Uther Pendragon is his name.
The King of Camelot. The greatest enemy magic had ever faced. A great soldier. An unpopular King. A tyrant. A fool blinded by hate. The man who sent her father to his death.
To Morgana he is all of these. And for these things she despises him. He is her guardian but she despises him.
Uther Pendragon is his name
But there are times like this when she sits with him by her father's grave. Waiting for Tauran to come and rid her of him forever. Times when she almost understands.
"My temper blinds me sometimes I have made mistakes."
"Gwen's father?"
"Yes."
"Are you saying you were wrong to have Tom killed?"
"Yes."
There are times when Morgana stops hating him and begins to see things through his eyes. When she sees how difficult his job is. How difficult his life is.
Uther Pendragon is his name.
And there are times. Alougth they are few when she stops hating him long enough. There are times when she begins to feel other things. Things she should not feel.
The man's old enough to be her father.
He would not look at her twice. Not in that way.
And what would it say about his character if he did?
Uther Pendragon is his name.
Morgana despises him.
But sometimes just for a moment she feels something which is definitely not hate.
Uther Pendragon is his name.
And as Tauran's knife plunges into his back Morgana feels her heart break.
It had to be done.
And she is glad.
"Morgana help me." He gasps as he lies dying.
And she laughs in his face.
Uther Pendragon was his name.
Arthur is King now.
And she Morgana Le Fay is queen.
He is a good king. Loved by all.
He has united Albion.
Morgana knows she made the right decision.
Uther Pendragon was his name.
And sometimes at night Morgana dreams of him and cries out his name.
Thankfully Uther sounds like Arthur so no one is suspicious.
Uther Pendragon was his name.
She visits her father's grave once a year on the aniversary of his death.
It occurs to no one the anniversary of Uther's death falls on the same day.
Uther Pendragon was his name.
Morgana despised him.
Fought him to the end.
She didn't wield the knife that ended his life but she killed him.
And most of the time she is glad.
But not always.
Yet given the choice again she would still do the same.
Uther Pendragon was his name.