Within the episode's internal chronology, following the series' Final Battle Belle and Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold live in Storybrooke for a year with their son Gideon, then travel the realms. Seeking a way to rid themselves of the Dark One's dagger and its darkness, Belle reads a solution that sends them to the Edge of Realms where an 'eternal day' supposedly holds until a sunset will allow disposal of the dagger. Belle understands that the prophecy's 'sunset' signifies her own death; she chooses to live a happy life with Rumple and Gideon for many years at the Edge of Realms and then dies peacefully when the 'sunset' arrives. After her death, Rumple continues the quest to remove the dagger's darkness and later meets a Guardian (revealed as Alice) to take on that role. In a separate present-day Seattle storyline, a comatose Weaver experiences a vision of Belle's spirit before regaining consciousness.
Belle is presented as a human wife and mother during the episode's past timeline: living with Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold and their son Gideon, settling into a home at the Edge of Realms, and later dying peacefully. There is no distinctive supernatural costume or alternative physical form described; her posthumous presence appears as a vision experienced by a comatose Weaver in a hospital setting. The episode's opening includes Halloween-themed forest decorations as a production detail unrelated to Belle's personal appearance.
The episode does not ascribe active supernatural powers to Belle. She is shown as a perceptive reader of prophecy who interprets that the 'sunset' prophecy refers to her death and acts from that knowledge. After her death the narrative depicts a vision of Belle's spirit appearing to a comatose Weaver, consistent with the show's broader metaphysics in which deceased loved ones may appear as comforting or guiding visions. The Dark One's dagger—central to her story—is an enchanted object with agency that cannot be easily disposed of and shapes the decisions made by Belle and Rumpelstiltskin.
Weaknesses
- conditionmortality / death (Belle's role is primarily as a mortal human whose life ends)
Wards
None recorded.
Bearers of the Throne (ḥamlat al‑arsh)
The ḥamlat al‑arsh are a class of angels in Islamic textual tradition whose primary role is to carry or support God’s Throne (al‑ʿArsh). Descriptions vary across transmissions, emphasizing their cosmic scale, proximity to the divine Throne, and symbolic features drawn from a range of hadith and exegetical reports.
Beast Boy (Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan)
Beast Boy is a fictional superhero from DC Comics (first appearance Doom Patrol #99, November 1965), a human named Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan who acquired the ability to transform into any animal after an experimental medical procedure. He is portrayed as a youthful team member of Doom Patrol and Teen Titans, often providing comic relief while coping with deep personal trauma.
Beast of Bodmin
A modern British cryptid associated with reports of a non-native large cat prowling Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Treated variously as an escaped or released large felid blamed for livestock damage and as a piece of contemporary folklore amplified by media, books and popular culture.
Beast of Bray Road
A contemporary North American cryptid localized to Walworth County, Wisconsin, described in witness reports and popular media as a wolf-like, humanoid or hybrid creature associated with Bray Road and surrounding rural areas. It exists both as reported phenomenon and as a piece of local folklore and popular-culture storytelling.
Beast of the Earth (dābbat al-arḍ)
An eschatological figure attested in the Qurʾān (Q 27:82) and elaborated in later Islamic tafsīr and apocalyptic traditions. The Qurʾān states God will produce a creature 'from the earth' that will speak to people when the Word is fulfilled; subsequent hadith and exegetical literature expand this brief mention into varied narratives about a speaking end‑time creature or sign.
Beatrice Portinari
Beatrice (Bice) di Folco Portinari appears in Dante Alighieri's works as the personified embodiment of beatific love, divine grace, and theological vision who intercedes for and ultimately guides the pilgrim from human reason into Paradise. Historically she may be a Florentine woman documented in late 13th-century records, but the literary Beatrice is primarily a theological and allegorical figure within Dante's poetic cosmology.
Bebop and Rocksteady
Bebop and Rocksteady are a paired antagonistic duo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise: two humanoid mutants—commonly a warthog (Bebop) and a rhinoceros (Rocksteady)—created to serve as Shredder's muscle. They function narratively as physically imposing but often incompetent henchmen whose loyalties and brute force drive many episodic conflicts.
Bebryces
The Bebryces (Greek: Βέβρυκες) are a legendary people or tribe attested in Greek mythographic and geographic tradition, primarily located in Bithynia (northwestern Anatolia). They appear in heroic-age narratives as local rulers and warriors—not as supernatural beings—and are associated with episodes involving Heracles, the Argonauts, and named kings such as Amycus and Mygdon.
Beburos
Beburos is a named angel attested in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra (Revelation of Esdras) as one of nine heavenly beings who will "govern at the end of the world." The figure is non‑canonical and known primarily from this apocryphal source and modern reference glossaries that reproduce the roster.
Beckumia
No evidence in the provided scientific and paleontological sources identifies Beckumia as a folkloric or supernatural entity. The supplied documents instead concern mammalian clades and paleontological taxa; therefore no folkloric attributes for Beckumia can be supported from these sources.
Bedivere
One-handed knight and marshal of King Arthur's Round Table, known for returning Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. (Note: - Power tier should be Greater (powerful regional), as Bedivere is a human character with significant roles within the Arthurian court, but not necessarily on a cosmic or deity-level. - Appearance: Th)
Bedwyr (Bedivere)
Bedwyr (Welsh; Anglicized Bedivere) is a named heroic figure in early Welsh poetry and later medieval Arthurian romances. Presented in the sources as a human warrior and courtier — famed as the one‑handed great warrior Bedwyr Bedrydant in Welsh texts and later as a Knight of the Round Table and Arthur's marshal who, in English versions, returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.
Community Record
- [1]Beauty (Once Upon a Time) – Wikipedia episode summary. Wikipedia: "Beauty (Once Upon a Time)" episode summarywiki
- [2]Beauty and the Beast – Wikipedia (intertextual reference). Wikipedia: entry on Beauty and the Beast (used only for noting intertextual linkage to the 'Beauty' archetype)wiki
- [3]Matt Gemmell — Beauty (Once Upon a Time) story page. Matt Gemmell: page on 'Beauty' (contextual material related to the episode)other