Final Battle

"The infant is our only hope. Get the child to safety. Get the child to safety and on its twenty-eighth birthday, the child will return. The child will find you and a final battle will begin."

- Rumplestiltskin's prophecy

The Final Battle is a battle fought on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the twenty-first episode of the second season.

Contenders
"Good" or "Light"
 * Emma Swan - fights Gideon, helps restore faith representing a right-doing Good.
 * Mr. Gold - breaks the ultimate Dark Curse, helps restore faith representing a right-doing Evil.

"Evil" or "Darkness"
 * Black Fairy - creates the Dark Curse, casts it over Storybrooke, attempts to destroy Emma's belief, commands Gideon to fight Emma.
 * Gideon (coerced) - fights Emma and stabs her with Hrunting.

Weapons, Items and Magic Involved

 * Black Fairy's Wand - used by the Black Fairy to translate Henry's runes and by Mr. Gold to kill her.
 * Dark Curse - cast by the Black Fairy with darkened Fairy Dust.
 * One of Jefferson's Hats - used to save several people from their crumbling realms.
 * Gideon's Enchanted Heart - used by the Black Fairy to control him.
 * Hrunting - used by Gideon to stab the Savior Emma Swan.