Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5102537-20130922121354

I've  searched the wikia again for false information about Gorlois and Morgause because guests stop by frequently and change the information about the relationships.

Morgause's father:

According to the show's canon, Gorlois is not Morgause's fathers. I know that we've been through this many times before but I'm asking politely to not change the information again.

When Gaius told Uther in "The Sins of the Father" that Morgause is Morgana's half sister, long before anyone but Uther knew that Morgana was his daughter, there were only two options at that point of time:

Morgana and Morgause have the same mother = Vivienne

Morgana and Morgause have the same father = Gorlois

- but not both, otherwise they would have been full sisters.

Later, when Uther revealed that he was Morgana's real father but Morgana and Morgause still called each other sister, Gorlois as their father was no option anymore. So they had the same mother, Vivienne, because this is the only possibility that M & M can be half-sisters. If Gorlois had been Morgause's father, Gaius and both Morgause and Morgana would have believed that they were full sisters and not half-sisters before the reveal (Uther being Morgana's father).

This means that before Gaius knew about Uther being Morgana's father, it was already clear that Vivienne was the mother of Morgana and Morgause and that Morgause's father was not Gorlois but an unknown man to us viewers.

This also means that Vivienne had at least three men in her life: Morgause's father (unknown), Morgana's father (Uther) and Gorlois (husband).

Morgause and the Great Purge:

Morgause wasn't born during or after the Great Purge but years before. At least when considering that Emilia Fox is almost ten years older than Bradley James. If they wanted Morgause to be around the same age as Arthur they wouldn't have decided for an actress who is ten years older.

So Morgause was born at a time when Uther had no problem with magic yet, because the Great Purge started after Arthur's birth and Igraine's death. As we know, before this tragedy, Uther was also friends with Nimueh.

This means that the reason for Morgause being smuggled out of Camelot as a baby was not the Great Purge but some unknown reason that, unfortunatley, has never been clarified on the show.

We don't know why Morgause was in Camelot when she was born and we don't know why Gaius brought her to the High Priestesses of the Old Religion. We also don't know why Uther was led to believe that she had died shortly after her birth but fact is that he was only led to believe - but not that he necessarily wanted or even ordered her death.

We can only speculate what the writer's intentions were and why Morgause was smuggled out of Camelot, but since Vivienne had Morgause with another man and not with Gorlois it's possible that Vivienne wanted Gaius to bring her to the High Priestesses in order to avoid a scandal or maybe even a death sentence to either Vivienne or Morgause, in case that Vivienne and Gorlois were married at that point of time already.

Furthermore, we have no idea if Uther was already king of Camelot when Morgause was born. It's possible that he was led to believe that Morgause had died as a baby simply because he wanted a list of everyone who had or practiced magic when he started the Great Purge years later. Gaius probably then told Uther that Vivienne's first child was dead already, trying to save Morgause from Uther when the Great Purge started years after Morgause's birth. Had Uther known that Morgause was still alive when he may have remembered that Vivienne had given birth to a child years ago, he would have persecuted her. But not when Morgause was born (as described above).

If this was the case, that Uther wanted to know what happened to Vivienne's first child years after her birth, it implies that he also knew of Vivienne's (assumed) magical powers.

But this is all only speculation.

Anyway, Morgause's birth did not happen during or after the Great Purge.

Please keep that in mind when editing the pages in question. Thank you. 