | Sebastian Roché | 4 | Deceased[70] | |
| King Stefan is the husband of Briar Rose and father to Princess Aurora.
Years ago, when Briar Rose was inflicted with the Sleeping Curse by Maleficent, King Stefan brakes it with true love's kiss. Years later, he captures Maleficent and Regina and sentences them to execution but fails when Maleficent turns into a dragon and attacks them. King Stefan and his men escaped so instead, Maleficent curses his daughter. It is said that Aurora has no more loved ones meaning Stefan and Briar Rose are long dead. | |||||
| Knights of the Round Table | |||||
| The Knights of the Round Table are a group of men that work for and assist King Arthur in Camelot. | |||||
| Sir Kay | N/A | Lee Majdoub (adult) Ehren Kassam (teenager) | 5 | Deceased | |
| As a young boy, Sir Kay bullied Arthur that he would never pull Excalibur.
As an adult, he attempts to claim Excalibur from its stone in Camelot. Though he is unable to causing the spell to disintegrate him. | |||||
| Sir Percival | N/A | Andrew Jenkins | 5 | Deceased | |
| As a boy, Sir Percival witnesses the burning of a village at the hands of the Evil Queen Regina, ultimately killing his family by having her guards slaughter them. As an adult, he seeks his revenge upon the Storybrooke residents arrival in Camelot including a reformed Regina. Offering Regina a dance at King Arthur's ball, he attempts to kill her, instead stabbing Robin Hood. David (Prince Charming) intercepts Percival, killing him in self-defense. King Arthur and Queen Guinevere were devastated that Sir Percival would harm one of their guests. | |||||
| Sir Morgan | N/A | Ryan Robbins | 5 | Alive | |
| Sir Morgan is the father of Violet. When he meets Henry Mills in the stables Henry is clumsily wielding a sword. Sir Morgan looks down on him stating that he would not be a good match for Violet. He then tells Henry to leave before he causes too much damage.
Sometime after the inhabitants of Camelot ended up in Storybrooke, Sir Morgan struggled to find Violet's horse Nicodemus after it had gone missing. Later that night, Sir Morgan takes Violet to the town party where Henry managed to find Nicodemus and bring him back to Violet. Sir Morgan was pleased with Henry returning Nicodemus and states that he would be a good knight someday. When he leaves to take Nicodemus back to the stables, he leaves Henry and Violet alone. | |||||
| Nimue | N/A | Guy Fauchon (first appearance) Caroline Ford | 5 | Deceased | |
| Nimue is a female who had befriended Merlin. She came to Merlin after Vortigan attacked her village looking for the Holy Grail. This led to Merlin converting the Holy Grail into Excalibur. Vortigan attacked and managed to stab Nimue and take the Stolen Flame. Then Merlin tried to attack Vortigan only for Nimue to grab Vortigan's heart after drinking from the Holy Grail. Despite Merlin's pleas to spare Vortigan, Nimue crushed Vortigan's heart and the Stolen Flame was extinguished as Nimue becomes the first Dark One because the spark was absorbed by her. Nimue took Excalibur and broke the end off of it and left, claiming Vortigan's mask and cloak. Merlin later crafted the broken end into a dagger that could control her, only for her to take it from Merlin later and trap him in a tree.
At the sight of where the Stolen Flame was, Emma was advised by Merlin to use the Dark One's Dagger in order to talk to Nimue. Emma speaks to Nimue's spirit. Nimue tries to get Emma to kill Merlin as Emma tries to resist Nimue. Emma succeeds in resisting Nimue and rips out the spark that was in Nimue's heart. Before disappearing, Nimue states that she isn't dead and is living inside her with the other previous Dark Ones. Nimue's spirit later appeared with Emma when she gathered Excalibur and the Dark One's Dagger as the other Dark Ones before her show up. Using the spark from Nimue's heart, Emma unites the two weapons making the weapons one. Due to the temptation of Nimue, Rumplestiltskin, and the previous Dark Ones, Emma grabs Excalibur. Upon getting the blood of Mr. Gold, Captain Hook is advised by Rumplestiltskin's temptation to stick his blood-coated hook into a specific pond which results in Nimue and the Dark Ones before Emma, Captain Hook, and Rumplestiltskin to return from the Underworld. | |||||
| Triplet Brothers | N/A | Brother #1: Colton Barnert Brother #2: Jordan Olson Brother #3: Matthew Olson | 5 | Alive | |
| The Triplet Brothers are the sons of King Fergus and Queen Elinor and brothers to Merida. After Merida became Queen, the other clans kidnapped the three brothers as they are displeased with a women being their leader. They were originally to kill the brothers, but were stopped by Merida using her bow and arrow skills. The brothers are eventually returned home to their mother. | |||||
| Vortigan | N/A | Darren Moore | 5 | Deceased | |
| Vortigan was a cloaked masked man who practiced dark magic. Vortigan destroyed Nimue's village of Oxleigh which led to her enlisting Merlin to help her. Merlin eventually figured out that Vortigan wanted to obtain the Holy Grail. While at the ruins of Nimue's village, Merlin sensed that Vortigan was on their trail. At the Flame of Prometheus, Nimue ripped out Vortigan's heart and crushed it, killing him for revenge of him destroying her village. She then claimed Vortigan's mask and cloak. | |||||
| King Fergus | N/A | Glenn Keogh | 5 | Deceased | |
| King Fergus is the husband of Queen Elinor, father of Merida and his triplet sons and former King of DunBroch. In a war against King Arthur and his knights, King Fergus was killed. It was revealed that he once visited the Witch of DunBroch where he didn't use the Enchanted Helm that she once loaned to him. Since then, his daughter, Merida, became Queen of DunBroch.
Sometime later, the Witch gave Merida some Ale of Seonaidh to talk to her father from the Underworld. | |||||
| Queen Elinor | N/A | Caroline Moraha | 5 | Alive | |
| Queen Elinor is the wife of King Fergus and mother to Merida and her triplet sons. Years before the curse, she was cursed by the Witch and turned into a bear. The curse was later reversed by unknown means. Sometime after King Fergus' death, her daughter became Queen of DunBroch. | |||||
| Witch | N/A | Lily Knight | 5 | Alive | |
| The Witch is an unnamed old lady who possesses limited ability of magic in DunBroch.
Sometime after the first curse broke, the Witch was visited by King Fergus at her cottage. He requests something to allow him to defeat the incoming invaders from the south and ensure the fate of his kingdom. She requests payment and has him sign a contract as an "I.O.U." before getting to work, and presents him with an Enchanted Helm that will cause any army to willingly follow the wearer into battle, no matter the dangers. Sometime later, Red Lucas visits the Witch, following her return to the Enchanted Forest for help in finding werewolves. Instead, the Witch forces her to stay in wolf form as her guard animal. Two years later, the Witch arrives at Merida's coronation, insisting that the clans pay her the price Fergus owed her. However, when she names the price, Merida argues that it will make the clans broke three times over and the Witch requests that she simply return the helm instead, and gives her until the following sunset to do so, lest the Witch turn her entire kingdom into bears. While she's back at her cottage, she's visited by King Arthur and Zelena, who take out Red with a sleeping powder. The Witch insists that she won't be as easy to take down, and when Arthur demands the helm, she answers that she doesn't know where it is and has already sent someone after it. Zelena teleports behind her and shoves her head into her cauldron, and the Witch reluctantly tells them that Merida is going after it. The Witch returns a couple hours early the next day to see if Merida succeeded, but instead of returning the helm, Merida decides to destroy it. However, much to her surprise, the Witch does not cast the spell and turn the kingdom into bears. Instead, she reveals that this was her plan the entire time. Merida realizes that the quest for the helm taught her how to lead the kingdom, thus ensuring the fate of the kingdom, just as Fergus requested, and Elinor scolds the Witch for not being straightforward. The Witch shrugs it off, and gives Merida the Ale of Seonaidh that can bring the spirit of anyone who has passed on into the Underworld back temporarily so that she can speak with her father. | |||||
| Brennan Jones | N/A | Adam Croasdell | 5 | Deceased | |
| Brennan Jones is a criminal who is the father of Liam Jones and Killian Jones.
Brennan took his two young sons with him and they traveled the seas. He had to calm Killian down when the ship was in a storm. Upon arriving at the latest port, Brennan learned that the authorities want to apprehend him. He sold the servitude of his sons to the boat while he escaped. For a brief while, Brennan was captured and put under a sleeping curse until he was awoken by his nurse. Upon changing his ways, Brennan and the nurse got married and had a son that Brennan named Liam, after his first born son. Brennan later got a job as a bartender. While cleaning up the bar around closing time, Brennan encountered a grown-up Killian who was sent by the Evil Queen to kill him. Brennan explains what happened after he disappeared from the ship and the path that led him to changing into a better person. Seeing his father regret that he wasn't the parent he should have been, Killian softens towards him, deciding to spare him by giving him passage to elsewhere as a way to trick the Evil Queen into believing that he killed Brennan. Brennan thanks him and asks him for a second transportation permit for Liam. After tucking Liam in his bed, Killian arrived with the transportation permits where he overhears his father's words to Liam. This made Killian angry at Brennan's lies enough to destroy the transportation permits. Then he chooses to follow the Evil Queen's orders by killing Brennan. Before he dies, Brennan tells Killian that it's not too late to become the man that he wants to be. | |||||
| Hercules | N/A | Jonathan Whitesell | 5 | Deceased | |
| Hercules is the demigod son of Zeus and the nephew of Hades.
In his earlier life, he had saved a younger Snow White from a beast trap and trained her in being a warrior. He showed Snow White his medals for his labours where the 12th one that he is going to do is to defeat Cerberus. After her first attempt with the bandits that were plaguing Snow White's kingdom failed, Hercules punched the ground hard enough to send the bandits running. After some persuasion, Snow White was successful at fending off the bandits the next time they showed up. When he ends up where Cerberus was, he bought Megara some time to get away from Cerberus. Hercules fought Cerberus the best he could before being slain followed by Megara getting killed afterwards. In the Underworld, Hercules works at its docks and visits the Underworld's version of Granny's during his lunch break. Upon being tipped off on how to find him by the second Blind Witch, Mary Margaret found him and persuaded him to help find Captain Hook while planning to have his unfinished business of defeating Cerberus be resolved. When Cerberus later attacks, Hercules works with Mary Margaret and Megara where they managed to defeat Cerberus. Afterwards, Hercules and Megara ascended to Mount Olympus. | |||||
| Megara | N/A | Kacey Rohl | 5 | Deceased | |
| Megara is a female that had a brief encounter with Hercules in the Enchanted Forest.
In the Enchanted Forest, after Hercules was killed, Cerberus caught up to Megara and killed her as well. She then was sent to the Underworld. In the Underworld, Megara was a prisoner in one of the tunnels where Hades keeps his prisoners. She meets Captain Hook who manages to buy her some time to get away. She is founded by Emma Swan and Regina Mills. When Cerberus catches up to Megara, Mary Margaret and Hercules had to work hard to keep her safe. With some persuasion from Mary Maraget, Megara helps Mary Margaret and Hercules defeat Cerberus. Being reunited with Hercules was her unfinished business, she got it resolved. Afterwards, Megara and Hercules ascended to Mount Olympus. | |||||
| Scarecrow | N/A | Paul Scheer (voice) | 5 | Unknown | |
| The Scarecrow is an living scarecrow that lives in Oz.
Many years ago, Zelena targeted the Scarecrow in order to use his brain as part of her first attempt to cause a time-travel spell. Before Zelena can remove the brain, Dorothy and Toto intervened where they managed to get away. With help from Hades enchanting a bicycle, Zelena tracked down where Dorothy and Scarecrow were hiding out. After Zelena used her magic to magically freeze Dorothy, Zelena successfully removed Scarecrow's brain and was about to show it to Hades only to find that he is not there. It is unknown what happen to his brain as Zelena needed Rumplestiltskin's brain instead. [71] | |||||
| Emily Brown | N/A | Gina Stockdale | 5 | Deceased | |
| Emily Brown is Dorothy Gale's aunt. She is often called as Aunt Em by Dorothy.
After Dorothy returns from her trip to Oz, Dorothy tells her family about her trip. While the rest of the family refuses to believe, Aunt Em was the only one who believed Dorothy and refuses to send Dorothy to an asylum after she was doomed insane by the others. Sometime later, Aunt Em dies, gifting Toto to Dorothy. In the Underworld, Aunt Em runs a diner called "Auntie's Chicken and Waffles" that the Blind Witch considers as the competition. Emma, Mary Margaret, and Red make an attempt to use a bottle given to them by the Blind Witch to have Aunt Em blow some kisses in there as part of an attempt for Ruby to wake Dorothy from the Sleeping Curse as part of her unfinished business of knowing that Dorothy is alright. Before she can do do, Aunt Em's body turned to water before dissolving. Hades appears stating that he has spiked her soup with the River of Lost Souls as Regina stated that they were trying to help Dorothy. After mopping up the watery remains of Aunt Em and putting them in a jar, Hades informs the other souls present to let Aunt Em's fate be a warning to anyone who turn to the Underworld visitors for hope. Later on while meeting with Zelena, Hades dumped Aunt Em's watery remains into the River of Lost Souls.[72] | |||||
| N/A | Cleo Fox | Rya Kihlstedt | 5 | Deceased | |
| Cleo Fox is a bails bondswoman and biological mother to Tasha Morris.
Cleo was tracking Emma after she was wanted in a series of robberies in Phoenix. When she caught up with Emma, who was looking for her birth parents in 2009, Cleo arrested her and was preparing to extradite Emma back to Arizona, but over time the two became friends and despite going against her principles, help Emma search for her parents, even going far as helping Emma escape authorities after she broke into a building to obtain information. When they escaped the building Cleo started to die after having a shard of glass stab into her stomach and before Cleo let her go, she told Emma that she had a daughter that she gave up ten years earlier and told her to run as she died. When Emma became a bondswoman a year later, she returned the favor and found Cleo's daughter Tasha and told her about Cleo. At the store where Tasha worked, Emma spotted the red jacket and it became her outfit and armor ever since.[73] | |||||
| Zeus | N/A | N/A | 5[74] | Unknown | |
| Zeus is an upcoming character in Once Upon a Time. He is the King of the Gods and the ruler of Mount Olympus. | |||||
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Appearances
| Portrayer | Land With Magic Character | |
|---|---|---|
| S1 | ||
| Sophie Lowe | Alice | Main |
| Michael Socha | Will Scarlet/Knave of Hearts/White King | Main |
| Peter Gadiot | Cyrus | Main |
| Emma Rigby | Anastasia/Red Queen/White Queen | Main |
| Naveen Andrews | Jafar | Main |
| John Lithgow | Percy/White Rabbit | Main |
Main characters
Will Scarlet is listed in the main characters list of Once Upon a Time.
| Land With Magic Character | Portrayer | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice | Sophie Lowe (adult) Millie Brown (child) | Alive | ||||
.jpg) Sophie Lowe As a young girl growing up in Victorian England, Alice falls into a rabbit hole which takes her to a mystical place called Wonderland. When she returns home to her father Edwin, he tells her that everyone thought she was dead. She frequently revisits Wonderland for proof of its existence to her father. As she grows into a young woman, she encounters Cyrus, a genie with whom she falls in love. He later proposes to Alice shortly before the Red Queen apparently murders him. She then returns home, distraught by her loss, only to be introduced to her father's new wife Sarah and daughter Millie. After Alice is home a short time her father and step-mother seek to set her up with a young man from the neighborhood, but she rebuffs their efforts still recalling Wonderland, Edwin and Sarah suggest a doctor to Alice as the only other positive option. She reluctantly complies, and is brought to Bethlem Asylum by Dr. Lydgate. Twenty-eight years later, the Knave of Hearts is persuaded by the White Rabbit to help save Alice in Victorian England. Alice is informed by Dr. Lydgate that there is a new treatment that will take away her memories of Wonderland, which she agrees to undertake. The morning of the procedure, the Knave and Percy the White Rabbit arrive at the asylum, telling Alice that Cyrus is alive. The three escape, journeying through a rabbit hole back to Wonderland. It is later revealed that Percy was forced to bring Alice back to Wonderland by the Red Queen to keep her updated on her actions and whereabouts. In addition, Agrabahian sorcerer Jafar is shown to have an interest in Alice, keeping the secret of saving Cyrus from being murdered by the Red Queen. Alice, the Knave and Percy continue their journey to find Cyrus, following Alice's discovery of his amulet. Despite promising to Cyrus she will not use her wishes, she is gradually manipulated by Jafar who forces her to use them to save the ones she loves. She uses her first wish (if the Knave dies, she should die also) when Jafar nearly strangles the Knave to death, and her second (to return her father to the England in the Victorian Era-themed world that Alice is from) when her father is brought to Wonderland by Jafar and thrown to his death by him, saving him. Alice and Cyrus are later reunited upon his escape. The Red Queen takes him to meet Alice, together with the Knave and Percy, while Jafar casts a thunderstorm spell to kill the Red Queen. Alice reluctantly orders Percy to dig a hole to take the group away from the curse, though a lightning bolt rebounds from the Red Queen's genie bottle and injures the Knave. Because of Alice's first wish, she temporarily dies in Cyrus' arms, until the Knave makes Alice's final wish by wishing for her suffering to stop. Alice awakens and learns that the Knave has freed Cyrus from his genie status, though the Knave trades his place within the bottle. Reunited, Alice and Cyrus take the battle to Jafar as the Red Queen betrays them to take the bottle with Cyrus. They realize that Jafar's staff is actually Cyrus' mother, Amara, transformed by Jafar. The two attack the palace as Alice frees the Sultan and Amara battles Jafar. Cyrus is mortally wounded, forcing Amara to help Jafar rewrite the rules of magic to save him. Alice organizes an army of former soldiers to attack Jafar's army of resurrected fighters. She is captured with Jafar threatening to go back in time and make sure Alice never meets Cyrus but she refuses to give in. Alice escapes with help from the Red Queen and races to the Well of Wonders where Cyrus is about to return the waters he stole and break the genie curse. Jafar confronts them to take the water himself which is what Alice planned as Nyx punishes Jafar for his theft by making him a genie and imprisoning him in a bottle. With Jafar defeated, Cyrus and Alice return to England where they are married. Years later, Alice tells her daughter of her adventures, the little girl doubtful they happened but Alice tells her to never give up believing. | ||||||
| Cyrus | Peter Gadiot | Alive | ||||
| Cyrus is a genie from Agrabah who was originally a human. He is the son of Amara, brother to Taj and Rafi, true love of Alice and later father to his daughter.
He and his brothers Taj and Rafi had to travel to the Well of Wonders in order to obtain the water to heal their mother Amara after she was badly burned upon her house burning down. Arriving at the Well of Wonders, Cyrus and his brothers meet Nyx: Guardian of the Well of Wonders in order to get her to give her the water. Nyx states to them that their mother's fate is sealed and doesn't want them to take the water. As a result of Cyrus' trickery with the water in order to heal their mother, Cyrus, Taj, and Rafi are told by Amara that they should leave before Nyx arrives. Unfortunately, Nyx shows up upon emerging from a puddle and curses Cyrus, Taj, and Rafi into genies and scattered their lamps. During his time as a genie, he kept possession of a magical compass with him in order to find his mother. Some time later, Cyrus encounters Alice when she travels into his lamp in Wonderland unknowingly. He takes an interest in her, teaching her how to combat and protect herself. The two gradually fall in love and he proposes to her. However, the Red Queen throws him into the Boiling Sea apparently murdering him. Unbeknownst to Alice, the Agrabahian sorcerer Jafar saved Cyrus with his magic carpet, keeping him prisoner in his tower to force Alice to use the genie's wishes to save him in order for Jafar to change the Laws of Magic. Twenty-eight years later, upon revelation that Cyrus is alive from the Knave of Hearts and White Rabbit, Alice escapes from an asylum she was placed in upon returning to her home in England and journeys back to Wonderland to save Cyrus. He eventually escapes using a wishbone to cut through his cage. However, the Red Queen tracks him down, forcing him to jump from a cliff onto a shoreside. He survives and continues his quest to be with Alice. The two are soon reunited when the Red Queen takes him to meet Alice, together with the Knave and Percy the White Rabbit, while Jafar casts a thunderstorm spell to kill the Red Queen. Alice reluctantly orders White Rabbit to dig a hole to take the group away from the curse, though a lightning bolt rebounds from the Red Queen's genie bottle and injures the Knave. Because of Alice's first wish, she temporarily dies in Cyrus' arms, until the Knave makes Alice's final wish by wishing for her suffering to stop. Alice awakens and learns that the Knave has freed Cyrus from his genie status, though the Knave trades his place within the bottle. Alice later learns of Cyrus' curse revolving around the Well of Wonders as they head there to find a way to break the curse. After Alice solves the riddle of which door to take, Cyrus tells Alice to stay behind so that he can atone for his sins. Upon arriving at the Well of Wonders, Nyx emerges as Cyrus asks for Nyx's mercy and to get his brothers free from Jafar. While Cyrus states that he has learned his lesson, Nyx states that the water was used on his mother and learns that she is still alive. Nyx still states that the water should be returned to her as she withdraws back into the Well of Wonders. Following the final battle with Jafar, Cyrus and his brothers are freed from the genie curse. Alice and Cyrus head back to Alice's world where Cyrus meets Alice's family and is later married to her. Years later, both Cyrus and Alice have a daughter as they tell their daughter about their adventures in Wonderland. | ||||||
| Anastasia/Red Queen/White Queen | Emma Rigby | Unknown[75] | ||||
 Emma Rigby Anastasia travels to Wonderland with Will for a better life after defying her mother, but quickly discovers that life as poverty-stricken thieves is difficult. When the Red King proposes to Anastasia in exchange for overlooking her planned heist, she chooses wealth and security over true love, marrying the King and leaving Will. It is at this point that she develops her fake "high class" image and accent. Before her marriage, Anastasia meets Cora and is taught magic while learning the three rules of magic where magic users can't go back in time to change history, can't make anyone fall in love with someone, and can't bring anybody back from the dead. Years later, she is known as the Red Queen, ruling Wonderland in her own palace and possessing magic. It is originally unclear what she wants with Alice, though she attempts to murder her true love Cyrus, throwing him from a cliff into the boiling sea. However, he is saved by Jafar, who has some what of an alliance with the Red Queen, wanting Alice to return to Wonderland and use her wishes to obtain her true love Cyrus' genie bottle. Twenty-eight years later, the Red Queen sends the White Rabbit to retrieve the Knave from Storybrooke as part of her plan to bring Alice back to Wonderland. When Jafar tells the Red Queen she is no longer needed, she convinces him not to kill her as she is the only one who knows of Alice's location. Despite claiming to Jafar to care nothing for Will, when he is transformed into a statue by him, she tricks Alice into retrieving magical dust in order to revive him. Alice and Cyrus are later reunited upon his escape from Jafar's palace. The Red Queen takes him to meet Alice, together with the Knave and Percy the White Rabbit, while Jafar casts a curse to kill her. The Red Queen pleads for Alice to help them escape, though she demands to know why she formed an allegiance with Jafar to begin with. She reveals that she wanted Jafar to change the Laws of Magic in order to go back in time and stay with Will, confessing that she still loves him. Alice reluctantly agrees to help, though a lightning bolt rebounds from the Red Queen's genie bottle and injures the Knave. Because of Alice's first wish, she temporarily dies in Cyrus' arms, until the Knave makes her final wish by requesting for Alice's suffering to stop. Alice awakens and learns that the Knave has freed Cyrus from his genie status, though the Knave trades his place within the bottle, to the distress of the Red Queen. The trio later find Will, and the Red Queen frees him, giving her three wishes. Upon being captured by the Jabberwocky with the bottle in her possession, the Red Queen is tortured by the creature into using her wishes so that Jafar can claim the genie bottle. After Will's' heart is placed back into the Knave of Hearts, Jafar stabs Anastasia in front of him. Later, Jafar obtains the three genie's bottles, thereby successfully changing the Laws of Magic. With this, he resurrects Anastasia and fools her into thinking she loves him. With true love's kiss, Will manages to free her from the spell, though following the defeat of Jafar, she again dies. Whilst at the Well of Wonders, Nyx provides Alice and Cyrus with some of the well's waters for Anastasia allowing her to be fully revived since Nyx had foreseen that Anastasia will live. Anastasia and Will rekindle their relationship and live happily together in Wonderland. She also traveled to Victorian England to attend Alice's wedding and returned home shortly afterwards. At some point, Anastasia becomes the White Queen and rules Wonderland with Will. | ||||||
| Jafar | Naveen Andrews (adult) Anthony Keyvan (child) | Alive | ||||
 Naveen Andrews In his early life, he was the "bastard child" of the Sultan that was abandoned by him. Jafar's mother Ulima died when Jafar was young and he is sent to a palace to meet his father. Jafar attempts to steal a guard's dagger, though he is caught and brought before the Sultan. The Sultan learns from Jafar that Ulima is dead, and thus allows Jafar to stay at the palace as a servant to the Royal Family, though he must not call him father. Jafar later accidentally breaks this rule, causing the Sultan to almost drown him and leave him in a garbage dump. He is then taken in by a blacksmith, who constantly punishes him. One day, Jafar encounters a sorceress named Amara (colloquially known as "the Serpent") with whom he trains to take revenge on the Sultan. As his training progresses, he lets a man named Alik die from a poisoned wine in order to learn spells. Amara and Jafar plan to obtain genie magic to become the most powerful sorcerers in the world. Jafar and Amara successfully obtain a genie bottle each, though Jafar learns of a third in Agrabah. He then tricks Amara, transforming her into a snake and converting into his staff. Jafar later confronts the Sultan where he kills the Sultan's heir Mirza. Ten years later, Jafar forms an alliance with the Red Queen. In a plot with the Queen, he saves Cyrus from being thrown into the Boiling Sea by Jafar (who had his magic carpet appear beneath Cyrus), and keeps him prisoner in his tower. Twenty-eight years later, Alice returns to Wonderland. Knowing that the Red Queen was no more needed in his plan, he then attempts to kill the Red Queen until she reminds him that she is the only one who knows of Alice's location. Following Cyrus' escape and the plot to use Edwin to have Alice use her second wish, it is revealed that the Old Prisoner also in Jafar's home is the Sultan. Jafar keeps him from falling to his doom, keeping him alive long enough to witness his final move on Alice. The Red Queen's servant is shown to have an allegiance with Jafar, stealing Cyrus' genie bottle from her palace and giving it to Jafar. However, Jafar soon realises this to be a fake, and casts a storm to kill the Red Queen, who captures Cyrus and orders him to locate the pair to Alice. There, they meet the Knave and Percy the White Rabbit, and the Red Queen pleads for Alice to order Percy to create a portal to escape, though Alice demands to know why she formed an allegiance with Jafar to begin with. She reveals the reason to be because she wants Jafar to change the Laws of Magic in order to go back in time and stay with Will. Alice reluctantly orders Percy to dig, though a lightning bolt rebounds from the Red Queen's genie bottle and injures the Knave. Because of Alice's first wish, she temporarily dies in Cyrus' arms, until the Knave makes Alice's final wish by wishing for her suffering to stop. Alice awakens and learns that the Knave has freed Cyrus from his genie status, though the Knave trades his place within the bottle. Jafar later claims the bottle from the Red Queen and prepares to use his magic to tap into the genie magics. When he is unable to, Jafar finds out that the Knave of Hearts doesn't have his heart in him after it was removed by Cora and plans to claim it. Even though Jafar manages to claim the Knave of Hearts' heart, his staff suddenly works against him causing Jafar to retreat. Upon placing the Knave of Hearts' heart back into his body, Jafar then stabs the Red Queen. When Jafar invokes the ritual with the three bottles, he gains the ability to change the laws of magic. His first act was to make his father love him like he should've been loved before making water appear in his father's lungs. After pinning the Jabberwocky to the wall with the Vorpal Blade, Jafar raises an army of previously dead soldiers to help in his conquest of Wonderland. When it came to the fight at the Well of Wishes, Jafar dissolved Amara into the water she planned to return to Nyx. When Alice makes her attempt to return the water in order to break Nyx's genie curse, Jafar steals the water from Alice. This results in Nyx invoking the genie curse on Jafar and sending his bottle to another location. Once that was done, Jafar's change on the laws of magic were undone. | ||||||
| Percy/White Rabbit | John Lithgow (voice) | Alive | ||||
 John Lithgow After the Dark Curse broke, he travels to Storybrooke to convince the Knave of Hearts to help him save Alice, who is being kept in an asylum following her storytelling of Wonderland. On the morning of a procedure that will remove her memories of the land, Percy and Knave come to save Alice, and the three of them escape the asylum and journey through a rabbit hole back to Wonderland, after convincing Alice that her true love Cyrus has been seen alive. Percy is then ambushed by The Red Queen who takes him to her palace, where it is revealed that Percy was forced by her to bring Alice back to Wonderland. The Red Queen orders Percy to keep her updated on Alice's whereabouts, lest he be killed. Percy reluctantly complies and continues to help Alice and the Knave search for Cyrus. He is later used by Jafar to help travel to England to retrieve Alice's father and bring him to Wonderland to threaten Alice to use another of her wishes. Alice and the Knave are aware of Percy's deception and visit him to use him to escape from Wonderland. However, he is ashamed of his betrayal, revealing to the pair that he had no choice as the Red Queen had captured his family, and forced him to do everything she said unless she would kill them. The pair forgive him, and the Knave believes that the Red Queen (as Anastasia) would have kept his family in her secret place. He takes Alice and Percy to it, successfully retrieving Percy's wife and children. The Red Queen later captures Cyrus and orders him to locate the pair to Alice. There, they meet the Knave and Percy, and the Red Queen pleads for Alice to order Percy to create a portal to escape from Jafar's cast storm. He complies by order of Alice, though the Knave is ultimately made a genie, upon making his wish to end Alice's suffering after she is temporarily killed by the storm. Percy later tries to rally those who are still loyal to the Red Queen to no avail. Following Jafar's defeat, Percy attended Alice and Cyrus' wedding. Years later, Percy can be seen looking from behind some tall grasses when Alice and Cyrus are seen with their child. | ||||||
Recurring characters
| Character | Portrayer | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin | Shaun Smyth | Alive | ||||
| Edwin is Alice's father. He is briefly seen when a young Alice returns from Wonderland. He is saddened of his wife's death and Alice's disappearance. While Alice is in Wonderland, Edwin remarries to a woman named Sarah and they have a daughter named Millie. When Alice returns from Wonderland, Edwin reveals to her that as she had been gone for so long, everyone assumed she was dead. He does not believe that Alice is lying, though Dr. Lydgate tells him that his daughter is delusional. After hearing that Alice had escaped from Bethlem Asylum, he is visited by Jafar under the alias of Dr. Sheffield. He takes Edwin to Wonderland, keeping him prisoner in his tower and posing as him to reconnect and gain sympathy from Alice. Jafar eventually brings Edwin before Alice, threatening to throw him into the sea to force Alice to use another of her wishes. Alice originally declines and Edwin is thrown to his doom, only to be returned to England as Alice uses her second wish to return her father back to his home. Edwin is unsure if he is delusional of the visit or if it was real. Following Jafar's defeat, he is seen welcoming Cyrus to the family as he and Alice are married in London. | ||||||
| Dr. Lydgate | Jonny Coyne | Alive | ||||
 Jonny Coyne | ||||||
| Cheshire Cat | Keith David (voice) | Alive | ||||
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| Sultan | Brian George (older adult) Amir Arison (younger adult) | Deceased | ||||
.jpg) Brian George Ten years later, the Sultan appears as an old prisoner in a cage of Jafar's tower on a floating island. When the genie Cyrus (whom has also been captured by Jafar) makes his escape and offers to have the ex-Sultan accompany him, he declines claiming he would only slow Cyrus down. Jafar later visits his father, telling him that once Alice uses her final wish, he will control the laws of magic, thus forcing his father to acknowledge him as his son. Regretting that he had not killed Jafar when he had the chance, the ex-Sultan purposely falls into the pit that his cage hangs over. Though Jafar spares him upon having his magic carpet catch him so that he can witness his final move on Alice. During Alice's raid on the palace, she managed to free the Sultan. When Jafar attains great magical power, he makes his father feel true love for him. The Sultan is happy to have Jafar as his son, but it turns out that Jafar only wants him to feel this way so the Sultan knows what it's like to have someone who loves him kill him and drowns the Sultan with magic by making water appear within him. | ||||||
| Jabberwocky | Peta Sergeant | Alive | ||||
| In this show, the Jabberwocky is an ancient human-like creature who can enter the minds of anyone. She is stronger than an entire army and it took one army to imprison her with a blade in her chest. Jafar arrived at her prison in order to get her to help find Cyrus' lamp. After peering into Jafar's mind, the Jabberwocky enables Jafar to remove the blade from her in order to free her. Upon aligning herself with Jafar, the Jabberwocky states to Jafar that he might want to hold onto the blade just in case.
The Jabberwocky entered the town where the lamp that the Knave of Hearts was in and gets a man to tell him where to find the lamp using the fear of the man's wife killing his children near the river to get the information. She finds the house where Lizard's dead body is and takes her eyes which she gives to Jafar in order to find the genie's lamp. Using Lizard's eyes, Jafar and the Jabbberwocky learn that the Red Queen has the genie's lamp as Jafar instructs the Jabberwocky to bring him the Red Queen. Percy the White Rabbit later tells the Red Queen and the Knave of Hearts that Jafar has released the Jabberwocky. Afterwards, the Red Queen is ambushed by the Jabberwocky upon predicting her attack and ordering the Knave of Hearts to get into the genie's lamp. The Jabberwocky starts to use the Red Queen's fear of finding the genie's lamp to find it. Using a stick, the Red Queen turns it into a sword so she can stab her. It doesn't work since the Jabberwocky is vulnerable to one blade. The Jabberwocky then steals the genie's lamp from the Red Queen with both of them having been brought by Jafar. Jafar also reveals to the Red Queen that she has made the Jabberwocky his new partner as he orders the Jabberwocky to not stop tormenting the Red Queen until all three wishes are made. The Jabberwocky then taunts the Red Queen for turning against the life that she should've had. The Jabberwocky then uses the Red Queen's fear of not getting Will's love back as a way to get her to use one of her three wishes. The Red Queen is tempted by the Jabberwocky into wishing for her crown as the Jabberwocky tries to get the Red Queen into wishing for her jewels and for the Jabberwocky to stop by getting into her head. The Jabberwocky succeeds as Jafar gains the genie's lamp with the Knave of Hearts in it. The Jabberwocky later speaks with Jafar where he states his plans to use the power of the three genies. After Jafar uses the ritual with the genie bottles to invoke the genie to change the laws of magic, Jafar uses the Vorpal Blade to pin the Jabberwocky to the dungeon walls upon her serving her purpose. The Jabberwocky is later freed by an unknown person.[76] | ||||||
Guest characters
| Character | Portrayer | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedledum | Ben Cotton | Alive | ||||
| Tweedledum is the twin brother to Tweedledee and servant of the Red Queen following her engagement to the Red King.
While Anastasia, the soon to be Red Queen, is settling in at the castle, they introduce themselves to her. When she cheerfully inquires for their names, Tweedledee states that due to their status as servants, they don't have any. During the conversation, Tweedledum notices the Queen of Hearts has come to greet Anastasia. The two Tweedles follow closely behind as the women stroll and casually talk. Years later, his brother began working with Jafar while his loyalty towards the Red Queen remains. Eventually, Jafar his defeated. Tweedledum then attends Alice's wedding in Victorian with the others and returned shortly afterwards. | ||||||
| Tweedledee | Matty Finochio | Unknown | ||||
| Tweedledee is the twin brother to Tweedledum and servant of the Red Queen following her engagement to the Red King.
Tweedledee has secretly worked with Jafar. Tweedledum hears through the grape vine that Cyrus has been captured. As he goes to tell the Red Queen of this, he discovers Tweedledee's secret association with Jafar and also informs the Red Queen of this. When Jafar visits the Red Queen's palace, he finds a box addressed to him by the Red Queen containing Tweedledee's head as he tells Jafar "I think she's onto us." Jafar later used the body of one of his servants to place Tweedledee's head onto in exchange that Tweedledee takes Jafar to the Jabberwocky's prison. | ||||||
| Silvermist | Jordana Largy | Alive | ||||
| Silvermist is a fairy who helps Alice and the Knave of Hearts travel across the river on their search for her true love Cyrus. She is reluctant on helping the Knave as the two have a complicated history. En route across the river, she drops the Knave into the river as he jokingly taunts her about their history. After Alice gets the Mock Turtle to carry them across the river, Silvermist was waiting for them and she and the Knave went their separate ways. | ||||||
| Grendel | Steve Bacic | Deceased | ||||
 Steve Bacic | ||||||
| Amara | Zuleikha Robinson | Deceased | ||||
| Amara is a powerful healer and sorceress who is feared amongst the residents of Agrabah.
In her earlier life, she was the mother of Cyrus, Taj, and Rafi. When she was badly burned upon some people that Cyrus beaten in a card game, Cyrus had to use the water from the Well of Wonders to heal her. The effects of the water work heal Amara as she learns what had happened. When Nyx arrives, she begs her to spare her sons as they are turned into genies with their lamps being scattered across Agrabah. A young Jafar visits Amara at her home, begging for her to teach him magic to exact revenge on his father the Sultan for abusing and abandoning him. She insists he is not ready, though he insists that he is, and she reluctantly begins teaching him dark magic. As a man, Jafar is tricked by Amara into giving his friend Akil a poison to make him see how far he will need to go to become the sorcerer he intends to be. The two then begin a sexual relationship and begin a plan to obtain genie magic to become the most powerful sorcerers in the world. Jafar and Amara successfully obtain a genie bottle each, though Jafar learns of a third in Agrabah. He then tricks Amara by siphoning her magic, transforming her into a snake, and converting her into his serpent staff. When Jafar manages to steal the Knave of Hearts' heart from Alice and Cyrus, he tries to blast them only to have Amara's staff form work against him, forcing Jafar to retreat with the Knave of Hearts' heart. Amara was later freed from her staff form due to the hints given to Alice, Will, and Cyrus by the Jabberwocky. Amara confronted Jafar and they both ended up in a brief duel until Cyrus got wounded by a shard of glass. Jafar convinced Amara that they should use the powers of the genies like they planned to do in order to save Cyrus' life. When it came to Cyrus taking Amara to the Well of Wonders to return the water in her back to Nyx, Jafar attacked them which resulted in Amara dissolving into water upon her death. Following the final battle with Jafar, Cyrus told Taj and Rafi that they were freed from the genie curse at the cost of their mother's life. | ||||||
| Elizabeth | Lauren McKnight | Deceased | ||||
| Elizabeth is a young woman who is one of Caterpillar's Collectors. Alice meets her upon attempting to locate the Knave of Hearts after the two split up. She tells Alice that she and the Knave were great friends in his earlier days, assisting him with many battles in Wonderland. She also reveals of his love for Anastasia, and this being the real reason that he escaped Wonderland....to forget her abandonment of him. Lizard later attempts to help Alice rescue the Knave, though she is knocked out by Jafar. She does regain consciousness where she sees Anastasia looking at the Knave's petrified form.
Later after bathing in the river, Elizabeth finds Cyrus' lamp where the Knave of Hearts is now residing. She does make some wishes which improves a nearby town. Elizabeth then admits to the Knave of Hearts that she has feelings for him. After unwittingly making her third wish for the Knave of Hearts to feel something for her, Elizabeth falls dead. The Jabberwocky later finds Elizabeth's dead body and takes her eyes so that Jafar can track down Cyrus' lamp. | ||||||
| Anastasia's Mother | Sarah-Jane Redmond | Unknown | ||||
| Anastasia's Mother is an unnamed woman who catches her daughter just before she jumps through a looking glass with her lover Will Scarlet. Her mother disapproves of her relationship with him, telling her how she worked hard to make her daughter a royal Queen forbidding Anastasia to leave. Will tells Anastasia that she loves her for who she truly is and she bids farewell to her mother, traveling to Wonderland with Will. | ||||||
| Red King | Garwin Sanford | Unknown | ||||
| The Red King owns a palace somewhere in Wonderland. When Anastasia and Will Scarlet arrive in Wonderland, they decide to attend a royal ball held by the Red King in order to steal bread. The Red King does not recognize Anastasia and when Will is found acting suspiciously, the two are thrown out of the palace. Anastasia forges a plan to return and steal the crown jewels which she noticed while attending the ball. As she begins her part of the heist, she is caught by the Red King. Instead of punishing her, he offers her his hand in marriage insisting that true love will not make her eternally happy. She accepts this deal where she abandons Will and becoming the Red Queen. The Red King disapproves of magic and therefore, he and the Queen of Hearts are enemies. He later becomes disloyal towards the Red Queen. | ||||||
| Carpenter | John Prowse | Unknown | ||||
| The Carpenter is a man whom Alice meets upon entering the Black Forest in search of Cyrus. He tells Alice that she should stay in the area to be happy. Plants release vapor into Alice's face from the trees which make her lose her memory and put her into a positive daze. When the Knave of Hearts comes to rescue Alice, he notices that the Carpenter is attached to a tree, having fully succumbed to the plants' powers. | ||||||
| Sarah | Heather Doerksen | Alive | ||||
 Heather Doerksen Before the First Curse, Sarah married Edwin and together they got a daughter, Millie. Years later, Sarah meets Alice upon returning from Wonderland after she loses her true love Cyrus. She is shown to be strict and forceful, disbelieving her stories of Wonderland, much like Alice's father Edwin. Sarah is adamant on protecting Millie from Alice's theories. After the First Curse, Sarah is seen at Alice's and Cyrus' wedding, finally believing the existence of Wonderland. | ||||||
| Millie | Kylie Rogers | Alive | ||||
| Millie is Alice's half-sister following her father's marriage to Millie's mother Sarah. Unlike her parents, Millie is fond of Alice's stories. | ||||||
| Mr. Darcy | Dallas Sauer | Alive | ||||
| Mr. Darcy is a young man from Victorian England.
Before the First Curse, Alice's stepmother arranges a date for Alice shortly after she returns from Wonderland. Alice, still grief-stricken after losing her true love Cyrus, declines a date with him. | ||||||
| Mirza | Michael Sangha (adult) Daniel Zolghadri (child) | Deceased | ||||
| Mirza is the son and heir of the Sultan.
Before the First Curse, when Jafar (the Sultan's bastard son) arrives to live with his father in the palace, he is appointed as the family's servant boy. Mirza abuses him, which the Sultan approves of, telling Jafar that he will have to make people fear him in order to become a Sultan. Many years later, the Sultan is accosted by a grown-up Jafar in his palace. Jafar threatens to kill him and challenges Mirza to a duel. This results in Mirza fleeing only to be murdered by Jafar's sorcery. | ||||||
| Mrs. Rabbit | Whoopi Goldberg (voice) | Alive | ||||
 Whoopi Goldberg Before the First Curse, when Alice is injured by swordsmen who attempt to use the Genie to make wishes for them, Cyrus takes Alice to Percy's home where Mrs. Rabbit tends to her successfully healing her. Mrs. Rabbit and her children are later captured by the Red Queen who uses them as hostages to force Percy to assist in helping her on her mission to make Alice make her wishes to return to the Knave. After the First Curse, the Knave figured out where the Red Queen is holding Mrs. Rabbit and her children and Alice was able to rescue them. | ||||||
| Nyx | Leah Gibson | Alive | ||||
 Leah Gibson Before the First Curse, she would allow the water to be used on anyone who is worthy of it and curses anyone who misuses it. She cursed Cyrus, Taj, and Rafi by turning them into genies with their lamps being scattered after they took her water to heal their mother Amara. After the First Curse, Alice learns of Cyrus' curse revolving around the Well of Wonders as they head there to find a way to break the curse. After Alice solves the riddle of which door to take, Cyrus tells Alice to stay behind so that he can atone for his sins. Upon arriving at the Well of Wonders, Nyx emerges as Cyrus asks for Nyx's mercy and to get his brothers free from Jafar. While Cyrus states that he has learned his lesson, Nyx states that the water was used on his mother and tells Cyrus that she is still alive. Nyx still states that the water should be returned to her as she withdraws back into the Well of Wonders. When Cyrus brings Amara to the Well of Wonders for Amara to surrender herself to Nyx, Jafar interferes and prevents Amara from returning the water to Nyx. When Alice arrives and tries to do the job, Jafar ends up stealing the water from Alice which ended up incurring the wrath of Nyx. Nyx then traps Jafar in a genie bottle and makes it disappear which undoes the changes to the Laws of Magic that Jafar and Amara had done and freeing Will, Taj, and Rafi from the genie curse. Upon foreseeing that the Red Queen will live, Nyx gave Alice and Cyrus some water from the Well of Wonders so that the Red Queen can be resurrected. | ||||||
Creatures and races
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