Apprentice

"I am his Apprentice. And you are not the first Dark One I have faced."

- The Apprentice to Zoso

The Apprentice is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the fourth episode of the fourth season. He is portrayed by guest star Timothy Webber.

The Apprentice is based on a character of the same name from the poem, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

Trivia

 * He is described as, "an elderly, grizzled and unflappable knight who for many, many years has dedicated himself to serving a righteous cause".
 * His transformation into a mouse is a reference to Mickey Mouse, the Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia.
 * According to Rumplestiltskin, he is thousands of years old; making him one of the two oldest known residents of the Fairy Tale Land. The other one is the Sorcerer.
 * According to a note on the board in the Storybrooke library, the owner of his house is Yen Sid, a reference to the powerful sorcerer from Disney's Fantasia.