Neal Cassidy

## Baelfire/Neal Cassidy

**Neal Cassidy**, formerly known as **Baelfire**, nicknamed **Bae** by his father, was a supporting character in Season 2, one of the main characters for Season 3, and a supporting and recurring character in the rest of the series. He was the son of Rumplestiltskin and the late Milah, the stepson of Belle, the father of Henry Mills, the paternal grandfather of Lucy Mills, ex-lover of Emma Swan. He is also the ex-fiancé of Tamara, which was more of a one-sided relationship because she never really loved him.

Emma Swan's brother is named after him for his bravery in giving up his life for revealing the identity of the Wicked Witch.

## Physical appearance

Neal was a handsome individual. He had short brown hair and brown eyes. Henry seems to have looked like neal when he was known as Baelfire in his younger days.

## Relationships

### Emma Swan

Emma was Neal's one true love and mother to his son Henry. He loved her very much when they were together and even though they broke up, Neal still had feelings for her. Emma is first angry at him for leaving her because of August and that he is the son of Rumplestiltskin. Unaware of the two of them, Emma and Neal were still in love. Despite Emma rejecting that she is not jealous of his relationship with Tamara, Neal knows she is indeed jealous of their relationship. Rumple refused to meet his future daughter-in-law because he knew that Neal still was in love with her. Neal later admits to her before he falls through the portal that he loves her and Emma still loves him back. Unlike Tamara, who was just using her relationship with Neal and never cared for him, Emma is the one he truly fell in love with.

Even after his death, Neal continued to love Emma and watching his son grow up. He warns Emma that he shouldn't travel to the Underworld to rescue Hook because it is not going to go the way she thinks it will. He reassures her that he is in a better place and only came there because he cared but realizes he can't stop her. He gives her a kiss and tells her that he will love her eternally before walking away.

Together, these two are called **Swanfire**

### Tamara

Tamara is Neal's former fiancé.

She manipulated him into falling in love with her and just used him to get to Storybrooke and destroy magic. In reality, she was in love with her partner in crime, Greg Mendell, who was early known as Owen Flynn. The two of them first met when Neal accidentally spilled coffee all over her and offered her his scarf, causing their relationship to start. Neal refused to believe she had anything to do with Regina's disappearance or her guilt, showing he was naive about her relationship with him. She later shoots him, and Rumple avenges Neal's "death" and crushed Tamara's heart.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "Pilot" (mentioned only)
	+ "Desperate Souls"
	+ "True North" (mentioned only)
	+ "The Return"
* Season 2
	+ "The Crocodile"
	+ "The Outsider" (Mentioned only)
	+ "In the Name of the Brother" (Mentioned only)
	+ "Tiny (Mentioned only)
	+ "Manhattan"
	+ "The Queen Is Dead"
	+ "The Miller's Daughter"
	+ "Welcome to Storybrooke"
	+ "Selfless, Brave and True"
	+ "Lacey"
	+ "The Evil Queen"
	+ "Second Star to the Right"
	+ "And Straight On 'Til Morning"

1. ↑ Neal mentioned having spent over one hundred years in Neverland. (Time doesn't flow the same between The Enchanted Forest, The Land Without Magic and Neverland.) Strangely Baelfire arrives in 1850s England. Baelfire was 14 then spends at least 100 years in Neverland and age at least 20 more years in the Land Without Magic.