He raises Excalibur, and signals them into battle. Sir Leon leads a small group of men to a postern gate and a knight takes out the Southrons on the battlements with a crossbow. Elsewhere, Tristan, Isolde and Percival dispatch another group of Southrons at another entrance. Percival doesn't even have his sword drawn, he just throws a man aside with his bare hands and gestures for the rest of the knights to follow.
Arthur dispatches two Southrons on a grassy verge outside the castle and sends them rolling down the hill where Merlin and Gwen finish them off. Each team converges on the palace as the warning bell begins to ring. Helios enters Morgana's bedroom. Morgana leaves the room with him, still unaware of the Voodoo Doll under her bed. Tristan and Isolde leap out from behind two pillars and defeat a Southron together.
Helios and Morgana take up their positions in the council chamber, knowing that Arthur will make his way there. Down in the dungeons, Percival kills another Southron.
In the main citadel, Leon and the other knights fight. In the dungeons, Gwaine and Elyan hear Percival coming. Percival unlocks the cell, breezes past Gwaine and checks on Elyan.
Arthur, Isolde, Tristan, Merlin and Guinevere approach the throne room, where a group of Southrons guard the doors. He rushes forward and fights a Southron. Gwen hits another in the face with the hilt of her sword. Inside the council chamber, Morgana rests her cheek against the throne, waiting almost peacefully for the confrontation. Tristan and Isolde take out the last of the guards, and Arthur commends Merlin on the power of his new sword.
He stands at the door and takes one last look at Merlin and Guinevere, asking them if they're ready. They nod, and all burst through the doors, shouting: "For the love of Camelot! Morgana sits on the throne, Helios behind her. For the first time in over two years, the half-siblings approach one another and meet in the centre of the hall. Arthur sheathes Excalibur, and looks over Morgana.
Morgana steps back, declaring that she's going to enjoy killing him. She raises her hand and chants a spell. A strange whispering fills the air. Nothing happens. Morgana tries again, confused. Still nothing. Helios steps forward and pushes Morgana back, challenging Arthur to a fight.
Morgana flees the room in terror, Gwen and Merlin in hot pursuit. Southrons burst through the door behind them; Tristan and Isolde fight them off as Arthur crosses swords with Helios. Morgana strides through the halls of Camelot with a sword, fighting off knights of Camelot as she goes. One leaps out of an alcove and manages to slice across her belly with his sword before she kills him. Holding her side, Morgana stumbles away. Helios wounds Arthur and presses his advantage, elbowing him across the face and sending him toppling to the ground.
He is about to land the killing blow when Isolde stabs him from behind. Helios manages to slash her with his sword before he falls. Her smile fading, Isolde turns to face Tristan and falls to her knees. He races to her side.
Gwen's sword goes flying from her hand and Morgana points the tip of her sword at Gwen's throat. She is about to be killed when Morgana is forced backwards through the air by a magical force. Merlin stands behind Gwen, his eyes still glowing. They take a few steps forward and Gwen questions what happened.
Not seeing Morgana in the rubble, the two hurry back to the council chamber. They enter to find Tristan holding Isolde on the ground , Arthur watching with tears in his eyes. While they continue to search, Merlin decides to try and heal him with his magic.
This cure would have worked if it weren't for Morgana's necklace repelling his efforts. Merlin then waits all night outside the throne room as Arthur says his final goodbye. One of the saddest moments came in the episode "The Fires of Idirsholas" as fans saw the beginning of Morgana's descent into evil.
After teaming up with her sister, Morgause, Morgana becomes unaware that she is being used as a vessel in her sister's plan to take over Camelot. As the town falls victim to a sleeping curse, Merlin finds the only way to break it is if Morgana dies. Merlin had been advocating for Morgana ever since Kilgharrah revealed she was destined for evil. Season 2 saw Morgana was desperate for Uther's death but didn't want any harm to befall her friends.
So it was hard to watch as Morgana realized Merlin had poisoned her with no explanation. Merlin was seen to be the most tragic character on the show. The poor sorcerer had to live a double life, dedicating both of them to Arthur. He suffered more than anyone, and barely had any time to grieve because someone was always in trouble or his secrets could be exposed. An example of this was when Merlin met his father. Merlin sought out Balinor after Kilgharrah began to attack Camelot. The father and son briefly reconciled after Merlin revealed his relationship with the Dragonlord.
However, this was also met with tragedy after Balinor sacrifices himself to protect Merlin. The scene gets even more emotional when he is forced to hide his emotions from Arthur.
Unbeknownst to all, Morgana had resurrected Lancelot as a Shade to ruin the relationship between Gwen and Arthur. This website saves cookies to your browser in order to improve your online experience and show you personalized content.
Read our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy to get more information and learn how to set up your preferences. Just so I don't repeat myself too much, here's what I said in my series 4 review about him:. Likes Comments 8. Like Truer words have never been spoken! Sapphire Author. Doctor Sherlin. Heh heh Mistress Zuza.
I get the feeling I haven't helped with this loathing XD. Totally agree I loathe him. From Sapphire Agravaine Edit. Featured post The Introduction Challenge Updated. This also leads to her attempts to dispose of Arthur and Guinevere, the two people that she considers standing in her way of her rightful place on the throne, even though her implacable hatred for the two of them is generally considered the most inexplicable aspect of her current psyche.
These motivations can all be tenuously tied to each other, and to her personality. Throw together her entitled upbringing, her fear of death, her daddy issues, her self-identification as a magical person in a realm where it is outlawed, her desire to be the most loved by everyone and her jealousy of anyone who is more adored than she, her tendency to hold a grudge and to make everything All About Her, and you have a character who quite understandably wants to a seek revenge, b openly identify herself as a magic-user, and c become Queen.
As of the end of series four, he has yet to even address her as his half-sister. So when they come face-to-face for the first time, it occurs in something of a void. Instead, Morgana is all over the place. It gave her focus. It made her proactive. It ran on from one episode to the next. It tied into her destiny and her prophetic dreams. It gave her the chance to show her vulnerability and not just the smirky smirk.
Sure, there were little forays into other projects, but these were mostly initiated by Agravaine. Which brings us to Agravaine, our other villain driving the plots. He worked — as I said — because he was an enigma. What did he want, exactly? How did he plan to get it? We took it on faith that the writers had something surprising in store for him, and I for one was sure that he was playing both Arthur and Morgana against each other in the hopes of distracting them long enough to seize the throne for himself.
Between the two of them, the plot was rolling along wonderfully. Morgana hunted for Emrys. Agravaine stirred up trouble in Camelot. Sometimes their plans overlapped, and they did so well: Agravaine using Morgana to get magical implements to sabotage Camelot, and Morgana using Agravaine to get information on Emrys.
Morgana uses Gaius to get information on Emrys, and Agravaine uses him as a scapegoat to take attention away from himself. So then, why did things fall apart after this? Why did episodes eight to thirteen go off the rails? Why did they feel so utterly disconnected from the first half of the series?
Simply because Morgana and Agravaine changed their goals , and in doing so, changed the story. The show lost focus because the villains lost focus. Morgana wanted too many things or rather, kept changing her mind on what she DID want and ultimately, no one ever found out what the heck Agravaine was up to. There were so many interesting threads to his character which went ignored, and he leaves the show with a massive question mark over his head.
There was a backstory with his sister Igraine and his brother-in-law Uther that never went explained. Why did he hate Uther so much?
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