![]() One of the soldiers taunts Rumplestiltskin about his runaway wife, which confuses Baelfire. One day, Baelfire and his father see the neighbor's daughter, Morraine, who recently turned fourteen, be taken away by soldiers and drafted into the Ogre War. (" The Crocodile")Īfter failing to retrieve Milah, Rumplestiltskin lies to his son about her death, rather than admit the truth about her disappearance. Hearing rumors that his wife was kidnapped by the pirate, Rumplestiltskin pleads with Killian for Milah's release, but nothing comes out of it when he is too cowardly to face Killian in a sword fight. During the night, however, Milah leaves her family to join Killian on his ship. Instead, he asks her to try to be family for Baelfire, so she reluctantly agrees. Unhappy with the life she leads, Milah talks about wishing to explore and see the world, and she tries to entertain the idea to her husband. Milah shows no interest in going home with her husband until Baelfire comes in to call for her, to which she leaves for her child's sake. Taking his son with him, Rumplestiltskin goes to the tavern, but before going in to look for Milah, he has Baelfire wait outside. One day, Rumplestiltskin returns home, finding Baelfire all alone without his mother. Some years after this, Milah frequently spends her days drinking and gambling at the tavern, where she keeps company with a pirate, Killian, and his crewmen. Angered that he made the choice without her consent, Milah becomes even more distant from her husband, driving a further wedge in their marriage. Milah learns that, instead of killing Fendrake, Rumplestiltskin agreed to owe him his second-born child. Rumplestiltskin comes back with the antidote, and after having Baelfire drink it, he is cured of the snake's poison. While her husband is away on the mission, she returns home to watch over her sickly son. With Baelfire's life at stake, Milah devises a plan for Rumplestiltskin to kill Fendrake and steal the potion. He offers them an antidote for a hundred gold coins, which the couple does not have. After Milah kills the snake, she and Rumplestiltskin take it to a healer, Fendrake, who tells them the bite is fatal and their son doesn't have much time left. His scream alerts his parents, and they find him curled up in pain from the bite. Seeing a snake slither by, a curious Baelfire reaches his hand out to the reptile, only to be bitten by it. Milah, taking on the bulk of the housework, refuses help from her husband, deeming him incapable and even suggests he go play with their son instead. Years later, after Baelfire has grown to be a young child, he wanders off from his parents while they are in the woods. ![]() Humiliated that her husband is a coward, she argues that if he had fought and died in the war, their son could have at least have an immortalized image of how brave he was, instead of Rumplestiltskin being alive and a deserter. Rumplestiltskin tries to clarify why he had to because he didn't want their son to be without a father, but Milah thinks his excuses about the seer and prophecy are absurd. She reveals having named the boy Baelfire, explaining that he needs a strong name if the rumors of what Rumplestiltskin did to himself are true. When he arrives back, he walks in on Milah, who is tending to their infant son. Assuming this means he will die, Rumplestiltskin purposely injures his foot so he can be sent home. She prophesies Milah's impending pregnancy and the birth of their son, and that Rumplestiltskin will indeed become a father, but he will also lose his son because of his actions on the battlefield. During the months spent training to be a soldier, he encounters a seer that can predict the future. Rumplestiltskin is drafted into the ogre war, and Milah, though afraid for her husband's safety, gives her blessings for him to fight on the battlefield. In one of the Enchanted Forest's villages, a couple, Rumplestiltskin and Milah, make their living by spinning wool. ![]()
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