Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26340222-20151212133417/@comment-26159109-20151212141422

Eskaver wrote: Once Discussion wrote: Eskaver wrote: Well, Super DO I don't know if is at least as powerful as Merlin was. (If he's twice as powerful because it's a copy of the same power.) At most, 2 times as powerful, for whatever that means.

I fear that Neal won't be in the Underworld (or at least where they are going). If he is, Rumple wouldn't disturb that. Rumple is a respectful guy, unlike Emma who ignores people's death as long as they are named Killian. Rumple said "I have the combined power of everyone DO who's ever lived", so, we know Nimue was likely on par to Merlin (if not, then damn close) plus Emma's, Hook's and his own plus everyone else's all thrown in together. So, I think twice as powerful is an severe underestimate, surely?! The way I took it was that Nimue and Merlin were equal, but the power degraded for each preceding Dark One (or in other words, the former DO held on to little bit of the power and Nimue held on to a huge chunk after she died). This would explain why Rumple showed the power level of Merlin and also why Emma was not exactly on Merlin's level but close because of DO magic plus her own magic.

So, I did a little math: Savior magic + DO magic = almost Merlin Magic,

Therefore I assume that the previous DOs held on to some of that magic which was why they were able to (or at Nimue was able to brand people with the mark of Charon, teleport and use small magic like force choke.

So, that's why I put Rumple as Super DO as at least Merlin level and at most twice that. I mean technically when the DO's die they don't have any power, so this is the only way that statement makes sense. You're giving that way too much thought. I don't think the writers ever thought about that or would ever explain that.