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Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: ThisIsTaboada wrote: NealCassidyEmmaSwan wrote: I've been thinking that the writers should maybe do just a little more backstory on Tamara? She could be Tiana. Just like Neal, she was sent to Land Without Magic and did terrible things but she wants to redeem herself in the Underworld under the reign of King Arthur and a drunk Cruella. As far as I know, Sonequa Martin Green is on The Walking Dead now, and as a much more tolerable character in that, so no. Yeah, she's part of a small group of main arc villains whose origins/descent into darkness was never explained (Maleficent, King George, Hades, Tamara), but while she was the major villain of the tail end of Season 2, she was ultimately nothing more than a grunt.

And besides, her only connections to the rest of the characters were through Neal, Pinocchio and the Dragon. None of them are important anymore, and only Neal was truly important to her story. I would definitely like a backstory on Tamara, if only to quench my OCD, but it would be so out of left field and useless... I feel like we will get more backstory on Mal and George eventually. Hades technically had backstory, it was just not well presented. We got half of it through dialog, which told us things like Hades was mad that his brother got the "good" job, and the other half through text in the book pages, which metioned Zeus, Hades, and Kronos (their father). Tamara won't get backstory, but I think we got a basic idea. She knew magic was real, but finds it unholy, and is trying to eraticate it. With Maleficent, we still need her entire origin (how she discovered she was a dragon/how she discovered she could turn human), her history with Briar Rose, and Lily's father. Who may or may not be Maleficent's love.

With George, we just need to meet his wife, learn who cursed her with infertility (which I'm assuming is what made him evil) and where the hell he is in the present day.

And with Tamara, all we need is to see how Pan recruited her and how she discovered magic was real. And maybe some hints as to when "magic crossed over before" and how it was dealt with.

As for Hades, I don't remember anything in the book mentioning his origin. From the book pages in Last Rites:

Hades  nodded to himself, impressed with the leader's  magic. The leader was elegantly dressed in black, which also impressed Hades. Proper fashion was very important to him. He noticed that much more that whatever the leader was shouting about. It was a vitri- olic tirade about some young farm girl who had offended the great leader. The leader believed that the blue villagers were hiding the farm girl. But instead of snap- ing the necks of the villagers for their heinous crimes the leader merely went down the line of them,  [http://onceuponatime.wikia.com/wiki/Shapeshifting transform- ing]  each one into a drooling, screeching beast. This form of animorphic retribution may have been satisfying to the leader, but it wouldn't do at all for  Hades. He’d have to somehow convince the leader to go back to plain old killing. It turned out this leader was one of Hades' larg- est suppliers of souls, and he couldn’t very well having that supply dry up. He started to think about what kind of deal he'd offer when the leader tried to turn Hades into a hairy beast. Of course this didn't work. The leader had mis- taken Hades for one of the blue villagers, due to his outfit. But Hades is a  god. Even though he  [image ends] to reside on  Mount Olympus, like all the oth [image ends]

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welling in his eyes. Only these were not tears of sad- ness. They smoldered with rage. "You’re wrong about me, Father. I will make a great king." Hades wiped the tears away as he said this, though his voice was a vacuum of emotion. With cold determina- tion, he approached a towering pedestal on the far side of  the bed chamber where an ornate filigreed box was left  unattended. Hades face betrayed a slight smile. He knew this box held the prize he sought, and no one  would stop him from taking it now. He opened the box and inside was an ancient crystal shaped like a crude  lightning bolt. "The  Olympian Crystal ", he said reverently, with more love than he had ever shown for leathery old  Kronos. "So…" a voice boomed from across the bed chamber. Hades turned to see  Zeus  in the room, looking at him in Judgment while touching the lifeless frame of their father  for one last time. "…your heart really is sickened." Zeus stepped forward to his brother, in all his chiseled might. And every inch of his muscle nauseated Hades, but he maintained an even keel. For now. "Will you not take a moment to mourn our father? "Who loved you?"  Zeus felt genuine compassion for his brother. And the  olive branch he offered bore no hidden thorns, only the  promise of reconciliation. That Zeus was capable of such  forgiveness only stoked the flames within Hades further.  "No, Zeus", Hades spat. "He only loved you."  Hades took the crystal into his hands. It was his now,  and no one would take it from him. Not even the  mighty Zeus. The powerful magic within it glowed fora moment.  "That power is not yours to wield," Zeus warned.  "The Olympian Crystal is dangerous. It belongs to the king"  "I should have been king," Hades said, wielding the  crystal like a septer. "And once I use this to kill you,  [three illegible words]  kingdom I desire. He approached his brother, and for a moment, Zeus [two illegible words]  that the crystal was powerful enough  [three illegible words], even him. But Zeus bravely, perhaps [three illegible words]  proud. Hades raised the crystal, [three illegible words]  up at Zeus' chest, looking his  brother in the eye as he prepared to strike him down,  [three illegible words]  into Zeus' heart, when…