Who is morgana pendragon

Gaius knows it to be true but lies to her in an attempt to protect her. Merlin advises her to seek out the Druids for help and advice, and Morgana eventually finds her way to a Druid camp where she is reunited with Mordred. Merlin later arrives, saying Uther believes she has been kidnapped and is going to execute everyone in Camelot who is under suspicion unless she is returned. Morgana does not want to go back, but an army of Camelot soldiers raid the camp and bring her back.

Morgana thanks Merlin for what he did for her, saying her experience has taught her not to fear her powers, though she still realises the danger in exposing them. Arthur mistakenly believes that Morgana and Merlin have romantic feelings for each other The Nightmare Begins.

She is terrified of discovery when Uther hires a witchfinder to expose the last traces of magic and is desperate to keep her secret hidden. She is later taken hostage when the Witchfinder's treachery is exposed but is saved by Merlin. The Witchfinder. Sometime later, Mordred returns, sneaking into Camelot to see Morgana with the sorcerer Alvarr , who asks Morgana to steal a powerful crystal hidden in Camelot's vaults. Morgana eventually agrees and steals the crystal, delivering it to Alvarr's camp.

When the crystal is discovered to be missing, Merlin suspects Morgana, having caught her in Arthur's chambers when she was stealing the key to the vault, and follows her to the camp, witnessing her reunion with Mordred.

Through Gaius, Merlin gives up the location of the camp and Uther sends Arthur and his men to retrieve the crystal and kill Alvarr's men, forcing Morgana to ride to the camp ahead of them and give Alvarr warning. Despite this, Alvarr is captured, although Mordred was able to escape, and when Uther condemns Alvarr to execution, Morgana tells Uther that she disowns him in a heated argument. She later uses her sleeping potions to drug Alvarr's guards, allowing him to escape. Uther suspects Morgana when he hears Alvarr had help escaping and emotionally informs the court that whoever has been responsible has betrayed him, whatever the consequences The Witch's Quickening.

Morgana is approached by Alvarr and Mordred. Sometime later, Morgana finds a letter from Morgause, asking her to meet her. Morgana meets with her and admits that she hates what Uther has become, confessing that she once had the chance to be his assassin, but saved his life instead because she believed he was still capable of changing for the better. However, she realises Uther would never alter his persecution, and that should he ever discover her true nature he will execute her.

Morgause then casts a spell, causing Morgana to fall asleep. When Morgana awakes in Camelot, she thinks the meeting with Morgause was only a dream, but as the day progresses and everyone around her begins to fall asleep, she hides in her chambers until Arthur and Merlin return. Morgana, afraid of what is occurring around her and helpless to do anything about it, is disturbed when Merlin suggests that Morgause is behind it.

Despite his own suspicions, Merlin covers for her when Arthur wonders why she is the only one not affected by the spell, claiming that Gaius must have given her a draught that fights off the sleeping plague before he succumbed to it himself.

Merlin later discovers that Morgause made Morgana the vessel for the sleeping plague, unbeknownst to Morgana herself. For the plague to end, either Morgause must undo the spell or Morgana must die. Morgana is therefore poisoned by a reluctant Merlin, who on Kilgharrah's advice sees it as his only option, and as Arthur fights Morgause's knights Morgana begins to suffocate as the hemlock enters her system, falling unconscious after realising that Merlin has poisoned her.

Across the castle, Morgause becomes aware of Morgana's plight and realises her sister is dying. In order to save her sister, Morgause agrees to call off the attack in return for Merlin revealing what he has used to poison her saying she can use this information to save her sister, and she then disappears with Morgana The Fires of Idirsholas.

A year passes by in Camelot with Uther sending his men to scour the kingdom in search of Morgana, costing an ever-increasing number of lives as the soldiers are slaughtered by unseen forces, but Uther refuses to give up or see reason. Eventually, a close to hopeless Arthur and Merlin chance upon a dishevelled, frightened Morgana stumbling through the woods.

They then return with Morgana to Camelot, and Gaius orders Uther to allow her to rest. When she awakes, Morgana shares an intimate moment with Arthur, explaining how she escaped the bandits who were holding her captive.

He embraces her, promising her that she is safe in Camelot. As Arthur left, Morgana notices a nervous Merlin at the door and calls him inside, telling him she knows he poisoned her, and in response, he swears he did not want to, to which she smiles faintly and informs him she understands why he does it. To his surprise, she tearfully confesses she did not know what she was doing, that she is now aware of "exactly" what Uther fought against, and hopes he can forgive her.

Merlin leaves her chambers elated, relieved that she forgave him, but unbeknownst to him her repentance is merely an act as Morgana has been in Morgause's company for the past year, and in that time has been fully corrupted and turned against Uther. Morgana heads to meet with Morgause. Though she maintains the pretence of dutiful love for the King when they are reunited, it is a ploy to collect his tears, which Morgause then mixes with the black blood of a mandrake root , creating a spell to drive the king insane.

When she is spotted by a sentry returning to the castle after meeting Morgause, Morgana stabs the guard in cold blood and then creeps inside to place the mandrake root under Uther's bed. By morning he has begun to lose his sanity, hallucinating spectres of the innocents he has executed over the years, including boys he has drowned in a well and Igraine, whose death was ultimately a result of his own folly meddling with the forces of life and death.

Morgana also worsens Uther's sickness by wrapping the mandrake root up with a string and pulling it twice: this causes the root to scream like it is in pain and so Uther has another vision of Ygraine and other drowned boys which beg the king not to harm them.

Morgana looks upon Uther's face and she sees him screaming. Morgana then smiles and leaves the king. Merlin soon finds the mandrake root and suspects Morgana, following her when she goes to meet Morgause.

However, Morgana quickly senses him following her and catches him, after which Morgause binds him in chains and leaves him to be killed by Serkets. Morgana returns to Camelot as Cenred's armies prepare to descend on Camelot, and during the battle she creeps down into the catacombs to use a magic staff to awaken the dead buried there, sending them forth to attack the knights of Camelot.

Morgana uses the Rowan Staff to bring the skeletons to life. Merlin, who survives thanks to the intervention of the dragon, arrives and assists the defending forces. He finds Morgana and begs her not to continue. She tells him that Uther had to be stopped for the sake of herself and other magical beings, but Merlin tells her that they can find another way, to which she replies that there is no other way. After Merlin attempts to destroy the staff, Morgana draws her sword against him.

Merlin fights her , albeit rather clumsily in comparison to Morgana's polished swordsmanship, and in the end is forced to use magic to overcome her, causing the stone ceiling to come crashing down on her. Once she falls unconscious, Merlin shatters the staff, destroying the undead army, and rushes back out to find Arthur. In the aftermath of the battle, Uther informs the entire court that they owe their victory to the bravery of one person: the Lady Morgana, who claimed to have discovered the staff in the tomb and destroyed it.

She then stares at Merlin, threatening to expose him if he reveals her true colours The Tears of Uther Pendragon. Morgana Pendragon thanks Arthur for the present. As the King's ward, Morgana's birthday celebration is a lavish event, attended by many noble families of Camelot.

Arthur's gift to her is, on Merlin's inadvertent advice, an ornate jeweled dagger, and Morgause sends a mirror with a message asking Morgana to meet her that night. Unbeknownst to Morgana, Merlin witnessed glimpses of the future through the Crystal Cave , among them a vision of Morgana murdering Uther with a bejeweled dagger namely the one given to her by Arthur.

As the chain of events Merlin foresaw begins to take place, desperate to stop Morgana's intended regicide, he causes a door to slam and a torch to flare in front of her as she passes through the castle. However, this happens at the top of a stone staircase, causing Morgana to fall down the stairs as she flinches from the fire.

Merlin alerts Arthur, who carries her to Gaius for treatment, though the prognosis is grim. Morgana's skull has been fractured and Gaius determines that the injuries are fatal. Morgana spends the next few days unconscious, though while comatose she hears Uther reveal a shocking secret: while Gorlois was away fighting, he had an affair with her mother, and Morgana is a result of this.

A guilt-ridden Merlin later uses a spell to heal her, not wanting to be the reason for her death. When Uther comes to her bedside, Morgana is deeply conflicted and subtly offers him the chance to tell her the truth about her paternity. Uther, evidently uncomfortable, does not do so, and Morgana interprets this as him being ashamed of her, thus cementing Morgana's decline into hatred for the Pendragon rule. Morgana, about to stab Uther. Later, when Morgause sneaks into Camelot to see her, a bitter Morgana reveals her discovery.

Despite her own shock, Morgause explains to her that her being of royal blood is good news for them, as she now has a legitimate claim to the throne. Morgause tries to make Morgana promise not to do anything rash, but Morgana's anger towards Uther becomes frenzied.

Hurt and angry that he lied to her all her life and feeling he disowned her to uphold his reputation as "the perfect king", she retrieves the dagger Arthur gave her for her birthday, intending to kill Uther that very night. Merlin confronts her once more, knowing what is about to happen, but she uses magic to hurl him into the wall, knocking him unconscious and upturning a candle, thus starting a fire.

With no one in her way, Morgana enters Uther's chambers and stands over him with the dagger as foreseen by Merlin, but as she is about to murder Uther, Merlin races into the doorway and uses his magic to cause an explosion which shatters the window and throws Morgana back, dropping the dagger.

Just as Uther awakes she kicks the blade under his bed, fabricating the excuse that she became frightened by the fire and was seeking security.

Uther suspects nothing The Crystal Cave. During the time in which Arthur is to be forced into marrying a princess, Morgana notices that he and Gwen have fallen in love The Changeling. After speaking to Morgause about this, the two plot to use Arthur's love for Gwen against him by conceiving a plan that will result in his death.

With Arthur dead, Morgana will be able to ascend to the throne of Camelot. Morgause has Cenred kidnap Gwen and her long lost brother, Elyan. Gwen is told to bring Arthur to the Castle of Fyrien where Cenred is staying, or else her brother will be killed. Gwen does so with the willing participation of Arthur and Merlin.

On the morning of the excursion, Morgana announces she is coming as well, and despite Merlin's attempts to convince Arthur not to let her come, Arthur is glad to have her along and points out that he needs Morgana to watch his back, since Merlin is inept with a sword. As they travel, Merlin tries to get rid of Morgana by causing her horse to throw her, spraining her ankle, but Arthur helps her along.

As they make camp, Arthur reveals his plan to sneak into the castle through tunnels known only to Uther and a few others of the royal court. Despite Merlin's attempts to thwart her, Morgana is able to alert Morgause and Cenred to the tunnels, and their men are waiting to ambush the party from Camelot.

Cenred makes a show of dragging Morgana away from the others, which allows her to reunited with Morgause, but when Arthur and the others escape, Morgause isn't worried- she knows that Arthur will never leave without Morgana and she is right.

Arthur arrives to find Cenred holding Morgana hostage with a sword to her throat, and Morgause attempts to hit Arthur with a deadly spell, but Merlin explodes her spell, incapacitating Cenred and Morgause, and drags Morgana away. Arthur follows and when Morgana insists they leave her behind to escape since her ankle is injured, Arthur throws her over his shoulder and carries her out, much to Merlin's amusement The Castle of Fyrien.

Morgana plots against Arthur again when he goes on a quest to find the golden trident and she tries to kill him by using a Phoenix Eye in a bracelet provided by Morgause. Unbeknownst to her Merlin, with Gwaine's help, removes the Eye from Arthur's arm and foils her plan. Also during this time, Gwen begins to suspect Morgana after she sees her with Morgause, to the point that she spies on Morgana and sees her using magic, finally discovering Morgana's betrayal The Eye of the Phoenix.

Morgana Pendragon tricks Arthur into following her plans. Morgana later begins to have dreams about Gwen becoming Queen of Camelot. To prevent this, she tells Arthur to spend the next day with Gwen, then invites Uther on a ride with her, intentionally passing the spot where Arthur and Gwen are. When Uther realises Arthur is smitten with a servant, he banishes Gwen from the city. However, when Arthur decides to join her and then return to make Gwen his queen, Morgana realises she has failed to alter the future and break up Arthur and Gwen.

Morgana then plants suspicions in the King's mind about the possibility of an enchantment, having previously planted a poultice under Arthur's pillow to frame Gwen. Gwen is sentenced to death and, seeing Morgana's cold smile on hearing her sentence, finally realises that she is behind it all.

Merlin, however, thwarts Morgana's plans by using an ageing spell to become Dragoon the Great , a veteran wizard who claims to have placed the poultice to bring shame on Camelot, leaving a somewhat confused Morgana foiled Queen of Hearts. When Uther orders Arthur to retrieve the Cup of Life , Morgana overhears this and informs Morgause, who is aware that the Cup will help them capture Camelot.

Morgana and Morgause eventually succeed in getting the Cup when a slave trader named Jarl tips off Arthur's location. Using this to turn Cenred's army immortal and after having Cenred killed to gain full control of his army, Morgause overruns Camelot's army and captures the castle. Uther is dragged to the throne room where he is forced onto his knees to watch Morgana's coronation, devastated to finally discover his own daughter's betrayal.

Unbeknownst to anyone in the room, Arthur and Merlin are also present, witnessing the event through a grate in the wall. Arthur is visibly devastated not only by Morgana's betrayal but by his father's concealment of her being his sister. Arthur and Merlin escape to raise a resistance movement against Morgana's reign, but Uther is imprisoned, left alive only to bear witness to everything he held dear being torn down around him.

Morgana rules for some time and tries to get the Knights of Camelot to pledge themselves to her, but regardless of the fact that she claimed to be Uther's daughter, the knights are loyal to the King and refuse to obey her.

As punishment and to ensure their compliance, Morgana allows her army to execute peasants, a cold warning that any treason the knights' attempt will be unleashed on the innocents of Camelot. Afterwards, Morgana visits Uther in the dungeons, mockingly calling him "father". A deeply distraught Uther points out that innocent people are suffering, but Morgana angrily retaliates by saying she is merely mirroring the extreme persecution that dominated his reign.

Uther then begs her to kill him and not innocent people, but she coldly states she will execute him only after she is satisfied that he has suffered the same amount of pain he caused his victims. This, as well as Morgana's claim of hating him beyond his understanding, compounds Uther's psychological destruction. Morgana grieves over an injured Morgause and powerful magic to destroy the throne room. Morgana seems hopeful that Guinevere will remain loyal to her, and indeed Gwen replies that she has always been so, but Gwen then frees Sir Leon from the dungeons and Morgana's men follow them to Arthur.

However, Arthur is able to escape and rally a small group of knights to lay siege to Camelot. Arthur , Merlin , Elyan , Lancelot , Gwaine , and Percival infiltrate Camelot, but Morgana's soldiers intercept them, and so while the knights fight, Merlin and Lancelot set out to find and tip over the Cup of Life.

Morgause attacks Merlin but Gaius intervenes and Merlin attacks her with magic, causing her to slam into a stone column and allowing Merlin to empty the cup to destroy the army. Morgana arrives moments later and rushes to Morgause's side, cradling her just as Morgause did over a year before with her.

Merlin tells her grimly that it is over, to which she furiously retorts that it has just begun. Morgana's subsequent screams of fury bring the walls of the throne room crumbling down around them, forcing Merlin, Gaius and Lancelot to flee. In the aftermath, there is no sign of either Morgana or Morgause in the rubble, indicating that Morgana used magic to escape with Morgause The Coming of Arthur.

A reluctant Morgana sacrifices Morgause. At some point over the following year, Morgana gains the allegiance of Arthur's uncle, Agravaine , who is stationed in Camelot as Arthur's chief advisor after Uther's deteriorated mental state leaves him incapable of ruling.

Morgause has escaped with Morgana, severely weakened and physically damaged to the point where recovery is beyond both of their considerable abilities. Morgana's powers have developed greatly and she too is now a High Priestess of the Old Religion. At Morgause's request, Morgana sacrifices her sister on the Isle of the Blessed at midnight during Samhain , with Morgause wanting her inevitable death to at least be used for Morgana's benefit. The sacrifice of a soul, as required by the Cailleach , tears the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead.

Morgana is thrown back and knocked unconscious for a few moments, and upon waking she sees the Cailleach, who confirms that her powers are great but warns her that Emrys will be her destiny and her doom, without telling her that he is in fact, Merlin.

She also sees the Dorocha , which she has unleashed upon the world. Later, Morgana meets with Agravaine in her house in the woods where he informs her that the Dorocha have brought Camelot to its knees and that Arthur plans to sacrifice himself to close the veil. Though Agravaine is clearly pleased by this, Morgana is still uneasy about the Cailleach's words regarding Emrys.

Then, that night, she has a dream in which she is surrounded by dead soldiers and is begging Emrys to help her. However, he merely tells her that it is all her doing, at which point she wakes up, angrily whispering the unknown sorcerer's name.

When Agravaine, who has taken charge of the kingdom in Arthur's absence, tells Morgana about Gwen speaking out against him, Morgana tells him of the dream she had of Gwen becoming queen and plans to kill her to prevent the vision from coming true. While Agravaine diverts Gwen's attention, Morgana secretly enters Camelot through a tunnel and knocks Gwen unconscious to leave the Dorocha to kill her.

Agravaine informs Morgana. However, Gaius finds Gwen and saves her before the Dorocha can kill her. Additionally, Morgana's plan of crushing Camelot through the Dorocha is thwarted by Sir Lancelot , who sacrifices himself to heal the rift in the veil once more. When Morgana learns that her plans failed, she is enraged and tells Agravaine about Emrys and her belief that he thwarted them. Uther is fatally injured by the Gleeman , who came to Camelot for Arthur's birthday celebrations, but whose intention was to kill Arthur on King Odin's orders.

The Gleeman attacked a drugged Arthur in Uther's chambers, prompting the King to defend himself and his son. Uther is fatally stabbed, and in the ensuing days, a desperate Arthur even resorts to seeking magical intervention to heal his father. When Agravaine learns of this, he informs Morgana, who enchants a necklace to reverse any healing spell used on its wearer and then magnify it tenfold.

As a result, when a disguised Merlin performs the spell intended to save the King, Uther is instead killed. Arthur then blames Dragoon the Great for his father's death while shifting to a deeply suspicious, anti-magical stance, believing that his risk in giving magic a chance is a grave mistake.

Ironically, while Morgana eliminates one persecutor of magic from the throne, she therefore also helps to bring about a second by cementing Arthur's distrust of it. Morgana is immediately aware of Uther's death and when Agravaine comes to her she appears vulnerable, commenting that she felt Uther's pain as he died and seems disturbed by the idea of her biological father's death. Additionally, as Arthur is crowned king after Uther's death, Morgana seemingly instinctively inquires about his state of mind "How's Arthur?

When King Caerleon is killed in cold blood by the recently crowned Arthur Pendragon in an attempt to assert his dominance, Caerleon's furious and grief-stricken wife, Queen Annis, declares war on Camelot. Morgana soon goes to her court and offers her assistance in destroying Arthur. She is able to gain the acceptance by claiming that she wishes to avenge the death of Gorlois a good friend of Annis whom she views as her true father.

Morgana demonstrates her intimate understanding of Arthur's nature after he opts for single combat to avoid massive bloodshed, commenting derisively that it is "no trick" as he will always risk his own life over others', "because he's Arthur".

During the fight, Morgana enchants Arthur's sword, multiplying its weight and making it nearly unbearable. A seething Morgana returns to Annis and swears that Arthur will not be as fortunate next time. Annis, however, has altered her perception of Arthur as King of Camelot, now acknowledging respect for Arthur's just nature and the hope he brings with him. She refuses any further cooperation with Morgana, commenting that she was mad with grief and allowed Morgana to manipulate her.

Morgana venomously calls Annis weak, but when Morgana vows not to rest until all of Camelot bows before her, Annis shocks her by being the first to openly chastise her, telling her she resembles her hated biological father, Uther, a great deal more than she does Gorlois despite coming to her in the name of Gorlois due to her faithless hatred of Arthur and her blindness to all but her own interests.

Morgana, for once without a retort, leaves Annis to return to scheming alone His Father's Son. Morgana plants the Fomorroh on Merlin's back. After Merlin sacrifices his own safety to protect Arthur, he is kidnapped and brought to Morgana. She has him bound and kept in her hut in the woods, questioning his loyalty to Arthur while tending to his wounds.

Merlin tells her she fails to understand loyalty, a claim which she quickly refutes, claiming she merely has none left to be loyal to.

She then uses a spell to heal his wound before readying her plans for him. Later, she awakes Merlin and shows him a Fomorroh. She tells him that the High Priestesses of the Old Religion used to plant the heads of these creatures into the necks of their enemies, which allowed them to take over their minds. Not knowing that she is Uther's daughter, the thought that he may find out about her magic greatly stresses her, taking into consideration his attitude towards magic.

Unable to find anyone to help her and having no one to turn to, she slowly envelopes herself in loneliness and depression, which fleetingly disappears at the company of creatures like Morgause, Alvarr and Mordred, who are like her. After Merlin poisons her and almost causes her death, Morgause takes her with her to cure her, and Morgana spends over a year with Morgause. When she returns, she is a different person; vengeful and more cruel, she returns determined to take revenge for beings like herself against Uther and the magic-hating Camelot.

Though Morgana initially believes Arthur was a better man than his father and would be a fair ruler, she ultimately becomes more and more fixed on her belief that the Pendragons are not fit to rule Camelot and seeks to take the throne herself, despite her also being a Pendragon in blood. She joins Morgause in her regicidal ambitions and eventually operates alone in trying to kill Arthur.

Despite being motivated by her disagreement with Uther's tyrannical regime, Morgana herself lapses into a reign of cruelty during the times she rules Camelot to gain the allegiance of the people, such as executing innocent people in her first reign, and threatening to burn peasants' crops in her second reign. Morgana also takes a sadistic pleasure in tormenting Uther and forcing Gwaine to fight for food, as well as willingly torturing Elyan for information.

Despite her vindictive and unforgiving personality, however, Morgana remains a powerful, arrogant, intelligent, overconfident, and ferociously determined individual. Her darker characteristics are largely the product of external influences while her truer nature was portrayed as one of immense compassion.

This nature has arguably not disappeared due to the melancholy she sometimes showed and she does at times reveal a vulnerable side of herself, such as her shock and hurt on hearing of Agravaine's death, her deep conflict at seeing Arthur again, her fear at being rendered powerless and her elation at being healed by Aithusa.

This nature is explored more after her liberation from her prison. The time she spent with Aithusa made her more vulnerable and at times she shows her softer side to the young creature. Even at her enemies, she shows acts of kindness, as shown when she ordered her men to burn Finna's corpse after her suicide.

She also displays a caring, loving side, like a mother figure towards Mordred, as he is the only one she can still consider her friend. I am an admin of this site. Edit as much as you wish, but one little thing If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login.

Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! She is the illegitimate daughter of Uther Pendragon and the half-sister of Arthur Pendragon and Morgause. Initially being an innocent ward of Uther who had spoken out against his actions on those who practice sorcery, she eventually discovered she had magic. At the start of Season 3 onwards, she became the main antagonist of the series. She is Merlin 's former friend and arch-nemesis.

Morgana started off being a very kind woman who was Uther's ward. However, unknown to her at the time she was actually his daughter and half-sister of Arthur. Morgana had a close friendship with her maidservant Gwen, Arthur and Merlin at this point in time. Morgana eventually discovered that she had the gift of prophecy which was something that frightened her immensely. When she slept, she would have nightmares foreseeing the future of those in Camelot and the people she cared about.

She sought the help of Gaius but this did nothing to stop her prophetic dreams because he only helped by giving her a sleeping draught. Morgana would also join in Merlin's adventures such as rescuing Camelot from a plague and meeting a young Druid boy named Mordred who she bonded instantly with.

Morgana showed resistance to Uther's rule and disliked his hatred of magic and how he executed those who wielded the power. Uther eventually imprisoned her and executed Gwen's father driving her to plan his assassination.

In this occasion she also accused Uther of having abandoned her supposed father Gorlois in the battlefield years before, causing his death. She stopped when Uther showed he cared for her when they visited her supposed birth father's grave together.

Morgana started to panic after several events revealed that she does have magial powers that recently awakened. When she woke from a frightening dream, she created a fire that burned her curtain drapes.

Although she attempts to overthrow Arthur, it is primarily to protect this way of life. In the majority of portrayals in film and television, however, Morgan continues to be a villain. Morgana is given plausible reasons for her change of heart: not only does she have magical powers in a Camelot ruled over by Uther — a king who condemns magical practitioners — but she also discovers that she is his illegitimate daughter and that he has no intention of acknowledging her.

But as the series draws to a close a once complex character seems to be motivated solely by hatred and greed — and she becomes a pantomime villain dressed in black. Her awakening magical powers and her desire to rule over Camelot lead to her moral decline. Arthur, who is no saint himself, has a child out of wedlock — the product of an incestuous union with his half-sister Morgause in some versions of the legend it is Morgan, but the two have often been conflated, especially in more modern retellings.

Yet among this catalogue of venality and treachery, it is Morgan who is usually branded the villain. The story of King Arthur has been told many times, and there is no reason to think that these stories will ever lose their hold over the popular imagination.