Why does merlin poisoned morgana

Not exactly the present she wished for After Mordred tells Morgana that Merlin is Emrys, the sorceress decides to strip the warlock of his magic so that he would be rendered useless in the final battle. With no other option, Merlin is forced to abandon Arthur's side as he tries to restore his powers.

However, Morgana has one final trick up her sleeve as she ambushes him in the Crystal Cave, where he remains powerless and entrapped. If it wasn't for Balinor's spirit, she would have successfully broken his spirit and possibly won the war. In this episode, Arthur and the knights of the round table plan to take Camelot back from Morgana. As expected, it's not an easy challenge, especially when they realize Morgana is in control of an immortal army. As Arthur and the knights head to the dungeons, Merlin and Lancelot decide to stop Morgana's army by going after the Cup of Life.

However, Merlin runs into another problem when he sees Morgause protecting it. As a result, Merlin ends up severely injuring Morgause by blasting her into a pillar - much to Morgana's devastation. Morgana hadn't always been heartless.

However, she ended up hurting Merlin in some of the worst ways when he realized she was responsible for many of his friends' deaths. For example, although she didn't do it herself, Morgana was inadvertently responsible for Lancelot's death when the knight sacrificed himself to fix her mistake. Morgana also committed an unforgivable act when she killed Gwaine after relentlessly torturing him "The Diamond of The Day".

If Merlin believed she could be redeemed, there was no chance of that happening after this. It shouldn't come as a surprise that the worst thing Merlin had ever done is to kill her. After Morgana realizes that Arthur was still alive and with Merlin, she decides to hunt them down once and for all. As soon as she finds them, Morgana wastes no time in attacking Merlin. Believing the warlock to be incapacitated, Morgana turns her attention to her brother and taunts him about his failure.

However, she fails to notice Merlin creep up behind her with Excalibur. As a result of her incompetence, she is killed immediately. She is said to be the greatest magician in all of Britannia, and upon her introduction, she was capable of easily defeating some of the greatest Holy Knights in Liones and overpowers her former student Vivian, the most prominent mage of Liones.

Now, the reveal scene itself is everything you could want. His immortality may be because of his powerful magic or his destiny that ties him with the return of Arthur. He had no legitimate children, no brothers, and his acknowledged illegitimate son, Mordred, died during the same final battle as Arthur. For Arthur didnt die. Camelot was the name of the place where King Arthur held court and was the location of the famous Round Table.

Merlin recalls the cart in the square outside, and Arthur commends him on his quick thinking. Merlin heads out into the corridor to look and is immediately attacked by a knight. In his absence, Arthur and Morgana have made a rudimentary stretcher out of the curtains, allowing them to drag Uther around.

They hear the approach of a knight and the three of them hide as it enters the room. Arthur attacks, and as he finds it off, he shouts for the others to get Uther to safety.

The two of them are pulling him down a corridor when another knight appears and advances with its sword raised. Morgana trips and falls directly in his path, and screams to Merlin for help. With the knight approaching, Merlin makes a split-second decision and continues to run with Uther. Morgana screams as the knight raises its sword, only for it to stop mid-strike and stare at her intently. Then it turns away and heads after Merlin. Merlin is just about to use magic on it when Arthur jumps in and fights it off.

Merlin and Arthur bar the door, and Arthur turns to Morgana, demanding to know where to find the potion that Gaius gave her. From the window they can see the cart, and Arthur instructs Merlin and Morgana to cut the curtain into a rope that they can lower Uther from the window with.

Morgana tries to tell him something, but he interrupts her. As he and Merlin stand before the barred doors, they begin to drift off to sleep, roused only when Merlin slaps Arthur across the face.

Arthur takes a water flask that Merlin has with him and pours it over his face. As they unbar the door, they say their goodbyes. Arthur laughs, braces himself, and then rushes through the doors. Merlin bars it behind them, hearing the sounds of combat. Merlin agrees. With his back to her, Merlin pours the hemlock into the water flask and then turns, offering it to Morgana. With a little bit of coaxing, Morgana takes the flask and has a drink.

Merlin turns away in horror, wiping his eyes. Behind him, Morgana begins to cough and puts her hand to her throat. Merlin kneels down beside her, reaching out. She bats his hands away, but as the poison begins to take effect she lets him hold her and clutches his arm as she struggles for breath. Outside Morgause watches the knights battle answer, but a strange look comes over her face. As Morgana gasps for air, Morgause clutches her own throat and then races toward the doors of the Council Chamber.

With magic, the doors are thrown open and Morgause rushes to Morgana, pushing Merlin aside. Morgause makes her decision and mutters an incantation under her breath. Outside, the knights collapse lifelessly to the ground and Arthur blinks in astonishment.

With a group of knights newly awakened, Arthur bursts through the doorway to see Morgause cradling Morgana and Uther gradually waking up behind the throne. Merlin insists that Uther is safe, and with another incantation, Morgause and Morgana disappear into a magical whirl of smoke. Uther vows that Morgause will not be allowed to get away with her kidnapping. Gaius suggests that Morgana made her decision, and that it was to use her gifts for ill.

Barely listening, Merlin stands and tells Gaius that he has something to do. The Dragon replies that there have been enough bargains. With a roar, he raises both his wings and flies up toward freedom.

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