Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20150915144108/@comment-6175354-20151105005434

D.Prince wrote:

Also, why are people thinking its difficult to take excalibur from King Arthur? The guy don't even have magic. In the scene where they were going to free Merlin Arthur and his men couldn't stand against Reginas fireballs. For me is just as simple as poofing in the castle, at night, use some magic and take excalibur easy. If they make this anymore complicated is just for the drama. Excalibur was trapped in the stone, when they all arrived to Storybrooke.... meaning, someone put it back there.

Arthur never lets the sword out of his sight, and the stone is in the center of thr Round Table. It would not be much of a leap to assume, that Arthur put Excalibur back into the stone, in a final attempt to scew with everyone.