Morgana is a feminine variant of the name Morgan (Welsh, Old English). She follows him inside the cave and toys with him, until he finds her and slashes her with a sword. Morgana manages to prevent each and every attempt of Mithian's until she writes her name on a stone that Merlin sees. Nonetheless, she continues to carry out her plan and gives him a single mission: destroy the relationship between Arthur and Gwen. The confrontation is highly tense with Morgana appearing conflicted at the sight of Arthur, who sadly remarks he thought they were friends, to which Morgana replies "as did I". 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. Though she suspected his having a hand in many of her foiled plans, she first met him face to face when she caught him going through her possessions. Morgana is first seen by Merlin during his first days in Camelot when he enters her chambers. When Morgana was taken away by Morgause, Gwen appeared to miss her, but after Morgana's return, it became obvious that her experiences had changed her. Merlin and Arthur finally reach their destination, but - having forced the truth out of Gwaine - Morgana is waiting for them. However, conflicted and weighed by her conscience, she repents of her intention at the last minute when confronted with the realisation that Uther cares for her. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie Policy, Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Service. Gaius’ former good opinion of Morgana was stripped away and he was highly suspicious of her when she returned. Favorite Answer ~SPOILER~ Season 3 episode 12. With Arthur dead, Morgana will be able to ascend to the throne of Camelot. Morgause tries to make Morgana promise not to do anything rash, but Morgana's anger towards Uther becomes frenzied. You know you wanna do it to him too~ Gaius later realises that the only way to completely get rid of the Fomorroh is to kill the mother beast, which he informs Merlin of after paralyzing the creature temporarily and giving Merlin back his mind. During the battle of Camlann, Morgana hysterically screams at Merlin when he returns to the battlefield, and he wastes no time in attacking her with a lightning spell. She hugs him and then dines with him. Having caught up with her, two openly confronted each other and Morgana demonstrated her lack of feeling towards her former maid, cruelly taunting her before knocking her unconscious. She also sees the Dorocha, which she has unleashed upon the world. The time she spent with Aithusa made her more vulnerable and at times she shows her softer side to the young creature. Morgana's scheme succeeds, despite Merlin becoming aware of her use of necromancy, and, having witnessed Gwen's betrayal, Arthur exiles her. and "Unable to connect to world" error between version 1.16.201 and 1.16.40. Morgana and Arthur grew up together and their relationship had always been strong. However, Merlin chose to believe the worst in Morgana, potentially unaware that Morgause had turned her into the vessel without her knowledge or consent, therefore destroying his relationship with her forever, polluting her better nature and sending her irrevocably into Morgause's care for one year (The Fires of Idirsholas). Uther finds out about Merlin’s magic, but can’t seem to kill him. Even when Merlin was weakened due to having aged himself, although she put up a considerable fight, she was only able to nearly kill him when she caught him off-guard and was grounded before ultimately losing and being badly wounded (A Servant of Two Masters). Gwen demands to know why Morgana hates her so deeply as they fight, to which Morgana replies that she hates what Gwen is destined to do rather than what she has already done. Earlier in life, as the King’s ward, Morgana displays a spirited, quick-witted and compassionate nature. Explore Wikis; Community Central; Start a Wiki; Search This wiki This wiki All wikis | Sign In Don't have an account? But in S3 we find out she is actually his daughter and not Gorlois'. One year later, Morgana's magical powers had grown under Morgause's continued tutelage, and she finally became a High Priestess of the Old Religion. It has been indicated that she might have even bested Arthur with a sword before, though he insisted the incident "did not happen" when Morgana mentioned it (The Moment of Truth). Favourite answer. Arthur tries to reason with her and asks what happened to her, but she tells him she grew up. Annis’ champion immediately gets the upper hand, but Merlin's intervention saves Arthur, giving him the victory and sparing the lives of both sides. After Morgause disappeared with Morgana, Arthur demonstrated his devotion to her by spending a year searching for her, feeling that he had failed to protect her. Your will is as strong as my own. Morgana seemed finally victorious over Gwen by resurrecting Sir Lancelot and using him to come between Arthur and Guinevere, which led to the latter's exile. He also later uses a lightning spell on her. Morgana later becomes deeply attached to Mordred, a young druid boy whose life Merlin saved, risking Uther's wrath should their actions be discovered (The Beginning of the End). Arthur doesn't understand why they think he isn't noticing this. Once I'm crowned Queen of Camelot, you may indulge yourself all you wish. When Morgause's sleeping plague fell over Camelot, Arthur left Morgana alone with a sleeping Uther, handing her his sword so she could protect both herself and the king, and a fearful Morgana did not act against Uther, instead choosing to stay with him and wait for Arthur to return. Morgana somehow reaches Nemeth, which has been conquered by Odin. How does Mordred know that Merlin is Emrys? I am your one true ally, my lady. Arthur mistakenly believes that Morgana and Merlin have romantic feelings for each other (The Nightmare Begins). She does not welcome Mordred at first, as she knows that he tried to kill her during their last met, but when he apologises for what he has done, tells her the key to lead to Arthur's downfall she starts to understand him. Alvarr did fight but was captured and brought back to Camelot where Uther ordered him to be executed at dawn. 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 also put a glamour on Gwen that made her look like a deer in the eyes of others, thus making Arthur and the other knights think that she was an animal. As they are about to strike him down, an unknown force causes the cave to crumble, and Morgana is knocked unconscious by Merlin's Magic, although it is currently unknown if she saw him (Another's Sorrow). But when Finna, who was protecting Merlin sends a letter to Alator that she found Emrys, and not to worry, Morgana discovered it right away and caused her in murdering the High Priest by breaking his neck with magic, making him unable to breathe. Morgana was only ten years old at the time and did not a great many memories of Gorlois when he died. 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. Although Morgana fought hard to keep Gwen under her control, Merlin, Arthur and Gwen are able to free her from Morgana's grasp, and the two do not communicate at all after this event (With All My Heart). He, believing that he could not abandon her and understanding what she was going through, ignored the two (The Nightmare Begins). So she does know that Morgause's magical wound was cause by Merlin. When Merlin finds her in the camp she is probably shocked in a good way that he went out of his way to find her (maybe in her mind to even make sure she got there okay), and for her to ADMIT her powers, the ONLY person she does to in this point of time, without second guessing is just GAH. 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. Morgana persuades a young boy named Daegal to lure Merlin directly to her trap. She finds him and taunts him that he is going to die. After Merlin sacrifices his own safety to protect Arthur, he is kidnapped and brought to Morgana. He gains her trust when he reveals to her that Emrys is in fact Merlin (The Drawing of the Dark). ****) Merlin and Morgana were once former friends, sharing fun memories and ideals together. Her love for that creature made her suffer more than she ever thought possible. Seeing this, Helios pushes Morgana aside and she flees, fighting her way through various Knights of Camelot, one of whom manages to stab her in the side. 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. She frequently stood up to Uther when she thought he was being unfair or cruel and was not above defying him to do what was right. Uther suspected her involvement, emotionally warning that whoever was responsible had betrayed him, but Morgana stayed defiant. Arthur finds out about Merlin's magic in the last episode; season 5 episode 13 The Diamond of the Day: Part Two. She is also very protective of him, using magic to defeat his enemies during the battle of Camlann. 1,049 Pages. Morgana admitted to Aredian that her dreams got worse when Gaius started treating them, though she insisted that this was just a coincidence. Morgana remained devoted to the now seriously deteriorated Morgause and thought nothing of attacking Knights of Camelot to protect her. 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. She later discovered she was the result of Uther's betrayal of Gorlois in having an affair with Vivienne, which was revealed when she overheard Uther's confession of her true parentage. He made me who I am. He embraces her, promising her that she is safe in Camelot. The depth of Morgana's attachment to Morgause was shown when the latter was seriously injured by Merlin and Gaius since Morgana was visibly distraught, and her screams of anguish proved to be powerful enough to destroy the throne room walls. And it isn't something to be scared of. Though he was shamelessly using her for his own purposes, Alvarr seemed genuinely humbled when she freed him and was evidently grateful for all she had done. Morgana arrives and confronts Finna, asking for Emrys' identity, but Finna commits suicide with Merlin's sword. 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