Ogre Wars

The Ogre Wars, also called Ogre's War, are wars fought on ABC's Once Upon a Time. They make their début in the eighth episode of the first season.

They are several major conflicts in the Enchanted Forest prior to the Dark Curse, mentioned in several episodes. Not much has been revealed about them, except that there were at least three conflicts. Survivors of the Ogre Wars include Baelfire, Milah, Morraine, Seer, Rumplestiltskin and Granny.

Before the Curse
Mentioned several times throughout the series are the "Ogre Wars", which is to assume that there is more than one ogre and that they are at war with various kingdoms in the Enchanted Forest.

Rumplestiltskin is revealed to have fought in the first war, before he became the Dark One, and even fled from battle because he hears a prediction from a Seer. Veterans from the war refer to him as a coward and even as a traitor. This war lasted for at least fourteen years, because that is the time past between Rumplestiltskin leaving the battle and Baelfire being about to be recruited. Rumplestiltskin stopped the first known Ogre War when he became the Dark One.

Granny tells the village her seven large brothers and her father were all veterans of the Second Ogre War about sixty years ago. This could imply the second war's ending, but being a veteran does not necessarily imply that the war itself had concluded, only that the soldier had fought in it and was discharged for their services.

Many other villages are reported attacked and/or destroyed throughout the series by ogre armies.

Belle makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in an effort to save her village from the ogres. Before doing so, reports surface of several villages falling to the ogres. This shows that the war is obviously between more than one kingdom and the ogres as well as the ogre army itself being a very powerful force. This conflict has never been named as an Ogre War, so it is possible that was an isolated attack or a punctual battle. It has not been confirmed as Second Ogre War. This battle is either Third Ogre War, or Second Ogre War still happening or still a conflict against ogres but not named as an Ogre War.

Trivia

 * According to show writer Jane Espenson, there has been more than one Ogre War in the Enchanted Forest.