As I've been saying on Plurk, this man is going to vanish on December 1st and reappear on the 7th. He'll be canon updating from the end of 3x08 "Think Lovely Thoughts" to very end of 3x11 "Going Home." I'll be pulling him straight out of the Dark One's Vault, before he's revived in S3B.
For those curious how the man is going to look upon his return on the 7th (and then later from the 21st of Dec onward) just watch the first half minute of
this. WARNING though, that clip IS from Season 3B (the Wicked Witch arc) of OUAT, so if you don't want spoiled any, just look at
this instead.Within five minutes of his return, he'll be using a glamour to look as per usual, ie; like Gold, though on the 8th the glamour will not be used as his curse will negated from the 8th to the 20th, rendering him looking normal and also rendering him mortal with considerably less power. On the 21st, his curse will kick back in and he'll once again look like EF Rumpelstiltskin, and once more be immortal. Of course that also means that when out in public or over purposefully broadcast video feeds, he'll be using a glamour to keep up his appearance as Gold.
If you want to see him as Rumpel, feel free to poke me to arrange it anytime after the 21st or just hit up his return post at the catacombs on the 7th.
EDIT: Okay, after speaking to Mods about the dagger he'd normally be holding upon exiting the DO Vault, it's been decided that the powers-that-be controlling the ins-and-outs of RC would effectively nix the entry of a second incarnation of the dagger. So! Rumpel will
not be coming back and exiting the catacombs with dagger in hand, since the dagger is already here in Ruby City.