Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20170521222920/@comment-25375217-20170522154745

I think they were all destined to fight the Black Fairy. Every Savior between Rumple and Emma (and possibly before Rumple?) chickened out (like Aladdin) or had their powers taken from them (like Rumple).

Besides that, each Savior also had a shorter-term goal: Emma was supposed to break the Dark Curse; Aladdin was supposed to save Agrabah; etc.