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Character Basics:

Character Name: Mr. Gold {Rumplestiltskin}
Journal: undealt
Age: Technically 300, but looks to be in his early fifties.
Fandom: Once Upon a Time
Canon Point: End of 2X12: In the Name of the Brother.
Debt:

Class A: 50, 013
Class B: 25,009 years and six months
Class C: 2000 years (roughly estimated because dear god he has a lot of class c crimes in general)

• Hoarding
  Attempted enslavement of dark forces
  Traumatizing your loved ones
  Turning someone into an animal/plant
  Mercilessly hounding people for rent money
  Bartering for firstborn children
  Endangering the life of a child
  Denying a woman's sense of agency
  Poor judgment

GRAND TOTAL: 77, 022 years (rough estimate)

Canon Character Section:

History: Gold and Rumple.

Personality:

Some villains believe they're the heroes of the story, but Rumplestiltskin isn't one of them. Maybe one he thought that was who he wanted to be, but "Dark One" is not synonymous with hero, so even if he believed he was doing good there for awhile, illusions fade and with the loss of his son, so went his tenuous hold on sanity and allowed him to fall into madness. And he is a bit mad in more ways than one, although this is more obvious in his Enchanted Forest persona. Rumplestiltskin is a man shaped by three hundred years of making deals and watching whole kingdoms rise and fall. He's met many people and taken on their attributes, because he has no idea who he is anymore, beyond a monster. Certainly not a poor, cowardly, utterly harmless spinner. In Gold, we see a calmer version of the flamboyant trickster of the Enchanted Forest and a much more stable persona, because he was able to pretty much reinvent himself as a new man for this new realm- a man who deals in smirks, not giggles, but is no less of a fearsome foe should you cross him and that old madness is still there, boiling away. Fairy tales need grander gestures, but the real world deals in the subtleties he so loves. If anything, Gold is a living representative of all the cliches that the real world expects from the rich and powerful, just as Rumplestiltskin is a fairy tale's villain. It's all part of the act and he's big on theatrics. He has many roles and he plays all of them well- as Rumplestiltskin, he's the trickster playing with words and people for his own ends and acting as the catalyst for every story, if not outwardly the villain; as Gold, he is everything from the heartless loan shark to the unforgiving landlord to the corrupt attorney- the villains in every real world situation. But, for the most part, in every incarnation, he's the Faustian demon everyone turns to in their hour of need and the worst kind of chessmaster. And, also in every incarnation, he's the worst kind of coward.

For being perfectly comfortable in his villainy, Rumple has standards and, in fact, would walk from it, if given half the chance, even if he doesn't seem to believe himself capable of it and constantly finds excuses for why he won't. He doubts anyone could ever love him, probably firmly believes his son will reject him if he ever finds him (he was right) and prove that everything he's done to be better is a sham (never you mind that he's so used to having power he can't deal with living without it), but he tries. In fact, while he might screw you over and trifle with technicalities, he'll never lie to you (you just need to be paying close attention to his word choice- words are important weapons and he wields them well) and if you play by his rules, he has no interest in harming you and usually prefers to talk his way out of situations before he resorts to physical violence (or, in most cases, magic). He might have been the type to make grand gestures and murder innocents when it suited him, but now he's more suited to subtle means and smaller weapons these days- deals and contracts, as opposed to massacres. People come to him for favors and he grants their every wish... for a price, and usually the favors work in his favor too (there's very few pots in the Enchanted Forest he hasn't stirred). It works out fine, even if most people leave his company wishing they'd never met him, but so long as they pay for his services, everything is fine. And they all pay. Things tend to get messy when they don't. No one breaks deals with him.

Equal parts self-loathing and self-deluding, he hates himself immensely and believes himself to be a monster, but won't be the first to blame himself for why things are the way they are- at least not outwardly, unless he's in an unbearably low place (like dying). Wrongs done to him will be inflicted back twofold and he can hold a grudge for an eternity. Even if he knows in his heart something was his fault, having someone around he can scapegoat makes it easier on him- he blames Milah for abandoning Baelfire, blames Hook for Milah's death, blames Maurice for abandoning Belle, and blames the Blue Fairy for sending Baelfire to another world. Technically, every one of those incidents were his own fault, but rather than accept the guilt and move on, he tries to shove it off on others and punish them. Punishing people is easy. It's how he's gotten what he wants since he became the Dark One and it's the only way he knows how to use his power, especially when nothing with that power can bring back his loved ones and make things any better. That isn't to say he can't become utterly devastated when his actions have consequences on those he loves and there is some amount of internalized self-blame there- he's not heartless, despite everything, and he can be repentant for his actions, but there's very few things that can get these reactions out of him. For the most part, he's an unrepentant jackasss who thinks everyone who comes into contact with him brings their pain on themselves because they're the ones who asked and they're the ones who believed he'd be a good person. It should be noted that the only times he has ever outrtight lied were to people he loved out of cowardice and fear that they might destroy everything he's built with his power and he hates himself intensely for doing so.

He's addicted to his magic, believing it to be a crutch. He rejects true love's kiss that could have saved him from his curse as the Dark One, simultaneously out of fear of betrayal and also because it would mean giving up on a chance at seeing his son again. He brought magic to Storybrooke for much the same reason- because he believed he wouldn't be able to find his son without it. But it's more than just a father's desperation- he loves control. He loves having power. It's everything he never had when he was a poor cowardly spinner and now that he's a cowardly all-powerful near-god, he needs it more than ever, because he's tasted it and fears going back to being nothing. He's a desperate soul, no matter how collected he might appear, and no end is too extravagant to get what he wants. This, however, makes him very good at finding other desperate souls and getting them to do whatever he wants, especially if it means he can avoid paying the price for it. He does so love a good loophole and if he can avoid a situation by tempting someone else into doing it for him, then he'll move the pieces until they're exactly where he wants them to be. It's easy to tell when you're a part of Rumple's schemes, but, unfortunately, by the time you're desperate enough to come to him, you don't care that you're playing right into his hands. Say what you will of him, but he gets results.

As long as he holds all the cards in a situation and still has pieces on the board, he's fine with a situation. He's hyperconfident in everything he does and nothing shakes him when he knows he's in control and approaches every situation rationally with some catty remark and a smirk and little emotion (if its Gold) or excessive glee (if its Rumple). He won't do anything he doesn't want to do and won't hesitate to say "no" if he thinks he can't get anything out of it. This also means he's an opportunist and will strike deals with people he actively despises, because they have something he wants or he has a use for them and even being a man who holds grudges, he can lay them aside for a greater agenda if he doesn't feel like he's been cornered into it. Almost every plan he concocts has a back-up plan ready to be put into place if the first plan fails and it's hard to say exactly how good he is at predicting outcomes (he can see the future to some extent, but he also believes people have a choice and that nothing is really set in stone) or if he's just so adaptable, he can change his game to suit how the situation has changed- likely both. However, as soon as he loses his control, things fall apart very quickly. He goes from being an incredibly intelligent, calm, placid man with a sense of style and a sassy streak three miles wide to being a desperate, fumbling fool not much different than the spinner he started out as or, at the worst, the vicious monster he claims to be. Breaking a deal with him is considered high treason, betraying him is only a little bit lower, and God help you if you hurt something he loves, because once that happens, all bets are off. He's not above petty vengeance and he's especially not above finding some way to end the people who've wronged him in underhanded and utterly devastating ways if he doesn't flat out and snap and cane them to death. He can be sensible and rational, but he can also be wild, unpredictable, and temperamental depending on what's happening around him.

Under all these conflicting layers of cold manipulator and cruel monster, there's a softer side to him that he rarely shows. He can be genuinely kind and is particularly compassionate to children- actually refusing payment for a service for the first time in the series when he does a favor for Emma's son Henry and his behavior around Belle tends to call to mind a dorky teenager, rather than the poised man he usually is. Belle is one of the few people he'll actually fall all over himself to please, when he normally expects people to bend over backwards to get anything out of him. While he'd happily kill to protect those he loves, Belle has managed to call him back from the edge countless times, because he is sick to death of disappointing someone the way he disappointed his son. He's a difficult man to love by his own admission and when someone loves him, it tends to be the only thing that can keep him grounded and out of the dark somewhat- this is not just evidenced by Belle, but by how quickly he was willing to destroy the source of his power when he believed August was his son, proving he'd extend the same courtesys to Baelfire (in theory- he sort of fumbled that when he found the real Bae). Showing him kindness when he expects cruelty or harsh words is usually the quickest way to cow him, because he never expects it- he has countermeasures for dealing with snarky responses, but usually balks at someone acting as if they care about him when all signs should suggest they do the opposite (he's less paranoid about that now, but it will always throw him). Conversely, it's when he loses his ties to the last shred of his humanity he has that he tends to be at his absolute darkest, even going as far as to threaten that same child he helped a few episodes ago if any harm were to come to Belle, after she suffered at the hands of Hook and lost her memory. He's the sort of person that wishes he could be Prince Charming- a dedicated, brave man who protects his child and his true love without hiding behind something as unpredictable and devastating as magic and turning to petty murder and vengeance in retaliation for wrongs done, but he also knows that was never his lot in life and it never will be. He is doomed to repeat his mistakes until he allows himself to let go and until he can do that, he'll constantly be sabotaging his own happiness and becoming an all the more darker person for it, slipping farther and farther away from the ability to simply walk from the life he's been cursed with. It's this cold reality that makes him actually not regret the fact that he's dying (because it would mean his power would stop existing), even with him going through extreme means to stay alive.

Powers/Abilties: As the Dark One, Gold is blessed (re: cursed) with incredible magical ability. However, this magical ability is only present in worlds that actually have magic, as evidenced by the fact that he had to actively bring magic into Storybrooke to be capable of using it and leaving town renders him incapable of using his magic. Magic rules are played fairly fast and loose in OUAT, but the basic gist of it seems to be "magic is different" in other worlds meaning spells are much harder to come by and gives him an IC excuse to be supremely nerfed even if the game didn't already nerf him. This is like the longest section ever for mostly useless information. Oh my God. I'm so sorry.

In all circumstances, magic comes with a price, however. Specifically, every spell performed selfishly has a negative consequence for yourself (it may be small or huge, depending on the spell). Spells performed for other people usually mean that the person who demanded the spell pay the price. Again, the rules are fluid and the show has a problem sticking with them, but that's the best that I understand them and how I'll be playing them in-game when possible. When he's not nerfed. Which will not be for a long time, because he sucks.

Gold's magic can be used to perform AT LEAST the following feats, but there's likely more (note that I'm going with literally the only things that GOLD has shown he's capable of doing outside of the Enchanted Forest, not what Rumple can do, as part of the whole IC "magic is different" nerfing thing- also I've just completely nerfed his foresight. He ain't ever getting that back.):

Bargains: Less of a power outside the Enchanted Forest and more of a skill (as he can't manipulate reality to the same extent outside of his home realm), Gold deals in, well, deals. Basically, if you come to him for something, he will find some way to procure it for you, provided you can pay the price. It might be simple or it might be complex, but you will pay for it. He has no tolerance for people who break deals with him.

Telekinesis: He has some form of telekinesis and is capable of throwing people across rooms with a wave of his hand or pinning people to walls with a thought. This seems to be one of the easier spells to manage, even in worlds where magic is a bit different.

Dishearting: The process of ripping out a heart without killing the person it belongs to, thus enchanting it. Holding a heart means you control the person it belongs to and can make them do just about anything. Squeezing the heart or crushing it will either hurt or kill the person it belongs to. This is not a power he uses very often, however. (That's Regina's thing.)

Enchantments: These seem to be done mainly with potions (which no one is exactly clear on how they're made beyond MAGIC AND HAIR AND SOMETIMES ENCHANTED GOLD), but can also be done with actual spells- it's all of a piece, really. Essentially, Gold can enchant objects to have a desired effect. For example, he has implied that he can manage a protection spell to keep Hook from coming near Belle, enchants a cup to trigger Belle's memories (it doesn't work), creates a potion that allows him to cross the town line without losing his memories, and a potion that can track a person so long as you pour it on an object the person owned (it has to belong specifically to them, however). The enchantments are not always foolproof and as magic will always come with a price, there tends to be side effects.

He can also heal people and himself, which I guess falls under this category. The fireballs are probably not in this category, but they're going here anyway. He can use fireballs. They're a thing.

Transfiguration/Curses: He can transform people or objects into different things, ranging from rats to puppets to pretty much whatever the hell he wants. Like the enchantments, he can also do this with potions rather than his own hand, which is how he typically deals out transfiguration spells when someone makes a request of him for one, because it usually means the person who asked for the spell will have to observe the price of the magic. (This is shown when he makes a deal with Jiminy Cricket for a potion that would get rid of his parents and he accidentally kills Gepetto's parents instead.)

He can also manufacture curses (such as the sleeping curse), but they're typically minor and not quite as large scale as the Dark Curse. The transfiguration spells are likely classified under the same heading as a traditional curse and can be broken by true love's kiss or fairy dust.

He can also spin straw into gold. But you knew that.

Motherfucking Dark One, Bitches: Being the Dark One gives you certain advantages that unfortunately don't translate across realms, so while Gold doesn't have his inhanced reflexes and his knee injury is still definitely a knee injury, he's still remarkably strong and resilient for a man his age. He also can't die (unless someone stabs him with the Dagger and please to enjoy being the new Dark One, person who did that).
Also, apparently, being the Dark One makes you an evil shit whisperer, as Gold summons and sort of halfway controls a wraith at one point.

Spoilers: This probably only works on things out of the Enchanted Forest, but, hey, if the dumb monsters of the world want to obey the guy with the sexy Scottish accent and the magical dagger, let's do it.

Also he can beat the hell out of you with his cane. And let's be real, that's probably what he's going to do first if you piss him off.

Appearance: Actual Silver Fox Robert Carlyle

Samples:

Actionspam Sample:

Rumple and Regina have 99 Problems and each other is one. An alternate universe that is basically Pulp Fiction, but better.
Exit Void: Gold corrupts magical girls.

Prose Sample:

KOL: Even with no memories of each other Gold and Hook hate each other.