Morgaine le Fey (DC)
Morgaine le Fey is a female supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Morgana Iwudu was a female member of the Elder Folk where she was daughter of Staegys and Atheron. (Madame Xanadu v1 #19) She was the middle child of three sisters with the younger being Nimue Inwudu and the eldest being Vivienne Inwudu who served as the Lady of the Lake. (Madame Xanadu v1 #1) They were descendants of sunken Atlantis after the Cataclysm leading to the diaspora of Homo Magi around the world. Their ancestors came to arrive in the forests of the world near what became Camelot where they were allowed to join as protectors of the sacred lands by Oberon and Titania. (Madame Xanadu v1 #19)
The arrival of the Romans to the British Isles was noted to had piqued Morgana's interest where during this time she came to be the lover of Julius Caesar. This was until the Romans left the lands with Morgana continuing to bring mischief to the lands. In this time, she was out with her sister where the two had an argument over their approaches to life. During that moment, they were visited by a young Merlinus who could see them and had a command over magic as he was able to dispel Morgana's spell that she attempted to cast on him. (Madame Xanadu v1 #20)
She came to learn to conjure familiars where she was applauded by Elaine and Morgause for how quickly she had mastered the spell. During this time, she heard news of a young squire named Arthur who pulled the sword Excalibur from the stone thus making him the King's Heir. Through her magic, she came to see the young man's origins and was angered that her along with her sisters right to rule was being taken away by people she considered deceivers. This led to her embarking on learning dark magic in order to destroy the kingdom. (Trinity v1 #21)
With her son Mordred over the ruins of Camelot, she was confronted by her sister Nimue who lamented over the destruction caused but Morgana showed no regret as she intended to take the campaign forward to destroy King Arthur. She offered Nimue a place by her side but she refused with Morgana departing but warned that she would not show mercy the next time her sister confronted her. (Madame Xanadu v1 #2)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Morgaine believed that she and her sisters had a right to rule over the lands as they were children of the Queen. However, the rise of Arthur saw her perceive them as deceivers who won the crown by treachery. When she heard peasants believe Arthur to be a kind king, this simply infuriated Morgaine who made it her mission to bring ruin to the kingdom. She came to believe that it was better to rule a burnt out shell than to serve in this paradise that King Arthur was heralding in the lands. It was this that led to her path down dark and forbidden magic. (Trinity v1 #21)
When she was young, Morgana had no interest in mankind and saw them as primitive walking apes. She enjoyed playing nasty pranks where she used magic on them that led to them being hurt. However, she started to become obsessed with them and would regularly observe their activities. She could not resist meddling in the affairs of man where she wanted to see them fight and destroy one another. This was despite her fathers warning to not interfere in the affairs of man. Morgana had said that violence was evident in their nature and she simply stirred such conflicts. (Madame Xanadu v2 #19)
The power of Morgaine le Fey was said to transcend ordinary evil and it was claimed that she was evil incarnate. (Batman Family v1 #17)
Her parents were Staegys and Atheron with Morgana being the younger sister of Vivienne Iwudu and the elder sister to Nimue Iwudu. She was noted to had hated to be upstaged by her younger sibling and liked to punish her for such acts. (Madame Xanadu v2 #19)
Her stablehand was a man named Zond who stole one of her magic books and used it to become a sorcerer himself where he established a coven that followed him. (Adventure Comics v1 #397)
Powers and abilities
Le Fey was a descendant of the Homo Magi that left sunken Atlantis and was one of the Elder Folk that tended the forests around Camelot. (Madame Xanadu v1 #19)
She was able to conjure familiars whereby she gave life to creatures such as batlings. (Trinity v1 #21)
Morgana was known to had used forest glamours that typically hides her from the perception of ordinary mortal humans. She could perform other glamours allowing her to make herself appear as another person. (Madame Xanadu v1 #20)
The power of the Philosopher's Stone was said to increase her strength to unconquerable levels. (Batman Family v1 #17)
Notes
- Morgaine le Fey was created by Jack Kirby where she made her first appearance in The Demon v1 #1 (September, 1972) though was based off the one in Arthurian legend.
- A completely different and unrelated version of the character was created for Camelot 3000.
Alternate Versions
- In Batman: Dark Knight of the Round Table v1 (1998), Morgana leFay appeared in the alternate Elseworld setting where she was the half-sister of King Arthur with her vowing revenge against him and Merlin for the death of her father Uther Pendragon. She seduced Arthur in order to bear his bastard child who she named Mordred.
In other media
Television
- In Justice League Unlimited, the character returned in the episode "Kid Stuff" where she was once more voiced by actor Olivia d'Abo. She along with her son Mordred discovered the source of earthly magic in the Amulet of First Magic. Mordred would take the relic making him more powerful than his mother and he banished Morgaine along with all adults to a parallel dimension. Once there, she encountered the Justice League who were similarly banished and forged a deal with them to defeat her son. She bypassed his spell by turning Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and John Stewart into children allowing them to return to Earth. They battled Mordred where they tricked him into aging himself into an adult. This led to his own banishment to the parallel dimension where Morgaine told Mordred that he had made a grave mistake as he had broken the eternal youth that his mother cast on him. Thus, whilst immortal, he aged into an elderly man with his spell broken allowing adults to return to Earth. Morgaine returned the Justice League to being adults and proceeded to care for Mordred now that he was a helpless old man.
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Morgaine le Fey appeared as an antagonist where she appeared in the episode "Day of the Dark Knight" and was voiced by actor Tatyana Yassukovich.
Video games
Appearances
- The Demon v1: (1972)
- Batman Family v1
- Trinity v1:
- Demon Knights v1:
- Aquaman and the Others v1:
- Batwoman:
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