Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141222210529/@comment-24138799-20150113222317

Hmcooper4 wrote: I like that idea, though again, it could have been any of TQoD that directed Killian towards Regina's tower to find Belle. The key here is that someone would first have to know that Belle was of some importance to Rumple. And even though most people knew that she was his servant, only a very few people would have discovered that she is also a weakness that can be exploited.

Going this route, though, I think it highly probably that it is, in fact, Maleficent, since whoever it is that points Killian towards Belle would not only have to know about Belle, but also have knowledge on Regina, and Maleficent is the best candidate to fit this category. Why would they need information on Regina to point him in Belle's direction? As long as the one giving Hook the information knew where Belle was, and knew Belle was of some importance to Rumple, it doesn't matter if they knew anything about Regina (except maybe where she lived, since that"s the place where Belle actually is...) So it could still have been any of the Queens...