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The primary characters of the second season. From left to right: Ruby/Red Riding Hood, Belle, Rumplestiltskin, Henry Mills, Emma Swan, Prince Charming, Snow White and The Evil Queen.

The characters of the American fantasy-drama television series Once Upon a Time are renditions of classic fairy tale and fantasy characters. The survivors from the respective worlds in which they once lived inhabit the town of Storybrooke, Maine, and live under the curse of the Evil Queen to remain trapped in time and live forever without happy endings. They are initially unable to recall their memories of their past until the curse is broken by Snow White and Prince Charming's daughter Emma Swan.

Primary characters

Fairytale Counterpart	Storybrooke Counterpart	Portrayer	Starring seasons	Recurring seasons	Episode count	Status
—	Emma Swan	Jennifer Morrison	1,2,3	—	44	Alive
Jennifer Morrison Emma Swan is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, and Henry Mills' birth mother. Emma was born on the day that the The Evil Queen Regina casts her curse. Geppetto forms a magical wardrobe for Snow and Charming, after Rumplestiltskin informs them that their daughter is the key to breaking the curse in 28 years. Emma is born shortly after and placed in the wardrobe, successfully travelling to the new land. In the real world, Emma is separated from her parents, growing up in foster care. She becomes a criminal, stealing a car with Neal Cassidy. Together, they plan to start a life together. Neal, however, is persuaded by August Booth (Pinocchio) to turn Emma into the police to protect her destiny as the saviour of Storybrooke. Emma is jailed, later giving birth to Henry. She places him up for adoption to give him a better life. On her 28th birthday, a ten-year-old Henry comes to her apartment in Boston, explaining her origins. She does not believe him, returning him home to his adoptive mother Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) in Storybrooke. Regina is worried that Emma may want to be in Henry's life and her repeated warnings to leave town and keep away from Henry, make Emma decide to stay. In Storybrooke, Emma is often at odds with Regina, who doesn't want Emma to be in Henry's life. Emma tries to get Henry to let go of his theories about the curse, but later accepts the fact that Henry will not give it up. Emma eventually moves in with Mary Margaret (Snow White), neither aware that they're related. Sheriff Graham Humbert (The Huntsman) later appoints Emma as his deputy and the two form an attraction, until Regina crushes his heart, causing him to die in Emma's arms. Emma is later elected sheriff, but is forced to arrest Mary Margaret for the alleged murder of Kathryn Nolan. Emma believes that Mary Margaret is innocent, and is proven correct when Kathryn is found alive. Emma later becomes suspicious of a new man in town, August Booth, who reveals his true identity as Pinocchio and Emma's destiny of breaking the curse. She insists that she cannot handle the responsibility of being a "saviour", and decides to leave Storybrooke with Henry until he forces her to return. However, she eventually decides to leave Storybrooke for good, telling Regina that she does not want Henry to suffer form their feud. Regina however gives Emma an apple turnover (infused with a sleeping curse). Henry eats it instead to prove that magic exists, causing him to fall unconscious. Emma finally believes that the curse is real, but Henry is pronounced dead. He is then awoken by Emma with true love's kiss, thus breaking the curse and allowing all residents to remember their true identities. After the curse is broken, Emma reunites with her parents. In a plan to send a wraith released into Storybrooke into a portal, Emma and Mary Margaret are dragged with it. In the Enchanted Forest, they meet Princess Aurora and Mulan who take them to a small village that was untouched by the curse, and are thrown into a makeshift prison, where they meet Regina's mother Cora. They are eventually freed and find Captain Hook (posing as a blacksmith in alliance with Cora). However, he is forced to reveal his interest and climb a beanstalk with Emma to obtain a magic compass. Emma retrieves the compass but abandons Hook atop the beanstalk as she does not fully trust him. She returns to the others who later find Cora and Hook at Lake Nostos, readying a portal back to Storybrooke. A fight ensues with Emma and Snow regaining the upper hand, and travelling back home through the portal. Back in Storybrooke, Emma is persuaded by Mr. Gold to travel with him to Manhattan to find his son Baelfire. Emma soon discovers that Baelfire is her ex-boyfriend Neal. They return to Storybrooke where Emma is forced to deal with a stranger entering Storybrooke, as well as Neal's fiancée Tamara who he invites to Storybrooke. Emma believes something is wrong with both of them and is proven to be right when it is revealed that the stranger, Greg Mendell and Tamara are working together to destroy the town and magic. Neal is wounded during a fight with Tamara when a portal is opened, and he falls through - before learning that the he and Emma still love one another. Greg and Tamara then activate a trigger to destroy Storybrooke, but it is stopped by Emma and Regina. Greg and Tamara kidnap Henry, using a magic bean to transport to Neverland. Emma, her parents, Regina, Hook and Mr. Gold join forces to follow them with Hook's ship.
—	Henry Mills	Jared S. Gilmore	1,2,3	—	44	Alive
Henry Mills is Emma Swan and Neal Cassidy's 11-year-old son, whom she gave up for adoption after giving birth in jail. He is also Snow White, Prince Charming and Rumplestiltskin's grandson. He is adopted by Regina Mills (The Evil Queen), who finds him through Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin); Henry is named after Regina's father. Henry receives his cherished book of fairy tales from his teacher Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) and discovers that the residents of Storybrooke are characters from the book after noticing he is the only one in town who ages. His realization that Regina is The Evil Queen strains his relationship with her, and she sends him to regular therapy sessions with Dr. Archie Hopper to end his unwavering belief in the curse. Hoping to break the curse and learn why he was put up for adoption, Henry finds his biological mother Emma Swan in Boston and brings her to Storybrooke. He eventually convinces Emma of the truth by eating a poisoned apple turnover containing a sleeping curse, ultimating in him being pronounced dead. However, he is awoken with true love's kiss by Emma, also breaking the curse. After the curse is broken, Emma and Mary Margaret are dragged into a portal, leaving his grandfather David (Prince Charming) to look after him. Regina initially refuses to let go of Henry, until she realises that she does not want the same fate for him that she endured. Following the death of Regina's mother Cora, and Regina vowing to exact her revenge on Mary Margaret, Henry seeks to remove magic from Storybrooke. When Emma and Regina stop the trigger introduced by Greg Mendell and Tamara from destroying Storybrooke, he is kidnapped by the pair and transported to Neverland, where it is revealed that Peter Pan wants possession of him.
Snow White	Mary Margaret Blanchard	Ginnifer Goodwin (adult) Bailee Madison (child)	1,2,3	—	44	Alive
Ginnifer Goodwin Snow White is the daughter of King Leopold and Queen Eva, and later stepdaughter of The Evil Queen Regina. She is the true love of Prince Charming, mother of Emma Swan, and later grandmother of her son Henry. As a young girl, Snow White's mother dies from Cora poisoning her in an attempt to make her daughter Regina Queen. Snow is later rescued from a runaway horse by Regina which leads to her having a loveless marriage with Snow's father. After Regina assumes the throne by killing the King, she recruits The Huntsman to kill Snow; he spared her for her selflessness. Snow then lives in the forest, meeting Prince David while robbing him who she nicknames Charming. The pair fall in love, but he returns to his fiancée Princess Abigail. She then moves in with The Seven Dwarfs and Charming breaks off his engagement, but Snow drinks a potion to forget their relationship. It changes her into a mean-spirited person before Charming kisses her, regaining her original personality. However, the pair are later separated when The Evil Queen holds him captive. In exchange for Charming's life, Snow eats an apple from the Queen containing a sleeping curse. David breaks free of his imprisonment and awakens her with true love's kiss. The two are later married, though The Evil Queen arrives at the ceremony and announces that she will place a curse on everyone to destroy their happiness. Snow gives birth to Emma and as the curse takes hold, and she is placed in a magical wardrobe and transported to Maine. In Storybrooke, she is Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry's favourite teacher at Storybrooke Elementary School. She also volunteers part-time at Storybrooke General Hospital. When David Nolan (Prince David) awakes from his coma, the pair gradually fall in love, despite David's marriage to Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail). They eventually give in to one another and begin a secret relationship. After the affair becomes public and David's marriage breaks down, Mary Margaret is labelled a tramp and becomes an outcast. She is later re-accepted by residents after helping the local nunnery pay its rent. She is arrested for Kathryn's apparent murder after evidence connected to her is discovered. Emma believes that she is innocent, later proven to be correct when Kathryn is found alive. Her relationship with David becomes strained as he did not believe she was innocent. He eventually decides to leave Storybrooke, but they are reunited when the curse is broken, and regain their memories. After the curse is broken, Mary Margaret reunites with Charming and Emma, only to be transported with Emma back to the Enchanted Forest through a portal. They meet Princess Aurora and Mulan who take them to a small village that was untouched by the curse, and are thrown into a makeshift prison, where they meet Regina's mother Cora. They make it back to Storybrooke, through a portal created by Cora and Captain Hook. In Storybrooke, Cora and Regina join forces and attempt to gain power by killing Mr. Gold. Mary Margaret, David, Emma and Neal attempt to save his life. Tired of constantly losing by being good, Mary Margaret curses Cora's heart with the same candle that Cora used to kill her mother Eva. She then tricks Regina into restoring Cora's poisoned heart, killing her. She pleads for Regina to kill her when she cannot deal with what she has done, but Regina taunts her by showing her blackened heart as a result of her actions. When Henry is captured by Greg Mendell and Tamara and taken to Neverland, Mary Margaret travels there with Emma, David, Regina, Mr. Gold, and Captain Hook to rescue Henry.
Prince Charming	David Nolan	Josh Dallas	1,2,3	—	44	Alive
Josh Dallas Prince "Charming" David is a poor shepherd whose twin brother was given to King George as an heir in a deal with Rumplestiltskin. The real Prince James is killed in battle and the shepherd takes his brother's name in exchange for the prosperity of his mother's farm and the promise that he can return home afterward. He is also the true love of Snow White, father of Emma Swan, and later grandfather of Henry. After he slays the dragon, King Midas declares David worthy to marry his daughter Abigail and unite the kingdoms. David wants to marry for love and therefore tries to decline, but George vows to kill his mother Ruth if he does. Before his marriage, he falls in love with Snow White (who nicknames him Charming), later inviting her to run away together. After interceptions by George, the pair are continuously separated, leading to The Evil Queen capturing him to convince Snow to willingly eat an apple containing a sleeping curse. He later awakens Snow and the pair marry. At their wedding, the Queen announces that she will cast a curse on the Enchanted Forest to take away everyone's happiness. Rumplestiltskin informs them that the daughter they are expecting will break the curse in 28 years. Emma is born shortly before the curse takes hold, and Charming places her in a magical wardrobe to protect her from the curse, though he is wounded by the Queen's knights in the process. In Storybrooke, he first appears as a comatose John Doe, who has gone unidentified for years. He awakens after Mary Margaret (Snow White), reads him the story of Snow White and Prince Charming. He is then reunited with his wife Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail), and identified as David Nolan. David suffers from amnesia and cannot remember his life with Kathryn. He falls in love with Mary Margaret and decides to leave Kathryn for her. His false memories of his marriage begin to return and he decides to work things out with Kathryn. He eventually gives in to his attraction to Mary Margaret and begins an affair with her. Kathryn is later accepted to a school in Boston and David suggests they end their marriage. Kathryn learns of his affair and disappears. David becomes a suspect in her disappearance, until evidence against Mary Margaret killing Kathryn mounts. When Kathryn is revealed to be alive, he attempts to reconcile with Mary Margaret, but she refuses to speak to him as he did not believe her innocence. He decides to move to Boston alone; as he approaches the town limits, the curse is broken and he regains his memories. He returns to town and reunites with Snow, Emma and Henry. When David agrees to send a wraith released into Storybrooke into a portal, Emma and Mary Margaret are dragged with it. Upon Henry's wishes, Regina lets David take care of Henry while Emma and Mary Margaret are absent. After failing attempts of transportation to their location, David falls under a sleeping curse to communicate with Mary Margaret in her dreams. Upon her return to Storybrooke, he is awoken by true love's kiss. When Henry is taken to Neverland by new arrivals Greg Mendell and Tamara, David travels with Mary Margaret, Emma, Regina, Mr. Gold, and Captain Hook to the location in order to rescue him.
The Evil Queen	Regina Mills	Lana Parrilla	1,2,3	—	44	Alive
Lana Parrilla Queen Regina is the daughter of Cora and Henry. She becomes the second wife of King Leopold and the step-mother of Snow White. She later adopts Emma Swan's biological son and names him Henry. She is later known as "The Evil Queen", the main antagonist of the series. As a young woman, Regina's mother Cora sets up Regina's marrying King Leopold, killing her true love Daniel to prevent her running off with him. Since Snow revealed to Cora Regina's attraction to Daniel, Regina vowed to destroy Snow's happiness to avenge her lost happy ending. While preparing for her wedding, she meets Rumplestiltskin who teaches her magic and promises to help her be rid of her mother, eventually sending Cora through a looking glass. She remains unhappy in her loveless relationship, so obtains control of a Genie and uses him to kill the King, making her ruler of Leopold's realm. As an older Snow White and Prince Charming take back the kingdom, The Evil Queen is banished, later being informed by Rumplestiltskin that she could harm Snow and Charming if they were in another world. On the day of the couple's wedding, The Evil Queen vows to cast a curse on the inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest that will take away their happiness. She must use the heart of the thing she loves most to enact the curse. Understanding this to be her father Henry, she cuts out his heart and casts the curse. In Storybrooke, she is Mayor Regina Mills. With Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin)'s help, she adopts Henry Mills as a baby, not knowing that he is the grandson of Snow White and Prince Charming. Her relationship with Henry is strained as he prefers the company of his birth mother Emma Swan. Regina is determined to convince Henry that his theory about the curse is false, starting him on regular sessions with therapist Dr. Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket). She has a sexual relationship with Sheriff Graham Humbert (The Huntsman), but crushes his heart when he breaks up with her, revealing that she remembers her identity as The Evil Queen. The power struggle between Regina and Rumplestiltskin continues in Storybrooke where she is constantly at odds with Mr. Gold. He helps Emma defeat Regina's candidate for Sheriff. Unbeknownst to him, Regina is holding Belle, Gold's true love, captive underneath the Storybrooke Hospital. She tries to prevent the relationship between David Nolan (Prince Charming) and Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White), by reuniting David and his wife Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail). When the pair start an affair, she uses this to discredit Mary Margaret after the Nolans' marriage falls apart. After Kathryn goes missing, Mary Margaret is set up and arrested for her apparent murder. Regina is upset when Gold returns her alive. Emma tells Regina she knows the truth and declares her intentions to get Henry back. She then makes an apple turnover to poison Emma, but Henry willingly eats it instead, falling under a sleeping curse and ultimately making Emma realize the curse's reality. Henry dies shortly after, only to be awoken by true love's kiss from Emma, also breaking the curse. Upon realizing their true identities, Mr. Gold summons a wraith to suck out Regina's soul in retaliation to her abducting Belle. It is sent through a portal into the Enchanted Forest, though Emma and Mary Margaret fall through as well. Henry is heartbroken, telling Regina he never wishes to see her again until she returns them to Storybrooke. Regina later takes back Henry after reclaiming her magic, but realizes that she is behaving like her mother to force Henry to stay with her; she offers to let Henry live with David. Later, Dr. Whale reanimates Daniel (Regina's true love)'s corpse but he becomes a mindless monster. He urges Regina to move on and love again, who then turns him to dust, seeking consolation in Archie Hopper. When her mother arrives in Storybrooke, Cora convinces Regina to look for The Dark One's dagger to control and force him to kill their enemies, leaving her innocent in Henry's eyes. Cora later dies during the fight to protect Mr. Gold, with Regina holding Mary Margaret accountable. Captain Hook warns Regina about newcomers Greg Mendell and Tamara, who offered him a deal to help them take magic from Storybrooke. He tells Regina that he can help her by betraying the outsiders and offering his services. Regina agrees and tells Hook that Storybrooke has a fail-safe trigger that will destroy the town, enabling her to escape with Henry. Hook betrays her, and she discovers that Greg is in fact Owen Flynn, a boy she befriended at the beginning of the curse, who has returned to find his father that went missing after Regina had him arrested. Greg and Tamara activate the trigger to destroy Storybrooke, but Regina and Emma stop them. Henry is then captured by the pair and taken to Neverland. Regina travels with Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Mr. Gold, and Hook in order to rescue Henry.
Rumplestiltskin	Mr. Gold	Robert Carlyle	1,2,3	—	44	Alive
Robert Carlyle Rumplestiltskin is a whimsical yet sinister sorcerer who delights in making deals with desperate people. Rumplestiltskin is also The Dark One, the Beast and the ticking crocodile that cost Captain Hook his left hand. He is the true love of Belle, father to Neal Cassidy, and grandfather to Emma Swan's biological son Henry. Rumplestiltskin was originally a poor spinner who deserted from the Ogre Wars. His wife Milah is disgusted by this and leaves him for a pirate named Killian Jones. His son Baelfire is to join the Ogre Wars, but Rumplestiltskin gains the power of The Dark One and prevents it. Baelfire wants him to get rid of his powers, creating a portal to transport them to a world without magic. Rumplestiltskin is too afraid to lose his powers, leaving Baelfire to cross over alone. Rumplestiltskin vows that he will create a curse to reunite with his son. Rumplestiltskin becomes the most powerful being in the Enchanted Forest, entering a power struggle with his former student, The Evil Queen Regina, and making deals with other characters from the forest, constantly warning them that "magic always comes at a price." He later meets Killian Jones again and learns that Milah willingly went with him. In the ensuing fight, he kills Milah and cuts off Jones' hand, leading Jones to become Captain Hook. As part of a deal to save her town, Belle becomes the caretaker of his estate. The pair form a romantic bond until Belle learns from The Evil Queen that true love's kiss will break any curse, kissing him. Rumplestiltskin believes that Belle is working for the Queen and forces her to leave forever, telling her that his power is more important to him than she is. Later, the Queen visits him and claims that Belle has committed suicide. Soon after, he is made powerless and placed into a custom made cell. The Evil Queen takes possession of his curse, asking that she give him a place of comfort and respect in the "new world" the curse will send them to, in exchange for telling her how to set the curse in motion. In Storybrooke, he is Mr. Gold, the owner of a pawn shop and the town's wealthiest resident. He remembers his true identity, having helped build the town and owning most of it. He finds a boy named Henry after Regina feels lonely, only for her to later learn that he is Emma Swan's biological son. He helps Emma to get elected as Sheriff after Graham Humbert's death, and offers his legal services to Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) as she is accused of the murder of Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail). It is later revealed that Gold kidnapped Kathryn in a deal with Regina, after she is found alive. When Henry consumes an apple turnover made by Regina for Emma, he tricks Emma into retrieving a bottle of true love and giving it to him. Gold is then reunited with Belle, who is finally released from the hospital asylum by Jefferson. He uses the bottle of true love to bring magic back to Storybrooke. Gold promises Belle that he will not kill Regina for abducting her, though he summons a wraith into the town to kill her. Heartbroken that he betrayed her, Belle leaves him. When Gold's plan fails, Belle returns and they reconcile. Gold is later enraged upon learning that anyone who attempts to leave Storybrooke will have their magical memories erased, as he had planned to leave town to search for Baelfire. Gold begins to experiment with magic, eventually finding a way to cross the magic barrier. As he prepares to leave the town, Captain Hook shoots Belle causing her to fall over the town line and lose her memory. Upon realizing his son is in Manhattan, he asks Emma Swan to be his guide outside of Storybrooke, along with Henry. Emma and Gold track him down only to find that he is Neal Cassidy, Henry's father. Gold also discovers that Henry is his grandson. He attempts to make amends with his son but Neal declines his offers, saying that magic won't fix their problems. After the group are forced to return to Storybrooke when Gold is attacked by Hook, Gold begins to die. He is healed when Cora's poisoned heart is returned to her body by Regina before she manages to stab him with The Dark One's dagger. Gold later obtains a potion to restore Belle's memories. After Henry is captured by Greg Mendell and Tamara and taken through a portal, Mr. Gold uses his globe to track them to Neverland. He makes a temporary truce with Hook, agreeing to take him, Emma, Mary Margaret, David, and Regina to Neverland.
Belle	Lacey	Emilie de Ravin	2,3	1	25	Alive
Emilie de Ravin Belle is the daughter of Sir Maurice who rules a realm threatened by the Ogre Wars. When Rumplestiltskin offers to protect Maurice's realm, his condition is that Belle becomes the caretaker of his estate. Belle accepts the deal and over time, the pair form a bond until Belle learns from The Evil Queen Regina that true love's kiss will break any curse. She kisses him, but he mistakenly believes that she is working for the Queen and forces Belle to leave forever. The Queen later visits Rumplestiltskin, telling him that Belle committed suicide upon becoming an outcast in her own town. In Storybrooke, Belle is hidden by Regina underneath the town's hospital for 28 years. She is later released by Jefferson and finds Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin), later professing her love for him when the curse is broken. Belle stands beside him as he brings magic to Storybrooke. In retaliation to her imprisonment, Belle begs Rumplestiltskin not to kill Regina, which he agrees to. However, she is left heartbroken when she learns that he has unleashed a wraith to exact his revenge on Regina, leaving him. Later, she returns after Regina is left unharmed. When Gold finds a way to cross the barrier out of Storybrooke without losing his memories, Belle is shot by Captain Hook before they part, causing her to fall across the border and lose her memory again. Gold attempts to help Belle remember herself, but she is confused and admitted to the hospital following the attack. Belle later "remembers" her cursed self as a scantily-clad barfly named Lacey, with help from Regina. Unlike Belle (who brought out the best in Mr. Gold), Lacey encourages the darker urges in him. Gold later finds a potion that regains her identity as Belle. As Gold, along with Emma Swan, Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White), David Nolan (Prince Charming), Regina, and Captain Hook travel to retrieve Henry from Neverland, Gold gives Belle a protection spell to cast around Storybrooke to make it invisible again. He tells her that he may not be returning to her but loves her.
Captain Hook	—	Colin O'Donoghue	2,3	—	18	Alive
Captain Hook originally known as Killian Jones, is a pirate captain who seduced away Rumplestiltskin's wife, Milah. In a later fight with Rumplestiltskin, he cuts off Jones' hand, which he then replaces with a hook, thus receiving his name. Whilst in Neverland, he finds Rumplestiltskin's son Baelfire after he is taken to the area following his separation from his father. Hook takes him aboard The Jolly Roger and forms an unlikely friendship with him, until Bae learns that Hook had taken Milah from Rumplestiltskin. He hands Bae over to The Lost Boys who take him to Peter Pan. Returning from Neverland, Hook breaks into The Evil Queen Regina's palace who sends him to Wonderland to dispose of her mother Cora. However, Hook and Cora realize they have a common goal and decide to form an alliance. When the Dark Curse is activated, Cora protects him and part of the Enchanted Forest with a barrier spell, frozen in time for 28 years. Hook is later shown in the area after the curse is broken, visited by Cora who presents the remains of the magical wardrobe that can cross to Storybrooke. He is eager to follow in order to exact his revenge on Rumplestiltskin. Emma Swan and Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White), who were transported from Storybrooke, force him to help them get back to Storybrooke. He and Emma travel up a beanstalk and retrieve a magical compass, though she abandons him as she doesn't truly trust him. Hook later follows Emma and Mary Margaret to Storybrooke with Cora, through a magic bean that Hook stole from the Giant at the top of the beanstalk. Later, when Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) finds a way to cross the barrier out of Storybrooke without losing his memories, Hook shoots Belle, causing her to fall across the border and lose her memory again. Before Gold can harm Hook, a car coming into Storybrooke knocks Hook off of the road. Hook survives, later meeting with Regina and Cora, who find information that leads to the whereabouts of The Dark One's dagger, the only thing that can kill Mr. Gold in Storybrooke. However, he is betrayed by Cora, who plans to use it to force Gold to kill Mary Margaret, David, and Emma. After this incident, he sails to New York City, and attacks Mr. Gold, poisoning him. After being knocked out by Emma, Neal Cassidy recognizes Hook due to his past encounter with him as Baelfire (Rumplestiltskin's son). Hook is then captured by Neal's fiancée Tamara, to be used in her and Greg Mendell's plot to destroy magic in Storybrooke. Hook later helps David obtain a magic bean stolen from Greg and Tamara that they plan to use to transport a fail-safe trigger into. Although he originally betrays the trust of the Storybrooke residents by travelling away from the town with the bean for himself, he has a change of heart and returns to help Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina, and even Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) travel to Neverland, after Greg and Tamara abduct Henry Mills and take him there through a portal.
Baelfire	Neal Cassidy	Michael Raymond-James (adult) Dylan Schmid (teenager) Sebastian Wilkinson (child)	3	2	11	Alive
Baelfire, often abbreviated to "Bae", is the son of Rumplestiltskin. As a child, Baelfire lives alone with his father after his mother Milah leaves. On his fourteenth birthday, Bae would be taken to fight in the Ogre Wars. However, his father becomes The Dark One and kills the soldiers who attempt to take Bae. Although Rumplestiltskin claims that Bae is safe, his son is scared and obtains a magic bean that will take him and his father to a world without magic. However, Rumplestiltskin is too afraid to lose his powers and Bae is forced to enter the portal alone. He arrives in London, during the Victorian era and spends six months as a street urchin. He is discovered by Wendy Darling, who offers him sanctuary. When her parents find him, they choose to adopt him. Bae learns that the Darling children are being stalked by a mysterious shadow and Bae, who has lost everything to magic, makes them promise not to go near the shadow again. After Wendy visits Neverland, she reveals to Bae that The Shadow is returning to kidnap one of her brothers. Bae promises to protect the family, sacrificing himself and being taken away to Neverland. While en route, Bae manages to break free of The Shadow and is rescued by Captain Hook. Bae learns that his mother, Milah, fell in love with Hook, which resulted in her leaving him and her death at the hands of his own father, Rumplestiltskin. Angry at Hook and his father, Bae wishes to be returned to The Darling Family, but is captured by the Lost Boys. After a number of unspecified adventures, Bae returns to the real world during the 20th century, taking on the identity of Neal Cassidy. Neal Cassidy meets Emma Swan in Portland, Oregon in 2001 (11 years prior to the curse being broken.) They become a couple, but Neal later learns that he is wanted for stealing a case of watches in Phoenix and decides to flee to Canada with Emma. He is accosted by August Booth (Pinocchio) who convinces him of the existence of magic and explains that he is keeping Emma from her destiny to break the curse. August forces Neal to leave Emma, who is later arrested by an officer for possession of the stolen watches. Two months later, Neal and Booth meet in Vancouver and Booth reveals Emma's imprisonment. Neal asks him to give Emma their car and the proceeds of the sale of the watches. In prison, Emma receives a package containing the car keys, but not the money. Neal is later shown in an apartment finding a postcard inscribed with the word 'Broken', sent by Booth after the curse is broken. After receiving a magical globe, Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) tracks his son to Manhattan. Neal's true identity is eventually revealed to Emma when she, Henry and Gold find him. Upon arriving in Storybrooke, Neal invites his fiancée Tamara to the town. Although she reacts negatively to his claims about magic, it is later revealed she is fully aware of Storybrooke's nature and is Greg Mendell's lover and secret contact. After realizing Tamara's true identity, Emma and Neal track her down, but Tamara shoots Neal and throws a magic bean under their feet that creates a portal. Neal saves Emma but falls through instead. Neal, not wanting Henry to lose both his parents, decides to let go of Emma's hand after telling her that he loves her. It is presumed that Neal died from his wound but it is later revealed that he was transported to the untouched part of the Enchanted Forest where Mulan, Princess Aurora, and Prince Phillip pronounce him alive and washed upon the beach.
Jiminy Cricket	Dr. Archie Hopper	Raphael Sbarge (adult) Morgan Roff (teenager) Adam Young (child)	1	2,3	29	Alive
Jiminy Cricket is the son of con artists. Jiminy desires to live an honest life, but is too weak-willed to leave his family. He receives a potion from Rumplestiltskin that will free him from his parents but inadvertently gives it to a young couple, transforming the pair into puppets. He wishes on a star in the hopes that the couple will be transformed back. The Blue Fairy appears and tells him that she cannot undo Rumplestiltskin's work. To make things right, she transforms him into a cricket so that he can be free from his parents and guide the couple's son Geppetto. In Storybrooke, he is Dr. Archie Hopper, the town's psychotherapist. He is good friends with Marco (Geppetto). Archie is asked by Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) to convince her adopted son Henry that his ideas about the curse and the true identities of the Storybrooke residents are false. Although it violates his conscience, he initially complies with her demands. Archie later confides to Henry that he wants to be free to do as he wants. Archie then stands up to Regina and threatens to declare her an unfit mother if she continues to interfere with his sessions. Emma later breaks the curse and he regains his memories as Jiminy Cricket. Regina's mother Cora later assumes the form of her daughter and abducts Archie while disguising an unspecified person she killed as Archie's body. He is later found by Belle on Captain Hook's ship, from which he is rescued.
Red Riding Hood	Ruby	Meghan Ory	2	1	40	Alive
Meghan Ory Red Riding Hood is a young woman who temporarily transforms into a wolf. Red meets Snow White during the latter's fleeing from King George. The two work together to attempt to kill a wolf that is terrorizing the area, gradually leading them to believe that the wolf is actually Peter, Red's lover. Red convinces Peter to chain himself up in the woods for the night while she keeps him company. Her grandmother has always told Red to wear her red cloak for reasons unknown. However, these reasons are revealed when she transforms into the wolf and kills Peter. During her later travels with Snow, she discovers an underground society of werewolves, including her supposed mother, Anita. Red learns to control her wolf transformation as to not become a mindless killer, eventually deciding to stay with the pack. However, when Snow finds Red, The Evil Queen's soldiers attack the society. After the soldier's defeat, Anita plans to kill Snow in revenge but in turn is accidentally impaled on an arrow by Red in wolf form. Later when King George's guards arrive to kill Charming, Red transforms into a wolf to fight them off and allow his escape. She and Granny are later seen helping Snow attempt to rescue Charming, after he is taken prisoner by The Evil Queen. In Storybrooke, she is Ruby, a rebellious young woman who wants to leave town but is held back by her grandmother's ill health. She works at Granny's Café as a waitress. Her relationship with her grandmother is strained, as her grandmother disapproves of her behaviour and her provocative attire. Ruby later becomes tired of her grandmother telling her to take on extra responsibility, quits her job, and takes a job as Emma Swan's assistant at the sheriff's station. Due to her tracking skills inherited from the wolf's curse, she manages to discover a buried box containing a human heart. This horrifies her and she decides to resume working at Granny's. As the result of her new-found maturity, she begins to wear less revealing clothes and minimizes her make-up. She apologizes to her grandmother, who tells her that she was working Ruby so hard because she wanted her to take over the café when she retired. When Emma breaks the curse, Ruby's memories are returned and she reunites with her family and friends. Later, she seems to have difficulty reconciling her two lives, and generally goes by her "cursed" name, managing to display more of her wolfish abilities. On the first full moon since the curse was broken, Ruby transforms into a wolf. Later, an apparent wolf murder of Billy (Gus) is discovered, though an investigation reveals that Albert Spencer (King George) murdered Billy in an attempt to frame her. After comfort by David, she remembers self-control as a wolf.
Pinocchio	August Booth	Eion Bailey (August) Jakob Davies (Pinocchio)	1	2	15	Alive
Eion Bailey Pinocchio is a puppet that Geppetto carved from an enchanted tree. As a boy puppet, he gives his life to save Geppetto from drowning in a storm. As a reward, The Blue Fairy turns him into a real boy, promising that the spell will hold so long as he is selfless, brave and truthful. Later, The Blue Fairy asks Geppetto to carve another enchanted tree into a magical wardrobe to save the pregnant Snow White and Prince Charming from the The Evil Queen's curse. However, the curse will send the inhabitants to a land without magic and Pinocchio, who is a real boy because of magic, could turn back into a puppet. Snow gives birth to Emma and Geppetto sends his son through the wardrobe, telling him to protect the child and get her to break the curse. After emerging in the real world, Pinocchio finds the newborn Emma, and they are taken to an orphanage. He leaves Emma to run away with other members of the home. His alias counterpart in the real world is August Wayne Booth. He first appears in Portland, Oregon in 2001 where he confronts Neal Cassidy, a thief who fell in love with Emma Swan, and convinces him to leave her to allow Emma to fulfil her destiny. After Emma is arrested for possession of stolen items, he visits Vancouver to inform Neal of Emma's fate. August in turn later informs Neal when the curse is broken. August enters Storybrooke upon Emma's arrival to the town, telling Henry that he believes in the curse too and wants to convince Emma that it is real. He later tells Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) that he is deathly ill and needs magic to heal himself turning to wood. He persists to attempt to make Emma believe showing his now-wooden leg, but Emma's denial refuses to see it. When Emma realises the curse's reality, she visits August for help, though he completely turns to wood before her eyes. Weeks after the curse is broken, Mary Margaret finds August living in an abandoned trailer in the woods ashamed of the mistakes that he has made. She tries to convince him to return to Storybrooke, but August declines. He is later found by Tamara and offered a potion that will keep him human forever if he leaves Storybrooke. Upon realizing that Tamara intends to bring harm to the Storybrooke citizens, August attempts to warn Emma, but is mortally wounded by Tamara before he dies in Marco's arms. However, it is determined that August's actions on that day were selfless, brave, and true and Mother Superior (The Blue Fairy) is able to restore him into his original form of a seven-year old Pinocchio.
The Huntsman	Sheriff Graham Humbert	Jamie Dornan	1	—	9	Deceased
Jamie Dornan The Huntsman is a nameless hunter who is a solitary recluse, raised by wolves. He considers the wolves to be his true family, and is greatly saddened by the deaths of animals. He is considered by The Evil Queen Regina the perfect assassin, and is hired to kill Snow White, though he spares her for selflessness. When he offers the Queen a stag's heart instead, she realizes she has been tricked and tears out The Huntsman's heart, keeping it in her vault and using it to make him her slave. When Prince Charming is led to his execution, The Huntsman helps him escape. The Prince asks him to come with him, but he replies he cannot leave and not to let his sacrifice (the loss of his heart) be in vain. In Storybrooke, he is Sheriff Graham Humbert, the town's handsome and level-headed police officer. In the earlier parts of Storybrooke, Sheriff Graham helps Mayor Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) from preventing Owen and Kurt Flynn from leaving town. When Emma Swan arrives, he is one of the few residents who go directly against Regina, making her his deputy. He and Emma are attracted to each other, though he has a secret sexual relationship with Regina. Emma feels betrayed and is disgusted of the relationship. As he experiences flashbacks of his previous life, he seeks advice from Henry Mills, who tells him about him of his story. Graham is unable to find his heart in Regina's father's mausoleum, but ends his relationship with Regina. Shortly after, he starts a new relationship with Emma, regaining his lost memories in the process. However, Regina crushes his heart and he dies in Emma's arms, shortly after thanking Emma for helping him remember who he truly was. Jamie Dornan stated that he knew about Graham's death since the pilot's filming. Producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz commented that Graham's death was always planned and was meant to prove the seriousness of the curse. The duo have also noted that because of the popularity of the character, they are trying to "move heaven and earth" to bring the character back.

Secondary characters

Fairytale Counterpart	Storybrooke Counterpart	Portrayer	Recurring seasons	Guest seasons	Episode count	Status
The Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs are a group of dwarf miners who are good friends with Snow White and Prince Charming. Their names reflect their personality traits.
Dreamy/Grumpy	Leroy	Lee Arenberg	1,2,3	—	21	Alive
Grumpy is one of The Seven Dwarfs who hatched from eggs. Like all dwarfs, at birth he is sent to work in the mines and given an axe, which originally names him Dreamy. Because his egg was accidentally sprinkled with fairy dust by the fairy Nova, he dreams about and falls in love with her. Later, he meets her and the pair make plans to buy a boat and see the world. The Blue Fairy tells him that if he and Nova run away together, she will lose her wings and never be truly happy; Dreamy ends their relationship. He returns to the mines and is renamed Grumpy. The seven dwarfs later allow Snow White to live with them. Grumpy is later seen as a guard looking out for the curse in a watchtower of Snow and Charming's castle. In Storybrooke, he is Leroy, a janitor at the hospital and the "town drunk". He meets Sister Astrid (Nova), quickly forming a bond with her. After learning of the nunnery's rent problems, he and Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) sell enough candles to raise the money, to the content of Astrid. Leroy's original memories are restored when the curse is broken, meeting with Snow and the other dwarfs. He unites the dwarfs together and they begin to mine for fairy dust again.
Sneezy	Tom Clark	Gabe Khouth	1,2,3	—	15	Alive
Sneezy is one of The Seven Dwarfs who often sneezes. In Storybrooke, he is Tom Clark, the owner of the Dark Star pharmacy. After the curse is broken, Sneezy joins the other dwarfs in an experiment to find out why the fairy tale characters cannot leave town. Sneezy crosses the border, losing his memories of his past life once again. Later, Mother Superior (The Blue Fairy) creates a potion that restores his memories.
Doc	—	David Paul Grove	1,2,3	—	18	Alive
Doc is one of The Seven Dwarfs who helps Snow White give birth to Emma.
Sleepy	Walter	Faustino Di Bauda	1,2,3	—	19	Alive
Sleepy is one of The Seven Dwarfs. In Storybrooke, he is Walter, a security guard who works at Storybrooke Hospital and occasionally dozes off on the job.
Bashful	—	Mig Micario	1,2,3	—	19	Alive
Happy	—	Mike Coleman	1,2,3	—	18	Alive
Dopey	—	Jeffrey Kaiser	1,2,3	—	16	Alive
Widow Lucas	Granny	Beverley Elliott	1,2,3	—	20	Alive
Widow Lucas, simply referred to as "Granny", is the grandmother of Red Riding Hood. When her granddaughter begins a relationship with a young man called Peter, she disapproves. As news of a wolf killing villagers becomes known, Granny warns the others that the wolf is a monster. She tells them that when she was a girl, a wolf killed her father and brothers and then scolded her, later making her a wolf. The other aspects of the curse faded with age, but she kept her heightened senses. Red and Snow White come to believe Peter is the wolf, and go against Granny's wishes. Red chains Peter in the woods and spends the night with him. Granny discovers the deception and reveals that Red inherited the family curse and is in fact the wolf. Granny received an enchanted red cloak from a wizard, to prevent Red's transformation. By the time Granny and Snow find Red, she had already killed Peter. The pair are later seen helping Snow rescue Prince Charming, determined to find the best way to fight the The Evil Queen Regina and her curse. In Storybrooke, she is known simply as Granny and is the owner of Granny's Bed and Breakfast and Granny's Cafe. Her health problems prevent Ruby (Red Riding Hood) from leaving town, who assists her grandmother as a waitress. Their relationship is hostile as Granny disapproves of Ruby's behaviour and sexually provocative attire. Ruby becomes tired of her grandmother telling her what to do and quits her job, eventually returning and apologizing to her. She then tells Red that she was making Ruby work so hard because she wanted her to take over when she retired. Granny's memories are returned when the curse is broken by Emma Swan, and she embraces her family and friends.
The Blue Fairy	Mother Superior	Keegan Connor Tracy	1,2,3	—	15	Alive
The Blue Fairy, or the Reul Ghorm is a high-ranking fairy godmother who uses her magic to help others, although her plans are practically machiavellian at times. While she is quite powerful, she is unable to undo Rumplestiltskin's magic. To help fix a problem created by his magic, she transforms Jiminy into a cricket and guides him to help Geppetto. She also transforms the puppet Pinocchio into a real boy. She is able to create a quill that temporarily freezes Rumplestiltskin when he uses it, aiding in his imprisonment. Rumplestiltskin is antagonistic towards her and other fairies, blaming her for the disappearance of his son Baelfire. The Blue Fairy presents the idea of fashioning a wardrobe from a magical tree that could ward off any curse, which saves Emma and Pinocchio from the The Evil Queen Regina's curse by sending them to the new world. In Storybrooke, she is the Mother Superior of the town's nuns who were all fairies prior to the curse. When the curse is broken, Henry later begs her to use magic to restore order in Storybrooke, but she tells him she cannot without her wand or fairy dust. She sets about organizing disaster relief after the town is damaged by a wraith. She generally seems to have no difficulty with her reclaimed memories helping aid the primary characters in their attempts to stop Regina from using her powers. When August Booth (Pinocchio) is tasered by Tamara and dies in Marco's arms, she is able to restore him to a seven year old real boy.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein	Dr. Whale	David Anders	1,2,3	—	10	Alive
David Anders Dr. Victor Frankenstein is a man of science from an unknown world (unlike the other fairy tale characters) who believes magic to be inferior to science. He is the older brother of Gerhardt Frankenstein and the son of Alphonse Frankenstein. His character is based on James Whale, the director of the films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Victor originally sought a way to restore life to the dead, but has his funding pulled by his father. Rumplestiltskin offers him gold in exchange for the scientific method on how to revive the dead as magic could not. In order to further his experiments, Victor robs a grave for body parts, but is caught by Gerhardt who is shot by a police officer. When Victor works to bring Gerhardt back to life, electricity cannot revive him, so Rumplestiltskin instead offers a heart from the Enchanted Forest. As part of a bargain, he creates a false attempt to reanimate Daniel (The Evil Queen Regina's lost love) to make it easier for Rumplestiltskin to teach her the dark arts. He keeps the heart Regina gave him to use on Daniel, though the experiment "fails". Back in his own world, Frankenstein successfully reanimates his brother, but inadvertently turns him into a monster, beating his father to death. Victor cannot bring himself to kill his brother once more, so decides to keep him locked in the tower of his castle until he can devise a way to help Gerhardt overcome his psychotic rage. In Storybrooke, his counterpart is Dr. Whale, a doctor working in the Storybrooke General Hospital. He is strongly connected to Regina Mills (The Evil Queen), doing whatever she says without hesitation. After the curse is broken, he leads a mob to Regina's home intending to kill her, but is stopped by Emma Swan and Charming, who are unaware of his true identity coming from a separate world. Victor later seeks a way to return to his brother, believing if he were to do something for Regina she would bring him back. He robs Daniel's preserved corpse and reanimates him with a magical heart. The reanimation is successful, but turns Daniel into a monster who savagely rips off Whale's arm and escapes. Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) reattaches his arm, taunting him for putting more faith in science than magic. When news of an outsider named Greg Mendell crashing his car into the town reaches Whale, he is reluctant to handle the surgery of him to evade the exposure of Storybrooke. Whale later leaves the hospital, found by Ruby, who prevents him from jumping into the town's waters. Whale reveals his true identity to Ruby, who persuades him to return to the surgery.
Geppetto	Marco	Tony Amendola (adult) Michael Strusievici (child)	1,2,3	—	7	Alive
Tony Amendola Geppetto is an elderly carpenter and Pinocchio's caretaker. Geppetto was orphaned when Jiminy Cricket accidentally transformed his parents into puppets. Geppetto carved himself a son named Pinocchio out of magical wood. During Pinocchio's adventures, he and Gepetto end up being chased by a whale during a thunderstorm, ultimating in Pinocchio sacrificing his life for Gepetto's. For this act, The Blue Fairy turns him into a real boy, finally bestowing Gepetto with a son. She asks Geppetto to carve another enchanted tree into a magical wardrobe with the ability to save two people, the pregnant Snow White and Prince Charming from The Evil Queen Regina's curse. However, the curse would send everyone to a land without magic and Pinocchio, a real boy because of magic, could turn back into a puppet. Geppetto bargains with the fairy to use the second spot for Pinocchio, ultimating in her lying to the other inhabitants, claiming the wardrobe can only save one. When Snow's child is born, instead of giving up Pinocchio's spot to her, Geppetto sends his son, telling him to protect the child and get them to break the curse. In Storybrooke, he is Marco, the town's handyman. Marco states that he and his wife are unable to have children. August Booth (the adult Pinocchio) offers to work as Marco's assistant to which Marco agrees. Marco's memories as Geppetto are restored when the curse is broken. August (who had turned back into wood) returns to life, albeit still made of wood. In the woods, Mary Margaret (Snow White) encounters him, telling Marco of his existence. Marco admits that he had lied about the wardrobe only holding one and Mary Margaret attacks him, an act in which he claims to have deserved. August is later tasered by Tamara, in his dying breath attempting to warn everyone of her evil. Mother Superior (The Blue Fairy) resurrects him for his honesty and Marco takes in a now seven-year-old Pinocchio as his son once more.
—	Owen Flynn/Greg Mendell	Ethan Embry (Mendell) Benjamin Stockham (Flynn)	2,3	—	10	Alive
Greg Mendell is a man who crashes his car upon entering Storybrooke. According to the show's creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the character's name is a direct reference to the geneticist scientist, Gregor Mendel. When Greg is brought to the hospital, the residents debate whether to save his life and risk the truth of Storybrooke being revealed to the outside world. He is ultimately saved, and tells Sheriff Emma Swan that he did not witness anything at the scene. However, after she leaves, Greg calls an unknown person, telling them what he saw. He decides to remain in the town and investigate the strange happenings of Storybrooke. As later shown, Greg's true identity is revealed to be Owen Flynn. As a child, he and his father were camping out in the woods of Maine in 1983, the night the Dark Curse took everyone not protected by Cora's shield to the new world. He enjoys Regina's company, however, this only leads her trying to keep him and his father in Storybrooke. He escapes, vowing to find his arrested father no matter what. This implies that Greg did not crash into the town by accident, he was looking for it. He is determined to expose Storybrooke as he could not convince anyone of its existence after he escaped. He also vows to find out what happened to his father. Regina eventually learns of Greg's identity, telling him to leave the town. Greg ignores her, as it is revealed that the "Her" he was contacting is Neal Cassidy's fiancée, Tamara. The two later kidnap Regina and torture her to reveal his father's whereabouts. She eventually tells him that she killed his father. A hurt Greg then plans to kill Regina but escapes when David Nolan (Prince Charming) tracks him down. Greg and Tamara later obtain a trigger from Regina that will obliterate Storybrooke, though it is foiled. The two instead kidnap Henry Mills, travelling through a portal to Neverland, realizing that he is more important than destroying magic.
—	Tamara	Sonequa Martin-Green	2,3	—	7	Alive
Tamara is a woman determined to remove magic from the world seeing it as unholy. Her quest begins in Hong Kong, where she visits The Dragon, a self-proclaimed healer, claiming to have cancer. There, she meets August Booth (Pinocchio), who also seeks the healer as he is gradually turning to wood. He steals $10,000 from her as a settlement to The Dragon's cure, only for Tamara to find him and take the potion back. She later returns to The Dragon, who learns her true intentions, and kills him. Tamara later follows August to New York City, where she begins a scheme to learn about Storybrooke. She befriends Neal Cassidy (Baelfire), eventually becoming an engaged couple. Tamara is invited to Storybrooke by Neal who informs her of his magical background. Although initially sceptical, she warms up to the idea. However, it is revealed that she already knows of magic. She finds a now completely wooden August, offering to retrieve the potion for him if he leaves Storybrooke forever. But when August learns that she killed The Dragon, he returns to warn Emma Swan about Tamara's deception, only to be mortally wounded by her. Though he is later resurrected to his child self, he is unable to remember who attacked him. Tamara stays with Neal in Storybrooke, unaware that she also has a loving connection with Greg Mendell, the stranger who crashed into the town and who has been giving Tamara pictures of Storybrooke's magical secrets. Tamara and Greg were sent to Storybrooke on a mission to obtain magical objects and send them back to a location known as the "Home Office" for analysing. They obtain magic beans and a "trigger" which can self-destruct Storybrooke. After Emma becomes suspicious of the pair, Tamara reveals her deception to her and Neal, shooting him and sending him through a portal, before fleeing. Tamara and Greg activate the trigger but are foiled, instead kidnapping Henry and travelling through a portal to Neverland, claiming he is more important than destroying magic.
Sleeping Beauty/Princess Aurora	—	Sarah Bolger	2,3	—	9	Alive
Princess Aurora is Prince Phillip's true love, who was put under a sleeping curse by the evil witch Maleficent, thus receiving her alias Sleeping Beauty. She first appears when she is awoken from her deep sleep by Phillip, accompanied by Mulan. Phillip is later marked by a wraith, who sucks out his soul. Mulan tells Aurora that their part of the Enchanted Forest had been spared from The Evil Queen's curse and that they should travel to a safe haven created. Emma Swan and Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) are transported from Storybrooke to the same area, after falling into a portal with the wraith. Although Aurora tries to kill Snow at first, believing her to be the cause of Phillip's death, she later trusts her and Emma and with Mulan's help, assist their return to Storybrooke. However, Aurora is abducted by Cora and her heart taken from her by Captain Hook. Upon learning that Aurora's heart is being manipulated by Cora, she insists Mulan tie her up as she cannot be trusted to travel with them. A duel pursues between the trio and Cora and Hook, the latter gives Aurora's heart to Mulan to even the odds. Mulan restores Aurora's heart, who then reveals that Cora told her that the soul of a wraith's victim can be restored. They successfully recover Phillip's soul and find a wounded Neal Cassidy (Baelfire) on the beach after he is transported from a portal in Storybrooke.
Mulan	—	Jamie Chung	2,3	—	9	Alive
Mulan is a warrior who assists best friend Prince Phillip during his search to rescue his love Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). Spared by the Dark Curse, which had left their land unaffected but frozen for 28 years, Mulan and Phillip resume their search for Aurora. After she is rescued, the trio encounter a wraith, who eventually sucks out Phillip's soul. When Emma Swan and Mary Margaret (Snow White) appear in the area, Mulan believes that they were responsible for unleashing the wraith, and for Phillip's death. Mulan later trusts Mary Margaret and Emma, and suggests them to be their leader, vowing to help them return to Storybrooke. As Emma and Mary Margaret successfully return to Storybrooke, Aurora reveals that Cora told her that the soul of a wraith's victim can be restored, and her and Mulan restore Prince Phillip, finding a wounded Neal Cassidy (Baelfire) on the beach after he is transported from a portal in Storybrooke.
Prince Phillip	—	Julian Morris	2,3	—	3	Alive
Prince Phillip is the true love of Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty). In addition to Aurora being cursed to sleep, the evil witch Maleficent turned Phillip into a monster called the Yaoguai. Belle uses fairy dust to return Phillip to his human self. Mulan then becomes his companion on his quest to find Aurora. As the curse is activated, those spared from it are frozen in time. When time is resumed, he and Mulan finally rescue Aurora from her sleeping curse. However, a wraith marks Phillip and the creature sucks out his soul, presumably killing him. It is later revealed by Cora that Phillip's soul was merely transported to another world. Aurora and Mulan eventually restore Phillip and the three find a wounded Neal Cassidy (Baelfire) along a shoreline.
Anton	—	Jorge Garcia	2,3	—	3	Alive
Jorge Garcia Anton is a Giant based on the being featured in Jack and the Beanstalk. Prior to the curse, Anton resided in a realm of giants which could only be accessed through a large beanstalk. His brothers Abraham and Arlo referred to him as "Tiny" and often mocked his love for knowing more of the outside world. In retaliation, he journeyed down the beanstalk and befriended Prince James and his lover, a woman named Jack. They give Anton a piece of mushroom from Wonderland to allow him to shrink to human size. Jack tells Anton how James' kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs money. Anton offers to give them some of the vast treasure from his home. However, they betray him, leading a small army in a fight against the Giants which leads to the death of all their kind except for Anton. He develops a hatred towards humans for what happened to his family. Years later after the The Evil Queen's curse is broken, Emma Swan and Captain Hook journey up the beanstalk to retrieve a magic compass. He attempts to attack Emma, but she pleads with him that she needs the compass to get back to her son. He reluctantly gives the compass to Emma stating that she is going to kill him anyway and that all humans are alike. Emma states that he is wrong to generalise. Back in Storybrooke, Captain Hook reveals that Cora shrunk Anton to bring him to the new land. Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) gives Anton a piece of mushroom to regain his giant size, and he rampages through Storybrooke. However, when the magic wears off, he falls into a pit. David rescues him, convincing him to trust them all. Anton reveals to the group that he owns a magic bean and they decide to let him harvest the beans as portals. The Seven Dwarfs hand Anton an axe and the name "Tiny" appears on it. He spends his time in Storybrooke harvesting the beans with the dwarfs, until they are discovered by Regina, who later destroys them.
Ariel	—	Joanna Garcia	3	—	—
Ariel is a mermaid who will appear in season three. A trailer was released showing her stealing Leroy's fork.
Prince Eric	—	Gil McKinney	3	—	—
Prince Eric is an upcoming character who is Ariel's true love.
Prince Henry	—	Tony Perez (older) Zak Santiago (young)	1,2	—	6	Deceased
Prince Henry is the son of King Xavier. He marries Cora after she demonstrates the ability to spin straw into gold. He is later the loving but weak father of the The Evil Queen Regina and serves as her royal valet in the Enchanted Forest. Henry is supportive of Regina, but does not protect her against the manipulations or actions of her mother. When Regina is locked in her room at the palace by King Leopold, Henry brings poisonous vipers to The Genie to free her. Some time after, he is abducted by Cora and held captive in Wonderland as leverage against Regina. Regina later rescues him with Jefferson's help. He advises her to visit Maleficent to retrieve her curse. When she is unable to enact the curse properly, she visits Rumplestiltskin and is told that she must tear out the heart of the thing she loves most, understanding this to mean her father. He tries to convince her that they can still be happy together and start a new life, but she kills him. He is buried in a grave near the site where she enacts the curse. In Storybrooke, Regina appears to have cared a great deal for her father, naming her adopted son Henry Mills after him, and making his tomb a large mausoleum.
Jefferson/The Mad Hatter	—	Sebastian Stan	1,2	—	6	Alive
Sebastian Stan Jefferson is a man who owns a magical hat that can be used to travel between different worlds. He worked for both Rumplestiltskin and The Evil Queen Regina, obtaining objects from other worlds for them. His name derives from the song "White Rabbit" performed by Jefferson Airplane. When he first meets Regina, Rumplestiltskin has Jefferson bring Dr. Frankenstein to the fairytale world to pretend failing to revive her true love Daniel, in order to make her become evil. In his later life, he lives with his daughter Grace in the forest, collecting and selling mushrooms to survive. When the Evil Queen asks for another favour, he initially refuses, but eventually agrees with the condition that his daughter "will want for nothing". He takes the Evil Queen to Wonderland, where she rescues her father Henry. However, she abandons Jefferson and he is captured by the knights of the Queen of Hearts, who behead him, though he survives. His head is then reattached and he is ordered to make another magical hat to return home. Although he makes thousands of hats, none are able to take him home, leading him into insanity and earning his alter ego as The Mad Hatter. In Storybrooke, he remembers his life in the Enchanted Forest, which is part of his curse. He lives in a large house, from which he uses telescopes to spy on Sheriff Emma Swan's office and his daughter Grace, now named Paige. He captures Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) after she escapes from her cell, later abducting Emma when she goes looking for her. He orders her to make a magical hat that will take him home, but Emma knocks him out. However, he awakens and attempts to kill Emma, before Mary Margaret pushes him out of a window. He disappears, leaving nothing but his hat. Jefferson returns when Regina needs him for a plan to get rid of Emma, promising he be allowed to forget the curse and have a new life with his daughter. He retrieves the apple that cursed Snow White into a deathlike sleep from the Enchanted Forest. However, after Henry Mills is cursed instead, Regina refuses to uphold her end of the bargain. Furious, Jefferson frees Belle from her cell and instructs her to tell her true love Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) that Regina held her captive. After the curse is broken, David Nolan (Prince Charming) asks for information about his hat in order to find a way to get back to Emma and Mary Margaret who were taken through a portal using his hat. He initially avoids Grace, feeling guilty for leaving her behind in their previous lives, but eventually seeks her out and they happily reunite.
Daniel	—	Noah Bean	1,2	—	4	Deceased
Daniel was a stable boy at Regina's home when she was a teenager; he gave her riding lessons and was also her love interest. After Regina saves a young Snow White's life, King Leopold proposes to her. To avoid the unwanted marriage, Regina devises a plan to run away with Daniel, but Cora kills him upon learning of their relationship from Snow White. After Regina learns basic magic, she uses a preservation spell on Daniel's body, keeping him in a glass case and dedicating her time to finding a way to bring him back to life. Jefferson brings Dr. Victor Frankenstein to her from his world and he performs an experiment on Daniel's body, failing. It is later revealed that he failed on purpose as part of a deal with Rumplestiltskin, who wanted Regina to give into her dark side. After the curse in Storybrooke is broken, Dr. Whale (Victor Frankenstein) wishes for Regina to return him to his world. He attempts the experiment on Daniel again, this time succeeding. However, the pain of resurrection turns Daniel into a "monster" who rips off Whale's arm. During a brief moment of painful lucidity, Daniel tells Regina to forget their love and "love again", before lapsing back into psychotic behaviour and attempting to attack her; a heartbroken Regina turns Daniel to dust.
Cora/Queen of Hearts	—	Barbara Hershey (older) Rose McGowan (younger)	2	1	12	Deceased
Barbara Hershey Cora is Regina's mother, with arguably more powerful magic and more evil than her. Cora is the daughter of a local poor, drunken miller, similar to the Miller's Daughter in the Rumpelstiltskin story. She delivers flour to the castle of King Xavier, but is degraded by the petty and cruel noble court. Cora claims she can spin straw into gold and save the kingdom. Xavier states that if she can, she will have his son Prince Henry's hand in marriage, but if not, she will be killed. She is then approached by Rumplestiltskin who states that he will teach her to spin the straw into gold if she agrees to give him her first born child. She agrees, managing the task and accepting Henry's hand in marriage. Cora is again approached by Rumplestiltskin who changes his deal to claim whatever child Cora suggests to him. She plans to run away with him but chooses power over love, ripping her own heart out to avoid giving into her feelings for him. She marries Henry, and gives birth to Regina. An older Cora shows to be a controlling mother towards Regina. She feels that Regina does not act like a proper lady and wants her to achieve a high status in life. Cora's designs on taking over the kingdom began with a plot to kill Queen Eva (Snow White's mother) by fatally poisoning her to make Regina Queen. In addition, she causes Snow's horse to become wild, knowing that Regina would save her. Cora uses this opportunity to arrange a marriage between Regina and Snow's father King Leopold. However, Regina is in love with the stable boy Daniel, a secret that Snow innocently informs Cora of. Cora then kills him believing such a marriage would ruin her plans of royalty. Rumplestiltskin later gives Regina a gateway to Wonderland, which she forces Cora through after becoming unbearable to her. Trapped in Wonderland, she becomes the Queen of Hearts. When Captain Hook is sent to kill her by Regina (who does not want her mother following her to the new land created by the curse), Cora instead collaborates with him, shielding part of the Enchanted Forest from the curse and freezing them in time for 28 years. After the curse is broken and Mary Margaret (Snow White) and her daughter Emma Swan are transported to the shielded Enchanted Forest, they encounter Cora who pretends to be a prisoner in the safe haven. When Cora finds out that Regina and her adoptive son Henry are in Storybrooke, she is revealed to have killed Sir Lancelot and disguises as his body. She retrieves a portion of the magical wardrobe's remains and meets with Hook to plan to travel to Storybrooke, where she can reunite with her daughter. Cora and Hook find Emma and Mary Margaret and use the waters of Lake Nostos and the wardrobe remains to create a portal, only to be defeated by the pair who return to Storybrooke. However, Cora and Hook eventually follow them, using a magic bean. Once in Storybrooke, Cora impersonates Regina to supposedly kill Dr. Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket), thus causing Regina to lose everything. She then turns a rehabilitating Regina back to evil by playing on her love for Henry. She seeks out The Dark One's dagger to protect her family. Before Cora can attack Mr. Gold with his dagger, Regina returns her heart which, unbeknownst to her, has been poisoned by Mary Margaret with the same candle that Cora originally poisoned Snow's mother with. Upon possessing her heart, she loves Regina truly, until she dies in her arms. Regina realizes that Mary Margaret is responsible for her death and vows to avenge her mother.
The Genie/The Magic Mirror	Sidney Glass	Giancarlo Esposito	1	3	8	Alive
Giancarlo Esposito The Genie and his lamp were discovered by King Leopold. The King does not want for anything, using his wishes to free the Genie and invite him to live in his castle to help him find true love. There, he falls in love with the King's wife Queen Regina and gives her a hand mirror. The King reads in the Queen's diary that she has fallen in love with another man, and locks her in her room to prevent her from leaving him. To free her, her father has the Genie bring her a locked box of poisonous vipers from the Genie's land of Agrabah to allow the Queen to free herself by suicide. Instead, the Genie uses the vipers to kill the King and allow the Queen to be with him. However, she tells him that the guards will find out that he was the murderer. Realizing the Queen never loved him, he uses his wish to remain with her and never leave her sight; thus trapping him in the hand mirror. As a spirit in the Magic Mirror, he is able to move between and see through all other mirrors in the Enchanted Forest, acting as a spy to Regina. In Storybrooke, he is Sidney Glass, a reporter for Storybrooke's local newspaper The Daily Mirror. On Regina's request, he researches Emma's past to help Regina expel her from Storybrooke. After Graham's death, Regina attempts to appoint him sheriff, but he loses the position to Emma. Regina has him removed from the newspaper staff. Despite this, Sidney tells Emma that he will help her take down Regina, but it is revealed that he is secretly in league with her, using Emma's trust in Sidney to gain leverage over Emma. Emma later learns of his deception realizing that he is in love with Regina. Regina uses Mr. Gold to kidnap Kathryn Nolan (Princess Abigail), framing Mary Margaret for her alleged murder. However, after Kathryn is found alive, Sidney falsely confesses to kidnapping Kathryn to use as an article and become famous. Later, a cell labeled "S. Glass" is seen in the hospital basement's psychiatric ward, suggesting that Regina had locked him in the asylum.
King George	Albert Spencer	Alan Dale	1	2	8	Alive
Alan Dale King George is the adoptive father of Prince James and his twin Prince "Charming" David. King George and his wife were unable to bear children on their own, so he struck a deal with Rumplestiltskin for an heir. Years later, the kingdom falls into financial trouble, and Prince James offers to slay the dragon plaguing King Midas' realm in exchange for gold. James is killed before completing and his twin brother David is recruited to carry out the task. George tells him that he can return home after the dragon is slain. The task is completed, but Midas deems the prince worthy of marrying his daughter and uniting the kingdoms. George reneges on his promise and forces David to marry; if he does not, he will kill his mother and burn his home. Later, the King learns that David has fallen in love with Snow White. He forces Snow to break David's heart and allow him to marry Midas's daughter. David still breaks off his engagement, fleeing his home with George and his knights tracking him down. They eventually capture him, and George sentences David to be beheaded, though The Evil Queen Regina rescues him and takes him as her captive. When he learns of David and Snow White's plan to take the kingdom, he kidnaps Snow with the help of Sir Lancelot and uses a potion to prevent her from having children. This plan is foiled when water from Lake Nostos breaks the curse. In Storybrooke, he is the coldhearted District Attorney Albert Spencer who leads the prosecution for the Kathryn Nolan "murder case", against Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White). Following the curse being broken, Spencer meets with David and warns him that he plans to make his life hell as revenge for ruining his plans as King George. Spencer later murders car mechanic Billy (Gus), framing Ruby (Red Riding Hood). He tries to form an angry mob to kill her though David discovers that Spencer is in fact the murderer. Spencer then burns Jefferson's hat that David was relying on to retrieve his daughter and wife who had fallen through a portal created by it, and escapes.
Mr. William Smee	—	Chris Gauthier	2	—	4	Transformed
Mr. William Smee is a man capable of procuring objects that are hard to find. In the Enchanted Forest, he makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in order to get his life extended; Smee trades him a magic bean for his age reversal. Captain Hook manages to intervene and kidnaps Smee to obtain the magic bean, later appointing him as a crewman on his ship, The Jolly Roger. Hook uses the bean to create a portal that takes the ship to Neverland where he and his crew will never age. In Neverland, Smee serves as an adviser to Hook, assisting in his murderous aspirations to kill Rumplestiltskin and his aspirations to obtain information and raise the newly arrived Baelfire. In Storybrooke, William Smee appears as a homeless man who kidnaps Belle under the orders of her father Moe French (Sir Maurice). Mr. Gold later uses him as a guinea pig for a spell that would enable anyone to cross the border to Storybrooke without losing their memories again. When Hook arrives in Storybrooke, Smee immediately begins following orders, retrieving Mr. Gold's most prized possession: Baelfire's shawl. In retaliation, Gold turns Smee into a rat.
Maleficent	—	Kristin Bauer van Straten	1	2	3	Transformed
Kristin Bauer van Straten Maleficent is a witch who is able to take the form of a fire-breathing dragon. After trying to kill Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)'s mother with no avail, Maleficent inflicts Aurora with a sleeping curse, putting both the Princess and her kingdom into a thorn-adorned ruin. Maleficent also curses her true love Prince Phillip by transforming him into a beast called the Yaoguai and banishing him to a far away land so that he is incapable of reaching Aurora. He remains in this form until he is found by Belle who returns him to human form. Later, in a hope to find Snow White, Prince Charming makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin; he will receive his mother's charmed ring if he manages to hide Rumplestiltskin's potion inside the belly of a beast. He heads to the said location and encounters Maleficent who unexpectedly turns into a giant fire-breathing dragon. Charming manages to place the potion inside her body and retrieves the ring from Rumpelstiltskin to find and awaken Snow. Eventually, Maleficent gives up on her revenge against Aurora's mother, finding solace in her pet black unicorn. She is approached at some point by the The Evil Queen Regina, who trades the Dark Curse, created by Rumplestiltskin, for Maleficent's sleeping curse, in order to punish Snow White. However, frustrated at the failure of the sleeping curse, The Evil Queen desires the Dark Curse once more, but Maleficent refuses. Regina challenges her to a spar eventually defeating Maleficent, but allowing her to live, saying that she is her only friend. When the curse takes hold, Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) traps Maleficent in her dragon form and imprisons her beneath Storybrooke's abandoned library. Later, when Henry Mills falls under a sleeping curse to prove the curse's reality to Emma Swan, she kills Maleficent and retrieves the bottle of true love inside of her. It is later revealed by Regina however that the cave is imbued with strong magic that kept Maleficent alive to protect the "fail-safe" trigger that could end the curse and destroy Storybrooke. Maleficent reforms as an undead-like body to fight Captain Hook, who Regina uses as a distraction while she retrieves the trigger.
Princess Abigail	Kathryn Nolan	Anastasia Griffith	1	—	7	Alive
Princess Abigail is the daughter of King Midas. She was to marry Prince "Charming" David, but when he falls in love with Snow White, Abigail helps him run away. She is in love with Frederick, a knight she was to marry until he was turned into gold while protecting her father. Charming later retrieves water from Lake Nostos that returns Frederick to his human form, and he reunites with Abigail. In Storybrooke, she is Kathryn Nolan, the wife of David Nolan (Prince Charming). David however is in love with Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White), and starts an affair with her. Later, she is accepted into a law school in Boston, and asks David to move with her. David refuses and suggests they end their marriage. Kathryn then learns about David's affair, deciding to move to Boston alone. However, her car is found abandoned at the town's limits by a man named Jim (Frederick). The missing persons case becomes a murder trial when a heart proven to be Kathryn's is found in Mary Margaret's jewelry box. It is later revealed that Regina worked with Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) to attempt to frame Mary Margaret for Kathryn's murder, when Mr. Gold in fact kidnapped Kathryn. She is later found alive, though she does not remember her disappearance. Sidney Glass (The Genie/Magic Mirror) falsely takes the blame for her kidnapping. After the curse is broken, Kathryn and Frederick find each other and live happily together in her home.

Primary characters

Fairytale Counterpart	Storybrooke Counterpart	Portrayer	Featured episode(s)	Status
Blind Witch #1	Miss Ginger	Patti Allan	1.02	Alive
The first Blind Witch was a participant in The Evil Queen Regina's curse, and was considered to be among those with the darkest souls in the Enchanted Forest. She cut off a lock of her hair used to enact the curse. In Storybrooke, she is Miss Ginger, a bespectacled busybody.
Gnome	Garden Gnome	Layton Keely	1.02	Transformed
The Gnome was one of the evil characters that were gathered by The Evil Queen Regina to help enact the Dark Curse. When the first attempt fails, the Gnome laughs at The Evil Queen who retaliates by turning him to stone. His petrified form is seen in Storybrooke in Mayor Regina Mills' garden.
Cinderella	Ashley Boyd	Jessy Schram	1.04	Alive
Cinderella, nicknamed Ella, was originally a maid who wished to attend the royal ball. She meets Rumplestiltskin after he kills her fairy godmother, and offers her a contract: her wish in exchange for something she will have in the future. She signs without reading the contract and attends a ball where she meets Prince Thomas. The two fall in love and marry. However, Rumplestiltskin later reminds Ella of the contract and informs her that he wants her first-born child. When she discovers she is pregnant, she attempts to run away. However, Thomas and Prince Charming devise a plan to capture Rumplestiltskin. The plan succeeds, but Thomas disappears. Rumplestiltskin vows that she will never see Thomas again until the contract is fulfilled. In Storybrooke, she is 19-year-old Ashley Boyd, a single, pregnant maid. The baby's father Sean Herman (Prince Thomas), is forbidden to see Ashley by his father; the latter arranges for Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) to pay Ashley in exchange for the baby. She originally agrees to the exchange, but later decides to keep her child. She attempts to flee town but goes into labour at the city limits. Sheriff Emma Swan brings her to the hospital, where she gives birth to a daughter and reunites with Sean. Emma agrees to be in-debt to Mr. Gold if Ashley is allowed to keep the baby. Ashley and Sean are later engaged.
Prince Thomas	Sean Herman	Tim Phillipps	1.04	Alive
Prince Thomas is the husband of Cinderella whom he met the night she struck a deal with Rumplestiltskin. During their wedding reception, at their wedding reception, Rumplestiltskin reminds her of the contract and informs her that he is asking for her first-born child. When she discovers she is pregnant, she attempts to run away. However, Thomas and Prince Charming devise a plan to capture Rumplestiltskin. The plan succeeds, but Thomas disappears. Rumplestiltskin vows that she will never see Thomas again until the contract is fulfilled. In Storybrooke, he is Sean Herman, a factory worker who was forced by his father to leave Ashley after she falls pregnant. When Emma tries to find Ashley, who was fleeing town at the time, she tries to enlist Sean for assistance, but his father Mitchell tells Emma that Sean will have nothing to do with Ashley. Realizing he has made a deal with Mr. Gold, Emma finds Ashley and brings her back to the hospital to give birth. Sean decides to go against his father's wishes and visits Ashley to reconcile with her and to see his daughter. A few months later, he proposes to Ashley and the pair are engaged.
King	Mitchell Herman	Ted Whittall	1.04	Alive
This unnamed King (played by Ted Whittall) is the father of Prince Thomas, based on the King from Cinderella. He is a loving father to Thomas and is eager to let him marry his true love, Cinderella. In Storybrooke, he is Mitchell Herman who does not approve of Sean (Thomas)'s relationship with Ashley Boyd (Cinderella) and forbids him to see her when she falls pregnant. Mitchell arranges for Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) to take Ashley's baby away when she gives birth. This plot is thwarted by Sheriff Emma Swan who agrees to owe Gold a favour in exchange that he lets Ashley keep her baby.
Prince James	—	Josh Dallas	1.06	Deceased
Prince James is the deceased twin brother of Prince "Charming" David. He competes in a battle against a challenger, preparing for his acceptance from King Midas to slay a dragon as part of a deal between him and James' father, King George. However, after celebrating the deal, James is stabbed to death by the nearly dead challenger. This worries George about his future and his kingdom, until Rumplestiltskin tells him that James has a twin brother, as it appears that the King adopted James through Rumplestiltskin in order to save the kingdom. He then tells the King that he can bring the twin to the castle to have him pose as James, in return for a wand that the Fairy Godmother carries. Prior to these events, James and his lover Jacqueline "Jack" searched for means of financially saving his kingdom. Using shrinking products from Wonderland, they encounter and shrink Anton the Giant, hoping to trick him into sharing his treasure with them. Their conquest leads them (and an army) into Anton's palace where they slay the giants inside, stealing a great portion of treasure. Anton later believes David to be James, viciously punching him at first glance.
Ruth	—	Gabrielle Rose	1.06	Deceased
Ruth is the deceased mother of twin brothers Prince James and Prince "Charming" David. When Prince James is killed in battle, she tries to convince her second son, shepherd David, to marry a grain merchant's daughter for her dowry in order to save their farm. When Rumplestiltskin arrives, she reveals to him that he had a twin brother and she, along with her husband, gave him away to keep their farm. When David returns to tell her that he is forced to marry King Midas' daughter, Princess Abigail, he reveals that they can never see each other again. She gives him her ring in order for him to pass on to his true love, which turns out to be Snow White. Ruth is later shot by a poisoned arrow when David arranges a rendezvous at her hideout which King George ambushed. As David, Snow and Lancelot take her to find the curative waters of Lake Nostos, she offers Snow a charm that indicates the sex of her first-born child. However, because of the potion George forced upon Snow, it indicates nothing for her. When the lake is found to have dried up, Ruth wants to give the last remaining water to Snow to cure her. Snow protests, but Ruth does not appear to be healed by the water, and as her dying wish asks to see David and Snow married.
King Midas	—	Alex Zahara	1.06	Alive
King Midas is a rich King with the power to turn all he touches to gold. To keep himself from turning people into gold, he wears special gloves that suppress his Golden Touch. His daughter Princess Abigail's true love, a knight named Fredrick, is accidentally transformed into a golden statue whilst protecting him. He promises King George gold in return for the head of the dragon that terrorizes his kingdom, which is to be killed by George's son Prince James. However, after James is killed, George learns that he has a twin brother, David who poses as James and completes the task. Midas deems "James" worthy to marry his daughter and offers to unite his kingdom with George's through marriage between their children, though the plan does not work out with Abigail later marrying a humanised Fredrick instead of David.
Zoso	—	Brad Dourif	1.08	Deceased
Zoso was an unmatched sorcerer who was The Dark One before Rumplestiltskin. He used his powers to have parents send their children to fight in the Ogre Wars. However, Zoso was only a slave to the land's Duke who wielded The Dark One's dagger which enabled anyone who possessed it to control him. Seeking freedom from the Duke, Zoso manipulates Rumplestiltskin while in the form of a beggar by telling him to burn down the Duke's castle and steal The Dark One's dagger. After the objectives are filled, Rumplestiltskin stabs him with the dagger, killing him.
Hansel and Gretel	Nicholas and Ava Zimmer	Quinn Lord and Karley Scott Collins	1.09	Alive
Hansel and Gretel are brother and sister, the children of a woodcutter. After The Evil Queen Regina captures their father in the forest, they are forced to retrieve a small black sack (something precious) for her from the Blind Witch. After they succeed, the Queen invites them to live with her in her palace but they refuse, stating they want to be reunited with their father. She reacts to this by transporting them to the infinite forest. Their father is then brought to the Queen and released, without knowing where his children are located. In Storybrooke, they are siblings Nicholas and Ava Zimmer, who have never met their father and live on their own since their mother died. In order to avoid them being separated by social services, Emma finds their father and convinces him to take care of them.
Woodcutter	—	Nicholas Lea	1.09	Alive
The Woodcutter is Hansel and Gretel's father who is captured by The Evil Queen's guards. After banishing Hansel and Gretel to the Infinite Forest for refusing to live with her, The Evil Queen releases him while telling him that he and his children can live together as a family once they find one another. In Storybrooke, he is a mechanic named Michael Tillman who is the owner of Marine Garage. He is the father of Nicholas and Ava (Hansel and Gretel) whom he isn't aware of until Sheriff Emma Swan informs him. At first, he refuses to take them in because he fears that he would not be able to support them. Later, when Emma is forced to take them to social services in Boston, she pretends that her car breaks down and calls him. When he arrives to tow her car, she tells him to at least see them before making a decision; he chooses to take them in.
Blind Witch #2	—	Emma Caulfield	1.09	Alive
The second Blind Witch was a witch who had a very keen sense of smell, particularly for children. When Hansel and Gretel sneak into her house to retrieve a small black sack, Hansel bites into a cupcake thus awakening her from her slumber. She locks them both in a cell while preparing the oven for cooking. The duo escape, pushing her into an oven before The Evil Queen Regina unleashes a fireball into the oven, killing her.
Stealthy	—	Geoff Gustafson	1.10, 1.14	Deceased
Stealthy was a dwarf who was part of The Seven Dwarfs' group. He receives his name from his axe, like the other dwarfs, because of his skillful infiltration abilities. When he tries to break Grumpy and Snow White out of their prison cell in King George's castle, he is killed during their escape.
King Leopold	—	Richard Schiff	1.11, 1.18	Deceased
King Leopold is the deceased father of Snow White and the husband of The Evil Queen Regina, his second wife. After Regina saves his daughter, Leopold marries her in order to give his daughter a mother. He is always thankful for his daughter and rules his realm with kindness, wanting nothing except for the happiness of his kingdom and its subjects. When he finds The Genie's lamp, he cannot think of anything he desires, so instead frees the Genie and invites him to his castle to work with him. These actions end in disaster when the Genie falls in love with Regina and plots to kill the King to free her from the loveless marriage. The Genie places poisonous vipers in the King's bed, killing him.
Sir Maurice	Moe French	Eric Keenleyside	1.12, 2.04	Alive
Sir Maurice is the ruler of a land and Belle's father. He enlists Rumplestiltskin to save his people from the war; he agrees on the condition that Belle must leave her family and become the caretaker of his estate. Maurice unaccepts, but Belle agrees to the bargain. In Storybrooke, he is Moe French, a florist who is the owner of the flower shop "Game of Thorns". Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) repossesses the shop's van, insisting that a loan he made Moe is due. There is later a robbery at Mr. Gold's house, and Gold holds Moe accountable, abducting him and beating him viciously. Sheriff Emma Swan stops arrests Gold and Moe is taken to the hospital. After the curse is broken, Moe begins to search for Belle, hiring Mr. William Smee to locate her. Initially they are reunited, but when Moe learns that Belle still has feelings for Rumplestiltskin, he tries to send her across town lines in order to have her forget him. After Gold rescues Belle, she tells both him and her father that she wishes to never see them again.
Gaston	—	Sage Brocklebank	1.12	Deceased
Gaston is Belle's deceased fiancée who is first seen in her father Sir Maurice's castle seeking the aid of Rumplestiltskin. Belle agrees to go with Rumplestiltskin to save their village, much to Gaston's dismay. Gaston later appears at Rumplestiltskin's estate to confront him. However, Rumplestiltskin simply turns him into a rose and gives it to an unaware Belle.
Frederick	Jim	Greyston Holt	1.13	Alive
Frederick is a knight and true love of Princess Abigail. The couple were to be married, until he is turned into a gold statue protecting her father King Midas. He is restored by the magical waters of Lake Nostos, gathered by Prince Charming, and is happily reunited with Abigail. In Storybrooke, he is Jim, a physical education teacher at Storybrooke Elementary School. Kathryn Nolan (Abigail) is originally in a relationship with David Nolan (Charming). However, after Kathryn learns the truth of Mary Margaret (Snow White) and David's affair, she attacks her in her workplace, also the school, unknowingly bumping into Jim. After she decides to leave Storybrooke, she crashes her car at the city limits. Jim finds her car abandoned. According to producer Edward Kitsis, after the Dark Curse is broken, he finds Kathryn and resumes his relationship with her.
Watchy	—	Richard Ian Cox	1.14	Unknown
Watchy is a dwarf who watches over the dwarf eggs until they hatch.
Bossy	—	Ken Kramer	1.14	Alive
Bossy is a dwarf who is also the leader of the other dwarfs.
Nova	Sister Astrid	Amy Acker	1.14	Alive
Nova is a new fairy being trained by The Blue Fairy. While carrying a bag of fairy dust, Nova accidentally sprinkles some on an egg. When the egg hatches in the dwarf mines, Dreamy emerges. Nova and Dreamy later fall in love and plan to run away. When The Blue Fairy tells Dreamy that Nova will lose her wings if she elopes with him, Dreamy ends the relationship breaking Nova's heart. He is renamed Grumpy after he returns to the mines. In Storybrooke, Nova is Sister Astrid, a kind-hearted but clumsy nun. Leroy (Grumpy), offers to help her come up with the money to sell candles. When he does, he asks Astrid, who is as smitten with Leroy as he is with her, to be the first passenger on the new boat he purchased. She agrees without hesitation.
Peter	—	Jesse Hutch	1.15	Deceased
Peter was the son of a blacksmith and Red Riding Hood's lover. Presumably, his name derives from Peter and the Wolf, a composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. Red and Peter had plans to leave the village and see the world together. During a series of nightly wolf attacks, Red and Snow White believe that Peter is the wolf and is behind the bloodshed. The two devise a plan to chain Peter down, Red staying with him overnight. It is later revealed that Red is actually the wolf and she ends up killing Peter by ripping him to shreds. While talking to Dr. Whale (Dr. Frankenstein) in Storybrooke, she sadly admits to "eating her boyfriend."
Grace	Paige	Alissa Skovbye	1.17	Alive
Grace is the daughter of Jefferson. Her father agrees to help The Evil Queen to give Grace a better life, leaving Grace with neighbours, promising to return to her for their tea party together. However, he is tricked by the Queen and abandoned in Wonderland. In Storybrooke, she is Paige who now believes that she is the daughter of another family and is no longer aware that Jefferson exists. After the curse is broken, she is reunited with Jefferson when he finally feels worthy in her presence.
Caterpillar	—	voiced by Roger Daltry	1.17	Alive
The Caterpillar is an inhabitant of Wonderland. He appears when The Evil Queen Regina and Jefferson come to Wonderland. As in the Disney film and literature, he reclines on his mushroom and asks "Who are you" to them, blowing smoke rings in Jefferson's face.
Knave of Hearts	—	Paul McGillion	1.17, 2.09	Alive
The Knave of Hearts is a servant of Cora (as the Queen of Hearts). When The Evil Queen Regina and Jefferson come to Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts brings Jefferson to the Queen of Hearts who asks him how he has entered Wonderland. Jefferson states that he came by use of his hat, but no longer has it since The Evil Queen obtained it. The Knave of Hearts has Jefferson become a Hatter in order to make another hat that is similar to his. The Knave of Hearts is present when Captain Hook later comes to Wonderland when he is hired by The Evil Queen to kill Cora in Wonderland.
Sir Lancelot	—	Sinqua Walls	2.03	Deceased
Sir Lancelot was a knight who worked for King Arthur. Under the orders of King George, Lancelot captures Snow White and brings her to him, unintentionally cursing her with water that makes her barren forever with no chance of producing children. When Lancelot goes after Snow, he mentions that he had no knowledge of the water's content. Using the remnants of the water in Lake Nostos, Lancelot is able to undo the curse on Snow. His form was later assumed by Cora, though the ruse was exposed by Mary Margaret (Snow White).
Milah	—	Rachel Shelley	2.04	Deceased
Milah is Rumplestiltskin's deceased wife and Baelfire's mother. She is first introduced at the local village tavern with a band of pirates, one of them being Killian Jones. A local villager later tells Rumplestiltskin that the pirates have abducted her. Rumplestiltskin begs the pirates for his wife back, but only after Rumplestiltskin defeats Jones in a duel. He is too afraid to fight Jones and abandons Milah. Some time later, after Rumplestiltskin becomes The Dark One and Baelfire had left, Jones encounters Rumplestiltskin and informs him that Milah has died. After stopping Rumplestiltskin from ripping out Jones' heart, Milah reveals herself to be alive and that she had willingly fallen in love with Jones. In exchange for her life as well as Jones', she offers him a magic bean that he desires to find Baelfire. After promising both Jones and Milah their safety, Rumplestiltskin confronts Milah about leaving her son. Milah admits that she regrets leaving her son, blaming her miserable relationship with Rumplestiltskin. This causes an enraged Rumplestiltskin to rip her heart out and crush it, leaving her to die in Jones' arms.
Jack	—	Cassidy Freeman	2.06	Deceased
Jacqueline "Jack" was a lover and friend of Prince James as well as an acquaintance of Anton the Giant. She is a female version of the hero from Jack the Giant Killer and Jack and the Beanstalk. She assists Prince James in freeing the royal land of their debts, meeting a giant named Anton. The two trick him into leading the pair to the treasure atop the beanstalk where he originates. They betray him and begin a fight against the giants for their treasure, ultimating in Anton's brother Arlo killing Jack. Her skeleton is shown lying in Anton's home when Emma Swan and Captain Hook climb the beanstalk to retrieve a magic compass.
Gus	Billy	Jarod Joseph	2.07	Deceased
Gus was a mouse in the Enchanted Forest, presumably one of Cinderella's only friends, along with Jaq and the other mice. In Storybrooke, he is a human named Billy, a car mechanic who works at Marine Garage. He shows an interest in Ruby (Red Riding Hood) but is denied a date, unaware of the reasoning being her werewolf persona later in the night. Billy is later found dead, apparently murdered by a wolf, presumably Red. It is revealed that Albert Spencer (King George) killed him, leaving doctored evidence that Red was responsible, because he wanted his adopted son David Nolan (Prince Charming) to look irresponsible of the town's safety.
Quinn	—	Ben Hollingsworth	2.07	Deceased
Quinn was a werewolf that Red Riding Hood encounters after he steals her cloak in the woods. Quinn informs Red that she does not need to use the cloak and that there is another way to control her wolf-side, taking her underground into a buried castle. Red is introduced to Anita, who claims to be her mother. Snow White discovers the castle, and Quinn chokes her to protect their society. Red claims her to be a friend and she is saved. The Evil Queen's knights then invade the castle, killing Quinn with an arrow.
Anita	—	Annabeth Gish	2.07	Deceased
Anita was the leader of a pack of werewolves that resided in a buried castle. Red Riding Hood meets Anita, who reveals to her that she is her mother, insisting that her grandmother lied to her about her status. Snow White accidentally leads The Evil Queen's knights to invade the castle. An enraged Anita demands Red to kill Snow in return for the knight-caused bloodshed. When she objects, Anita transforms into a wolf planning to kill Snow, until she is unintentionally impaled with a pole by Red. Anita perishes and is later buried.
Igor	—	Yurij Kis	2.12	Alive
Igor is the assistant of Dr. Victor Frankenstein, helping him in the resurrection of his brother Gerhardt.
Alphonse Frankenstein	—	Gregory Itzin	2.12	Deceased
Alphonse Frankenstein was the father of Victor and Gerhardt Frankenstein. A leading military official, Alphonse openly favoured Gerhardt over Victor, and blamed Victor for Gerhardt's death. Although Victor successfully revived Gerhardt, Alphonse declared that he was a monster. Alphonse attacks Victor, but is stopped by Gerhardt who proceeds to beat Alphonse to death.
Gerhardt Frankenstein	—	Chad Michael Collins	2.12	Unknown
Gerhardt Frankenstein is the deceased brother of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the younger son of Alphonse Frankenstein. He is a decorated soldier and considered to be a "success story" in the eyes of Alphonse. One night, Gerhardt catches Victor digging up a body in the graveyard for an experiment. A soldier arrives and kills Gerhardt. Devastated at the death of Gerhardt, Victor attempts to revive him with one of the hearts he has, but it does not survive the process. Victor then seeks to revive him with the "perfect heart", which Rumplestiltskin provides from the Enchanted Forest. With the new heart, he successfully revives Gerhardt as his infamous monster. Alphonse declares that the revived Gerhardt is not his son. To protect Victor from an attack led on him by Alphonse, Gerhardt openly murders his father. Victor locks Gerhardt in a dungeon to later execute him. However, Victor changes his mind, assuring to fix the situation; a despondent Gerhardt is left in the tower alone. In discussion between Dr. Whale (Victor) and Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) in Storybrooke, it is mentioned that Gerhardt remains in Frankenstein's world.
Abraham	—	C. Ernst Harth	2.13	Deceased
Abraham is the deceased Giant brother of Anton and Arlo. He liked to pick on Anton, especially for his love of all things human, calling him "Tiny". During an invasion led by Prince James and Jack, Abraham is killed after being struck with a poisoned sword.
Arlo	—	Abraham Benrubi	2.13	Deceased
Arlo was the Giant brother of Anton and Abraham. He is struck by a poisoned sword from an invasion led by Prince James and Jack and dies, shortly after he kills Jack.
Queen Eva	—	Rena Sofer	2.15	Deceased
Queen Eva is the deceased mother of Snow White and the first wife of King Leopold. When she was a princess, she trips a young Cora (who is working as a miller's daughter) causing Eva to fly into rage. As a better adult, she teaches her daughter kindness, respect for the service, and to avoid black magic. She unexpectedly falls ill before Snow's birthday. The Royal Doctor cannot heal her, so her servant Johanna informs Snow that she should talk to The Blue Fairy. The fairy offers Snow a magic candle which would save the life of her mother at the cost of another's life. She refuses the candle which pleases Eva, who dies shortly after. Following the funeral of the Queen, the "The Blue Fairy" is revealed to be Cora in disguise. Over the corpse of Eva, she confesses to poisoning her in order to place Regina on the throne, as well as to turn Snow White evil.
Johanna	—	Lesley Nicol	2.15	Deceased
Johanna is the deceased personal maid of Queen Eva and was close to her and her daughter Snow White. When Eva collapses with ill-based symptoms, Johanna informs Snow of The Blue Fairy as a magical mentor and adviser to Eva, and that if anyone can help her, she can. Snow is offered dark magic from the fairy as a way to save her, but Snow cannot bring herself to use the magic, and Eva dies. Johanna comforts her and helps Snow with her mother's funeral. In Storybrooke, Johanna is seen after the curse is broken. She manages to buy Snow's tiara from Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin)'s shop to give to Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) on her birthday. When Mary Margaret learns it is from Johanna, she is overjoyed to be reunited with her. Mary Margaret and David Nolan (Prince Charming) are located to Rumplestiltskin's dagger in the Storybrooke Clock Tower, where they are confronted by Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) and her mother Cora who have captured Johanna. Regina rips out Johanna's heart and threatens to crush it if Mary Margaret does not hand over the dagger. Though Mary Margaret forfeits the dagger to them for the safety of Johanna, Cora kills Johanna by throwing her out of the clock tower.
King Xavier	—	Joaquim de Almeida	2.16	Unknown
King Xavier is a wealthy king based on the unnamed King from the Rumpelstiltskin story. After Cora, the miller's daughter bumps into Princess Eva, he forces her to kneel down and apologize, humiliating her. During a masquerade ball held by Xavier to determine who will be the bride of his son Prince Henry, Cora claims she is more than a miller's daughter and can in fact turn straw into gold. Xavier tells her that if she can spin all the castle's straw into gold overnight, she can marry his son, but if she fails, she must forfeit her life. After Rumplestiltskin teaches Cora the art, to Xavier's surprise, all the straw is spun into gold and Cora takes Henry's hand in marriage. The night before her marriage, Cora visits Xavier with the intention of ripping out his heart. However, she leaves with her own heart in a box, sparing King Xavier, realising that love is weakness. Months later, Cora shows her daughter Regina to the King's court.
—	Kurt Flynn	John Pyper-Ferguson	2.17	Deceased
Kurt Flynn is the deceased father of Owen Flynn. While camping in Maine, the curse went into effect, causing Storybrooke to magically appear overnight. They soon discover Storybrooke where they are directed to Regina, who gradually develops a bond with Owen after realizing she is not truly happy. After Kurt witnesses Regina Mills (The Evil Queen) controlling Sheriff Graham Humbert (The Huntsman)'s heart, he and Owen attempt to leave town. Following a high speed car chase through the town, Kurt is arrested. He orders his son to escape the town; Owen vows to find his father again. Years later when the curse is broken, a stranger crashes his car into Storybrooke. The driver inside is revealed to be a man named Greg Mendell. His true identity is later released as an older Owen. He is still shown to be looking for his father, however, his search comes to a tragic end when he learns that Regina had killed his father shortly after he escaped. Greg receives confirmation upon finding his father's skull at their old campsite.
The Dragon	—	Tzi Ma	2.18	Deceased
The Dragon was a healer who ran a clinic in Hong Kong, and would often deal with illnesses and diseases. Shortly before the curse is broken in Storybrooke, August Booth (Pinocchio) begins transforming back into wood. He seeks the attention of The Dragon who demands an item close to August's soul plus $10,000. Meanwhile, a woman named Tamara, who claims to have cancer, also seeks The Dragon's help. August steals her money to pay The Dragon, receiving a bottle of potion that will cure his "illness". However, Tamara catches him and takes back the bottle. Later that night, Tamara murders The Dragon, revealing herself to be a killer of magical beings. August returns later, only to find The Dragon's corpse.
Robin Hood	—	Tom Ellis, Sean Maguire	2.19	Alive
Robin Hood is an archer who breaks into Rumplestiltskin's castle to steal a magic wand. Rumplestiltskin kidnaps him and tortures him with the intention of killing him before Belle frees him. Hood tries to get Belle to flee with him, but she refuses, remembering her promise to serve Rumplestiltskin. As punishment for freeing him, Rumplestiltskin forces Belle to come with him to murder Hood. In Sherwood Forest, the two find him tending to a sickly Maid Marian who is pregnant and ill. Belle persuades Rumplestiltskin not to leave a child fatherless. The arrow shot by Rumplestiltskin purposely misses, leaving Robin Hood and Marian to flee.
Sheriff of Nottingham	Keith	Wil Traval	2.19	Alive
The Sheriff of Nottingham was once humiliated by Robin Hood who then stole his love Maid Marian, turning him into an alcoholic. During his hunt for Hood, the Sheriff runs into Rumplestiltskin who is also looking for him. Rumplestiltskin magically rips out the Sheriff's tongue temporarily in order to locate the whereabouts of Hood. In Storybrooke, he is Keith, a frequent visitor to The Rabbit Hole bar. He meets Belle in her Storybrooke identity of Lacey and later hooks up with her. Upon realizing that her and Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) are still a couple, Keith approaches Gold to apologize. Using magic, he rips out Keith's tongue again and proceeds to viciously beat him repeatedly. Lacey is attracted to Gold's dark side and watches happily as he continues to give Keith a continuous brutal beating.
Maid Marian	—	Christie Laing	2.19	Alive
Maid Marian is the target for the affection of the Sheriff of Nottingham. She runs away with Robin Hood after falling in love with him. Sometime later, Marian is pregnant and falls ill, causing Robin Hood to obtain a magic wand from Rumplestiltskin's castle to heal her. After successfully curing her, Rumplestiltskin takes Belle to witness him killing Hood for stealing from him. However, after seeing the restored Marian and realizing her pregnancy, Belle begs Rumplestiltskin not to kill him or else the child would become fatherless. Rumplestiltskin purposely misses shooting him, alarming the pair to escape the woods.
The Darling Family	—	Freya Tingley (Wendy), Benjamin Cook (Michael), William Ainschough (John)	2.21	Alive
The Darling Family consists of Wendy, Michael, John, Nana, and Mr. and Mrs. Darling. When Rumpelstiltskin's son Baelfire is transported to a land without magic, he arrives in London. As a poor street urchin, Bae breaks into The Darling Family's house, stealing bread. He is soon discovered by Wendy Darling, who offers him shelter secretively. Wendy is later caught by her parents, who decide to adopt him. The children tell Bae of a mysterious shadow that comes to their window every night with the ability to transport them to the magical world of Neverland. Having had his life torn apart by magic in the Enchanted Forest, Bae tells them to ignore The Shadow. Despite this, Wendy departs with the creature to Neverland. The day after her departure, Wendy tells of Neverland, saying that The Shadow let her return as she was a girl, promising to come back for her brothers. That night, the children unsuccessfully create traps to protect themselves, leading Bae to sacrifice himself to The Shadow. Wendy, John, and Michael look on helplessly as The Shadow takes Bae to Neverland. Once aboard The Jolly Roger in Neverland, Bae protests to Captain Hook that he wishes to be returned to The Darlings as he views them as his real family.
Felix	—	Parker Croft	2.22	Alive
Felix (played by Parker Croft) is a member of The Lost Boys. He leads the group into searching Captain Hook's ship for a certain boy. Hook allows Felix and The Lost Boys to search his ship when he thinks that the boy in question is Baelfire (who hides from their sight). When Bae later discovers Hook as the man who took his mother away, he wants no part on The Jolly Roger, Hook then allowing The Lost Boys to bring Bae to shore. Upon examining his face, Felix states that he is not the boy that Peter Pan wants as the parchment of the boy in question resembles Henry Mills.
Peter Pan	—	Robbie Kay	TBA	Alive
Peter Pan is an upcoming character that will appear in the third season. Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz stated that there is "a history" between Peter Pan and Rumplestiltskin and that "there is a big reason why he said if you’re going to be scared of someone, this is the guy to be scared of." "When you meet Pan, you’re going to see a very, very, very clever person. And if there’s one thing Rumple admires, it’s somebody who has game."
Liam	—	TBA	3.05	Alive
Liam is a 35-year-old who grew up an orphan but is now the captain of a Navy ship, and is well-liked and respected by his crew.
Devin	—	TBA	3.05	Alive
Devin is a 14-year-old longtime member of Peter Pan’s Lost Boys who is competitive and very confident.
Colin	—	TBA	3.08, 3.11	Unknown
Colin is Rumplestiltskin's father. He is described as dissatisfied, self-centered and ruthless; he will appear in the eighth and eleventh episode of the third season.

Creatures and Races

Agrabahn Vipers

The Agrabahn Vipers are snake-like creatures that originate from Agrabah (from Aladdin). The Evil Queen Regina uses them to kill King Leopold through manipulation of The Genie.

In Storybrooke, Henry Mills unleashes the Agrabahn Vipers from their box in Regina Mills' vault, which corner him until David Nolan (Prince Charming) appears and closes the box.

Dragons

Dragons are winged fire-breathing reptiles that reside in mountain caves. When a dragon terrorizes a village in King Midas' kingdom, King George agrees to have his son Prince David slay the beast in exchange for gold, which he successfully manages. The witch Maleficent also has the ability to shape-shift into a dragon.

Dwarfs

Dwarfs are humanoids that are shorter than humans. They are only male dwarves and they hatch from eggs.

Fairies

Fairies are tiny humanoids with insect-like wings. Each fairy has a colourful light surrounding their tiny bodies and their dresses have the same colour. They use fairy dust to practice their magic. Known fairies include The Blue Fairy and Nova. It is believed that the fairies identities are nuns in Storybrooke.

When Snow White plans to infiltrate King George's castle to retrieve Prince Charming, she enlists help from a large group of fairies to knock out the guards.

Genies

Genies are humanoids that grant wishes to anyone who owns their lamps. The Magic Mirror was originally a genie from Agrabah who came into The Evil Queen's possession.

Giants

Giants are large humans who live at the top of beanstalks, away from humans. They grow magic beans which were originally used to trade with humans, until they are stolen from them. They have the ability to smell the blood of humans.

According to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, Giants are vegetarians.

Ogres

Ogres are large humanoid creatures that were the enemies of the humans. There was an event called the Ogre Wars where various kingdoms fought against an army of Ogres. One Ogre was a follower of The Evil Queen and was present at her first attempt to enact the Dark Curse.

After Emma Swan and Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White) are transported back to the Enchanted Forest in the aftermath of the Dark Curse breaking, Emma is attacked by an Ogre. She is saved by Mary Margaret who slays the creature by shooting it in the eye with an arrow.

Pongo

Pongo is the pet dalmatian of Dr. Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket).

The Seer

The Seer (played by Brighid Fleming as a child, Shannon Lucio as an adult) is first seen as a child and prisoner kept in a cage by the forces of the Duke. Rumplestiltskin is training with the army during the Ogre Wars and is horrified to see a child whose eyes are cut out and embedded into her palms. She informs him that she can see the future, foreseeing his wife Milah giving birth to his child and due to his actions on the battlefield, his son will become fatherless. The Seer then tells him that they are fated to meet again, then vanishes. Years after the predictions come true and he is parted from his son, Rumplestiltskin returns as The Dark One and the now adult Seer gives him the ideas for the evil curse. Before she dies, she transfers her powers to him, telling him the person who will lead him to his son is a young boy; but he will be the undoing of The Dark One. However, he is unaware that the boy would later turn out to be his grandson in Storybrooke, Henry Mills.

The Shadow

The Shadow is a mysterious dark being with gleaming eyes, taking on the shape of an adolescent boy. At night, The Shadow enters the open windows of sleeping children and kidnaps unsuspecting boys, flying them away to Neverland in hopes of them being Henry Mills (who is the target in question). Wendy Darling is taken by The Shadow. But as she was a girl, Wendy was allowed to be brought back to her home. Baelfire, who had been living with The Darlings, promises to protect Wendy and her brothers where he sacrifices himself to save them. The Shadow takes Bae to Neverland but drops him in the waters encircling Neverland when frightened by a lit match.

The Siren

The Siren (played by Aria Pullman) is the guardian of Lake Nostos who keeps its waters untouched by outsiders. She uses the waters to transform herself into a victim's desire of anyone who wants to claim its waters, then drowns them. Prince Charming encounters The Siren when he attempts to obtain the waters to save the life of Princess Abigail's true love Frederick. She disguises as Charming's true love Snow White, dragging Charming under the water. However, he sees through the disguise and kills The Siren with his sword as she reverts to her true form upon death. Following the death of The Siren, Lake Nostos dries up.

Trolls

Trolls are humanoid creatures that enjoy dealing with jewels and would often barter with humans for gold. According to Snow White, trolls do not like horses. Snow comes across a group of trolls on the Troll Bridge, attempting to make a deal with them to buy back Prince Charming's mother's ring which she had traded after stealing. The trolls suspect that it is a trap with Charming present and he ends up captured. Using fairy dust, Snow turns the trolls into cockroaches where they are stepped upon by Charming.

Unicorns

Unicorns are horses with one horn on their head. In the Enchanted Forest, Rumplestiltskin agrees to teach Queen Regina magic in exchange that she rips out a unicorn's heart and crushes it, which she cannot manage. Later, a black unicorn is a pet companion of Maleficent where it is nearly killed by The Evil Queen (Regina).

Werewolves

Werewolves are people born via genetic inheritance with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf during the full moon (also known as "wolfs-time"). A person born without the gene can become susceptible to also having the ability to shape shift by being marked by a werewolf. Ruby (Red Riding Hood), Quinn and Anita are all werewolves while Widow Lucas (Granny) also has werewolf abilities remaining from an attack.

Wolf

A Wolf was a companion of The Huntsman and hunts deers for both of them to feed upon. In Storybrooke, Sheriff Graham's recollection of him being The Huntsman results in a wolf appearing before him. It takes him and Emma Swan to the vault where his heart is said to be, but they are unable to find it.

Wraiths

Wraiths are hooded creatures that are summoned by an amulet marking its victims. The creature will then hunt the victim down and suck its soul out, transporting it to another world, leaving a lifeless body.