Ogre Wars

This article focuses on the various conflicts in the Enchanted Forest, known collectively as the Ogre Wars. For the species, see Ogres.

Ogre Wars
Event
General Information
Status:	Concluded
Location:	Enchanted Forest
Event Information
Combatants:	The Duke's army Hordor † Morraine Rumplestiltskin Granny's father and brothers Ogres Sir Maurice's army
Casualties:	Colette Ogres
Result:	Human victory Defeat of Ogres
Show Information
First appearance:	"Desperate Souls"
Latest appearance:	"Out of the Past"
Latest mention:	"Operation Mongoose Part 2"

The Ogre Wars, also called Ogre's War, are wars fought on ABC's Once Upon a Time. They make their début in the eighth episode of the first season.

History

Before First Curse

Mentioned several times throughout the series are the Ogre Wars, which is to assume that there is more than one ogre and that they are at war with various kingdoms in the Enchanted Forest.

Rumplestiltskin fights in the first war, before he gains the Dark One's powers, and even flees from battle because he hears a prediction from a seer seemingly foretelling of his demise and therefore causing his son becoming fatherless. Due to deliberately injuring his own leg to be exempt from battle, war veterans refer to him as a coward and traitor. This war lasts for at least fourteen years. Rumplestiltskin stops the first known Ogre War when he becomes the Dark One. ("Desperate Souls," "Manhattan")

Granny's six brothers as well as her father are all veterans of the second Ogre War. Later, when Granny recounts this to a group of villagers, she notes it was more than sixty years ago. ("Red-Handed")

Belle makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in an effort to save her village from the ogres. Before doing so, reports surface of several villages falling to the ogres. This implies the war is between more than one kingdom and the ogres as well as the ogre army itself being a very powerful force. This battle is either a third Ogre War or any posterior Ogre War. ("Skin Deep")

During First Curse

It is not known if an Ogre War was occurring in the Enchanted Forest by the time the Dark Curse reaches the land. However, when most inhabitants are sent to another world, ogres are left behind in the part of the forest under Cora's protective shield. ("Queen of Hearts", "Lady of the Lake")

After First Curse

When the curse is broken and time resumes, the ogres are still a threat. ("Lady of the Lake," "The Doctor")

Before Second Curse

After Regina undoes the first curse and everyone returns to the Enchanted Forest, Aurora informs the returned citizens that ogres have already been defeated. ("New York City Serenade")

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
Appears	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"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":
Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Mentioned

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer":	"Lost Girl":	"Quite a Common Fairy":	"Nasty Habits":	"Good Form":	"Ariel":	"Dark Hollow":	"Think Lovely Thoughts":	"Save Henry":	"The New Neverland":	"Going Home":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"New York City Serenade":	"Witch Hunt":	"The Tower":	"Quiet Minds":	"It's Not Easy Being Green":	"The Jolly Roger":	"Bleeding Through":	"A Curious Thing":	"Kansas":	"Snow Drifts":	"There's No Place Like Home":
Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Four
"A Tale of Two Sisters":	"White Out":	"Rocky Road":	"The Apprentice":	"Breaking Glass":	"Family Business":	"The Snow Queen":	"Smash the Mirror":	"Fall":	"Shattered Sight":	"Heroes and Villains":
Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Darkness on the Edge of Town":	"Unforgiven":	"Enter the Dragon":	"Poor Unfortunate Soul":	"Best Laid Plans":	"Heart of Gold":	"Sympathy for the De Vil":	"Lily":	"Mother":	"Operation Mongoose Part 1":	"Operation Mongoose Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned

Once Upon a Time: Comics

Shadow of the Queen Wolfstime: The Color of Betrayal: Silver and Gold: Hearts in Atlantis: Absent Absent Absent Absent

Out of the Past Dead in the Water: Truth and Daggers: Ghosts: Tea Party in March: Absent Appears Absent Absent

Once Upon a Time: Specials
"Magic is Coming":	"The Price of Magic":	"Journey to Neverland":	"Wicked is Coming":	"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over":
Mentioned	Absent	Archive	Absent	Mentioned
"Secrets of Storybrooke":	"Dark Swan Rises":	"Evil Reigns Once More":	"The Final Battle Begins":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.

• The Ogre Wars are mentioned in Once Upon a Time's Season One novelization, Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale.