Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26340222-20151116200610/@comment-5679696-20151116204605

Eskaver wrote: Killian Jones wrote: I don't think each DO gets weaker, I think it's just a difference between Nimue and the rest. Could be. She probably also created the vault and added some elements to the dagger. Indeed, like the passing-down ability to make her Darkness safe from death.

We know that the Dagger can be imbued with magic both for immediate spells (Nimue using a tear to turn Merlin into a tree) or to enable the dagger to do something (like Rumple using Anna's tear and then being forever able to open the Sorcerer's Hat box)