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Real Name: Morgan Le Fay Occupation: Former queen, high priestess, sorceress Identity: General public believes her to be a fictional character Legal Status: Queen of Gorre, Sixth Century A.D. Place of Birth: Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, England Marital Status: Widowed Known Relatives: Duke Gorlois (apparent father, deceased), Duchess Igraine (apparent mother, deceased), Arthur Pendragon (half-brother, deceased), Morgause and Elaine (sisters, deceased), King Uriens (husband, deceased), Ewain (son, deceased), Mordred (nephew, deceased) Base of Operations: Astral plane Past Group Affiliations: Leader of Sixth Century Darkholder Cult, Doctor Doom Known Powers: None Magic: Master Level Sorceress of the Faerie School of Magic. While casting spells in Ireland or Britain, Morgan receives a +2CS on FEAT rolls. Personal Spells Universal Spells Dimensional Spells Limitation: Pure iron weapons do double their normal damage when used against Morgan, even if she is in astral form. If she attempts spells while touching iron, or if large amounts are in the same area, she receives -2cs on the FEAT rolls. Talents: Morgan’s Reason is Amazing when dealing with Occult Lore. Contacts: Darkhold Cult Members Role-Playing Notes: Morgan is a stubborn and arrogant woman who is constantly involved in complex schemes to gain more control and power. Her main goals are currently to find a host body for her astral form, and to gain control over the Darkhold book again. History: Morgan Le Fay is the daughter of Duke Gorlois of Tintagil and his wife, Ingraine. Morgan is half-human and half-faerie, which means that Ingraine must have been at least part faerie. The faerie are a humanoid race with powerful magical abilities, who come from a extradimensional world that borders the countries of Britain and Ireland. Morgan Le Fay is also the half-sister of King Arthur Pendragon. Morgan’s magical abilities didn’t surface until she reached puberty. Morgan then seduced Merlin and tricked him into teaching her the arts of sorcery. After she had mastered the magicks of the the ancient Celtic religion, she became one of Merlin and Arthur’s most dangerous enemies. Morgan married a King Uriens of Gorre, a section of Britain, and they had a son, Sir Ewain. During the time of Camelot, Morgan often attacked Arthur and his knights. She hated Arthur because she wished to become the ruler of Britain herself, and she despised him for encouraging the Christian religion over the ancient Celtic religion she practiced. She also hated Arthur because he was the offspring of an illicit union between her mother and Uther Pendragon. In between her battles with Arthur and Merlin, Morgan got her hands on the Darkhold. This book is the most powerful book of evil magicks on the Earth, and was written by the ancient demon Chthon. Morgan created a cult of occult students, called the Cult of Darkholders, and tried to raise Chthon and bind him to her will. The demon was successfully sumoned at Mount Wundagore in central Europe, but Chthon was too powerful for her to control. She and the cultists imprisoned Chthon be neath Mount Wundagore, where he still remains. Magnus, Morgan’s lover and apprentice, had been disgusted with the evil he saw in Morgan when she gained control of the Darkhold. About a year after Chthon had been successfully summoned, Magnus stole the Darkhold and placed it in a tower on the Isle of Wight. The tower was protected with spells so that no evil person could enter. Morgan hunted down Magnus and killed his physical body while his astral self was traveling outside of his body. Morgan tried to kill Arthur and destroy Camelot many times, but she was always stopped by Merlin, King Arthur, the original Black Knight and the other knights of the round table. At one point, Morgan was defeated by the combined might of her enemies, and Merlin imprisoned her physical body in her castle. She could still cause trouble with her spells and followers, and travel to other dimensions astrally, but if she physically left her castle her body would die. Morgan often sent her astral self into the future, hoping to regain the Darkhold in the Twentieth Century. She failed every time, mostly due to the intervention of Magnus. Magnus had been able to survive on the astral plane, and he could possess the bodies of people on Earth. Morgan often tried to gain control of Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman. Jessica had spent many years of her life in suspended animation on Mount Wundagore. Morgan believed that Jessica had absorbed some of Chthon’s powers, and she hoped to gain that power for herself. Finally, with the aid of Magnus, Spider-Woman’s spirit travelled back in time and attacked Morgan in her castle. During the fight, Morgan was knocked through a window and her body was instantly destroyed, due to Merlin’s spell of imprisonment. Unfortunately, Morgan’s astral self somehow survived and she cast a spell that stopped Jessica’s spirit from returning to her own body. It is not known if the destruction of Morgan’s body happened before or after the fall of Camelot. It is rumored that Morgan was one of the people who transported the mortally wounded Arthur to the extra-dimensional land called Otherworld. Morgan’s astral form survived in the astral plane, just as Magnus’ had for centuries. Recently, Morgan’s spirit tried to enter the shell of Spider-Woman’s body. Doctor Strange, the Avengers and the Shroud entered the astral plane and battled Morgan there. Morgan formed a gigantic stone body out of the substance of the astral plane, but the heroes were able to destroy it. Magnus sacrificed his astral existence so that Spider-Woman’s spirit could return to her body. Morgan’s stone body was smashed, and Doctor Strange cast a spell to prevent her spirit from leaving the pieces. She somehow freed herself, and she then tried to take possession of Lisa Russell, a young woman who had been cursed by the Darkhold in the past. |