Talk:The Sins of the Father/@comment-5102537-20120829203109/@comment-5674726-20130607170406

''I also wonder why Igraine said that Uther betrayed her by using magic. It implies that Igraine actually didn't want a child, doesn't it?''

Perhaps Uther sought magical help from Nimueh without Ygraine's knowledge or consent. Depending on how much he knew, he may have been aware that somebody would die - and, while it's not particularly nice, I can see why he would think that the life of one random person was not too high a price to pay to prevent the chaos that would have followed, had he died without an heir, given that a fight for the throne would have killed many people, not just one. It could be that Ygraine wouldn't have agreed to the use of magic, had she known what was being planned, preferring not to have a child than to have somebody die for it. If that was the case, it would make sense that she'd feel anger towards Uther.