Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25355646-20150302022703/@comment-25926288-20150425012738

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: And back to the topic on hand, Rumple didn't make the Curse. At some point after Maleficent helped him steal it, he gave it to Regina or she stole it, traded it to Maleficent, and stole it back.

So who created the Dark Curse? The Sorcerer! I mean who else is old and very, very powerful? This is all I can go on since it was guarded against magic users and guarded by Chernabog which was put back into the hat. I say "back" when I know that you can only be trapped once (a horrible way to toss the hat aside) but Aprenny said to Zoso "You have no idea what you'll unleash!" and I would think he's talking about Chernabog, which is a seemingly unstoppable demon even to the Dark One. and then we see that it is indeed in the hat after losing the Dark Curse. I can't imagine a demon running around devouring hearts and souls.