Character background Mr. Gold

1 character background

1.1 season 1 , 2
1.2 season 3 , 4
1.3 season 5
1.4 season 6

character background
season 1 , 2

in enchanted forest, mr. gold known rumplestiltskin, whimsical yet sinister sorcerer delights in making devilish deals desperate people, warning them magic comes price. known dark one, beast , crocodile cost captain hook left hand. son of fiona/black fairy , malcolm/peter pan, true love of belle, father baelfire/neal cassidy , gideon, grandfather neal , emma swan s biological son henry , great-grandfather of lucy.

on dark winter night shortly after birth, blue fairy , tiger lily, newborn s fairy godmother, visit deliver prophecy child s destiny become savior , die fighting great evil. after fiona becomes obsessed changing child s destiny, transforms herself fairy protect son. fiona takes infant searches great evil prophesied born same winter. fiona , tiger lily unable find great evil , take child sacred fairy vault. eventually, tiger lily wants stop fiona, when realizes latter wants cast dark curse. fiona takes fairy s heart stop her, turning black fairy, blue fairy returns it. then, tiger lily wants give shears of destiny fiona cut away powers, no longer great evil son supposed face. fiona insists needs powers protect son, uses shears sever destiny savior. fiona banished dark realm blue fairy, vowing in power 1 day son. later, blue fairy , tiger lily take infant , return him father, malcolm. 2 fairies pretend fiona died in accident while protecting son. great bitterness, , thinking son responsible death of fiona, malcolm announces has fitting name bestow on infant: rumplestiltskin.

later, boy, malcolm left him 2 spinners, whom receives magic bean create portal world. malcolm used bean take them neverland, though forced rumplestiltskin returned enchanted forest, realizing son preventing him becoming boy again. rumplestiltskin witnessed father transforms peter pan. in adult years, rumplestiltskin became poor spinner deserted ogre wars, disgust of wife milah, left him pirate killian jones. rumplestiltskin tricked becoming dark one, later killing milah , cutting off killian s hand, after takes on name captain hook. prevented son baelfire being forced join wars, though bae wants rid of powers, creating portal transport them world without magic. rumplestiltskin fears losing powers, leaving bae cross on alone; vows find son. trains zelena, wicked witch of west, until becomes jealous of continued teaching of half-sister, evil queen regina, chooses cast curse. part of deal save town, belle becomes caretaker of estate , 2 form romantic bond until rumplestiltskin forces leave forever, mistaking working regina, later claims belle committed suicide. afterwards, prince charming , snow white use squid ink immobilize, , placed him magical jail. regina enacts curse, , requests give him place of comfort in new world sent to. requests regina says, long says please.

in storybrooke, mr. gold, owner of pawn shop , town s wealthiest resident. else except regina, not remember true identity until emma comes town , tells him name. owns of town. finds regina baby whom names henry, later learn emma swan s biological son. helps emma become sheriff, , offers legal services mary margaret blanchard (snow white). emma breaks curse , gold reunited belle, bringing magic storybrooke, though later enraged when learns leaving town remove residents magical memories, had planned search baelfire. gold creates potion leave , tracks bae manhattan, learning neal cassidy, henry s father. gold begins die after poisoned hook dreamshade , group return storybrooke, mary margaret heals him reluctantly cursing cora s heart. @ first, regina blames him mother s demise until realizing mary margaret real culprit. mr. gold comes regina s mausoleum pay respects @ cora s coffin. states cora has place in heart, too, doesn t believe words , accuses him of exchanging mother s life save own. tries deter away path of revenge against mary margaret, regina promises pay cora s death. unable stop her, mr. gold notifies david , emma of regina s plans. moves leave directly after delivering news, david persuades him them stop regina since still owes mary margaret saving life. after regina gone mausoleum, , david search , find missing spell ingredients. @ apartment, mr. gold concludes regina wants cast curse of empty-hearted, intends use on henry force him love her. spell requires sacrificing heart of person hates most—mary margaret. suggests ending feud killing regina; idea henry objects to, though david , emma don t see other choice. upset, boy flees building emma follows. mr. gold warns david while cora dangerous not having heart, regina more of menace having one. while david gone, stands guard on mary margaret, when regina attempts steal heart. later, mr. gold receives phone call notifying him regina destroyed curse. suddenly, mary margaret asks him how able live himself despite evil things s done. mr. gold says s best keep clinging onto belief did right thing, , keep thinking until mantra becomes reality. in dream, mr. gold celebrates henry s birthday in pawnshop along david, emma, mary margaret , neal. allows grandson pick out present shop. henry chooses wand, mr. gold demonstrates him. boy watches wand movement, mr. gold turns him statue. henry s parents , grandparents react shock, mr. gold states has no choice since boy undoing. brusquely, takes cane , smashes statue. then, mr. gold awakes nightmare. next day, watches distance henry , neal play @ park. regina stops by, inquiring why son hers, informs of kinship henry. accuses him of orchestrating it, though stresses fate s doing. nonetheless, knows won t ever accepted others since chooses darkness. surprising belle @ hospital, mr. gold professes love real, believes. belle thinks whatever past did have, part of it. since brings out in him, remember herself , sake. after signing belle s discharge papers, finds missing. upon further inspection, card of rabbit hole. mr. gold discovers belle, false memories, calling herself lacey. furious, confronts regina, declares s impossible undo has been done. setting out win lacey s heart, mr. gold receives david ask out. during date, lacey expresses surprise mr. gold different fearsome reputation. believes no 1 can know s in person s heart until know someone. shocked hear words once said in past, spills wine on dress. lacey leaves clean @ bathroom, when doesn t return, finds in alley keith. mistaking rendezvous sexual assault, scares off keith. lacey admits accepted date out of pity him, , not belle. later, takes out anger ripping out keith s tongue , beating him up. lacey, witnessing actions, becomes drawn mr. gold dark self. sensing acceptance of him, continues hit keith lacey watches mischievous smile. same night, after mr. gold done keith, , lacey stroll out parking lot side-by-side while chatting animatedly. unbeknownst either, hook sees them clock tower. outside rabbit hole, mr. gold allegedly catches dr. whale looking @ lacey. after forcing him ground, tries make dr. whale kiss foot punishment when neal stops altercation. tensions rise, mr. gold sends lacey shop can talk privately neal. son upset mr. gold apparently doesn t care meeting fiancée, tamara. mr. gold believes relationship won t work since neal still have feelings emma. son, however, disappointed father has not changed past. neal permanently cuts off contact him; stating person s in storybrooke henry. while spending time lacey @ pawnshop, approached david , mary margaret. again, mr. gold asks lacey leave can take care of business. pair ask way locate regina, , helps them due being indebted mary margaret after saved life. bringing out bottle containing 1 of regina s tears, mr. gold collects mary margaret s tear , mixes two. afterwards, instructs must put liquid eye temporary bodily connection regina can breached. after gone, lacey curiously asks him magical abilities. conjuring necklace, helps put on. lacey learns more inability age dark one, she, too, wishes immortal can forever. says s possible, mentions doesn t keep person immune dying. mr. gold goes on tell prophecy seer gave him long time ago undoing, takes mean death occur because of person. puzzled, lacey questions why doesn t rid of obstacle in way s kind of man won t let stand in way. @ distance, mr. gold deliberately tries sabotage swing henry playing on, car door slam startles him. truck, emma , parents step out. when questioned suspicious david, mr. gold lies , states s spending time grandson. grimly, david , mary margaret tell him neal s sudden death @ tamara s hands. hastily, fill mr. gold in on greg , tamara s plans of setting off trigger obliterate every person in storybrooke not born in land without magic. ask stop it, refuses. blaming himself neal s death, after bringing magic land in order find him, mr. gold prepared die once trigger self-destructs. later on, receives potion leroy restore lacey s memories. demise of storybrooke nears, mr. gold drinks scotch lacey. accidentally spills , uses baelfire s shawl wiping rag. outraged, snatches , angrily exclaims belonged important him, , not understand. mr. gold recognizes, in instance, person needs belle. magically reconstructing chipped cup, pours potion it. 1 sip, lacey s memories belle return. reunite, mr. gold apologizes waking die on same day. soon, destruction alleviated when emma , regina s combined powers stop trigger. @ dock, mr. gold , belle learn henry has been taken world greg , tamara. hook, possessing last magic bean, agrees them pursue henry s kidnappers. mr. gold persuades belle enacting cloaking spell keep outsiders entering town. mr. gold intends last time meet duty save henry neal s sake. hopeful ever, belle believes future isn t seems, , see each other again. parting kiss, belle walks away, , assures him neal proud. aboard jolly roger, mr. gold conjures magic globe , pricks drop of blood onto it, pinpoints henry in neverland. after hook opens portal bean, he, mr. gold, david, emma, mary margaret , regina set sail land.

season 3 , 4

when henry kidnapped neverland, gold travels emma, parents, regina , hook rescue him father s plot steal henry s heart. returning storybrooke, pan attempts kill loved ones, though gold uses dagger sacrifice both himself , father. however, pan s curse enacted, , when regina destroys curse end pan s curse, inhabitants returned enchanted forest.

neal , belle travel rumplestiltskin s castle , located dark 1 s vault neal resurrects rumplestiltskin kills himself. before dies, rumplestiltskin merges neal s body own. when snow white , prince charming enact curse stop zelena, mr. gold returned storybrooke under zelena s control. emma later finds him, find neal trapped within him, causing gold lose mind. neal asks emma free gold defeat zelena, though die; reluctantly agrees. mr. gold proposes belle, giving dagger. unknown her, fake, , gold uses original kill zelena. later marries belle father s blessing, secretly returning real dagger belle. gold discovers sorcerer merlin s magical hat in storybrooke , once again defies belle take original blade. attempting cleave himself dagger , have ultimate power , control killing hook, belle stops him , banishes him town. gold finds ursula , cruella , enlists them in returning storybrooke, later teaming maleficent find author of henry s book , retrieve own happy endings @ expense of emma s savior status must removed. mr. gold s darkened heart affliction worsens, uses author create alternate universe in villains happy endings. however, henry undoes isaac s work, , belle finds unconscious mr. gold in storybrooke. apprentice removes dark 1 s powers gold s heart , keeps him in preservation spell. darkness taken in emma, becomes new dark one.

season 5

the recreation of gold s shop along streets of america @ disney s hollywood studios

he left under spell during camelot quest. shortly after heroes return, awoken emma , forced become hero via protection of belle in order pull excalibur stone. after succeeding, gold threatens ensure emma s defeat, because former dark one, knows better how defeat one. after hook revealed true villain, gold engaged in duel him first time human since first meeting. despite reversed circumstances – hook dark 1 , gold mortal – gold still managed defeat hook in combat, purposefully allowing him live, believing haunt hook had been defeated cowardly nemesis. though gold hoped resume relationship belle, ended relationship due numerous times lied , hurt her.

after hook unleashed dead dark ones storybrooke, gold among souls claimed , taken underworld in place of dark ones. though gold claimed pointless resist, emma continued way stop hook. taking advantage of emma s decision use excalibur destroy darkness once , all, gold enchanted blade darkness transferred him. indeed, following hook s redemptive sacrifice, gold revealed not dark 1 again, embody power of every dark 1 before, including emma swan. upon discovering fact, emma used blackmail gold helping heroes journey underworld resurrect hook. when arrived, tempted father, must live out soul peter pan, offer trade living soul his, , tempted hades leave betray gold forcing him kill milah hoping make peace baelfire. hades uses contract gave healer second child, payback amending in order hades bidding. when created portal hades in order bring zelena s daughter underworld, portal bought belle well, , confessed reclaiming role dark 1 , pregnancy, explaining cannot merely love him man sees inside beast, since beast part of him. upset belle going sleep protect child, gold decides resort using dark magic again, , of pan act loophole, kidnapped zelena, responsible giving belle spindle put under in first place. after getting hades rip contract , belle s baby, rips robin s heart out give pan can live again rumple double crosses him , puts robin s heart , puts glamoured wineskin filled water river of souls. later puts belle in underworld pandora s box , leaves storybrooke , goes belle s father him wake refuses until rumple gone belle s life. after hades s death, gold uses olympian crystal steal storybrooke s magic free belle sleeping curse when henry steals destroy magic believing nothing trouble, gold lies , says if destroys magic destroy us. after finding henry in new york, steals crystal , plans use magic wake belle mr. hyde uses sorcerer s wand open portal , steal pandora s box contains belle after rumple decided save crystal instead. when henry destroys magic rumple suggests visit man called dragon , might tell them find magic left in world , when discover fountain in new york contains magic random people make wishes family , after snow, david, hook, zelena, , dr. jekyll return gold travels land of untold stories confront hyde , belle. hyde later makes deal gold give him info how free belle sleeping curse in exchange storybrooke in gold agrees.

season 6

rumple uses sands of morpheus wake belle, @ same time, meeting consciousness of unborn son in dream world. due son encouraging belle not let rumple ruin lives, leaves him stay on jolly roger. rumple attempts show belle love , son, fails numerous times. @ same time, evil queen tries seducing him her; pretending fall wiles, rumple instead manipulates her. tired of man sees in mirror, gold cuts hair short, hoping new help. eventually, evil queen frames him accelerating belle s pregnancy make give birth; keep son safe, belle asks mother superior take him somewhere else. rumple left saddened belle refused tell him name of son, telling never have hurt or him. horror later, rumple finds himself unable find son magic; tells belle ask mother superior, both learning terrible truth: black fairy kidnapped son. rumple reveals belle black fairy mother, , corrupting son, gideon, speak. short time later, hooded figure arrives @ shop, , horror, grown-up gideon, poisoned evil black fairy; 1 destined kill emma.

gideon explains parents has arrived in storybrooke kill savior , take powers himself in order defeat black fairy , free dark realm. belle agrees work rumple in order save son darkness growing inside of him , prevent looming war in storybrooke. rumple later learn gideon has been under control of black fairy, has stolen heart. ready annihilate storybrooke, if meant destroying her. learned truth how separated mother, when blue fairy had sent dark realm, destined savoir , kill mother. after rumple secretly forges alliance mother in order retrieve gideon s heart, returns heart , gideon happily reunites parents. hook prevented gold interrupting wedding emma , knocked him poison neverland. black fairy arrives aid son, , after mr. gold awake again, steals potion regina created freeze black fairy s dark curse. it, mr. gold uses on regina, zelena, snow, , david, helps black fairy s plan isolate emma family , friends.

under black fairy s dark curse, mr. gold somehow manages retain true memories had suspicions mother not trusted. son, gideon, works him in pawnshop, , has cursed memories of mother belle abandoning him after birth. mr. gold plays along this, when fiona pays father-son pair visit, in secret, searches belle s book , attempts use change gideon s opinion of mother supposedly left him. suggests belle isn t heartless person gideon believes be, gideon fed father refusing accept belle left them , reasons happy if let past go. still unconvinced, mr. gold asks fiona reopen investigation belle s disappearance. fiona admits has been withholding information, however, since adamant know everything, shows him photographic evidence of belle happily living overseas. persuades him let go of belle since never man wanted him be, still can man son needs. later, mr. gold tries stop henry entering shop backroom , pretends not know boy grandson, however, henry goes in anyway unveil hidden bottles of magic proof mr. gold indeed remember. mr. gold admits distrust in fiona s story belle , plans find her. although refuses henry save emma s family trapped in enchanted forest, allows him take shop use against fiona. mr. gold goes on use belle s book track house in storybrooke, lives in seclusion , fearful of going outside. returns pawnshop , confronts mother truth. fiona insists did own since belle have turned him away darker instincts, promises once final battle ends, magic reach uncharted levels allow make family love him without him having give dark 1 powers. offers revive deceased firstborn, baelfire, tempting is, mr. gold declines, no longer wanting pay price of magic. mr. gold grabs wand, using magically choke until falls knees, while vowing make suffer s done family. fiona mocks him thinking stopping end final battle , instead reveals message in henry s author symbols, in light magic can defeat light magic. mr. gold realizes has ordered gideon kill emma, fiona boasts not death can undo command, mr. gold decides test if right killing anyway.

rumple kills black fairy, dark curse lifted , , belle happily reunite. together, venture mines search gideon s heart. enter mines once again retrieve gideon s heart , stop him before can kill emma. upon finding heart , considering power gain emma s death, rumple makes decision ignore dark impulses , commands gideon let emma live. after locating heart, mr. gold holding in palm when rumplestiltskin, manifestation of darker instincts, appears entice him possibility of allowing emma die @ gideon s hands own magic can reach unprecedented levels , can have both love , power. mr. gold refuses out of loyalty family, stating doesn t want betray them , destined savior. rumplestiltskin still tries sway him suggesting s destined change magic unlimited things in new world, mr. gold declines again because none of real him. holding gideon s heart, mr. gold speaks order son stop shock, doesn t work because black fairy s spell powerful. reveals failure belle, , comforts him hug, hear baby s cry. upon further investigation of baby, realize gideon has returned them newly restored infant. mr. gold, overcome emotion, believes have fresh start, though belle heartily corrects him saying s happy beginning.

belle , rumple celebrate happy beginning charmings, emma, hook, regina, , zelena @ granny s diner.