Maleficent


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Maleficent is a character from the Enchanted Forest. She was a powerful sorceress, who was once hellbent on destroying Sleeping Beauty, but failed and retired to the Forbidden Fortress, guarding the Dark Curse.
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Biography
Season 1

Queen Regina decides to go to the Forbidden Fortress in order to get the Dark Curse. She and Maleficent talk about how the Dark Curse won't bring back Regina's loved one from the dead, and how Maleficent traded Regina the sleeping curse, which was outdone by a simple kiss. Maleficent refuses, saying a deal's a deal, so Regina attacks her. Maleficent puts up a forcefield, but then Regina threatens to kill Maleficent's pet unicorn, and Maleficent focuses on protecting her pet, instead getting herself captured. Regina smashes the orb at the top of Maleficent's staff where she keeps the Dark Curse. When Maleficent insists that she kills her, Regina declines this, saying that Maleficent is her only friend. Maleficent tries to talk Regina out of unleashing the curse, telling her that the Curse will leave a void in her heart that she will never fill. Regina replies that she is happy to take the risk.

Trivia

 * Maleficent is played by guest star Kristin Bauer van Straten.
 * In the Disney film Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent had a pet raven named Diablo but here it's a unicorn.