Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150504001750/@comment-4839682-20150504020648

the assumption there, while a good one, tho, is that he knew about or had access or could get people to do these things/get him to travel.

He may not have known about the author, at the time beans were believed to be nonexistant, shadow travel would have been unreliable, and the apprentice probably wouldn't have helped (or he might, since he's the Dark One and all)

However, it's always seemed to me that Rumple saw his vision of the Dark Curse and Regina and all that, and singularly went after that. He became extremely single minded, with few exceptions.

I am so excited to Rumplestiltskin the knight!!! :D