But than season 2 introduces us to Cora's backstory which includes her being in love with Rumple. But it's also implied that Rumple ALSO was in love with Cora: Wanting a child from her, the heartbroken look when Cora tells him she leaves him and him wanting desperatly to know if she really loves him before her death.
Amazed, the king stands by his word and Cora is engaged to Prince Henry. However, Cora is having an affair with Rumplestiltskin and the two plan to run away together and have another child, so the deal is changed so that Cora will only owe Rumplestiltskin his child.
It goes without saying that their relationship starts off pretty rocky. But they eventually warm up to each other. And Rumple starts to care for Belle. So, Belle tries to break his dark curse with true love's kiss.
Ship Info. Rumplestiltskin was once mentor and lover to Regina's mother Cora. He later became mentor to Regina, and set her on her path to evil. It was seen, and even noted by Regina, that she and Rumplestiltskin had a substantial amount of "chemistry" during their time as teacher and student.
A beaming Cora experiences one joyous moment of pure love for her daughter before succumbing to the poison of which Gold has just been cured. She dies in Regina's arms, acknowledging with her last words that a loving relationship with her would have fulfilled her life in a way that power couldn't.
Once Upon A Time 2x16 "The Miller's Daughter" Young Cora meets Rumplestiltskin
Why was Cora so evil?
She Was Motivated By Power, Not Love
Instead, she ripped her own heart out so as not to be influenced by it again. Cora Mills was all about power, doing everything she could to become royalty. It's no wonder that she became the Queen of Hearts when she wound up in Wonderland; it's been her path the entire show!
Before dying, Cora told Regina, "This would've been enough. You would've been enough." Not only did Regina just lose her mother, but she also just learned that her mother did love her and that in the end, Cora cared more about her daughter than her power.
Regina had just killed his son, Baelfire, and he was consumed with anger and despair. Additionally, Rumpelstiltskin had a complicated relationship with Regina and may have believed that she had no reason to lie to him about Belle's death.
The reader is not told why Rumpelstiltskin wants a baby nor what he intends to do with the child. It is likely that his desire for a human child is meant to demonstrate the significant increase of his greed in the tale.
Does Rumpelstiltskin get a happy ending in Once Upon a Time?
After the Wish Realm Rumple causes chaos and tries to separate our favorite fairy-tale characters for good, the real Rumple finally finds the courage to be the better man — by sacrificing himself. As Hook slowly dies from his poisoned heart, Rumple decides to take out his own heart and give it to his former enemy.
In Season 3, he sacrifices himself and his father by stabbing themselves with his Dagger. However, Rumplestiltskin was later resurrected by Baelfire and Belle. In Season 7, he is killed off for real when he sacrifices his heart to save Rogers' life.
"Changelings" is the ninth episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time, which aired on November 27, 2016. In this episode, Belle's pregnancy is sped up, and Aladdin becomes a genie. In flashbacks, Rumpelstiltskin confronts his mother, the Black Fairy, for abandoning him.
Months later, Cora gives birth to Zelena and afterwards leaves her near a tree, telling her daughter that because she is a miller's daughter she can't give her the life she always wanted. After she leaves, a green tornado arrives and it carries the baby away to Oz.
Regina tries to fight her off, but Cora possesses Snow, revealing her memories to her and allowing Snow to realize what Zelena wants: to change the past so Leopold never learns of the deception, Cora marries Leopold and Zelena becomes their daughter.
Despite Regina's pleas to have Zelena in her life, Cora, believing that Zelena's presence will interfere with Regina's future of becoming the next queen, wipes both of their memories and sends Zelena back to Oz.
But if you're talking about why he asked for Emma and Regina's names from Snow and Cora before they were born, it was because he needed them to plot for the casting and breaking of his curse to find Bae in the LWM/Storybrooke.
Is Rumpelstiltskin evil or good? Rumpelstiltskin is a morally complicated character. He seems good at first because he offers to spin the straw into gold for the girl, but things quickly escalate when he asks for her firstborn in return. In the end, Rumpelstiltskin is evil.
Rumplestiltskin broke his promise to his fiancee, Belle, with a bit of trickery and sleight of hand, killing Zelena with the dagger and watching as her body shattered into pieces in the Storybrooke jail cell Regina put her in.
After Daniel's death, Regina blamed a young Snow White for his demise. Forced to marry Snow's father, Regina grew bitter and angry, eventually transforming into the Evil Queen who was out for revenge.
Rumpelstiltskin had his life ruined by Shrek's rescuing Princess Fiona, sought revenge on Shrek and got to rule Far Far Away (in an alternate universe), like Prince Charming, the secondary antagonist of the second movie and the main antagonist of the third movie.
Upon returning to Downton Abbey from the London season in July 1914, Cora feels ill and Dr. Clarkson pays a house call on her. After examining her, she learns that she is pregnant again after 18 years, much to Robert's shock.
Hook attacks her with the enchanted hook, but fails to remove her heart as she does not keep it in her chest. She takes hold of his heart and forces him to divulge everything. After he tells her everything, she does not take control of him, as she knows Regina would detect it.
Next, Cora tried to get with Leopold (Snow's father), but Eva got in the way and ended up marrying Leopold and giving birth to Snow. Then, Cora goes to the ball and has the whole spinning straw into gold ordeal and meets Rumple (who teaches her magic), then ends up marrying Prince Henry, and has Regina with him.
