Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-199.89.60.92-20130506231633/@comment-5655661-20130915133105

DarKingdomHearts wrote: I don't think she learned black magic from Rumple. I see Maleficent as a stronger person. She is a dark fairy after all so she probably already had much knowledge of both light and dark magic, but specialized in the dark type. However the dragon curse does sound interesting, but maybe her dragon transformation could have something to do with Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (or the twelve fairies if they are going to use that version). As far as we know she is equally powerful as Regina. To me it seems that Fairies are as powerful as Dark One so if Maleficent was fairy she would probably be more powerful than Regina. But we can only speculate untill we see her backstory or get confirmation from writers whether she is a dark fairy like in original story or witch/sorceress.