Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26419540-20150521130932/@comment-24674051-20150521183542

Eskaver wrote: Raelizflo wrote: PegLegPrincess wrote: Raelizflo wrote: This is a strange thought, I acknowledge I may be totally wrong, but that blue mist/cloud reminds me a lot of Oscar/the Wizard [of Oz]. Could it be he became Merlin? That would be an interesting twist and would make the Zelena/Oz story come full circle. Maybe? I guess I don't remember anything about a blue cloud to do with Oz, unless it's something from the book series. What I mean is the Wizard uses effects like smoke to represent himself, not in his human form. On another note, I recall a few seasons back (perhaps season 3 before the Oz arc?) the Whites (Charmings?) mentioning "the most powerful wizard in all the realms", err or something along those lines... I may be paraphrasing, and I thought they were going to introduce either Merlin or Oscar. But nothing ever became of it [the mention]. Rumple is the most powerful wizard in all the realms and that was what Walsh (The Wizard of Oz) said. Walsh was just a person that collected magical items that gave him seemingly great power and he used circus tricks for the smoke and everything and was from Kansas.

Merlin was only mentioned once before or maybe. David called him a benevolent mage that created Excalibur. Probably should change that to "Rumple WAS the most powerful wizard in all the realms". :-)

Which means, I guess that now makes Emma the most powerful Sorceress in all the realms?

As for if we've seen Merlin previously, I'm going to say probably not. I think he will be a new character introduced somehwere towards the end of the 5A arc. (I'm expecting 5A to be the search, even though that should probably take the entire season). 5b could be a rescue operation to get Merlin released from some special prison that he is being held in.

All just speculation.