Diaval

**Diaval**

## Relatives

* Caradoc † (father)
	+ Maleficent (half-aunt)
	+ Carabosse † (grandmother)
	+ Horned King † (great-grandfather)
	+ Black Fairy † (great-aunt)
		- Rumplestiltskin † (1st cousin 1x removed)
		- Baelfire † (2nd cousin)
			* Henry Mills (2nd cousin 1x removed)
		- Gideon (2nd cousin)

## Biography

Diaval is born in the Enchanted Forest in an effort for his evil father, Caradoc, to keep their bloodline alive and dark for all eternity. However, Diaval is abandoned because of Caradoc's refusal to raise a child, vowing to return years later and corrupt Diaval as an adult. Diaval is raised by three fairies; Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Due to being an descendant of powerful magic practitioners, Diaval is also born with the ability to shapeshift into any form he has seen.

As he grows into an adult, Diaval is unexpectedly confronted by Maleficent, who reveals that a vision led her to him; they discover that she is his half-aunt. They decide to locate and interrogate their parents to find out why they were abandoned. However, Maleficent's mother Carabosse appears to Diaval and pursuades him, in an effort to keep their bloodline dark, to betray Maleficent. A reluctant Diaval steals the magic Maleficent plans on using during their search, and Carabosse separates them before Maleficent can enact her revenge. Diaval is sent to the Wish Realm and becomes Wish Maleficent's servant.

As Wish Maleficent's servant, Diaval is cursed by her only allowing him to take the form of a raven. One day, he is attacked by a cat accompanying visitors to the realm; later, Diaval witnesses the Wicked Witch of the West Zelena (also the Wish Realm version) transform the cat into a man, Lanval, to interrogate him, however Diaval rescues him. Hopeful for freedom, Diaval learns that Lanval is from Camelot and was trapped in the form of a cat by Morgan Le Fay. The pair flee the Wish Realm, Diaval having finally started believing in himself again. They relocate to the Enchanted Forest, where they live unaging for 28 years due to the Dark Curse cast by the Evil Queen.

Diaval and Lanval are later sent to Storybrooke, in the Land Without Magic, via the Second Curse cast by Snow White. With the threat of the Snow Queen looming in town, Diaval and Lanval steal some magic with intentions to flee to New York City, but there is not enough and Diaval's memory is lost after the duo cross the town line. Diaval loses his mind due to not having a cursed counterpart, and Lanval is forced to leave him in the wilderness of Maine.

A couple of years later, Lanval returns to Maine in an attempt to find Diaval and restore his memory after befriending someone from Fairy Tale Land; Gideon. They find Diaval, who is still an unstable mess. Gideon prepares to call the mayor, Regina (the former Evil Queen), to let them back into Storybrooke and save Diaval, however a former Lost Boy, Devin, approaches them at the road and destroys their phone, wanting revenge on Gideon's father Rumplestiltskin. He reveals he obtained some magic from inside the town, and curses Gideon to lose his memories of meeting Lanval and return to New York. Devin then kidnaps Lanval and Diaval and enters Storybrooke.

## References

1. ↑ *Father Dearest*
2. ↑ *Honest Desire*
3. ↑ *To Be Queen*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *Never Forget*