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Art Fight 2025 13-16

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Which RO’s do Morgana approve of the most? Why?

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Morgana is protective over her younger sibling— she did her very best to stay within Camelot but it was for naught— so she’d definitely have opinions on each of the ROs. Whether she’d share them? It’s not likely as Morgana is mainly concerned with them making her sibling happy; if they can do that then she’s fine with them. Though she does have favorites (I suppose).

Most to Least:

Caelum/Caelya > Elaine = Kieran/Kiera > Gwion/Gwiyn >>>>> Lancelot

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Lancelot: There’s no love lost between the two. Morgana doesn’t believe that Lancelot could ever truly get out of Arthur’s pocket. As she knows how much Lancelot cares about him… she wouldn’t trust him at first but if he truly made you happy then she’d retract her talons.

Elaine: Despite her crass behavior and flirtatious nature, Morgana can see how much the woman cares about her sibling. Can see how she softens around you.

Gwion/Gwiyn: Something about them doesn’t sit right with Morgana but she knows that they don’t mean any harm… she’ll just have to keep an eye out.

Caelum/Caelya: She remembers C from her time in the castle and knows that there isn’t anyone as dependable. They’d gladly die for you and that’s a type of love that Morgana wants for her sibling; someone who will give their all.

a Celtic cosmology....

Goddess Ceridwen greeting card by Karen Cater

Ceridwen is Queen of the West, Water and Autumn, she is the initiator of all magic and queen of witches in Welsh mythology. Ceridwen guards the western gate with Fal for the north, Lug for the east, and Nuada for the south. His animal is the serpent.

Wife of Tegid Foel, she gives birth to two completely opposite children: Morvran (nicknamed Afangddu or Avangddu) who was considered the ugliest man on earth, and a beautiful daughter, Creirwy. Unable to tolerate her son Afangddu's handicap, Ceridwen boiled a potion of knowledge in a cauldron for a year and a day to enable him to become wise and respected.

She entrusted the task of watching over the cauldron to Morda and Gwion Bach, but a drop fell on the latter's finger, he licked it and so he received the gift instead of Afangddu. Furious, Ceridwen pursued Gwion Bach who transformed himself many times to escape her. He ended up changing into a grain of wheat and Ceridwen, transformed into a black hen, took the opportunity to eat him.

Some time later, she gave birth to the famous poet and druid Taliesin (who is actually the reincarnation of Gwion Bach).