Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-6175354-20151208153410

Hmcooper4 wrote:

And Excalibur (at least the lower blade and hilt) was disintegrated when Emma plunged it into Killian, so (assuming that Emma has the Darkness originally tethered with Excalibur lower blade) Emma would no longer be tethered to anything. and that may be something that either Gold does not anticipate, or something that he DOES anticipate that concerns him greatly. If Excalibur still exists (which I think it does), it probably returned to the stone. However, I do not think anyone is tethered to it. The sword is probably just waiting for the hero it deems worthy to wield it. Which would explain why Arthur's arc was not concluded, since he still thinks its his destiny to smite the Darkness.