Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5583089-20160405151934/@comment-1916997-20160409051748

Esk answered the questions pretty good. The only thing I would add as far as why there are so many Dark Ones, is that I'm guessing there was a period of time where being the Dark One was so coveted that many people were constantly chasing the Dark One, and trying to get his or her power, and so that in a short amount of time like 20 years, there was like 10 different Dark Ones. Eventually, people must have realized that being the Dark One wasn't the gift it was thought to be, as you wound up just being killed so someone else could take the power. Eventually, between that and the fact that a powerful shapeshifter (Gorgon) became the Dark One, people no longer coveted being the Dark One. But of course eventually someone would want the power and defeat Gorgon, and that person was Zoso. However, Zoso somehow lost the dagger and was controled by the Duke to do his bidding. Finally tired of being used, Zoso set the events in motion for Rumple to become the Dark One. And Rumple, being as crafty as he is, combinded with the fact that by this time really no one wanted to be the Dark One, stayed the Dark One for a few hundred years. That's my take anyway.