Mr. Gold

Rumplestiltskin is a fictional character in ABC's television series Once Upon a Time. As an immortal, Rumple gains multiple aspects and aliases as the series progresses, most notably: Dark One (Enchanted Forest); Mr. Gold (Storybrooke); Detective Weaver (Hyperion Heights). He is an antihero, and the main antagonist of the fourth season. Mr. Gold is portrayed by Robert Carlyle. 2Character background 3Season 1 and 2 In the Enchanted Forest, Mr. Gold was originally known as Rumplestiltskin, a whimsical yet sinister sorcerer who delights in making devilish deals with desperate people, warning them "all magic comes with a price." He is also known as the "Dark One," the Beast and the crocodile that cost Captain Hook his left hand. He is the son of Fiona/Black Fairy and Malcolm/Peter Pan, the true love of Belle, father to Baelfire/Neal Cassidy and Gideon, grandfather to Neal and Emma Swan's biological son Henry and great-grandfather of Lucy. On a dark winter night shortly after his birth, the Blue Fairy and Tiger Lily, the newborn's fairy godmother, visit to deliver a prophecy about the child's destiny to become the Savior and die fighting a great evi