Heroes and Villains (Book)

"Heroes and Villains is close to my heart. It's been a passion project for longer than you would believe. I wrote it because I think folks are sick of heroes getting everything in these classic fairy tales. Hence, the radically different endings for Snow White, Prince Charming, and all the rest. Something different for a modern audience. What happens when villains win the day?"

- Isaac Heller

The Heroes and Villains Book is a magical item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the twentieth episode of the fourth season.

Effects
Much like the first Dark Curse, Heroes and Villains takes away all memories of its victims' previous lives, providing them with new lives, "punishing" or "rewarding" them each in a way that Isaac sees fit.

Specific Effects

 * Rumplestiltskin- Is known as the Light One, a heroic knight and slayer of ogres, and no longer a victim of the Darkness. He is much loved by the other inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest and lives contently with his wife, Belle, and their infant son.
 * Regina- Believes herself to have been abandoned by her mother as a newborn. Regina accidentally destroyed the happiness of her stepmother who continues to hunt her down, which forces her to live as a bandit.
 * Seven Dwarves- Work as thugs to the Queen, Snow White.
 * Snow White- Believes her true love, James, to be dead as a result of Regina telling an unnamed secret. She becomes an evil monarch, reigning as Queen, and powerful witch who frightens and torments anyone who crosses her.
 * Prince Charming- After the death of James, Queen Snow White takes his heart and forces him to be her lover and executioner.
 * Robin Hood- Remains leader to the Merry Men, but is separated from his true love, Regina, and is her "competition" as thieves. He is in love with Zelena and wants to leave his life as as thief behind in order to marry her.
 * Zelena- Becomes a normal woman who is in love with Robin Hood, who wants to give up his place with the Merry Men to marry her.
 * Emma Swan- Is aware of the alternate reality's changes, but is powerless to do anything about it. No longer the savior and with no magic, she is trapped on a virtually impenetrable island prison in the middle of the Bottomless Sea.
 * Belle- Retains her original personality. She is the beloved wife of the Light One, Rumplestiltskin, and a proud mother of a son.
 * Prince Neal- Becomes the child of Rumplestiltskin and Belle.
 * Hook- Serves as a cowardly and timid deckhand of Black Beard on the Jolly Roger who is allergic to rum.
 * Black Beard- Continues to be a notorious pirate who bullies his underling Hook and captains the Jolly Roger.
 * Lily Page- Serves as one of Queen Snow White's Black Knights and is tasked with guarding Emma in the tower. Her true form is a dragon, which she transforms into after Emma attempts to escape.
 * Blue Fairy- Becomes a powerful dark fairy who supports the bandit Regina by using dark fairy dust to keep the Queen's underlings from harming her.
 * Granny- Is a member of the Queen's council who is constantly at odds with Grumpy.
 * Will Scarlet- Becomes an associate of Robin Hood. He appears to be the best man at Robin Hood's wedding to Zelena.

Trivia
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On-screen Notes

 * The reviewers quoted in the book blurb for Heroes and Villains are Once Upon a Time graphic designer and productions staff member Neil Westlake, art director Cheryl Marion and conceptual designer Keith Lau.
 * Neil Westlake's review reads as follows: "Well worth the waiting. Heller's plotting and pacing are superb, his writing is sharp, and his characters are alive on the page. A sophisticated and meaningful book."
 * Neil Westlake is also listed as a complainant in a police report in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", and is credited as a photographer on the front page of the Storybrooke Daily Mirror in "The Stable Boy", and as a former entrepreneur from Storybrooke on a sign next to the Town Hall, in the behind the scenes photos from "Lily". It is also the name of the author on the cover of book Robin Hood: Myth & Legend from "Only You".
 * Cheryl Marion's review reads as follows: "Great reading...ranges from Knights slaying Dragons, to the fight of the common person against evil and oppression. Truly Brilliant."
 * Keith Lau's review reads as follows: "Heller takes attack or be beaten ideologies to new heights in this heavy-hitting first work. I had the sense that I had learned something new about the fight against evil..."
 * An excerpt from the fairy tale of "The Golden Bird" can be glimpsed when Henry flips through the Heroes and Villains storybook.
 * The accompanying illustration is a picture by the famous English book illustrator Arthur Rackham, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's children's book A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1851). It depicts a scene from the story "The Paradise of Children".
 * The same excerpt, with the same illustration, is in the Once Upon a Time storybook.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.