Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160529120256

I'd easily put the Dragon above Regina/ EQ. Just because he didn't fight back means nothing. He could simply be a pacifist.

I think vertical might be misleading how I see the power levels (raw power, skill, etc) so I'll use letters and symbols to try that out.

Merlin (M) The Dark Swan (TDS) Dark One (DO) Dragon (DR) Apprentice (AP), Zelena (Z), Regina (R), Cora (C), Emma (E), Mal (Mal), Amara (AM), Jafar (J), Red Queen (RQ), Blind Witch (BW)

- this means insignificantly stronger

( > ) - this means slightly stronger

( >> ) - this means fairly stronger

( >>> ) - this means incredibly stronger

So, Dark One and above would go:

M > TDS > DO

Below Dark One:

AP >> DR >> Z, E (threshold line) R, C > M, AM, J > RQ > BW

The threshold line is seeing across realms of their own accord through a mirror, until there's some better showing the differences between Regina and Emma. A threshold is simply there because no matter how skilled Regina is, she lacks the raw power to use any non-magical mirror to see across worlds. You can't always raw power things, you can't always throw skills in other people's faces either. Cora and Regina are near equals, but Emma could manage to defeat Cora, before she could even do magic, same with Regina. The Apprentice would be more skilled than most dark ones, but his skill/power combo still won't ever put him above DO.