Dark One's Dagger (Canon)

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Dark One's Dagger
General Information
Status:	Existing
Origin:	Camelot
Current Location:	Storybrooke
Physical Description
Type:	Cursed weapon Part of Excalibur (formerly)
Color:	Black and silver Silver (formerly)
Usage Information
Created by:	Merlin †
Possessed by:	See "Known Owners"
Used by:	See "Known Users"
Used on:	August Booth Emma Swan Hordor † Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold Peter Pan † Prior Dark Ones Hordor's Soldiers Merlin † Sorcerer's Hat Zoso † Zelena
Used for:	Binding the Darkness to a human soul Acquisition of magical power Controlling the Dark One Killing the Dark One
Show Information
First appearance:	"Desperate Souls"
Latest appearance:	"Her Handsome Hero"
Relevant Pages
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The Dark One's Dagger is a magical item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the eighth episode of the first season.

History

For history of the Dark One's Dagger, see here.

Known Owners

• Known Owners

Known Users

• Known Users

Trivia

• The importance of the knowing name on the dagger is a play on the original Rumpelstiltskin fairytale, when he made a deal with the miller's daughter to discover his name.
• Cora refers to the dagger as a "Kris Dagger". A kris is a prized Indonesian weapon known for its distinctive, wavy blade. They are considered to be spiritual objects.
• If the Dark One is killed without the use of the dagger, he or she will expel the powers of the Dark One into the air after death without anyone else being next in line as the next Dark One, therefore ending the curse.
• In "Family Business", Belle is wearing a dagger-printed scarf.
• The design is based on ritualistic Indonesian knives.
• Throughout the series, the written letters of the Dark One's name keeps switching from one side of the blade to the other. Sometimes, the letters are right side up when the dagger is held in the right hand and facing the wielder with the first letter at the tip of the blade. At other times, the writing is right side up when the dagger is facing the wielder and held in the left hand with the first letter next to the hilt.

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot": Absent	"The Thing You Love Most": Absent	"Snow Falls": Absent	"The Price of Gold": Absent	"That Still Small Voice": Absent	"The Shepherd": Absent	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter": Absent	"Desperate Souls": Appears	"True North": Absent	"7:15 A.M.": Absent	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree": Absent
"Skin Deep": Absent	"What Happened to Frederick": Absent	"Dreamy": Absent	"Red- Handed": Absent	"Heart of Darkness": Absent	"Hat Trick": Absent	"The Stable Boy": Absent	"The Return": Appears	"The Stranger": Absent	"An Apple Red as Blood": Absent	"A Land Without Magic": Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken": Appears	"We Are Both": Absent	"Lady of the Lake": Absent	"The Crocodile": Absent	"The Doctor": Absent	"Tallahassee": Absent	"Child of the Moon": Absent	"Into the Deep": Absent	"Queen of Hearts": Mentioned	"The Cricket Game": Absent	"The Outsider": Mentioned
"In the Name of the Brother": Absent	"Tiny": Absent	"Manhattan": Mentioned	"The Queen Is Dead": Appears	"The Miller's Daughter": Appears	"Welcome to Storybrooke": Mentioned	"Selfless, Brave and True": Absent	"Lacey": Absent	"The Evil Queen": Absent	"Second Star to the Right": Absent	"And Straight On 'Til Morning": Mentioned

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer": Absent	"Lost Girl": Appears	"Quite a Common Fairy": Absent	"Nasty Habits": Mentioned	"Good Form": Absent	"Ariel": Absent	"Dark Hollow": Absent	"Think Lovely Thoughts": Mentioned	"Save Henry": Absent	"The New Neverland" Absent	"Going Home": Appears
"New York City Serenade": Mentioned	"Witch Hunt": Absent	"The Tower": Appears	"Quiet Minds": Appears	"It's Not Easy Being Green": Appears	"The Jolly Roger": Absent	"Bleeding Through": Appears	"A Curious Thing": Appears	"Kansas": Appears	"Snow Drift": Appears	"There's No Place Like Home": Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Four
"A Tale of Two Sisters": Appears	"White Out": Absent	"Rocky Road": Appears	"The Apprentice": Appears	"Breaking Glass": Absent	"Family Business": Appears	"The Snow Queen": Mentioned	"Smash the Mirror": Appears	"Fall": Appears	"Shattered Sight": Appears	"Heroes and Villains": Appears
"Darkness On The Edge Of Town": Appears	"Unforgiven": Absent	"Enter the Dragon": Appears	"Poor Unfortunate Soul": Mentioned	"Best Laid Plans": Absent	"Heart of Gold": Archive	"Sympathy for the De Vil": Absent	"Lily": Absent	"Mother": Absent	"Operation Mongoose Part 1": Mentioned	"Operation Mongoose Part 2": Appears

Once Upon a Time: Season Five
"The Dark Swan": Appears	"The Price": Appears	"Siege Perilous": Absent	"The Broken Kingdom": Appears	"Dreamcatcher": Appears	"The Bear and the Bow": Absent	"Nimue": Appears	"Birth": Appears	"The Bear King": Mentioned	"Broken Heart": Appears	"Swan Song": Appears
"Souls of the Departed": Absent	"Labor of Love": Absent	"Devil's Due": Appears	"The Brothers Jones": Absent	"Our Decay": Appears	"Her Handsome Hero": Appears	"Ruby Slippers": Absent	"Sisters": Absent	"Firebird": Absent	"Last Rites": Absent	"Only You": Absent	"An Untold Story": Absent

Once Upon a Time: Comics
Shadow of the Queen Wolfstime: Absent The Color of Betrayal: Absent Silver and Gold: Absent Hearts in Atlantis: Absent
Out of the Past Dead In The Water: Absent Truth and Daggers: Mentioned Ghosts: Absent Tea Party in March: Absent

Once Upon a Time: Specials
"Magic is coming": Archive	"The Price of Magic": Archive	"Journey to Neverland": Archive	"Wicked is Coming": Archive	"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over": Archive
"Secrets of Storybrooke": Archive	"Dark Swan Rises": Archive	"Evil Reigns Once More": Absent	"The Final Battle Begins": Absent

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

• Hook's tattoo in "Tallahassee" shows the dagger embedded through a heart.
• The Dagger appears on the page of Samuel's book in "Out of the Past".