Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13824779-20130822111354/@comment-6175354-20130923174512

Ruby ridinghood wrote: Did they say this was a new character? Maybe it's just someone who is new to Regina. No, the creator never stated that it would be a new character. At least, not from what I recall. It seemed people were just assuming Regina's love interest would be someone new in Neverland.... neither of which, seem to be the case.

Like you said, it is probably someone Regina has never met. Lana hinted, the audience may have already met him.