Re: What all do we know about the Ogres War?

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@RumplesGirl wrote:

I also wonder, how has Rumpel expanded the Dark One’s powers? Was Zoso simply not as powerful as we see Rumpel being?

Zoso was under the power of the Duke. He had his powers but he was under control and so couldn’t exercise them in the same way Rumple could, being a free agent. Also, we know Rumple spent 250+ years expanding his powers in order to make the Curse. In the Return the BF says that Rumple’s powers are no where near proficient enough to cast such a curse and Rumple basically makes it his lifes mission to become that powerful.

I speculated the Duke was simply too dumb to even try to use Zoso that way, and that Zoso couldn’ t act much on his own. Of course, Zoso could act enough to trick Rumpel…..

I definitely do think Rumpel expanded way beyond the original Dark One powers. I’m curious to find out exactly how much–specifically, if Rumpel lost the Dark One status, would he still be a powerful magic user like Regina or Emma (depending on what emotions are more dominant in him?). He said he was full of love.