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Mordred or Modred (/ ˈ m ɔːr d r ɛ d / or / ˈ m oʊ d r ɛ d /; Welsh: Medraut or Medrawt) is a major figure in the legend of King Arthur.The earliest known mention of a possibly historical Medraut is in the Welsh chronicle Annales Cambriae, wherein he and Arthur are ambiguously associated with the Battle of Camlann in a brief entry for the year 537.
Morgan le Fay (/ ˈ m ɔːr ɡ ən l ə ˈ f eɪ /; Welsh and Cornish: Morgen; with le Fay being garbled French la Fée, thus meaning 'Morgan the Fairy'), alternatively known as Morgan[n]a, Morgain[a/e], Morgant[e], Morg[a]ne, Morgayn[e], Morgein[e], and Morgue[in] among other names and spellings, is a powerful and ambiguous enchantress from the legend of King Arthur, in which most often she ...
In a later popular tradition, Mordred becomes the offspring of Arthur's own accidental incest with his estranged half-sister, whom Thomas Malory's seminal Le Morte d'Arthur calls Morgause. [ Notes 1 ] Married to Lot, she is also mother of the Knights of the Round Table Gawain, Agravain , Gareth , and Gaheris , the last of whom murders her in ...
However Mordred soon comes face to face with Arthur and attempts to kill him, however Arthur manages to kill Mordred. Morgana is enraged by Mordred's death and vows to get revenge. Now, more crazed than ever to kill Arthur, Morgana travels to the Lake of Avalon after learning that Merlin is attempting to save Arthur there.
Morgana succeeds in stripping Merlin of his power. With their greatest enemy now powerless, Morgana and Mordred, with their Saxon army, begin their offensive against Camelot by attacking a nearby garrison. Arthur sees Morgana's actions as an act of war and decides to meet her forces at Camlann to prevent her from ever reaching Camelot.
Queen Morgana attempts to rid Camelot of Sir Gareth, who is a rival to her son Mordred for the hand of Lady Elaine. But Gareth is protected by the time-travelling Sorceress of Zoom (an also villainous protagonist), who wants Gareth for herself and so she decides to get rid of Elaine, who is in Morgana's captivity, and defeats Morgana's men and ...
Mordred† Modred, (Welsh: Medrawd, Latin: Medraut) Annales Cambriae, c. 970 Many In some literature, Arthur's illegitimate son through Morgause (or Morgan le Fay), kills and is killed by Arthur Morgan le Fay: Morgaine, Morgain, Morgana Unclear; first mention as Morgan in Vita Merlini, c. 1150 Many
Merlin responds and hides the boy, Mordred, in Morgana's chambers. Morgana forms a close bond with Mordred and risks her life attempting to smuggle him out of Camelot. When this fails, Arthur joins in the plot to help Mordred escape. Merlin must decide whether or not to help when the Great Dragon hints at dark prophecies about Mordred.