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Hmcooper4 wrote: There's actually no telling how far back the DO goes. We know that Rumple has been the DO for approximately 300 years (give or take, depending on the mood of the writers). It's obvious that Zoso was DO for a little while, based on his 2 brief appearances. And there is at least one more prior to Zoso (Based on the Apprentices comment).

Now, here's the question. How OLD is the sorcerer, or the apprentice for that matter? I say the Apprentice is 1000 years old, just because. The Sorcerer was from the beginning of man (I don't know how long mankind existed in that world.). The Sorcerer was born, most powerful of all, first light magic wielder (likely). Other powerful sorcerers made powerful items like the hat, Excalibur, Magic door portals to wherever, spell books. And The Sorcerer himself made the Dark Curse. With rampant chaos ensuing, the Sorcerer took all the magical items, and via his apprentice got the last one, the Sorcerer's Hat (we know it isn't his since A&E said it was passed down to many.