Re: How did Rumple escape the dark curse? Home › Forums › Once Upon a Time › General discussion and theories › How did Rumple escape the dark curse? › Re: How did Rumple escape the dark curse? March 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm #138310 hjbauParticipant I think if Rumpel created the curse which we don’t know that yet then i would imagine he created it for himself, but for some reason didn’t use it or the Queen tricked him into trading it or the Queen stole it from Rumpel. [adrotate group="5"]