Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5102537-20130530214011/@comment-5102537-20130531103729

I agree, ReganX. I don't know everything about the Sarrum but as far as I know, he hated magic tremendously, so I'm not sure if he had recruited sorcerers in order to bring Camelot down. Given that he tortured Morgana for two years and didn't even grant her a quick death (something which Uther never did, by the way - just mentioning it because some fans think think that Uther was a monster who tortured his enemies, which isn't true), I suppose he wouldn't have worked together with magic-users.

Just my speculation on it based on the information I have.

But it's very unlikely that he never had any trouble with sorcerers. Sarrum seemed to have an own strong opinion and didn't need Uther to convince him that magic was evil when considering that even Uther feared him. I also would have liked to know Sarrum's reasons for his hatred. Supposingly it was about power, meaning the fear of losing power to those who could do magic.

Morgause, for example, could have attacked and taken over Sarrum's kingdom instead of Camelot and by that coming a bit closer to her goal of bringing down Camelot. She also could have provoked a war between Sarrum and Camelot. Shame this kingdom had no part in the first three seasons and suddenly popped up in season five.