Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151128221143/@comment-8345449-20151129141124

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Neal was at fault for his own death. Belle figured out what would happen, when they arrived at the Vault. He chose not to heed her warning. Something also tells me, that Neal would have still resurrected his father, even if he was told the price would be his life. Neal was desperate to get back to Emma and Henry. Suicide wouldn't have accomplished that so I think it's unlikely that he would have gone through with it.

On one hand it is true that Neal made that fatal choice of his own free will. However, it is also true that Zelena planned for him to die (as she has admitted herself) and directed the events leading to it. So I think she can still be considered the principal perpetrator whereas Neal is the accomplice (in his own murder). Sort of like the case with Regina and the Genie with Leopold as the victim.