Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5106672-20141117061053/@comment-5106672-20141117061445

Now, the enchanted wood. From what the Blue Fairy said, the Enchanted Wood doesn't primarly serve the purpose of world-travelling, as one chuck of it was made into Pinocchio. Also, if it did, Rumple would have jumped in it instead of scheming for centuries. My theory about the wardrobe is that the wood was used to counteract the Dark Curse, so it turned into a portal as a consequence, and remained so, albeit dormant and needing the water from Lake Nostos to regain its magic, afterwards. This would fit also with the need of a magical compass to be pointed to the right world: without the treat of the Dark Curse, it was still a portal, but with no aim.

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