Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491743-20160126230212/@comment-25926288-20160126231556

For fashion of course.

Anyhow, Maleficent in season 1 had the curse in her staff. Otherwise, she tends to have nothing. The Red orb you speak of may have been aquired between her time with the QoD and decided that she wanted something special, since we know she collects magical objects.