Morgause

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| ~ • ~ | Character Basics | ~ • ~ |

.:Name of Character:. Morgause
.:Nick Name:. King Gremoaus
.:Age:. 22
.:Status:. Nobility. (Sorceress, Priestess of the old religion)

| ~ • ~ | Appearance | ~ • ~ |

.:Physical Appearance:. Morgause has a lithe frame, graceful and yet strong. She is able to hold her own against some of the best knights in Camelot. She has blond curls that reach just above her waist. Woven into a few strands of blonde hair are a glass beads in red, white, and silver. Her lips are painted a soft pink, and her eyes are a of a chocolate brown colour that turn gold when she casts a spell.

Adorning her outfit of choice is a rather form fitting rest dress, that flows behind her from the hips down. The dress is an intricate design, with what appears to be a tunic underneath it. The sleeves and bust are covered by an almost see through material with silver beading making patterns that snake up to her wrists from her shoulders, adorned with jewels that shine purple, orange, green and every colour in between. The dress also has straps of that same red fabric straying and up towards her right shoulder. The strips of fabric also lace down her left arm. Across the waist the dress is embroidered with silver that gets wider as it goes from right to left. The skirt of the dress has a layer of a transparent red material that billows in the wind.

Upon her other choices of clothes, she wares a pair of brown boots that go up to her knees, and baggy navy breeches. Morgause can be spotted wearing a white men's tunic and chainmail on top as she goes into battle, dressed as a knight. The chainmail tunic is large and hides her feminine form. The many pieces are polished silver, and it includes a breastplate, shoulder protectors, and her arms are covered at the elbows, down to her fingers. Her helmet covers her face save for her eyes.

.:Height:. 5'6"
.:Portrayed by:. Emilia Fox

| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |

.:Personality:. Morgause is highly intelligent, powerful, arrogant and Cunning. She despises Uther because of his prosecution of sorcerors. Often viewed as cold, cruel and calculating she holds a soft spot for Morgana, abandoning an attempt on Uther's life at one point to save the younger female in fact. However she does have a softer side. When she found out Morgana was dying, she abandoned her attempt on Uther's life in order to save her half-sister. Morgause will use anything and everything to her advantage, including another's personal feelings. This includes a man whom seemed to fancy her quite a bit.

Treacherous and confident, Morgause is the type of person to stride into a room without trying to hide her ambitions. She is also ruthless with killing. Morgause is confident to a degree of claiming she could beat any man who challenges her. Despite this fact, Morgause is also a practitioner of the old religion.
.:Strengths:. + Her skills in swordsmanship.
+ Her quick wit.
+ Her cunningness.
.:Weaknesses:. - Overly confident with her skills.
- Despite coming off as cold and unforgiving her soft spot for Morgana is truly her Achilles heel.
- Her mind is clouded by the vengeance she seeks out against Uther.
.:Magic Abilities:. Morgause is a Sorceress. She was raised by the High Priestesses of the Old Religion, and has become a Priestess herself.
.:Special Skills:. •Cast Illusions
•Raising the dead
•Cast curses, spells and enchantments with the aid of spells.
.:Accents:. Morgause has a british accent, that of the high class society.

| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |

.:Birthplace:. Camelot
.:Family:. Morgause's parents are Gorlois and Viviane. Through Viviane her half-sister is Morgana.
.:Occupation:. Sorceress of the Old Religion.
.:Current Location of Residence:. The forests of Camelot.
.:History:.

As a young child, she was supposed to have been killed in the great purge, Uther himself having given the order despite sparing her little sister. Some how, she had been smuggled out of Camelot and was raised by the priestesses of the old religion. She studied magic for many years, aiming to become a powerful sorceress.

Many years later, a fully grown woman, and a skilled swordswoman, Morgause dressed as a knight and returned to Camelot. Upon her arrival she killed five guards. When she first introduced herself to the court, she challenged Arthur. The next day they battled and she spared his life, only wanting to make a deal with him. Around the same time, she introduced herself to Morgana, and gave her a magical bracelet that would ease her sister's nightmares. She stated to Arthur that she knew of his mother, and that she was a wonderful woman before she left.

At the temple she was staying at, she met up with Arthur and his servant. After a test of the young Prince's character she summoned Ygraine's spirit and the spirit told Arthur of his birth which in turn, put Arthur against Uther. Her plans came to a halt when Merlin had convinced Arthur that she had tricked the young prince.

Morgause in a later attempt on Uther's life awoke the Knights of Medhir. She also approached Morgana once more, and won her alliance. She placed a spell upon her sister, and then another spell on the residents of Camelot, save for any whom were out when it was cast and her sister. Upon hearing of how her sister was in pain, and could very well die, Morgause called off her attempts at Uther's life and destroyed the knights so that Merlin would tell her what he used on Morgana. Upon the knights of Camelot entering Morgause used magic to take her sister and herself away from camelot and saved her sister. After that, they began plotting their vengeance on Camelot.

Over a year later, she allowed her sister to return to Camelot in hopes of getting their revenge. She and Morgana use a mandrake root and Uther's tears. The spell cast upon the mandrake root and tears eventually cause Uther to hallucinate and thus gave the citizens of the kingdom that their king may have been loosing his mind. She also had been working with Cenred to move against Camelot. She was enraged when a later siege of Camelot failed.

She later visited Morgana in Camelot and discovered that she was Uther's illegitimate daughter. She was elated to find out that Morgana could in all theory inherit the throne.

She helped Morgana with her plan to kill Arthur by getting Cenred to kidnap Gwen's brother Elyan and giving her a magical ring to guide Cenred's warriors to Arthur.

Morgause later met up with Morgana in a crowded market disguised as a poor old woman. She gave Morgana the Phoenix Eye to give to Arthur for his quest to claim The Fisher King's trident so it would kill him. 

Morgause discovered when Arthur and Merlin set out to find the Cup of Life, by Morgana whom reported it to her. She got Cenred to fetch the cup for her, and eventually made an army of the living dead out of Cenred's men. She then killed King Cenred. The immortal soldiers stormed Camelot, and Morgana was crowned as queen of Camelot.

Morgause later attacked Merlin when he attempted to retrieve the Cup of Life. Gaius arrived in time to prevent her from killing the young warlock and attacked her with his own magic catching her off guard. Merlin defeated Morgause by smashing her against a pillar.

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