Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27603417-20151013025006/@comment-6175354-20151013031302

We do not know for sure, if the Dark Swan wants Gold to pull Excalibur from the stone. She could want to manipulate him, for other reasons. Or she just wants to learn from him, since he was the Dark One for centuries. Hook wants Robin to break into the basement, to steal whatever Emma is hiding. For all we know, Arthur could be the only person who can pull the sword from the stone. The list of potential "heroes" is endless, at the moment.

Excalibur will be pulled from the stone, the question is just by whom?