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I was also thinking the Sorcerer was the author (who we haven't met)...

Looking up (good) magic users from the Disney Wiki (http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Magic) here are some candidates:

- Aslan (yeah, I'd rather not have Narnia either... and with the falling out between Disney and Anschutz's Walden Media around 2009, it is unlikely this will come to pass: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/20/entertainment/et-bigpicture20)

- Zeus (king of Gods... I rather not mix ancient religious myths of Gods into the mash up that is OUAT. YMMV though)

- Yen Sid - this seems to be the consensus of who the Sorcerer is based on.

- Merlin - Since Camelot is a realm in FTL, this seems a likely candidate and Merlin did have the ability to foretell the future (seems a good match for a dark one.  Hmm I wonder if Morgan La Fey was the FIRST dark one?)

- Balthazar Blake - From the wiki "is one of the main protagonists in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. He was a student of Merlin and a sorcerer. More than 1,000 years old, Balthazar has been searching the globe until he finds the Prime Merlinean, the descendant of Merlin and inheritor of his great magic powers. When Balthazar finally discovers him in 10-year-old Dave Stutler, he finds himself with a very reluctant sorcerer’s apprentice." Sounds familiar?