Reul Ghorm, better known as the Blue Fairy, and Mother Superior following the Dark Curse, is a recurring character featured in the ABC fantasy-drama series, Once Upon a Time.
Background[]
The Blue Fairy is the head of all other fairies, and considered to be an immensely powerful being in the Enchanted Forest. She is one of the oldest characters within the series, and serves as a force of good, aiding those in the battle against evil. She is also the fairy godmother of Jack and Jill's infant son. Following the Dark Curse, she becomes head nun at the Convent of the Sisters of Saint Meissa.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers[]
- Magic: The Blue Fairy Reul Ghorm is one of the most powerful fairies from the Enchanted Forest. Being even older than Rumplestiltskin, she has great knowledge magic magic and has a large arsenal of spells and enchantments, and is a mentor to other fairies. She has the ability to breathe life into Pinocchio and eventually turn him into a human being.
- Shapeshifting: She is able to change the physical aspect of herself and/or others. When the Blue Fairy comes to Jiminy Cricket, she takes the form of a blue light descending from the night sky. When she appears before Snow White, she takes the form of a blue star.
- Transfiguration: She was able to the transform Jiminy into a talking cricket and Pinocchio into a normal human boy.
- Flight: She is able to fly using her fairy wings.
- Telekinesis: As a fairy, Reul Ghorm is capable of manipulating objects or people with her mind, without physically touching them.
- Summoning: She is able to summon objects or beings through the magic, often materializing it in one hand.
- Magical Immobilization: She can freeze people with just a thought.
- Immortality: Morraine refers to the Blue Fairy as an "ancient being"; making her even older than Rumplestiltskin.
- Healing: She has the ability to heal herself from the wounds or diseases of others or themselves.
- Teleportation: She can teleport herself and others over great distances with ease.
- Age Manipulation: She is able to manipulate, accelerate or reverse the aging process or a pregnancy.
- Shapeshifting: She is able to change the physical aspect of herself and/or others. When the Blue Fairy comes to Jiminy Cricket, she takes the form of a blue light descending from the night sky. When she appears before Snow White, she takes the form of a blue star.
- Potioncraft: Blue Fairy has showcased the ability to create liquid substances for various purposes by combining a set of ingredients.
History[]
Before the First Curse[]
She first appears in "Pilot". She creates an enchanted quill which helps Cinderella and Prince Thomas imprison Rumplestiltskin. She also transforms Jiminy Cricket into a real cricket, guiding him to help Geppetto after his parents were turned into puppets. In "Dreamy", she instructs a novice fairy, Nova, on how to distribute fairy dust. Later on in that episode, she and the dwarf Bossy convince Nova to end her relationship with Dreamy (later, as a result of the breakup, Grumpy) in order for Nova to become a fairy godmother. In "The Return", it is revealed that Rumplestiltskin's son, Baelfire, asked for her help in defeating Rumplestiltskin's curse. She gives him a magic bean to send him and his father to a world without magic. Rumplestiltskin, however, does not want to let go of his magic and refuses to leave with him.
He later confronts the Blue Fairy, who says that Baelfire had taken the last bean and that there is now no way to cross between the worlds - starting Rumplestiltskin's quest for the Dark Curse, which he spent the next several centuries searching for. She presents the idea of putting Snow White (and, unbeknownst to Snow, Pinocchio) into a wardrobe that can protect those in it from the Dark Curse.
During the First Curse[]
The Blue Fairy's counterpart, Mother Superior.
In Storybrooke, she is Mother Superior, the head of Storybrooke's convent. She appears in the "Dreamy" episode and appears unaware of her magical identity. She is also seen in a Land Without Magic in Henry's hospital room.
After the First Curse[]
After Emma Swan breaks the Dark Curse, Mother Superior and the other fairies (who had been nuns in the convent) acknowledge her previous existence as the Blue Fairy. When Henry requests that she do some magic, she responds by stating that although she can feel the magic released into the town by Mr. Gold, she cannot use it because magic works differently in Storybrooke. Peter Pan's shadow later tries to kill her, which appears to work until the shadow is destroyed and she comes back to life.
After the Second Curse[]
She and the other fairies are trapped in the Sorcerer's hat by Captain Hook under Rumplestiltskin's orders for six weeks, after which Regina Mills frees them. She then tends to Pinocchio (now a grown man named August), who is suffering the effects of having transformative spells used on him too many times.
After the Third Curse[]
She later appears in the fifth season when she is impersonated by Zelena so that she can take her baby Robin and tend to her, which Mother Superior finds out and tries to stop Zelena and Belle from touching her baby. However, Belle and Zelena are pulled through a portal to the Underworld, which Mother Superior can only watch happen without the ability to help them.
Several weeks later, Mother Superior is called by Belle who has just given birth to her son Gideon and asks Mother Superior to be his godmother and take him someplace safe because Belle is worried about Rumplestiltskin doing something dangerous to their child. She is then seen again attending Emma and Killian's wedding with the rest of Storybrooke as the Black Fairy's curse takes effect.
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