Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150617153525/@comment-24674051-20150625150356

Here's the thing. Anyone in Storybrooke is, almost by definition, a Fairy Tale (or literary) character. The only person in Storybrooke that does not have origins in the EF is Henry. (Both Lily and Emma were conceived and born there). And as it turns out, Henry is the Author, so even he now has ties to the EF.

Having said that, there are many people in the EF, and in Fairy tales, that are minor. At Cinderella's ball, there were many other people besides the main characters. In Sleeping Beauty, an entire Kingdom was put to sleep. In Snow White, there were other knights that worked for the Evil Queen, besides the Huntsman. In Rumplestiltskin, there was an entire army that was used to search out the secret of Rumplestiltskin. Most of these characters are nameless, and are in fact just inferred. They can be anyone.

In fact, that was even alluded to with Zelena. When we first met her in Storybrooke, she passed herself off as a simple midwife. just slightly above commoner. OK, so she turned out to be the Wicked Witch, the point is the concept of commoners in the EF was introduced, and should be continued.

Evana will not be in Storybrooke (unless she is some ANCIENT person), so there is no reason that she has to be anything other that Rumple's mom. She is, by definition, a fairy tale character by coming from the EF, but (other that our interest in the heritage of Rumple) she does not have to be important. She can be just one of many non-descript villagers.