Igraine and Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, had three daughters — Morgan le Fay, Morgause, and Elaine of Garlot — before Gorlois was slain and Igraine wed Uther Pendragon.
Morgan le Fay wed King Uriens of Gore and bore him a son, Ywain, who would become one of Arthur's most valiant knights.
Morgan le Fay took Accolon of Gaul as her secret lover while still wed to King Uriens, entrusting him with her most audacious plot against Arthur.
Morgan le Fay enchanted her lover Accolon of Gaul with the true Excalibur and sent him to slay Arthur in single combat, the most dangerous of her many plots against the king.
Morgan le Fay waged a long campaign of sorcery against her half-brother Arthur, stealing the enchanted scabbard of Excalibur that shielded him from mortal wounds and hurling it into a lake beyond recovery.
Morgan le Fay harbored a bitter enmity toward Guinevere, repeatedly seeking to expose the queen's secret love for Lancelot and disgrace her before the court.
Morgan le Fay rules Avalon alongside her nine sister enchantresses, healing all who reach the isle. She received Arthur after Camlann and tended his wounds in her chamber.
When Mordred struck Arthur down at Camlann, Morgan le Fay came aboard a black barge with weeping queens and bore her dying half-brother across the water to Avalon, where she tended his mortal wounds.
Morgan le Fay stole Excalibur's scabbard — the enchantment that kept Arthur from bleeding — and hurled it into a lake, stripping the king of his invulnerability and sealing his fate at the Battle of Camlann.
Morgan le Fay learned her arts of enchantment from Merlin himself, who taught her the secret workings of magic before her hatred of Arthur and Guinevere turned that knowledge to dark purpose.
⚠ Malory attributes Morgan's learning to a convent education rather than Merlin's tutelage; the Vulgate Lancelot-Grail is the primary source for the Merlin apprenticeship.
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