Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20150511100043/@comment-5479290-20150517012311

Has anyone noticed something about the Apprentice? He seems to be the one character powerful enough to use his magic in any realm, including the Land Without Magic (prior to Storybrooke's existence and the bringing of magic there). He was able to display the ability to open a door to another realm when recruting an Author. When the Apprentice, Author and Sorceror were introduced in Season 4, I began to wonder why Rumple didn't ask either of them to take him to the Land Without Magic to find Baelfire. Rumple de-aged himself as the Dark One so he had all those 200-300 years of research.