User blog comment:Emily Windsnap/Review for Arthur's Bane Part 2/@comment-4135736-20121015120834/@comment-4623180-20121017012427

Hi, good comment, but several things you're failing to understand. Morgana being stripped of her magic was only temporary. Just like any spell. I think once she got way out of range of the poppet it wore off. Either that or Aithusa brought it back, but I don't think one small spell could strip someone of magic for their whole life. It had also been three years- 2 of those Morgana was imprisoned with Aithusa (which we are definitely finding out about later, it was said in an official interview). I think her handcuffs must have been enchanted the same way Kilgharrah's were when he was in the cave. She could probably still cast spells but it would make no use with the oubliette she was in. Ruadan was in league with Morgana because he hated the Pendragons. As Gwen and Gaius discussed, some druids are Devoted to what he does, as Uther wiped out so many. Besides, Mordred! I think we'll find out more about the Druids later. Lastly, Aithusa not being able to speak her name, I am not really hopeful that'll be officially explained... But my own theory is that, being so close together for 2 years they had a telepathic bond (like Kilgharrah and Merlin could have, even before Merlin was a dragon lord) and Aithusa could tell her name that way. Or, Aithusa could speak during that one-year gap between their imprisonment and lost her voice in the oubliette.