Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-6175354-20150512232014/@comment-25375217-20150527013701

I just had a crazy thought... what if the Dragon is the Sorcerer/Merlin?

Think about it. We know he has magic in the LWM, which means the magic is likely very strong (the Apprentice and Emma are the only other ones who can use magic in the LWM, even Rumple couldn't). He had some strong interest in the author. Maybe he was keeping track of him/investigating him to see if he was a good author. That's also why he had the page that the author was trapped in, because he put the author in there.