Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4821842-20151114051347/@comment-25926288-20151125025844

DatNuttyKid wrote: There was some specificness in why he needed Mal, Ursula, and Cruella. They were able to get through the challenges; Cruella spoke to the beetles, Mal with the dragon fire, and Ursula... well, she grabbed the curse off the pedestal. But still. Rumple is an immortal sorcerer who's more powerful than the three of them combined (Pending on Ursula's stolen trident powers). Rumple could find away to move the beetles, even if they were toxic to magical beings. Rumple probably could walk over the fire, then grab the curse and move on. Of as they never explained, he could poof to the curse and then poof out.

But we don't know who made it and I'm now doubting that Merlin made it. Merlin made some largely weird things (that can be used for evil and good, but mostly evil purposes), but I'm thinking he didn't make the Curse.