Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5370037-20131208133033/@comment-5106672-20140330204552

Killian Jones wrote: I disagree with what Regina said. I think she was lying, as well as she has done many many times. I think the Curse brought everyone from the EF that was not protected + poeple from other lands she needed to bring. I agree with that. She brought lots of people who didn't have anything to do with her, Snow White or Prince Charming, and likely many people she didn't even know existed. Besides, as I pointed out once, if she could choose to leave somebody behind, she could have simply left Cora and even baby Emma there to avoid any possible threats to the Curse.

I think Robin Hood and the Merrymen were another anomaly, similar to the poeple who stayed behind because of Cora's shield, due to Rumple needing them there to guard his castle and choosing them due to Robin's debt to him.