Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-62.47.12.254-20130513101601/@comment-9501500-20130513105416

Being the Dark One, Rumple should at least have knowledge of beings far more powerful than he is that way he can protect himself against them probably because he has faced them all at some point and learned from the battles. I would not be surprised if he has gone to Neverland before and encountered the Shadow. We'll have to see how Season 3 plays out to know for certain