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This article focuses on the location of the Land Without Magic.
For a similarly named world, see the Land Without Color
For the Season One episode, see "A Land Without Magic".

Some slimy lump will flop ashore, crawl towards humanity again. And as is their way, it'll be worse. I shudder at the thought of what destructive civilization they'll create next. This time, they'll do it alone in a cold world because now they've created something that's never been before... a land without magic.

Gothel to Seraphina src

The Land Without Magic, also known as "Our World", the "Real World" and Land Without Stories,[1] is a world featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the first episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

History

Before First Curse

Many thousands of years ago, the Land Without Magic was a magical realm like the Fairy Tale Land and New Fairy Tale Land. Its magic was supplied by a family of Tree Nymphs, but one Nymph, Gothel, was fooled by a group of humans led by Isla into trusting them, which eventually allowed them to break into the Tree Nymphs' home and kill all of them except Gothel. Although Gothel got revenge by murdering Isla, her companions, and all the rest of humanity, the Tree Nymphs' death caused the land to lose all of its magic, and Gothel, together with Seraphina, another girl with magic, uses a magic bean to find a new world to cultivate, swearing revenge on the humans that would inevitably evolve again. ("Flower Child")

Some unspecified time after, the civilization of human begins again from the start.

In the 19th century, Baelfire travels through a portal from the Enchanted Forest and arrives in London, England. For six months, he lives as a beggar on the streets before he is taken in by the Darling family and befriends their daughter Wendy. She is visited at night by a shadow that takes her to Neverland only to return the next morning. That night the shadow returns for a replacement and now it takes Baelfire to the land where children never grow up. ("Second Star to the Right"). Then Wendy and her brothers go after Baelfire, but Wendy is kidnapped by Peter Pan and held prisoner in Neverland. Her brothers are forced to do Pan's bidding to keep Wendy from harm. Wendy remains Pan's prisoner for more than a century. ("Dark Hollow", "Think Lovely Thoughts")

In December 1966, a self professed storyteller named Isaac gets a letter from a book publishing company asking to see him. Once there, he unknowingly meets the Apprentice, who bestows upon him the position as the next Author. The Apprentice opens a door to another realm, intending to take Isaac there. ("Operation Mongoose Part 1")

Ingrid, the Snow Queen, is on a quest to find a person with magic powers who will become her new sister. She steps through a portal door to another realm, and enters the Land Without Magic in the year of 1982. The city is called Boston. ("Smash the Mirror")

In the Enchanted Forest, Maleficent's child is banished to Minnesota[nb 1] in the Land Without Magic along with Cruella and Ursula. Cruella and Ursula choose to leave Maleficent's child in the woods to die, and use her dragon egg to prevent themselves from aging for thirty years. The child is found and taken in by the social services. She is later adopted and named Lily. ("Best Laid Plans", "Sympathy for the De Vil", "Lily")

On a Sunday, around August 14, 1983,[2] Lily is baptized. ("Lily")



During First Curse

The Evil Queen enacts a Dark Curse in the Enchanted Forest, taking most of its inhabitants to another land where magic does not exist. A magic wardrobe is carved, and it has the ability to transport two people to safety. Due to a deal the Blue Fairy made with the wood carver, Geppetto, she lies to the War Council and tells them the wardrobe can only protect one person. Geppetto wishes to send his son, Pinocchio, into the wardrobe, and does so as the curse is rapidly approaching. Snow White and Prince Charming's newborn daughter, Emma, also escapes by being placed into the wardrobe in time. With the power of the curse, the Evil Queen also pulls people from other worlds, such as the Mad Hatter in Wonderland, or Dr. Victor Frankentein from the Land Without Color, to bring along to a newly created town called Storybrooke, Maine. ("Pilot," "The Stranger")

At first, Regina is ecstatic about living in Storybrooke where she is completely in control. She indulges in seeing everyone living their days frozen in time and separated from their true loves. Two outsiders, Kurt and his son, Owen wander into Storybrooke. Regina takes a liking to Owen, and tries to find ways to force them to stay in town. She allows Owen to run out of the town border after he does not want to be with her, but Kurt is arrested by Sheriff Graham. ("Welcome to Storybrooke")

Pinocchio and Emma arrive in the new land. They both end up in the foster system and in the same foster home. Pinocchio promised his father, Geppetto, he would look after Emma, but temptation arises when another orphan invites him to run away from the foster home. He goes back on his promise and leaves. ("The Stranger")

In 1989, a young Emma goes to a movie theater to see The Sword in the Stone, when a mysterious man approaches her. He cryptically tells her that one day, she will have the opportunity to remove Excalibur from the stone. He warns her to never do it. ("The Dark Swan")

In 1995,[nb 2] at eleven years of age,[nb 2][nb 3] Emma is living in a group home in Boston. Emma and the other kids watch as a little girl leaves the others for a new home with her adoptive parents. Even as the vehicle pulls away, Emma continues to stare longingly as she, too, desires a family. ("Snow Drifts")

In 1998, Emma runs away from the group home after realizing that no one is going to adopt her. In Hopkins, Minnesota, she meets a young girl named Lily, who claims to be a runaway orphan just like herself. The two become friends, and break into an empty house to crash there for the night. However, when the girls are found by a man who turns out to be Lily's father, Emma realizes that Lily has been lying to her, and breaks off their friendship. Emma is taken into custody by Social Services. ("Breaking Glass")

In 1999, Emma is placed in another foster home in Richfield, Minnesota.[nb 4] A woman named Ingrid, also known as the Snow Queen, becomes her new foster mother. On the first night in Ingrid's home, Emma tries to run away, but Ingrid talks her out of it. Then, Ingrid and Emma bond with each other, and Ingrid files to adopt Emma. Between August 26. and September 1.[3] Ingrid and her foster daughter visit a funfair together. When a claw crane sparks, Ingrid believes it to be proof of Emma's magical talent. The week after they visited the fair, Ingrid attempts to test Emma's powers by throwing the both of them in front of an oncoming car. Emma, shaken and disillusioned, runs away. ("Breaking Glass", "Family Business", "Shattered Sight")

The same year, Emma is living a a happy life with a new foster family, when Lily tracks her down, pleading that she needs her old friend's help. Emma discovers that Lily is wanted for armed robbery, and tries to get Lily to leave, but Lily tells her she can't leave town without her beloved necklace, the only thing she has of her birth mother. To get Lily out of her foster family's house, Emma agrees to get the necklace. While Emma is gone, Lily steals the foster family's vacation money. After being confronted by her foster parents, Emma flees the house. Lily begs Emma to run away with her, but Emma is done with Lily. While on the bus, Lily sits next to a mysterious man, the Apprentice, who informs her about her past and her mother. ("Lily")

At an unspecified time in the year 2001, Ingrid uses a prophecy scroll given to her by the Apprentice back in 1982, a scroll which will lead her to her to Emma. Her journey takes her to Storybrooke, Maine, where she settles down, waiting for Emma to arrive. ("Shattered Sight")

At eighteen, Emma attempts to steal a car only to meet a man, Neal, who was also trying to do the same. The two become a couple and survive by stealing. Neal admits to Emma he is wanted for stealing expensive watches. Emma helps Neal retrieve these watches, which they both plan to find someone to sell them to. They agree to meet up at a designated spot, but Neal is cornered on the street by August. August is not pleased the path Emma is taking for her own future, and informs Neal of a greater magical destiny she must fulfill. To further make him believe in magic, August pulls out a box and opens to show Neal a typewriter with a slip of paper inside. The paper reads, "I know you're Baelfire", showing August's awareness of Neal's former identity from the Enchanted Forest. Neal reluctantly agrees to give up on Emma, and runs away to Canada to evade the police. Emma is arrested for possession of the stolen watches. The officers tell her that Neal tipped them off. She is sent to a minimum security prison in Phoenix, Arizona. Sometime after this, Neal meets up with August in Vancouver. August tells him Emma's fate, and this prompts Neal to give August the money and the keys to the bug, which he wants Emma to have. August steals the money, and goes to Phuket, Thailand. From there, he mails Emma the keys to the bug. While in jail, Emma also finds out she is pregnant. ("Tallahassee")

On August 15,[nb 5] 2001, Emma gives birth to a baby boy, and gives him up for a chance at a better life. ("The Heart of the Truest Believer," "Going Home")

The Evil Queen feels a void in her heart that Rumplestiltskin warned her about. She talks to Dr. Hopper, and discovers that what she wants is a child. She goes to Mr. Gold and tells him she would like to adopt a child, and he procures the future Henry Mills for her. Regina goes to the agency and gets Henry, who is three weeks old.[4] She names him after her father, and brings him back to Storybrooke. When Henry won't stop crying, she asks Sidney to get information on Henry's birth parents. She finds out that Henry's mother is Emma, the savior. She gets angry at Mr. Gold, then attempts to return Henry, but decides not to, saying he is the only one in all the realms that believes in her. Back in Storybrooke, Regina drinks a potion to forget that Emma is the savior. ("Save Henry")

In October 2011, Henry receives a fairytale book from his teacher, Ms. Blanchard. The book changes his perception about Storybrooke and the residents.[5] ("Going Home")

On Emma's twenty-eighth birthday, she is currently living in Boston and tracks down an embezzler named Ryan on her birthday. Shortly after, Henry shows up at her door. She drives him back to his home in Storybrooke. Henry believes a curse has plagued the town, and by bringing Emma back she will be the town's savior in saving everyone. Emma and Henry quickly bond, but despite Regina's warning for her to stay away from her son, she decides to stay in town for a week at the bed and breakfast. While she is checking in, the rent collector, Mr. Gold comes in to collect payment from the inn keeper, Granny. Upon hearing Emma's name, he recalls his memories from the Enchanted Forest. ("Pilot")

At exactly 8:15 P.M. when Emma does not leave Storybrooke and time becomes unfrozen, miles away in Phuket, Thailand, August wakes up to a shooting pain in his leg. He is slowly turning back to wood. August doesn't want to accept this punishment is a result of neglecting his duty in guiding Emma as she grew up, and flies to Hong Kong to procure a magical cure from the Dragon, who assists in healing those with magical afflictions. He steals the money of a woman to serve as payment for the cure, but she steals it back. The woman, Tamara, is actually a magic seeker. She confronts the Dragon about the magical substance found in one of his bottled cures. After he affirms it is truly magic, Tamara kills the Dragon. The next day, August comes back to beg the Dragon to cure him, but finds the man dead on the ground. With no other options, he goes to New York and tells Neal about his plans to help Emma break the curse so that he will stop turning back into wood. August promises to send him a postcard when that happens. Nearby, Tamara is eavesdropping. After August rides off on his motorcycle, Tamara deliberately walks into Neal and spills hot coffee on herself. The two become acquainted, and later date and become engaged. ("Selfless, Brave and True")

She spends a short time at the bed and breakfast, but eventually moves in with a schoolteacher, Mary Margaret. Emma is given the position of deputy sheriff by Sheriff Graham. He accidentally kisses her, and experiences a flash of memories he vaguely recognizes from another life. Before he can fully regain all of the memories, Regina crushes his heart into dust and kills him. Following the tragic death of Graham, Emma fights for and fairly wins the election to become the next sheriff. ("The Thing You Love Most," "Desperate Souls")

In November 2011, Emma wanders into Ingrid's ice cream shop, and recognizes Ingrid. Ingrid uses a memory stone to remove all memories of herself from Emma's mind. ("Shattered Sight")

A stranger, August, rides into town on his motorcycle. He stays in town with the guise as a writer, but behind the scenes works to push Emma in the direction of believing in the curse. ("True North")

Emma becomes close friends with Mary Margaret. Their friendship is tested when Mary Margaret is accused of murdering David's wife, Kathryn. When Kathryn unexpectedly returns, Mary Margaret is released from jail. ("Red-Handed," "The Stable Boy," "The Return")

Emma decides she must leave Storybrooke for Henry's sake and allow him to be raised by Regina. She informs Regina of her decision, and is given an apple turnover from her as a parting gift. Henry eats the turnover as a last attempt to prove to Emma the curse is real. The apple turnover is actually a poisoned apple, and Henry falls into a deep coma as a result. ("An Apple Red as Blood")

At the hospital, Dr. Whale does not believe the apple turnover was the cause of Henry's mysterious illness. However, Emma is adamant because she saw it happen, and in a frenzy she picks up Henry's storybook. By touching it, she receives a flood of memories from the Enchanted Forest and realizes magic is real. Though she and Regina scour for a magic cure, Henry dies. Emma gives Henry a kiss on the forehead; not aware through the act she is actually giving him true love's kiss, which has the power to break a curse. Henry is revived from death, and the dark curse also breaks through true love's kiss. All Storybrooke residents regain their memories of their former selves. ("A Land Without Magic")

After First Curse

August sends Neal a postcard from Storybrooke. The purple fog clears, and Mary Margaret and David reunite as Snow White and Prince Charming and finally meet their daughter Emma. Meanwhile, Mr. Gold, who is fierce because Regina kept Belle in psychiatric ward for 28 years, summon a Wraith to have Regina suck by it. To stop it from destroying Storybrooke, Regina, Emma, Mary Margaret and David reunite and try to send it to Enchanted Forest through Jefferson's Hat. The hat does not work until Emma touches Regina. The Wraith is sucked in while grabbing Emma and forcing her into the vortex. Mary Margaret jumps in after her. David and Regina are left behind. ("Broken")

In the fallowing days, David and Henry try to find a way to bring back Emma and Mary Margaret. While they deal with Hook, who wants to kill Mr. Gold for killing his love, and Cora who wants to get back to her daughter, thanks to Aurora, she and Henry can communicate in Netherworld because they were both under the sleeping curse once and this is a side affect. In Storybrooke, Mr. Gold doesn't want Cora to come back because he thinks she is a threat for everyone but Regina believes in Henry about Emma and Mary Margaret coming in here instead of Cora. So with the help of Regina, they come back to Storybrooke. But in the meantime, Hook and Cora found a way to get to Storybrooke, too. And his ship sails through the gloom with Cora aboard. ("We Are Both", "The Crocodile", "Tallahassee", "Into the Deep", "Queen of Hearts")

After Regina was suspected for killing Archie, which in the reality Cora disguised herself as Regina and killed someone else and make him look like Archie; Emma, Mary Margaret and David do not believe Regina so with that way Cora gets what she wants. İn the meantime Mr. Gold wants to find his son. With the help of Emma's unpaid favor, she, Henry and Mr. Gold head to New York City. However, they find out that Mr. Gold's son Baelfire is also Henry's father Neal. ("The Price of Gold," "The Cricket Game," "Tiny," "Manhattan")

While they are still in New York, Hook found them and stabs Mr. Gold with his poison laced hook. The only way to save Mr. Gold's life is to get back to Storybrooke as soon as possible. Emma receives news from Mary Margaret and David via phone about Regina and Cora's search for the dagger. After they come back to Storybrooke, the war begins and Cora gets closer to stab Mr. Gold with the dagger and become the new Dark One. As Mr. Gold manipulates Mary Margaret to kill Cora with the enchanted candle that could restore Mr. Gold's life by taking Cora's, she immediately regrets for what she did. However, Cora dies before Mary Margaret is able to do something. ("The Queen Is Dead," "The Miller's Daughter")

The outsider who entered Storybrooke a few days ago comes more suspicious. Meanwhile , Neal invites her fiance Tamara to Storybrooke so she can properly meet and speak with Emma and Henry. Greg had a run-in with Regina at the diner. She cannot seem to understand why he is so familiar to her, but shows up at his guest room with the realization he is Owen. Demanding to know where his father is, Regina plays it off that she let Kurt leave town and never saw him again. He doesn't believe her. Before August reverted back to child, he was trying to warn them about a woman which they'll find later that this woman is Tamara and Greg and Tamara work together for Home Office and they came to Storybrooke to get rid of the magic but then realized something more valuable : Henry. In the meantime Tamara shoots Neal and with the magic bean he goes back to the Enchanted Forest. As Greg and Tamara take Henry to Neverland; Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina, Mr. Gold and Hook set on a mission to rescue Henry. ("The Outsider," "Welcome to Storybrooke," "Selfless, Brave and True," "And Straight On 'Til Morning")

After they went, the residents of Storybrooke activate a cloaking spell, which Mr. Gold gave it to Belle just before he leaves, around the city limits; however, two mysterious strangers arriving from Minnesota in a convertible manage to cross the town border just in time. ("And Straight On 'Til Morning", "Dark Hollow")

Five days later, a mermaid known as Ariel emerges from the ocean. She has been sent on a mission by Mr. Gold, to retrieve a magical weapon from his pawnshop. Ariel seeks out Belle, and together, they find what Ariel is looking for: Pandora's Box. Before Ariel is able to leave with the item, the two strangers, who are revealed to be John and Michael Darling, overpower the women and steals Pandora's Box from them. Fortunately, Ariel and Belle are able to break free, just in time to stop the brothers from destroying Gold's weapon. After she hears their story, Belle convinces the brothers that the box is the only way to stop Peter Pan and free their sister, Wendy Darling, who has been Pan's prisoner for over a century. Ariel leaves for Neverland, taking Pandora's Box with her. ("Dark Hollow")

As Ariel returns to Storybrooke and reunite with her true love, Henry and rest of crew return From Neverland. Unbeknown to them, Peter Pan switched his body with Henry who is now trapped inside Pandora's Box along the way. When they realize that Henry is actually Peter Pan, they head to Regina's Heart Vault where Mr. Gold notices something is missing : The Dark Curse. Shortly afterward, Pan activates it with the heart of the thing he loves most. Regina learns that in order to undo Pan's curse, she must destroy the scroll. Mr. Gold manages to return Henry and Pan to their respective bodies, by using the wand of the Black Fairy. However, Pan has one last trick up his sleeve, and quickly overpowers Gold. In order to save his family, Gold kills his father by stabbing him with the Dark One's Dagger, sacrificing his own life in the process. As Pan's curse approaches, Regina realizes that destroying the scroll comes at a heavy price: Storybrooke will be erased from the map, and everyone will be transported back to the Enchanted Forest, prevented from ever returning — except Emma and Henry. At the town border, Emma and Henry say their goodbyes to their friends and family. Regina tells Emma that when the curse is undone, the memories Emma and Henry have from Storybrooke will be gone. She gives Emma a gift: New memories of a happy life, where Emma never gave up Henry for adoption, so they'll have always been together. Emma and her son drive across the town border just as the magic fog closes in on their family. Storybrooke vanishes from the world.[nb 6] ("The New Neverland," "Going Home")



Before Second Curse

Directly after driving out of Storybrooke, Emma and Henry obtain false memories of their life together. As Emma recalls, a fire broke out in her apartment in Boston, which causes the mother-son pair to start afresh in New York. 3 or 4 months later, Emma meets Walsh, and they begin dating.("Going Home," "New York City Serenade")

A new Dark Curse is cast by Snow White, bringing the Enchanted Forest inhabitants back to Storybrooke. However, the Wicked Witch of the West adds her own special ingredient in the form of a forgetting potion to the concoction, and everyone's memories of the past year is erased. ("A Curious Thing")

As the new curse approaches, Captain Hook receives a messenger bird, which was sent by Neal, attached with a vial of memory potion, as well as a note asking him to seek out Emma. Hook abondons his crew, finds a magic bean and opens a portal to the Land Without Magic. ("Witch Hunt," "A Curious Thing")



During Second Curse

Henry and Emma are happily living in an apartment in New York City. One morning, Emma receives an unexpected visit from Hook, who attempts to convince her that her family is in danger. Emma, however, does not remember him and knocks him out of her apartment door. The next day, Hook shows up again and tries to convince him to drink the potion. She drinks it and remembers everything again. On the same night, Emma, Henry and Hook head to Storybrooke. As Emma knocks the Blanchard loft, which she thought that they won't remember her, she sees Mar Margaret is pregnant. David says that they are trapped in Storybrooke again and do not remember the past year.("New York City Serenade")

Henry's not remembering the past year is very hard for Regina. But they have a bigger problem now : Wicked Witch of the West. Some day after Neal's funeral because of Zelena, she takes a visit to Granny's where she reveals that Regina is her sister. Later, Belle finds out that Zelena's plan is to create a time portal which she can travel back in time when Snow White's mother Princess Eva exposes Zelena and Regina's mother Cora's pegnancy to Prince Leopold. With that way, Cora and Leopold will be married, Snow White, Evil Queen, Emma and Henry will never be born and Zelena will be Cora's only child. To do it, she must gather four elements : Love (Regina's heart), wisdom (Rumpelstiltskin's brain), courage (David's sword) and innocence (Mary Margaret and David's new born baby). But with Regina kissing Henry with the true love's kiss, the curse is broken and everyone remembers the missing year.("New York City Serenade," "Witch Hunt," "The Tower," "Quiet Minds," "It's Not Easy Being Green") ("Bleeding Through")



After Second Curse

After Regina broke the curse, the crew finally defeat her, remove her necklace and put her in jail. When Mr. Gold arrives the Sheriff's Station, he tells her that Neal died because of her, he promised him to have his revenge and Rumpelstilstkin never breaks a deal. He stabs her with the dagger. Her body transforms into a statue, which he shatters into pieces. Unbeknownst to him, Zelena's life force flees her body before it shatters, and activates the time spell. Afterwards, Emma and Hook suckes up by the time portal. While they try to find a way to get back to present time, they meet a woman who was almost executed by The Evil Queen. They agree with bringing her with them too. But a revised Zelena has already killed her and took her form. Later it's found that this woman is the wife of Robin Hood who is with Regina now but none of them knows that Marian is actually Zelena. She angrly pisses off Emma. In the meantime, they brought someone else from the past too. ("Kansas (Episode)," "Snow Drifts," "There's No Place Like Home," "Heart of Gold")

The Ice Queen, has arrived in Storybrooke. Leaving a trail of ice behind her, she emerges from the barn and slowly makes her way into the town. Then she cast a giant ice wall all around Storybrooke until she finds her sister, Anna. The next day Emma and others find her and realize that she doesn't remember how she got here and she just looks for her sister, then they agree to help her. But The Snow Queen a.k.a. Ingrid is their big threat now. In the meantime Regina and Henry are now working together to find the author to make him to change the fate where villains always lose. After a couple of days, when Emma and Hook are watching Emma's video tape, they notice that Ingrid was Emma's foster mother and Emma does not remember any of this. In the meantime, now Gold found the Sorcerer's Hat, he plans to use it for freeing himself from the dagger with the help of Hook whose heart was ripped out by Mr. Gold. But then they realize that Ingrid is up to something : The Spell of Shattered Sight. With it, everyone will begin to see the worst in their loved ones and turn on each other, destroying themselves. After the arrival of Anna and her fiancee Kristoff, they understand that the only way this spell breaks is Ingrid's death. But with Ingrid finally seeing what her sister thought about her after Ingrid accidently killed her other sister, she realizes what she has done and sacrificed herself in order to break the spell. But before that, she gave Emma and Elsa's memory. After that Elsa, Anna and Kristoff return their home, Arendelle. ("A Tale of Two Sisters", "White Out", "Rocky Road, "The Snow Queen", "Smash the Mirror("Fall," "Shattered Sight," "Heroes and Villains")

With "Marian"s sickness relapses because of Ingrid, Regina sees the only way she can live is Robin Hood, Roland and Marian leave the town. Robin kisses Regina and says goodbye to her one last time. ("Heroes and Villains")

While Mr. Gold is almost achieving to get free from his dagger, Belle finds him and with the power of the dagger, she commands Mr. Gold to leave the town. ("Heroes and Villains")

Robin Hood and his family arrive in New York City, and move into Neal Cassidy's old apartment. Mr. Gold arrives in New York at the same time, and experiences a heart attack, which stems from the poison of the Dark One's deeds.[nb 7] Mr. Gold coerces Robin Hood into helping him, and asks the thief to retrieve the Elixir of the Wounded Heart from Walsh's furniture store. Zelena continues to pretend to be Marian and secretly switches out the elixir with a fake, before revealing her true form to Mr. Gold. She makes a deal with him involving the Author. ("Heart of Gold")

Six weeks after he was banished, Mr. Gold has a score to settle with the "heroes" who ran him out of town, and tracks down an old acquaintance from the Enchanted Forest: The sea witch Ursula, who accepts his offer to join forces. ("Heroes and Villains")

While Emma, Mary Margaret, Regina, Hook and Belle are trying to defeat the Chernabog who they accidently let out from the Sorcerer's Hat, Mr. Gold and Ursula reunite with Cruella De Vil. After they help the heroes about the Chernabog crisis, Emma and the others let them in to Storybrooke. But unbeknown to them, Ursula and Cruella let Mr. Gold in, too. Two days later, Mr. Gold, Ursula and Cruella team up and resurrect Maleficent from her ashes with the help of the bloods whose belong to Mary Margaret and David who wronged to Maleficent in the past by having her lose her child. After ursula reunites with her father and goes back to the Enchanted Forest, the crew understand that Mr. Gold is trying to fill Emma's heart with darkness. To stop it, they need the Author. After they free him from the book, he quickly runs away but then Mr. Gold convinces him to write a happy ending for him. With Cruella kidnapping Henry, Regina desists on the mission which rescuing Robin Hood from her sister Zelena just for now and focuses on saving Henry with Emma. After Emma kills Cruella, which means Mr. Gold gets closer to have what he wants, Emma goes with Regina to find Maleficent's daughter and also her former friend Lily. After they convince her to come back to Storybrooke, the trio head to Cassidy Apartment where Robin and "Marian" lives now. After Regina's long insestences, Zelena finally reveals herself and says that she's pregnant. The next day they all head back to Storybrooke. Emma finally forgives her parents for hiding the truth about Emma's darkness. In the meantime Lily reunites with her mother and decides to stay for a week. But at the same time, The Author, Isaac, starts to write a storybook where villans win the day. ("Darkness on the Edge of Town," "Unforgiven," "Poor Unfortunate Soul," "Best Laid Plans," "Sympathy for the De Vil")("Lily", "Mother")

With Mother Superior's help, the Apprentice, who was sucked by the Sorcerer's Hat because of Hook who was Mr. Gold's control back then, is freed from it. In a race to stop Isaac from changing their stories, Emma, Regina and the Apprentice run to the pawnshop to confront the Author. However, Isaac rewrites new lives for everyone in his book, "Heroes and Villains", before they can stop him. Henry finds himself completely alone in Storybrooke. Desperate, he searches for his family outside of town and eventually tracks down Isaac, and learns from him that everyone is another storybook. Henry uses the door illustration key on the "Heroes and Villains storybook", and both are sucked into the story. After Henry undoes what Isaac did and reverts everything to normal, he becomes the new author, but after realizing that the power to change reality is too much for anyone to have, Henry snaps the magic quill in half. With Mr. Gold's near demise, the Apprentice absorbs the darkness in his heart and traps it in the hat, but the dark power escapes. Before the Apprentice passes out, he tells them the Sorcerer's name is Merlin and they mus find him. To save everyone, Emma allows the darkness into her body, causing her to become the new Dark One. ("Operation Mongoose Part 1," "Operation Mongoose Part 2")



Inhabitants

This is the list of all the current and former inhabitants of the Land Without Magic.

Boston

Connecticut

Hancock

Hong Kong

Hopkins, Minnesota

London

Long Island

Lowell, Massachusetts

Maine

Mankato, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota

New York City

New Jersey

Phoenix, Arizona

Phuket

Portland

Richfield, Minnesota

San Francisco

Seattle
For the inhabitants of the town,
see the Seattle page.

Storybrooke
For the inhabitants of the town,
see the Storybrooke page.

United Realms
For the inhabitants of this location,
see the United Realms page.

Unknown

Note:
^: Former Inhabitant
*: This inhabitant's status and/or current whereabout is unknown
†: Deceased inhabitants
No mark: current inhabitants

Unseen Inhabitants

Drummond Island, Michigan

  • Peter Lurie[7] *
  • Emilia Lurie[7] *

Hopkins, Minnesota

Minneapolis

New York City

Seattle

Toronto

  • [obscured] W. Walker[20]

Others


Locations

For detailed location information, please see the Land Without Magic Locations category, or the list of minor Land Without Magic locations.

Ways to Access the Land Without Magic

The known ways used to reach the Land Without Magic are by:

The Land Without Magic is not accessible using Jefferson's hats since the hat only connects to worlds with magic. ("The Doctor")

Trivia

On-Screen Notes

Appearances

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

References

  1. Henry and Violet, Michelle Zink, Kingswell Teen, May 2018, ch. One
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  4. "Pilot": Regina says to Emma, "When I adopted him, he was only three weeks old."
  5. TwitterLogo Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) on X, formerly Twitter: @ohbambibamboo Henry was affected by curse when he arrived. It clouded his perception until MM gave him the book. (March 14, 2013). (backup link) (archive screenshot)
  6. File:419AfterAll.png
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:412SorcererHatPic.png
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 File:419Newspaper.png
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 File:214Here.png
  10. Dove, Steve (February 18, 2013). Storybrooke Secrets: Manhattan. ABC. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. “Another notable name on the buzzer is T. Munson, referring to Thurman Munson, a two-time World Series-champion catcher who played for the New York Yankees throughout the 1970’s. Series co-creator Adam Horowitz is a diehard Yankees fan.” (Note that the name does not appear on-screen.)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 File:703Petition.png
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 File:708ThatsEnough.png
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 File:718FollowWhatever.png
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  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 File:713ImNotMad.png
  16. 16.0 16.1 File:712Newspaper.png
  17. "Secret Garden", Once Upon a Time, ABC.
  18. 18.0 18.1 File:718OurLawyerTurned.png
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  20. File:701OpeningDesk.png
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 File:211Books.png
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 File:421BookBlurb.png
  23. 23.00 23.01 23.02 23.03 23.04 23.05 23.06 23.07 23.08 23.09 23.10 23.11 23.12 23.13 23.14 23.15 File:422NotOnThatList.png
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 File:214ItShouldBeHere.png
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 File:421HeroesAndVillainsPaperback.png
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 File:107DartMisses.png
  27. File:313Book.png
  28. File:214Paper.png
  29. File:312Letters.png
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 File:101HenrysEmails.png
  31. File:408Wait.png
  32. File:214MoreBooks.png
  33. File:211ANauticalGuide.png
  34. 34.0 34.1 File:419ThanYouThink2.png
  35. 35.0 35.1 File:110OneBlack.png
  36. File:406NewspaperClipping.png
  37. File:522BroughtItWithHim.png
  38. File:407Paper.png
  39. File:516LookAtThis.png
  40. File:518GrandmaMadeIt.png
  41. File:622SupperPage.png
  42. File:710NovelPage.png
  43. File:720TheStorybook.png
  44. File:513SoThisPlace.png
  45. File:519Photograph.png

Notes

  1. Maleficent: "Just what the Dark One showed me... That she was banished to this world thirty years ago, to a place called Minnesota, where she was adopted by a couple." ("Lily)"
  2. 2.0 2.1 In "The Tower", which takes place in 2013, David states that it's been almost 30 years since Emma was born. This means that Emma, who was born in October 1983 ("Selfless, Brave and True", newspaper (File:217DailyMirror.png) from "Welcome to Storybrooke"), has not turned 30 yet. The flashback takes place 18 years earlier, meaning 1995.
  3. Note that Abby Ross, who plays young Emma, was much older – sixteen or seventeen – when "Snow Drifts" was filmed:
    Abby Ross. Famous Birthdays. Retrieved on February 10, 2019. “BIRTHDAY March 19, 1997”
  4. Note that in "Family Business", Emma says that she is "thirteen, maybe fourteen" in a video recording from the time she spent with Ingrid, but since "Shattered Sight" establishes that the recording was made in 1999, Emma would actually have been fifteen or sixteen at the time
  5. In "The Dark Swan", Henry mentions that Regina uses his birthday for all of her passwords, including the one for the entrance to the psychiatric ward. In "A Tale of Two Sisters", Regina types 815 as password for the psychiatric ward, meaning that Henry's birthday is August 15 (Note that in "The Price of Gold", Emma says that she was eighteen when she gave birth to Henry, even though Emma's birthday is October 22; however, Emma could simply have been rounding up her age for convenience). Henry is ten years old in "Pilot", eleven in "The Cricket Game" and twelve in "The Jolly Roger".
  6. Emma then returns to Storybrooke a year later. In "The Tower", which takes place in 2013, David states that it's been almost 30 years since Emma was born. This means that less than a year passes between "Pilot", where Emma, in October 2011 ("Selfless, Brave and True"), turns 28, and "Going Home"; even though Regina says that "these last years" in Storybrooke will be gone from Emma and Henry's memories (although this would be correct when it comes to Henry, who has been living in Storybrooke for his whole life).
  7. Goof: The date on the heart monitor screen over Mr. Gold's hospital bed is "25 Dec 14"; (417HeartGivesOut.png) however, according to the timeline of the show, the episode takes place in 2013. Nor could the flashback take place in December 2013, because the episode clearly states that both the scene where Robin Hood an his family leave Storybrooke, and the New York City flashback, take place six weeks before the frame story. However, "Heroes and Villains" establishes that Robin left town shortly after Mother Superior's disappearance in "Fall", and according to the missing person form in "Darkness on the Edge of Town", Mother Superior was reported missing on November 6. (412Missing.png)
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