Mordred

Mordred was a young druid boy who was apprenticed to Cerdan. He was taken in by Merlin and Morgana in Camelot after he was separated from Cerdan, who was ultimately executed by Uther Pendragon for practising sorcery. Mordred formed a close bond with Morgana but eventually became an enemy of Merlin, whom he referred to as "Emrys". Kilgharrah foresaw that Mordred would be responsible for the death of Arthur Pendragon.

Biography
Nimueh first implied Mordred when she said to Arthur, “It is not your destiny to die at my hands.” (The Poisoned Chalice)

After his master was turned over to the Knights of Camelot, Mordred used his telepathy to call Merlin for help. Merlin helped him escape the guards and took him to Morgana, who offered to help hide the boy. Uther declared that anyone caught hiding the boy would be executed along with the child.



Mordred's arm had been wounded by the guards when they chased him through the town and he fell sick after the wound became infected. Although Merlin tried to treat the wound, he was unsuccessful and was forced to tell Gaius that he and Morgana were hiding the boy from Uther. Gaius agreed to treat the boy, but would not help them return Mordred to the Druids.

Once Mordred was recovered, Merlin, Morgana and Gwen tried to sneak him out of Camelot, but Morgana was caught by Arthur and they were taken back to the castle.

They tried for a second time to sneak Mordred back to his people, this time with Arthur's co-operation. Arthur, with Merlin and Morgana's help, managed to take Mordred back to the Druids where the boy finally revealed his name. Merlin almost allowed Mordred to be caught during the second attempt to sneak him out of Camelot due to Kilgharrah's prophecy that Mordred was destined to kill Arthur, but eventually decided against this and helped him escape.

Morgana later mentioned Merlin's help in Mordred's escape as her motivation for accompanying Merlin to Ealdor (The Moment of Truth).

Return
When Morgana's magic started to reveal itself, she went to the Druids for help. Mordred informed his people of who she was and helped care for her. However, when Uther's soldiers raided the camp, Morgana was 'rescued' and Mordred was surrounded by several soldiers after briefly reuniting with Merlin. Using a single spell, he knocked over and possibly killed the soldiers attacking him and escaped with the rest of his people. Merlin was visibly shaken by what he had witnessed Mordred do (The Nightmare Begins).



Later, Mordred had allied himself with a group of bandits led by a sorcerer named Alvarr, who used Mordred's bond with Morgana to convince her to steal the Crystal of Neahtid from the vaults of Camelot and deliver it to the camp. Meanwhile, in Camelot, Merlin visited the Great Dragon and was told of an ancient prophecy foretelling an evil alliance between Mordred and Morgana. When Merlin and the soldiers attacked the camp, all were killed apart from Mordred, who escaped, and Alvarr, who was captured and later freed by Morgana. Merlin tried to stop Mordred from getting away by causing a branch to trip him, but Mordred used magic on two spears so as that they killed the two guards who were chasing him. Following this, Mordred looked over at Merlin and spoke to him telepathically, claiming he would "never forgive this, Emrys, and I shall never forget." He then vanished into the woods (The Witch's Quickening).

The whereabouts of Mordred is currently unknown.

The Future
According to the Great Dragon, Mordred will one day forge an alliance of evil with Morgana and bring about Arthur and Camelot's downfall (The Beginning of the End).

It's possible that Mordred will return in series 5.

Appearances

 * Series 1
 * The Poisoned Chalice (mentioned indirectly [by Nimueh])
 * The Beginning of the End (first appearance)
 * The Moment of Truth (mentioned only)
 * Le Morte d'Arthur (mentioned indirectly [by Nimueh])

Series 2

Series 4 


 * The Nightmare Begins
 * The Witch's Quickening
 * The Sword in the Stone: Part Two [(maybe at the end) unknown]

Personality
Initially, Mordred seemed to be an innocent child. He predominantly spoke telepathically and rarely communicated aloud, meaning that only magical beings such as Merlin could hear him. Morgana even started to think he was mute because he spoke so little. He was frightened whilst he was trapped in Camelot and when his father was executed, Mordred sensed it even though he had not actually seen what had happened. Mordred was trusting, allowing Merlin, Morgana and Arthur to help him escape, and at first showed no animosity towards them. Nonetheless, Mordred soon revealed the dark and vengeful aspects of his personality when telling Merlin that he would never forgive or forget him after Merlin led Arthur and his knights to Mordred's camp and tried to stop him from escaping. He had a close bond with Morgana, with whom he was foretold to make a dark alliance against Arthur.

Abilities
Mordred was powerful in magic and his greatest ability was telepathy, using it to the extent that he rarely spoke with his mouth. Also simply by screaming, both telepathically and with his voice, he was able to smash glass in Morgana's chambers and blast back two knights that surrounded him, either knocking them out or killing them. He was also able to levitate two spears and impale two guards without saying a word. Kilgharrah said that Mordred was possibly powerful enough to wield the crystal of Neahtid while Morgana was not.

Legends
Mordred is known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur fatally wounded. In most versions of the legend, he is the illegitimate son of Arthur and his half-sister Morgause, but in some versions was the illegitimate son of Arthur and his other half-sister, Morgana.