Despair Morgause stood at the highest tower of Castle Tintagel, a solitary figure in the night. Her faded auburn hair blew about her face, and the ocean winds whipped at her, as if trying to pluck her up from where she stood. Morgause peered down into the darkness below, at the violent waves that crashed against the boulder-like rocks, surporting the castle. She took a step forward and pressed herself against the solid stone wall that separated her from the ocean. The waves below resounded against the rocks and a fine mist of sea water chilled her to the bone. Thrust into reality, Morgause closed her eyes and visualised throwing herself from the tower onto the rocks below. Her striken face was seized with unpertuable grief as her heart wrenched sickeningly in her chest. She thought of her niece Morgaine and her face softened. Her lips hinted at the shadow of a smile. Morgause pressed her hands against her cheeks, desperately. The pain that had grown incredibly over the years had intensified to agony. She opened her eyes and they blazed, like torches in the darkness as she gazed around her. Her world had fallen and so had her influence. Mordred was dead and the Saxons had overrun Briton. Christianity shaped the new world into a world for men. There was nothing for her. Tentatively Morgause climbed onto the separating wall. She swayed as the slightest breeze threatened to blow her into the violent waters below, but she did not fall. As she peered into the far distance of the ocean she thought she heard the cry of a whale. It seemed to beckon to her, in its sad, haunting way. It seemed to say Jump my sweet, jump and be free of all your woes and worries. Morgause held her arms limply at her sides and took a shuddering breathe. A small smile, that had not been seen on her face for many years, played across her mouth and truly lit up her brilliant eyes. Her face no longer seemed full of grief, instead it seemed young and beautiful as it once was. Then, without a parting glance, Morgause flung herself from the tower into the darkness of the ocean below.