Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5635908-20150911022247/@comment-1916997-20150911161302

Hmcooper4 wrote: The name need not be long or have anything to do with the letter M. Zoso was the previous dark one, short name, and no M whatsoever. 'M'ma Swan, though does the the M thing going.

I'm not sure, but that article, or another one that I read, said that we would definitely see who the original Dark One was, and why there is a Dark One. This could be an interesting adventure in storytelling this year. Right, so far we have 3 confirmed dark ones: Zoso, Rumplestilkin, and Emma Swan. I think we're just specualting the first dark one will have an M name because it will go with Merlin.