Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4962906-20151026121759/@comment-26340222-20151030071718

Hmcooper4 wrote: I think everyone is being a little harsh on the Crimson crown. Yes, they don't need it now that Merlin is free (or at least was free in Camelot. We haven't seen him yet in SB). But at that point in the story, they didn't know how to free him, and decided to look for a way to communicate with him. And that could yet come into play. And I enjoyed that adventure and the character development, since it played into later events. I'm going to wait until the story is done before judging the relative worth, or lack thereof, of any plot point. I don't think it is entirely irrelivent because, as we all know. Merlin is free and the point of the Crimson Crown is to "Communicate across magical barriers". However, since everyone in Camalot is now in Storybrooke, it stands to reason, that for some reason, 1 of the two events happened:

1. Merlin had to leave Camalot for some reason and so, the curse didn't effect him. So is in the EF somewhere.

2. He has been kidnapped or is hiding somewhere.

I believe the later to be true and so, they will need the mushroom to talk to Merlin later if they can't physically get to him.