Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5583089-20160405151934/@comment-24674051-20160410024822

I hate to disappoint you, but his first act as Dark One (which resulted in saving Bae) was killing all the men that were coming to take Bae away. That was the beginning of the body count. Yes, he did save Bae, and yes he did stop the Ogre war. We're not ever given the full details on that one, though, so I imagine that someone paid dearly for Rumple to do that. From Rumples standpoint, as long as Bae was safe, Rumple probably didn't give a rip about anyone else, unless there was something in it for him.

So to answer your comment, Rumple did in fact give in immediately. In fact, since Rumple came by becoming the Dark One in the usual way, He really gave in before obtaining the powers, since he had to kill Zoso (even though Zoso WANTED to be killed).