Morgana Kyrison

in her first life, she is the daughter of Uther Pendragon and Vivienne. In her reincarnation, her parents are unknown.

First Life
According to Uther Pendragon, when Morgana's presumed father Gorlois was away fighting on the Northern Plains, her mother Vivienne had a brief affair with Uther Pendragon and later gave birth to Morgana. As she was born in the house of Gorlois, no one doubted her parentage. Morgana also stated that as a child she used to help her father with his armour. She remained with her family until she was about ten years old. At that time Gorlois was killed by enemies of Camelot because Uther failed to send his best friend the promised reinforcements. It was stated by Uther himself that Morgana fought him from the beginning and was never afraid to speak her mind. As a young girl she often practiced swordplay with her childhood companion, Arthur, and according to her, used to beat him with a sword, though he would later deny this. Being the only woman in the royal family, she would often sit beside Uther during state affairs and tournaments, seemingly filling the role which would have ordinarily been undertaken by the Queen of Camelot.

Morgana is first seen by Merlin during his first days in Camelot when he enters her chambers. Morgana, not seeing him, mistakes him for Gwen while getting ready for a feast celebrating twenty years since the end of The Great Purge. Morgana resisted attending this celebration, expressing to Uther her sympathy for Mary Collins and her abhorrence for the Great Purge because of the lives taken to accomplish Uther's endeavor to eliminate magic from Camelot. Nevertheless, Uther orders her to be present to greet Lady Helen. Merlin is initially quite awestruck by the Lady Morgana and watches her flirtatious interaction with Arthur at the feast. She is first properly introduced to Merlin when Gwen is wrongly accused of witchcraft after witnessing his apparent attempt to sacrifice his life for Gwen's (though he was actually the one responsible for the enchantment of which she had been accused). His actions lead her to believe he has feelings for Gwen. She helps Merlin and Arthur defeat the Afanc that Nimueh used to poison the water supply despite them telling her it is too dangerous

Morgana is the daughter of Uther Pendragon and his adulterous lover, Vivienne, who was his best friend's wife, though this fact is hidden from Morgana. At a young age, Morgana discovers that she sometimes dreams of things that afterwards come to pass. The court physician, Gaius, gives her a variety of sleeping potions, but none proves particularly effective. Her powers first appear in the show when Morgana's dreams aid Merlin in defeating two Sidhe that wished to kill Arthur in order to return to Avalon including one of their own, Sophia, who was banished to a mortal existence

Morgana later becomes deeply attached to Mordred, a young druid boy whose life Merlin saved, risking Uther's wrath should their actions be discovered Morgana was willing to defy Uther and hide the boy in her chambers; however, she is caught trying to return Mordred to the Druids. Arthur and Merlin aid in the safe return of Mordred to his people, for which Morgana is grateful. In return, she goes with Merlin to his home village Ealdor to help him defend it from bandits.

Morgana has persistently been strongly opposed to Uther's ruthlessness towards magic and protested his decision to execute Mary Collins' son, Thomas, due to her belief that magic is an inherent quality rather than an active choice. She appears at times to have an intuitive awareness of Merlin's abilities although she has never confronted him with it. From early on, Morgana also shows signs of a darker side. Her bitterness over her father's death and Uther's pivotal role in it causes her great turmoil and ambivalence towards her guardian. This means that, when exacerbated by Uther's intention to put Gwen to death unjustly and his actual execution of her father on charges of sorcery, Morgana's bitterness blossoms into hatred and a desire for an end to Uther's bloody reign. She plots to have him killed and takes an active role in the performance of the intended murder. However, conflicted and weighed by her conscience, she repents of her intention at the last minute when confronted with the realization that Uther cares for her. She then kills Tauren, the assassin, just before he strikes Uther down and Merlin kills the other sorcerers involved .After these events she warns Merlin in a trance that worse things are to come.

Morgana's magic eventually begins to reveal itself. When Morgana unintentionally sets her room on fire and shatters a vase with magic, she becomes terrified. She goes to Gaius and tells him she fears she has magic. 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 realizes the danger in exposing them. Arthur mistakenly believes that Morgana and Merlin have romantic feelings for each other. 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.

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

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 realizes 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 realizing that Merlin has poisoned her. Across the castle, Morgause becomes aware of Morgana's plight and realizes 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.

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 disheveled 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.

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 specters of the innocents he has executed over the years, including boys he has drowned in a well and Ygraine, 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.

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 colors.

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 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.

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.

During the time in which Arthur is to be forced into marrying a princess, Morgana notices that he and Gwen have fallen in love. 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 useless 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

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

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, and then invites Uther on a ride with her, intentionally passing the spot where Arthur and Gwen are. When Uther realizes 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 realizes 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 realizes 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.

Morgana and Morgause eventually manage to get their hands on the Cup of Life. Using this to turn Cenred's army immortal, 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. 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 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.

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.

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, in a rage, tells Agravaine about Emrys and her belief that he thwarted them. Morgana then asks Agravaine to help her find Emrys and kill him

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 the 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 and refuses to celebrate her victory with Agravaine, quickly brushing off any sentimentality to claim she will be unsatisfied until she seizes control of Camelot.

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. Annis' champion immediately gets the upper hand, but Merlin's intervention saves Arthur, giving him the victory and sparing the lives of both sides.

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 a 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.

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. She does just that to him and leaves him with a single thought: killing Arthur. Morgana then lets Merlin leave, subsequently encountering Arthur who went out searching for him. Back in Camelot, Merlin tries and fails several times to kill Arthur. However, the steep personality change the Fomorroh also causes means that Gwen and Gaius soon realize something is wrong with Merlin. Gwen knocks him out to allow Gaius to examine him, and upon realizing what it is Gaius paralyses the Fomorroh's head, extracts it and throws it into the fire. Believing that to be the end of it, Gaius leaves Merlin to wake up, but the next day notices that the Fomorroh has grown back. Gaius later realizes 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.

Merlin therefore disguises himself as Dragoon the Great and rides to Morgana's hut, intending to retrieve the Fomorroh. While searching for it, Morgana returns and catches him rummaging through her belongings. Recognizing him as Emrys and at first terrified, she quickly retreats and shuts the door, but then warily re-enters, questioning his existence. However, when he takes the jar containing the Fomorroh, Morgana regathers herself and the two enter into a closely matched and intense magical battle. During the battle she angrily demands to know who Emrys really is and why as a fellow magic user he would defend Arthur, who despises their kind. Merlin, though disadvantaged by his frail and aged physical form, manages to secure the Fomorroh having defeated and seriously wounded Morgana. He then casts a spell and throws the Fomorroh into the fire, getting rid of it and its spawn once and for all. Later, Agravaine comes to visit Morgana and is clearly deeply concerned when he discovers her unconscious in the woods. He carries her to safety, and is the one to take care of her until she recovers.

After Morgana recovers, she and Agravaine arrange to have Gaius kidnapped in order to learn the identity of Emrys. She forms a brief alliance with the warrior priest of the Old Religion, Alator, requiring his techniques to extract the information from Gaius. Alator successfully learns from him that Emrys is actually Merlin, but instead of informing Morgana immediately, he betrays her, having discovered from Gaius that Merlin is the one destined to bring a glorious new age to the kingdom. Alator knocks Morgana unconscious just when she is about to kill Merlin, and protects Merlin's health and identity, leaving Morgana to regain consciousness alone, while Gwaine's arrival has pushed Agravaine into safely returning Gaius to Camelot.

Agravaine informs Morgana of Arthur's intentions to marry Gwen, thus realizing Morgana's visions of Gwen becoming queen. Determined to stop her vision from coming true, she visits the Dochraid for advice regarding necromancy. The hag explains to Morgana that with the enchanted coin Morgause gave her, she will be able to summon a shade from the dead and bend it to her will. Morgana therefore goes to summon Lancelot and molds his resurrected self, devoid of memory and his former sense of morality, for her malignant purposes. However, she broodingly remarks that she did not feel the pleasure she expected from such absolute control, instead experiencing a sadness at the bleak contrast between the resurrected Lancelot and his former might.

Nonetheless, she continues to carry out her plan and gives him a single mission: destroy the relationship between Arthur and Gwen. She also enchants a bracelet to restore Gwen's old feelings for Lancelot and therefore trap her into adultery. Morgana's scheme succeeds, despite Merlin becoming aware of her use of necromancy, and, having witnessed Gwen's betrayal, Arthur exiles her. When Morgana learns that Lancelot has successfully fulfilled his task she orders him to take his own life, which Arthur assumes was due to Lancelot's own sense of right and wrong.

Morgana at some point enters into an alliance with Helios, the powerful warlord. They prepare to attack Camelot together on the condition that Morgana brings plans of the siege tunnels from the castle vaults, a task which she assigns Agravaine. As she is unsympathetic and irritated by him when he fails in his first attempt, Agravaine therefore kills a boy and enacts a complex scheme to get hold of the plans, of which Morgana then makes a magical copy. Morgana brings the plans to Helios, failing to realize she has just walked past Gwen, who was captured by Helios' raiding party. Morgana and Helios discuss their plans, therefore allowing Gwen to overhear their intended siege. Gwen flees, but alerts Helios and Morgana to her presence in doing so.

Eventually, Morgana notices Gwen's tunic in Helios' caves and, knowing her relationship with Arthur, tells Helios to give chase. Morgana herself pursues Gwen through the forests, easily catching her up. Morgana toy with Gwen briefly, commenting that she has ridden the forests since childhood, and points out the direction of Camelot, which Gwen bitterly distrusts. Morgana, holding her advantage, casts a powerful stunning spell on Gwen when she tries to run. Morgana, snatching Arthur's ring from around Gwen's neck, formulates a plan, now aware of the nearby hunting party. She stands over Gwen, promising she will see Arthur again, but then enchants her to transform her into a deer. She leaves her to be caught and shot by the hunters, which she ultimately is, though Merlin once again intervenes. Morgana returns to finalize her plans with Helios, preparing the attack on Camelot

Soon, Morgana and Helios' plan for conquering Camelot comes to fruition. When Agravaine opens the siege tunnels beneath the city, a small detachment of her army passes through into the lower town which soon falls to her forces. This distracts the knights of Camelot long enough for Morgana to enter the city with the bulk of her forces. She personally knocks Elyan out with her magic to stop Agravaine from engaging in a sword fight, claiming there is no time to "play soldiers". The castle is quickly overrun by Morgana's men with King Arthur and the knights forced further and further back. Morgana, however, has one sole aim: to capture Arthur. Merlin therefore forces Arthur to flee Camelot by enchanting him to ensure his compliance, and so by the time Morgana herself reaches the last stronghold of the Knights of Camelot, Arthur has already disappeared leaving Gaius and Gwaine behind.

Morgana, desperate to remove the last obstacle to the throne, leads a troop of her men in hot pursuit. On horseback, she catches up with Arthur but is ultimately foiled again by Merlin and the knights who accompany Arthur. Agravaine later informs Morgana that the people of Camelot will swear allegiance to none but Arthur, so she orders their crops to be burnt to force their loyalty, by which even Agravaine seems perturbed. Set on finding Arthur, Morgana then proceeds to torture Elyan using a Nathair to find out where he is headed. As soon as Elyan reveals the information, she sends Agravaine to Ealdor in search of Arthur, warning him that if he should fail her again he will receive the same treatment as Elyan.

Agravaine, shocked, goes to bid Morgana farewell before leaving, emphasizing his loyalty and love for her and warning her that even Helios is not to be trusted. Morgana seems largely unmoved by Agravaine passionate speech, though claims to be grateful for his faithfulness, and merely states that he need never leave her side again if he succeeds in his mission. Morgana then heads down to the dungeons and confronts the captured Gaius, Elyan and Gwaine, all of whom are going hungry as punishment for having killed so many of her men. When Gwaine protests her harsh treatment of them and beseeches her to show mercy to the aged Gaius, she agrees to give them food only if Gwaine is prepared to fight for it. Morgana applauds him mockingly when he wins his first fight, tossing him a small chunk of bread as reward and commenting that he will have to do better to earn more

Morgana remains in control of Camelot for a short period of time, entertaining herself at Gwaine's expense by compelling him to fight more and more unequal battles in return for scant pieces of food to share between all three prisoners in the dungeon; Gwaine, Gaius, and Elyan. Nonetheless, Morgana's unattested time on the throne is short lived since Helios informs her that the men she sent after Arthur were wiped out by Kilgharrah and that Agravaine is dead. Morgana immediately identified it as the work of Emrys.

Morgana subsequently orders that messengers be sent to King Lot to offer a reward for capturing Arthur. She then sees Emrys; or rather Merlin disguised as Dragoon the Great, running past her, much to her horror. Helios tries to reassure Morgana but seeing Emrys greatly unsettles her and she then retires to her chambers, unaware that Merlin has placed an enchanted poppet beneath it. When she is told of Arthur's assault on Camelot, Morgana steels herself to receive him. Arthur bursts into the council chambers and finds Morgana and Helios waiting for him. 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". Nonetheless, Arthur and Morgana cannot reconcile and Morgana accuses Arthur of being too much like his father in his hatred of magic, while Arthur retorts that she too resembles Uther in her cruelty. The angered Morgana attempts to attack Arthur with magic, but finds her powers to be blocked due to Merlin's poppet. 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. Despite this, Morgana continues on and at some point, understanding that Guinevere is following her, decides to wait for her and confront her. Gwen demands to know why Morgana hates her as deeply as they fight, to which Morgana replies that she hates what Gwen is destined to do rather than what she has already done. Morgana swiftly bests Gwen and knocks her sword out of her hand, but before Morgana can harm her Merlin intervenes and throws Morgana back magically.

Then, in the confusion, Morgana somehow escapes from the castle and finds her way to the woods. However, she has been grievously wounded in the process and ends up staggering through the forests alone, collapsing as she goes. Then, for reasons unknown, Aithusa the white dragon appears and heals the injured Morgana, thus reviving her. Morgana, shocked and enraptured, opens her eyes to see Aithusa who briefly looks back at her before flying away, leaving her fate unknown

After her overthrow, Morgana was imprisoned with Aithusa by the warlord Sarrum, who wanted to erase magic from the land. She described it as seeing nothing, but darkness. According to Sarrum, he found Morgana's weakness, which was her love for Aithusa, and used it against her; he captured the two creatures and buried them in a living grave.

After her captivity she somehow met with Ruadan. She also meets with Mordred at some point. It seems she searches for the key of wisdom, and is rather impatient to getting it. She claims that for two long years she's only known darkness and that she and patience are old friends, when Ruadan tells her to be patient.

In the meantime, Morgana, who is in command of some magical wolves, manages to enslave a big number of men and work for her, two of which are Gwaine and Percival. When she learns that Arthur is coming to ambush her, although shocked at first, she orders Ruadan to prepare for battle. In the end, she ends up ambushing Arthur and defeating his men. However, he and Merlin manage to get away, so she angrily commands her men to find them as soon as possible.

Morgana soon learns about Sefa's captivity, and reassures Ruadan that her sacrifice won't be in vain. However, he rushes to save her, and dies in the process. He sends Morgana a crow to inform her that Arthur is coming to her, but she should not worry. Soon after that, Morgana runs when she notices a familiar man arriving and is happy beyond words when she finds out that this man is Mordred and he is in fact alive. She hugs him and then dines with him.

She tells him that magic will soon be free, but is enraged after he reveals to her that he let Arthur go. When the latter invades her castle, Morgana has both him and Merlin at her mercy. Arthur tries to reason with her and asks what happened to her, but she tells him she grew up. As she is about to finish him off, Mordred stabs her in the back, and Morgana painfully looks at the friend who betrayed her, before losing consciousness. She is later seen staggering in a snowy wasteland, next to Aithusa.

Morgana somehow reaches Nemeth, which has been conquered by Odin. She enters as he talks to a captured Mithian and Rodor, and makes a deal with him: he will help her conquer Camelot, and she will help him kill the man he wants most: Arthur Pendragon. Morgana uses an Ageing spell and visits Camelot as Hilda, Mithian's maid. There, Morgana has Mithian lure Arthur into a trap, and also constantly checks on her behavior, as the young princess tries to inform Camelot of her motives at all costs.

Morgana manages to prevent each and every attempt of Mithian's, until she writes her name on a stone that Merlin sees. However, Morgana is fast enough in order to knock Merlin unconscious with an unknown spell. She manages to lead Arthur to Odin's hideout, and, as Odin is about to kill him, she reveals her true self and tells Odin that she wants the satisfaction of killing Arthur too. 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.

Morgana later attempts to get Gwen to join her side and succeeds in doing so. After Guinevere returns from visiting her father's grave, accompanied by the Knights of the Round Table, Morgana uses her powers to make a snake attack the knights, and takes her chance to abduct Gwen while she is fleeing. Morgana takes her to the Dark Tower, and locks her inside a room filled with mandrake roots, which produce frightening hallucinations of her favorite people in the world. Every now and then, Morgana would come and visit Gwen, showing her kindness and inviting her to dinner. There, Morgana sympathizes with her former friend, gives her food to eat and talks to her about her own journeys during those years. As Gwen sees more of her friends turning against her and laughing at her, Morgana slowly begins to convince her that she is her one and only friend. When Arthur and his knights arrive to save her, Morgana has prepared numerous traps to slow them down, and the final obstacle is an enchanted sword that protects Gwen. Elyan rushes to save his sister, and succeeds in doing so, sacrificing his own life in the process. However, everything is not as it seems; Gwen has believed in Morgana's words and, with the help of the mandrake roots, Gwen's loyalties now are with Morgana. The night after Elyan's death, Guinevere meets Morgana in the Darkling Woods, and the two plan Arthur's downfall.

Following this event, Morgana and Guinevere make numerous attempts on Arthur's life. Morgana and Gwen often meet in the Darkling Woods and plan Arthur's downfall, as well as Gwen ruling according to what Morgana wants. Morgana goes to a merchant and asks for a poison that will kill slowly and painfully. She gets two liquids and gives them to Gwen, who successfully manages to poison Arthur with them and frame Merlin for the crime. However, Arthur is saved due to circumstances unknown to Morgana. . Gwen realizes Merlin is aware of her deceptions.

Morgana persuades a young boy named Daegal to lure Merlin directly to her trap. When the warlock sees her, she knocks him out with her magic, makes him drink a deadly poison and then kicks him down a cliff. When the young boy asks her why she is doing this, she tells him to not meddle with her or she will kill him too. Later, Morgana conspires with Guinevere in order to have Arthur assassinated by his new ally, Sarrum, a powerful warlord as well as the man who imprisoned her and Aithusa for two years. Morgana also requests from Gwen one last thing: then give Sarrum a painful death, which Gwen agrees to do with pleasure. However, although Sarrum dies, Arthur survives, as Sarrum's ally killed him instead of Arthur.

Sometime later, Morgana gets a message from the Dochraid that Emrys is trying to break her control over Gwen. Morgana asks Aithusa to help her. The two ambush Arthur's group and, although Aithusa fails to eliminate them, Morgana corners Merlin and Mordred and knocks them out with magic. Although Merlin somehow escapes, Mordred does not. Morgana wakes him up, asking him why he betrayed her and demanding to know who Emrys is. Seeing his unwillingness to help her, Morgana prepares to kill him, but Mordred confronts her with how drastically she has changed from her loving and compassionate past self. This emotionally confounds her, which gives Mordred a chance to knock her out using magic and he helps Merlin and Arthur save Gwen.

As Morgana knew that Emrys broke her control over Guinevere, she demanded to know his true identity. She with a group of many men, including Beroun captured Alator of the Catha, who had betrayed her last time to demand to know where and who Emrys is. He refused to tell her who Emrys was, so he was ordered to reveal the true identity of Emrys, by being tortured by Nathair. Alator told Morgana that if she killed him, he would walk to paradise happily, knowing that Morgana had failed. Morgana refused to kill him; she wanted him to be tortured and to suffer alive. 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. After Finna got Merlin's sword, when she was wounded, Morgana and her men found her and she demanded to know from her where Emrys is. She refused to tell and killed herself before Morgana could kill her. This led the High Priestess to declare war on Camelot.

When Mordred's love interest, Kara, is sentenced to death for plotting against Camelot, Mordred is brought in great rage against Camelot, feeling betrayed by Arthur and Merlin. After escaping from his jail cell he decides to visit Morgana, and is brought by two Saxons into her throne room. She does not welcome Mordred at first, as she knows that he tried to kill her during their last met, but when he apologizes for what he has done, tells her the key to lead to Arthur's downfall she starts to understand him. Mordred also claims that there is one person who kept stopping her from bringing down Camelot.

Morgana knows that it's Emrys and Mordred reveals his true identity and that he lives in Camelot and it is Merlin's druid name.

Morgana and Mordred officially declare war at Camelot after they make sure Merlin cannot be a threat to their plans. Morgana uses a magical weapon which sucks his magic, rendering him useless to protect Arthur. Immediately after that, she and Mordred summon a meteor to attack the enemy forces, which annihilated Camelot's defense. She uses Aithusa's breath to forge a sword for her proudest warrior, Mordred, so he can kill Arthur with it.

She also uses a woman named Eira as a spy. After the woman gains Gwaine's sympathy, she gains information about Camelot and especially Arthur and Merlin and tells everything to Morgana. After she learns that Merlin plans to go to the Crystal Cave to get his magic back, she plans to end him once and for all. She follows him inside the cave and toys with him, until he finds her and slashes her with a sword. Although in pain, Morgana laughs at his attempts to thwart her plans and bids him farewell, as she uses strong magic to trap Merlin in the Crystal Cave once and for all.

After this, she gathers her forces at Camlann, where she reunites with Mordred. The two, along with the Saxons, begin their final fight against Camelot. Although they easily overwhelm the Camelot soldiers at first, Merlin's return greatly shocks Morgana as she screams at him, and he attacks her and knocks her unconscious. When she regains consciousness, she finds out that Mordred has been killed. Creating a grave for him, she buries him and swears to him that Arthur will meet his doom.

When her men report to her that Arthur is alive, Morgana is so furious that she instantly kills one of the men. She meets with Gwaine and Percival, who knew of Arthur's location, and although Percival manages to stab through her, she survives and manages to defeat both of them. She traps Gwaine and uses a Nathair on him to learn about Arthur's location and, after she does, she executes him.

Morgana finds Merlin and Arthur and uses magic to blast Merlin away. She then taunts a dying Arthur, but Merlin points Excalibur at her and says that, although he always blamed himself for what she has become, the bloodshed she created has to end and so stabs her with the sword. Morgana thought she could withstand this hit too, but is wrong, as a sword forged in a Dragon's breath can hurt her. Morgana leaves her last breath there, and very soon her brother dies as well.

Second Life
Morgana was born to a faerie father and a panther shifter for a mother. Being secretly in Avalon, they gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Morgana. However, both fairies and panther shifters were at war during that time and someone like her was not accepted, so they were forced to flee. They lived in North America for several years, among a small tribe of elders who never suspected what any of them were.

They lived there until they were found again. Morgana, now six years old, had begun to flourish, and had begun to control both how to fly and when to phase to a shifter. The situation was immediately dealt with: no exceptions for those who broke the laws. Morgana's mother was killed in spot, and Morgana's father was never allowed to see her again. Morgana was secretly brought to Avalon after the attack, her existence a secret as she was not meant to have survived. She stayed and led a calmer life there, until she decided to explore the world on her own.

Elysian Peace (RP 1)
Morgana was seen briefly talking to Merlin, the meeting triggering some memories to return enough for her to recognize him.

Twisted Everyway
Morgana and Merlin have been getting a bit closer, enough to have a friendship, even if not a super close one. She was later seen with Caoidme, her guardian, and an explosion created during a nightmare with her magic prompted to her awakening. When it was over, she had rainbow fairy wings.

Physical Appearance
Morgana is extremely beautiful. Her long black hair falls in waves to the end of her back and her eyes are of a bright blue ocean. She 's very slim and has very pale skin, and stands at 5'6''. In panther form, she' s even taller, and her fur is of a shiny black. When in her fairy form, which is more similar to her human form, she has rainbow wings that will only be seen to those who have been to Avalon.

Personality & Traits
Morgana is extremely shy, but quick to think. While most think she cannot speak because she doesn't utter a word when coming across them, she actually can. She will say things as they are, not sugarcoating anything which might lead people to think she's very rude. But really, she's a sweetheart, and would hate to hurt anyone, even when she is hurt.

Powers & Abilities
Magic

Change into a black phanter

Arthur
Her half-brother. In her past life, she was responsible for his "death". In this life, she has yet to meet him.

Merlin
Once both were getting close, bonded by sharing magic, they became enemies after she turned evil in her past life. She met him briefly this life, recognizing him but not knowing from where and any more than that.

Caoidme
Her guardian. The two have just met

Etymology
Morgana comes from the Old Welsh Morcant, a compound name thought to be composed of the elements môr (sea) and cant (circle, completion) or can (white, bright).

Kara is a name derived from the Italian or Latin and it means beloved or dear.

Media portrayal
Morgana is portrayed by Katie McGrath in all pictures. In panther form she looks like this.