Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20150330091740/@comment-25926288-20150330133053

The Sorcerer works through his Apprentice. Like the Author, I think the Sorcerer chose his Apprentice (though this is a permanent and forever position). I assume that he's the one who powers the Apprentice, since the Apprentice performs more powerful magic than Rumple. What's even more funny is that he went towards Ingrid and Zoso with just a sword, lol!

Nice theory, but I assume the simplest of options, usually.