The Shadow (Once Upon a Time)

"You are not trying hard enough"

- The Shadow

The Shadow is a major antagonist in the TV serial Once Upon A Time and is the master of Peter Pan. It is also ruler of Neverland.

Biography
Malcolm, a young abandoned boy, arrived in Neverland, and met the Shadow, ruler of the island. The Shadow promised him eternal youth, but not immortality, because immortality was impossible to have for mortals. But Malcolm said he would find a way to become immortal.

Malcolm renamed himself Peter Pan and set about abducting young boys to Neverland, where they became the Lost Boys, slaves of the Shadow and Peter.

Rumpelstiltskin met the Shadow and he asked it to make him fly. The Shadow said he needed to believe in himself.

The Shadow also showed a young Rumpelstiltskin that Peter Pan was his father, and abducted Rumpelstiltskin.