The Dark Ones
History (abridged) :
Long time ago, in an ancient kingdom of Camelot, a power hungry king collected most of the Darkness in the Land to use their power. Bit by bit, it corrupted him. He then became a threat for all the land. After centuries under his Dark Reign a young man, Taram, managed to defeat him and bound the Darkness with a Calice. The Calice, known as the Graal, will be reforged as a Sword, and a Dagger. Anyone became the Master of the Dagger can use his power and get known as "The Dark One". The best known way to became the Dark One is to kill the previous one with his own Dagger. Along with the Great Power, the Darkness always carry a fragment of his previous owners souls from host to host. The Dark One can be cure from the curse by a True Love Kiss (as Tiana was) or by using the Star Hat, wich was sent long ago to Merlin by the Stars themself. Free, the Darkness chose its own Master. If a Dark One kill himself with his Dagger, The Darkness is send back to the Dark One Vault (which is the place where the Horned King bound himself with the Darkness for the first time) awaiting for someone to open it and free it, rising the last Dark One from the dead. Oddly, all Dark Ones were associate with an Animal.
Traditionnal Dark Ones :
- The Horned King (The Stag) - non official
- Nimue (the Fish)
- Mor'du (the Bear)
- Gorgon (the Boar)
- Dr. Facilier (The Butterfly)
- Tiana (The Frog)
- Zoso (Unknown)
- Rumplestiltskin (The Crocodile)
- Emma Swan (The Swan)
Excalibur's Dark Ones :
- Merlin
- Killian Jones
Note :
- Zoso isn't associate with any animals yet. I use to imagine him being The Salamander. I'll perhaps find some animal for him the day I'll write a backstory for him.
- Nimue can also be concidered as "The Fish" as she is known in the legends as "Lady of the Lac".
- Most of the information came from the show himself, but is vague enough to create some backstory. This may change if more thing come out in the show.