Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26340222-20151020185228/@comment-24674051-20151020211935

While being short one parent may TECHNICALLY be an orphan, the more common and accepted interpretation is that the person has lost both parents.

The accepted definition, according to US law, is that an orphan is a minor that has had both parents die or permanently abandon them. Using this definition, we can classify Rumple, Zelena, and Emma as orphans. Killlian may quailfy as well, but we know nothing of his mother, only his father. We simply don't have enough information on Robin to make a determination. All the rest (including henry) do not qualify. In Henry's case, the determination falls apart because of the 'permenantly abandon' clause, as Emma does come back for him (eventually, and not of her own volition initially, but that's another story). And an argument could be made that Emma is no longer an orphan after being reunited with both of her birth parents, but since that was as an adult, it gets about as clear as mud.

All of this, though, does not answer the real question at hand. So let's get back on topic and discuss opinions and guesses on who put Excalibur back into the stone.