The mayor of Storybrooke, seeking her own redemption. Her heart was darkened by power and corruption, being one of the few to keep their memories after unleashing the Dark Curse. Regina is very powerful sorceress, with exceptional dark magic, yet has used powerful light magic, on multiple occasions, as a pure of heart noble being.

The savior, daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. After her parents put her in the magical wardrobe, it transports her to Earth and she escapes the Dark Curse. As a child she bounced from foster home to foster home until she turned 18.

Emma's mother and David's true love. Born in a royal family, Mary Margaret also known as Snow White, was used to being a princess and having everyone obey her every whim, ordering around maids until Snow's mother taught her to be fair and respectful.

Snow White's husband and Emma's father. Formerly a poor shepherd living on a farm with is mother Ruth, David's life changed drastically after discovering that he had a twin brother James, who was adopted by King George, but died in battle. He became the king's son to protect his mother then eventually met Snow White.

The cunning and powerful Dark One. He was abandoned by his parents and raised by spinsters. He eventually marries a woman named Milah, and they have a happy life until he got drafted the army, to get back to his family he injures himself but when he returns to his wife and son, his wife leaves him which led him down the path of The Dark One.

Rumpelstiltskin's true love and daughter of Sir Maurice. Belle is a monster hunter and scholar who travels the Enchanted Forest in search of adventure. Under the Dark Curse, she becomes Lacey French, the owner and manager of The Rabbit Hole until Rumpelstiltskin broke the curse on her making her regain her memories.