Morgan le Fay

Morgan le Fay
Biographical information
Real name	Morgan le Fay
Aliases	The Green Witch Madame le Fey (by Rose Red) Mrs. Green
Status	Alive (resurrected)
Species	Human (Fable)
Gender	Female
Occupation	Court Sorcerer of New Camelot Member of the 13th Floor
Affiliation	13th Floor magicians New Camelot
Homeland	Camelot
Family information
Relatives	Gorlois † (father) Igraine (mother) King Arthur (half-brother) Mordred (son) Uther Pendragon (step-father)
Appearances
First issue	Fables #25 — "Our Right to Assemble Issue: Chapter Six — March of the Wooden Soldiers"
Last issue	Fables #150 — "Farewell"
Original source	Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend

“	Morgan le Fay: Don't look at me. I had good reasons for what I did last time. Arthur's father killed my father so he could rape my mother and-- Lady of the Lake: Yes, I know, Miss Fay. Everyone knows your sad tale.	„
	~ Fables #136 — "A Day at the Lake: Part Five of Camelot"

Morgan le Fay is a Fable witch who lives on the 13th Floor of the Woodland building. She first appears in Fables #25 — "Our Right to Assemble Issue: Chapter Six — March of the Wooden Soldiers." The onetime antagonist of King Arthur, she later becomes the official Court Sorcerer of Rose Red's New Camelot.

Background

Morgan le Fay was Arthur Pendragon's half-sister. Their father killed Morgan's father in order to have his way with her mother, which led to the birth of King Arthur. Morgan's bitterness and resentment towards Arthur caused her to become his rival and enemy. Arthur and Morgan had a son together, named Mordred. This caused Morgan to be obsessed with protecting her child from him.

Super team

Morgan was part of Ozma's super team put together to defeat Mister Dark, where she was given the "superhero name" the Green Witch.

Snow White's captivity

After Snow White is taken captive by Prince Brandish, Morgan is seen discussing rescue plans with her fellow witches, Ozma and Maddy. Because Brandish has bewitched himself so that any injury inflicted on him will also hurt Snow, the task is easier said than done, especially since the spell is difficult to break.

Morgan comes up with a plan. They will not try to break the spell, but add to it instead: She will build in a delay between cause and effect, which will give them some wiggle room between the moment Brandish is killed, and when the same thing happens to Snow. Morgan begins the hard work of casting the spell, while Rose Red rescues Snow while Brandish is distracted. Snow then engages Brandish in a sword fight, while Morgan slowly, but carefully manages to unwind the spell that Brandish has cast on himself, allowing Snow to stab him straight through his heart.

Unfortunately, the spell is not broken, merely delayed. In the "Camelot" story arc, Morgan breaks the bad news to Snow: sooner or later, the fatal wound is bound to be inflicted on Snow herself, which will kill her.

Goldilocks' killing spree

Morgan, along with Bean Nighe, a Fabled oracle, are victims at the hands of Goldilocks. While Cinderella is able to bring back the victims of Goldilocks; she's only allowed to choose half. She ultimately chooses Morgan Le Fay, seeing her more valuable an ally for Fabletown. Snow White's fate is resolved in the same story; she is stabbed through the heart (as Morgan predicted) by Goldilocks. Fortunately, Cinderella is able to bring her back to life.

New Camelot

Morgan and her fellow Fables discuss how to deal with the feral Bigby Wolf

Later Morgan is seen having joined Rose Red's "New Camelot" as her new Court Sorcerer, a post Morgan takes seriously and has become immensely loyal to Rose Red as the new "King" of her "New Round Table," as seen where she even hesitates to share any information on Rose's activities during her meeting with the other 13th Floor members and later upon Rose's deceleration of war against Snow White, Morgan is seen having stayed by her side as one of her primary lieutenants of her army.

Physical appearance

Morgan le Fay is a beautiful woman with long black hair, fair skin, gray eyes, and a beauty spot on her right cheek.

Powers and abilities

• Immortality: As a Fable, Morgan le Fay is unaging and remarkably difficult to kill. Allegedly, the degree of a Fable's immortality is based on the popularity of their tales. Whether or status as a powerful sorceress affects her longevity or durability is unknown.
• Magic: Morgan le Fay describes herself as a powerful sorceress. According to Maddy, Morgan is an underachiever in the detection and perception disciplines, with a preference for combat spells and near contempt for the other areas of study.

Weaknesses

Morgan le Fay has the conventional weaknesses and vulnerabilities of a Fable.

Original source

She is based on Morgan le Fay, a fairy enchantress from Arthurian legend. Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini (c. 1150) identified her as the sovereign of Avalon, an enchanted island where King Arthur would be healed from his injuries. Additionally, it portrayed her as proficient in the practices of healing and shapeshifting. She first appears as King Arthur's sister in the romance of Erec by Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1165). During the 12th and 13th centuries, Arthurian legend underwent significant elaborations, focusing on two distinct themes: healing and hostility arising from unrequited love.

In the 13th-century Vulgate cycle, she instigated conflict between Arthur and his queen, Guinevere, but ultimately emerged as a benevolent character guiding Arthur to Avalon. Her magical abilities were attributed to her studies of books and teachings from the legendary sorcerer Merlin. Despite the fact that subsequent versions of the legend depicted Arthur's death within a Christian framework, the belief in a living Arthur being cared for by Morgan le Fay (until the moment arrived for him to reclaim his throne) persisted in certain 13th- and 14th-century texts, several of which were linked to Sicily—potentially brought there by Norman invaders—where the term Fata Morgana continues to refer to a mirage occasionally observed in the Strait of Messina.