Baelfire

"I won't let magic destroy this family. This is the only way. You have to let me go."

- Baelfire to Wendy Darling

Baelfire, also known as Bae, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the eighth episode of the first season. He is portrayed by guest stars Dylan Schmid and Brandon Spink, and co-stars Sebastian Wilkinson and Dean Petriw. He is the Enchanted Forest alias of Neal Cassidy, and the main reality version of Baelfire.

Trivia

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Etymology

 * "Baelfire" is another word for bonfire, a large fire built outdoors, as for signaling or in celebration of an event. "Baelfire" can be spelled in a number of different ways, including Bale Fire, Beal Fire and Bel Fire, and is the hallmark of any Beltane celebration.
 * Emma alludes to this when she lies to Henry and says that his father was training to be a fireman, and died saving a family from a burning building.

Character Notes

 * He is the only person his father has broken a deal with.
 * According to the Blue Fairy, he is the light that keeps his father human at his core.
 * Baelfire has a talent for drawing, which he inherited from his mother.

Storybook Notes

 * Henry's storybook contains a retelling of a scene from "Desperate Souls":

R    umpelstiltskin was a mild- mannered and curiously unremarkable man who lived a rather unremarkable life. Along with his wife and young son, Baelfire, he lived in a modest wooden hut on the outskirts of the village, making his living by spinning wool into the thread that he would barter or sell to the people thereabouts. Rumplestiltskin's fortunes were to change that beautiful day that the Duke’s soldiers rode into the village They were rounding up all men and children of a serviceable age, garnering recruits to fight in terrible, never-ending Ogre Wars. Young Baelfire saw a young girl, a cherished childhood companion being wrestled from her parents. Not [obscured] he ran home to tell his father. "Papa, Papa," Baelfire gasped, out of breath, [obscured] come to take Morraine away!" [obscured] rose from the spinning stool; [obscured] he limped outside.There

was a commotion down the land, past his neighbour's stable. The soldiers were dragging a young girl from the arms of her distraught and pleading parents. "Please do not take our Morraine," the mother beseeched, her arms outstretched. The guard was unshakable. "Your daughter is strong and will make a fine soldier!" "But there must be a mistake," her father responded. "She is only thirteen…" "I am under orders from the Duke", replied the guard. "The wars have taken a turn-for-the worst and the age of those we seek has been lowered – by decree!" As the guard was about to hoist the young girl onto his horse, her father pulled out a knife from his [illegible word]. "Stop! You cannot have her!" he bellowed, thrusting the blade aimlessly into the air. All of a sudden, the father ceased wavering and [illegible word] motionless, like a statue, bound as if by some [illegible word] and abysmal power. Everyone gathered thereabouts gaped and looked towards to the [two illegible words] over to where a dark hooded man on a black horse was enacting a diabolical spell.

Appearances
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