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[Elizabeth Tudor]

Elizabeth, you are no child, and so I will not treat you as such. You have married a King of England, and if this is true, I will meet him at once.

[/Elizabeth Tudor]

[ She's already had her shrieking fit off camera, so by now she's become more composed and willing to socialize again. Sort of. She dictates the following with tight-lipped composure; ]

I find it difficult to grasp the notion that none noticed by absence. Truly, I am horrified still at what transgressed, having had to depend on a strange but noble woman for escort, only to return and find none the wiser.

This must cease. This... This mockery of a castle is nothing more than a small child dressing itself up in empty purpose. Any fey who might try such nonsense on me again will rue it. Think you that I am the weaker for not having my lord husband at my side? That is a dangerous mistake to make.

If none other will hold court here, then I will take up that role as Regent, and breathe purpose into the very walls. Any who have or would swear fealty to England, I would have a renewal of your vows. If you do not already know the name Anne Boleyn, you will know it soon, and know it well.

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Indeed, but those teachings were given by a man driven mad by his grief. He was wrong.

[ She notices it, indeed, but keep herself neutral as possible. Not at all tired of explaining this yet again. ]

Magic neither good nor evil, it simply is. Much like a sword, it is how it is wielded that makes others decide whether it is good or evil.

Edited 2013-01-07 09:05 (UTC)

[ She's more smug about Merlin wanting to keep his magic secret from Arthur, but the rest of it is also good to know. The Catholic church likes to go on about witches more than Lutherans do.

Then again, that's because she thought they were, you know...not real. Maybe Morgana was the last one or something? ]

I doubt anyone would want to believe they are born evil.

No, they would not. [ Like she had believed long ago, back when she lived in fear every day. ]

Do you think yourself righteous?

I cannot, with good conscious, say I do.

It is a rare person to judge themselves so honestly. Why do you say such? More from these legends? I had thought them nothing but stories, truth be told.

No and yes. I say it for I have done things many would call cruel or 'evil', I cannot deny them no more than I can deny the breath in my lungs.

Should I fear you? I find myself resistant to fleeing from such an honest soul. Evil people do not call themselves evil, I should think. Perhaps you are too hard on yourself, Lady Morgana.

You have no need to fear me.

My actions hurt many people but I would not call them evil, what I did I did in an effort to free people like myself from the shackles that had been placed upon them. There was no kind way to do that, I could not ask nicely and expect the laws that have stood for over twenty years to vanish. [ Not after the betrayals she had suffered. ]

There was no other way.

[ Or was there? She has trouble deciding these days, she has trouble fighting herself in almost every thought she has. ]

Against...the laws. The laws of your king.

The laws laid down by Arthur's father; Uther Pendragon. [ Never hers, never never. ]

Laws that had innocents killed for simply having magic, or coming in contact in anyway way with someone who has magic. Laws that killed children and mothers, brothers and fathers.

[ It's bizarre, and infuriating, to suffer this tale. Though she could not say immediately which parts made her angrier, the tyranny or the rebellion. Both were sinful.

But she is loathe to offend a sorceress. Anne struggles to believe she can do any real magic, but Merlin has already scared her a bit on that front. Anything's possible. ]

It is a grievous sin to commit such treason, a crime against God himself, to go against your own lord sovereign. I can tell you plainly that magic would not be any more well received in my time, Lady Morgana. Though we have worked hard to suppress the superstition of the papal church, an appearance of true magic would turn everything on it's head. Fear would rule, for the people are always seeking an enemy to keep in their sights.

However, no matter the crimes of rebels, I cannot condone the slaughter of innocents who have done no harm, especially the women and children. I know of tyranny, and am sorry you have suffered for it. If you believe with all your heart that you did what you did for the good of the people, then I think not of evil, but desperation. It is not a pleasant thing, either, but it is what keeps you human, mournful lady.

Edited 2013-01-31 00:53 (UTC)

Yours is a world where magic hardly exists, but in mine it is apart of every living being. It is part of the earth, the air, and the seas. Without magic my world could not be, it is a vital part of everything. It had been accepted everywhere, before the Great Purge.

I have no love for God, nor will I ever, he did not step in to save those children from the flames or drownings. He did naught but watch as my king murdered so many innocents. All because he did not listen. He was warned what he asked came at a price, he was told time and time again but he did not listen and as a result, he lost what he held most dear.

And because he could handle he own guilt, he blamed magic and took his grief and fury out on it and it's people unjustly.

[ She has many angry feelings on this subject. ]

I did no treason, my lady, all I did was fight for my right to live freely without the fear of being hunted, of persecution and death haunting each shadow.

[ Many many angry feelings. ]

It was. [ In the beginning, but her anger, her hurt, the poison that courses through her still, it twisted things until she could see nothing more than her revenge. She wanted revenge, justice, she wanted the throne of Camelot. ] Desperation... yes, that would be a better word for it.