Talk:The Fires of Idirsholas/@comment-5674726-20131129001346/@comment-5102537-20131129105100

According to Kilgharrah, Arthur was in dangter, too.

"The spell is woven with magic of such power that even you are not immune. You must act now before it's too late. If you do not, then Camelot will fall and Arthur will die, and the future you were destined to share will die with you."

If Morgause had planned to spare everyone except Uther, Camelot wouldn't fall but Uther be replaced by Arthur. I can imagine that the reason why the Knights of Medhir didn't touch anyone on their way to Uther was that killing Uther was the priority. Letting everyone live wouldn't make sense because even after Uther's death, Camelot would continue with another king, Arthur in this case. Had it been Morgause's plan to kill both Uther and Arthur, Camelot would still be the strong kingdom with the strong army and the knights, but even the chaos caused by the Pendragons' death wouldn't be a guarantee for a change that had been to Morgause's advantage. It could have been taken over by one of the other kings that forbid magic. For example, Sarrum - and then things would become even worse.

If Morgause had already planned to put Cenred on the throne, it would have been much easier to kill most people in the castle and all the knights because they wouldn't have sworn loyalty to Cenred or any other king taking Camelot by force.

In case that she hadn't a longterm plan but only wanted Uther dead, there would have been much easier possibilities to assassinate him. She could have brainwashed his manservant or any other person (using the Fomorroh, for example) who could have killed Uther.

Morgause was someone who always had a plan, so I doubt that it was all only about Uther and her hatred (for whatever reason she hated him so much). I think that the Knights of Medhir would have killed one by one after they had killed Uther, in order to bring about Camelot's downfall.