Morgana Pendragon

Morgana Pendragon, daughter of King Uther Pendragon and half-sister of Arthur Pendragon, is a sorceress from Camelot. Once warm, kind-hearted and compassionate, she is now ruthless and relentlessly dedicated to her goals - and seems to have no qualms with cutting down anyone who gets in the way of them. She was pulled into AM's reality through a rift, shortly after returning to Camelot after a three-year absence and discovering the identity of her father.

Canon History
Morgana grew up believing that her father was Sir Gorlois, knight of Camelot. After Gorlois died in battle and her mother, Vivienne, disappeared without a trace, Morgana was taken in by her father's close friend and the king of Camelot - Uther Pendragon - as his ward. She grew up with Uther's son, Arthur, and her handmaiden, Guinevere, both of whom would later become two of her closet friends. Growing up as part of the royal family also gave her the opportunity to learn several useful skills, such as swordfighting and horseback riding.

Morgana (often openly) showed disgust for Uther's persecution of magic and all who practiced it, sometimes even outright defying him - such as when she helped Mordred, a young druid boy she formed a close, sibling-like bond with, escape Camelot, and even openly turning against the king when he sentenced Guinevere's father to death - though she later forgave him for this upon seeing his remorse.

Along with Arthur and Guinevere, Morgana later become good friends with Arthur's servant, Merlin, as well, and the four of them were often involved in many perilous sorts of adventures in their youth. It was only when (first through prophetic dreams and then through more blatant manifestations) Morgana discovered her own magical abilities that she began to pull away from everyone, terrified by the thought of what would happen to her if Uther ever found out. For some time, Morgana struggled with this burden alone. She did eventually seek help from the magical Druids, leading to a brief reunion with Mordred, before Uther discovered their camp and had them attacked. As far as Morgana was concerned, this time he'd gone too far - she then became determined to overthrow him and put an end to his tyranny.

To do so, she allied herself with her fellow sorceress and recently revealed older maternal half-sister, Morgause. Morgause had her own dark plans for Camelot, but she treated Morgana with affection and acceptance, which quickly won her Morgana's loyalty. Morgana agreed to aid Morgause in her plot to overthrow Uther, though at the time she did not know what that plot entailed and did not realize Morgause intended for innocent people to die as well. When Morgause unleashed the sleeping plague on Camelot, Morgana was unknowingly made the vessel of the curse - meaning it could not be broken unless she died, or unless the caster of the curse willingly broke it. When Merlin discovered this he, believing that Morgana was fully in league with Morgause, poisoned Morgana in an attempt to kill her and end the curse. Morgause became distraught when she discovered this, and bargained with Merlin to end the curse in return for a cure for whatever he'd used to poison Morgana.

Afterwards, Morgause disappeared with her still-unconscious sister. Morgana spent the following three years absent from Camelot. While Arthur and his knights frantically searched for her, Morgana went into hiding and proceeded to be trained in magic by Morgause. Seeing her chance when she had it, Morgause also intensified Morgana's hatred towards Uther, turning her on all of Camelot and eventually convincing her to return, gather information, and betray Uther and his kingdom at the opportune moment. Morgana returned to Camelot, having convinced everyone that she'd been held captive for the majority of the time she'd been gone by bandits. Only Merlin remained suspicious, unconvinced by Morgana's false reassurances that she forgave him for poisoning her.

While initially Morgana sometimes struggled with the weight of knowing she intended to betray everyone, her conviction was solidified upon discovering that Uther was her biological father. She attempted to confront him about this, but Uther, ashamed of admitting he'd had an illegitimate child with his best friend's wife, denied this and rejected her.

It was shortly after that a rift pulled Morgana to AM.

AM History
Morgana initially had great difficulty adjusting to modern times, and was somewhat withdrawn during her first several weeks in New York City - approaching its civilians only when asking questions and gathering information was absolutely necessary. Fortunately, she did have a sack of golden coins on her when she arrived, and was able to sell some of these to make enough money to pay for an apartment room.

Soon after arriving, Morgana met the dragon-type Pokemon Garchomp frantically attempting to escape the crowds of New York. Morgana offered her help her by leading her into a subway tunnel, which they eventually followed in an attempt to escape the city.

After Merlin's betrayal and her three years spent with Morgause in relative isolation, Morgana found it extremely difficult to trust others, but over time did manage to form tentative bonds with several others. One of these was Oswin, who often assisted Morgana in tackling the many marvels of the modern world...including shopping for clothes.

One thing Morgana continued to struggle with was the fact that she'd left Camelot behind, and what she would do if she ever came across the opportunity to go back. Her hatred towards Uther and her anger towards Merlin are, without a doubt, unwavering - but some of her loyalty to Arthur and Gwen still remains, and it is because of this that she is conflicted.

Currently, Morgana is still struggling to adjust to the modern world, as well as continuing to progress in her magical abilities. Morgause was training her to become a High Priestess of the Old Religion, and now Morgana intends to continue and complete this goal on her own. She is extremely dedicated to this goal, not only because it would make her incredibly powerful - but because she would then be the last of her kind, and the only High Priestess to exist in modern times - and as far as she's concerned, the ways of the Old Religion must not be allowed to die.

ICC History
In the ICC, Morgana has formed similar relationships to some of those she has on the board - with Garchomp and Oswin in particular. She was present to meet past!Oswin, and it was through this that she learned about Oswin's Dalek conversion - although she did not reveal to Oswin that she knew of this until much later.

It was also here that she ran into Guinevere, who'd been pulled through a rift as well from a point soon after Morgana's. Morgana offered Guinevere a place to stay with her, while carefully hiding what her actual intentions in Camelot had been.

Morgana was somewhat careful with her magic in the ICC - although having this world's lack of prejudice against magic users explained to her allowed her to relax a little, she was always careful to guard her secret from anyone who might possibly have any connection to the people she knew from Camelot. The arrival of  and Merlin caused her to become somewhat conflicted in regards to her goals and intentions on AM - her anger and hurt at Merlin's betrayal prompted dark, somewhat vengeful feelings towards him, while Arthur's continual hatred of magic made her wary. A part of Morgana wanted to believe he could change, though she was far less certain of this than she would have liked to admit.

Ultimately, Arthur's open disdain towards magic caused something of a confrontation between Mithos and himself. The confrontation soon grew to include Morgana, Eponine, and Kazuma as well, and - to prevent things from erupting into violence and to convince Arthur that not everyone who used magic was evil - Morgana ultimately revealed her magic to him. Arthur initially reacted with shock and uncertainty...but ultimately, was able to bring himself to treat the revelation with cautious acceptance - an attitude which both surprised Morgana entirely, and strengthened her loyalty to her half-brother.

It was around this time that Morgana also became friends with Eponine Thenardier, who, after learning she had magic, earned her trust by keeping this secret from Arthur for a time and then defending the use of magic for good in the later confrontation with Arthur and Mithos. Eponine and Morgana also bonded over the fact that they - both being from the past - were having difficulty adjusting to modern times.

Most recently, Morgana has been reunited with Mordred, a young boy she befriended in Camelot after discovering he had magic and helping him escape Uther's tyranny. Morgana quickly invited him to come and stay with the rest of them and, with the apartment getting a little crowded, they soon discussed moving to a larger house outside of the city - Morgana had been earning and saving money through offering a sort of underground magical assistance to those who required it. It was around this time that Morgana also entrusted Mordred with the information she'd learned about Uther being her biological father - making Mordred the only person besides Morgause to know this.

Personality
Prior to her three-year disappearance, Morgana was quite well-liked in Camelot. She was known to be witty and spunky, traits that often clashed with Arthur's arrogant personality in their youth and caused frequent bickering - but she was also known for her kindness, compassion, and her strong sense of morality. She has changed quite drastically in the three years she spent with Morgause, and after Merlin's betrayal, but she rarely allows people to see how much this has affected her. Outwardly, Morgana is most often very composed - and, if a little more formal and distant than she once was, she still makes sure to display many of the traits that have always defined her.

The truth of the matter is, she now has a significantly darker outlook on the world. She's quick to expect betrayal from most people, and even once she's grown to like someone it typically takes a long while or an extreme show of loyalty to persuade her to actually trust them. Otherwise, while she's certainly not the type to go out of the way to harm anyone, unless they've earned her loyalty just about anyone is expendable, if they get in the way of her goals. There's an undeniable sense of bitterness within her that seems to be growing instead of fading - bitterness at Camelot's discrimination towards magic users, bitterness towards Merlin's betrayal, bitterness towards Uther's complete rejection of her. She can be rather ruthless when this bitterness comes to the light - and her trust issues and tendency to keep everything bottled up do little to improve the situation.

Abilities
Morgana inherited the gift of magic through her mother, Vivienne. Her half-sister, Morgause, was also capable of using it. What started out as raw, controlled ability was crafted into a powerful skill after three years of her sister's training. Her power is still growing, however - and she is far from as powerful as she would be if she were to become an immortal High Priestess, which is her ultimate goal.

Morgana's magic is most typically channeled through verbal spells, though she is capable of non-verbal telekinesis - and is learning more non-verbal spells as well. Morgana is a seer, often recieving prophetic dreams of the future. She is also capable of telepathy, telekinesis, elemental magic, glamouring, and thermal manipulation, along with the various spells she is capable of casting. Morgana is a skilled swordfighter, and once boasted about how she'd often bested Arthur during their training when they were younger - something which Arthur, to this day, vehemently denies.