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I once had a theory that the Darkness was once part of Merlin. Early legends told sometine during the rise of Christianity depicted him as the son of a demon, who seduced a young woman in an effort to create an Anti-christ, hence Merlin's "unholy" magical powers. His mother supposedly baptized him, cleansing him of evil but allowing him to retain his magic.

Let's say Once tells it this way: Long ago, Merlin emerges from the vault as the very first Dark One, a creation of the Black Fairy. He reveled in evil for a while until his darkness began slowly killing him. He sought to at least slow it down by doing great deeds and ended up helping found Camelot, training Arthur, etc, but it wasn't enough. So he created the hat, dagger, and made a new Dark One through a complicated ritual.

Thoughts?