Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-75.120.62.171-20130126130624/@comment-5834856-20130307115710

Fire Pearl wrote: If Rumple did die without being stabbed by the blade, who do you think the power would go to? Would the "Dark One" just disappear, would it go to the person that caused the injury or the person in possesion of the blade when he dies? Got you an answer!...so I read some posts from those who seen the first act at Paleyfest and they wrote that,Cora and Regina are listening in to a phone conversation and they find out that Rumple is injured,but then they see his name fading away from the blade, and Cora says they need to change their plan,cause if she doesn't stab Rumple and become the Dark One,the power itself will cease to exist! So you defenitely need the dagger to transfer the power/curse to another person. That makes sense. Remember when Rumpel took Zoso's powers the blade was stabbed within Zoso's heart and Rumpel hold the dagger's handle. And as Zoso died the greyish color crept into his hand and then to the rest of his body. The dagger was the connection between them.