Why is gwen evil

Merlin needed some way for Arthur to get his confidence back and show him how much his people loved and believed in him. Arthur's eyes were hungry and he took to kissing down Merlin's jaw and neck. The next day the fighting was ferocious, but Arthur managed to win the battle through superior strategy and bravery.

Merlin states causing Arthur to turn around, hate blistering in his eyes. All this hate towards fictional characters puzzle me. I understand Morgause manipulates her, but when Morgause died, she could have gone back to Camelot and lived a life in the royal palace with Arthur, Gwen and her old friends, she ruined herself. See below. Alator manages to extract Merlin's identity from Gaius. Merlin spends most of the season endeavoring to get his magic back through various methods, and as he does, he winds up brushing up against … This is why Mordred turns against the King and returns to Morgana.

Had Morgana not used the mandrake, it's not very likely that Gwen would willingly try to kill Arthur or undermine Camelot. The sword with which Arthur hacked civilization out of a wilderness was only a loan, whatever Arthur and the wizard-tempter who created him may have hoped. Merlin teaches Mordred magic and physician stuff, and Arthur eventually gets around to teaching Mordred how to shoot a crossbow and use a dagger which is immediately confiscated because "daggers are for good children who don't try and hamstring anyone who speaks badly of Merlin" and Morgana is like the fun vodka aunt, except she's more like, "Hey, wanna commit treason against Uther?

Not only does the man who was destined to kill him get brought back, but Arthur continues to persecute magic which in turn leads to Mordred turning against him. Gwen on the other hand was exposed to the mandrake root which allowed Morgana to gain control of Gwen's mind. And sentenced herself to a life of misery and hatred. Merlin Welsh: Myrddin, Cornish: Marzhin, Breton: Merzhin is a mythological figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as an enchanter or wizard.

My father and the entire royal court think I'm a coward! She was kind and loved all this in Camelot. When Gwaine finds Agravaine with Gaius, he convinces the knight that he's here to help and they get Gaius back to safety. I like the show, and most of the main actors. Why is he the one mucking out the stables all the time? He had woken up in a sweaty tangle, bedsheets pinning his limbs in place, for the second morning in a row.

After Gwen was brainwashed by Morgana, she exerted her control over Gwen to commit "evil acts. Even after all the ways Merlin turned Arthur against Magic, Arthur was still willing to accept it into Camelot, but Merlin finally convinced him not to.

Photo of Mordred and Kara - Merlin Episode 5. Instead there's a sense of Merlin … ; Accidental Aesop:. Gaius says Uther knows that the forces of the Old Religion are gathering to rise against him again. Why does Merlin write all of Arthur's speeches? Arthur yells causing me to flinch and take a step backwards. With Gwen's murderous treachery and some top-notch character moments, this episode ought to feel more significant than it does.

He dived back into the kiss after the brief respite, taking Merlin's lips between his, and- Arthur's eyes flew open. His blond hair was soaked with perspiration and his face flushed with heat. This made Arthur stop and look Merlin in the eyes. You have to show everyone that you were right and they were wrong.

What better way than to add to a well-known story every child in Camelot knows? It's one of those times. Fairies, trolls, ghosts and immortal armies - Merlin managed to defeat many supernatural foes during the five years the show was on the air.

She does have turmoil. Is she just paid to be Morgana's special friend and comb her hair? Merlin sees his opportunity to prove the good of magic by saving Uther in his guise as Emrys but it all backfires, killing Uther rather than saving him and leaving Arthur more set against magic than ever.

It can't be healthy Merlin tells Arthur that Excalibur's scabbard is even more valuable than the sword itself because while he wears it he will not lose any blood or be severely wounded. Merlin states, trying to ignore the blistering anger coming off of Arthur. Arthur loved her too much, and married her anyway. Synopsis: Arthur was tipped back against the wall, Merlin tried to persuade Arthur against marrying her, telling him that she would lead to his and his country's ruin. A recent dream sequence showed Arthur crowning Guinevere queen whilst Merlin watches with a look of abject adoration on his face.

A disgruntled sorcerer would sneak into Camelot, angered by King Uther's hawkish anti-magic stance, and try to kill Prince Arthur. Gwen talks to Merlin about her experience. When Morgana suggests it to Arthur, Gwen and Arthur decide to spend a day together away from the city. They have a picnic in the woods, treating each other as equals. When Gwen goes to kiss Arthur, they are interrupted when Uther and Morgana 'coincidentally' come across them during a ride.

Back at Camelot, Uther laughs at what he saw and tells Arthur that he was young once and tempted by servings girls. Arthur seems shocked, but surprised that his father has given him his blessing. However, Uther is unaware that Arthur is actually in love with Gwen, and commands that Arthur will never see Gwen again. When Arthur insists that he refuses to abandon his feelings, Uther orders that Gwen be banished, leaving Arthur furious.

When Arthur reveals that he intends to leave Camelot with Gwen and later return and take the throne, Morgana decides to frame Gwen for casting a love spell on the prince. As she is dragged away to the dungeons, Arthur kisses her again, and she catches sight of Morgana smirking at her.

When Merlin visits Gwen, she informs him of her suspicions of Morgana. She and Arthur later agreed that they have to keep up the master-servant charade, but that they do love each other, and he promises her that when he is king, she will be his queen Queen of Hearts.

She is reunited with Arthur , Merlin , Gwaine and Elyan. Later her old love interest Lancelot and his friend Percival arrive. Meanwhile, Morgana attempts to take revenge on Camelot again by summoning creatures known as the Dorocha and Arthur plans to sacrifice himself to defeat them. Before leaving, he tearfully says goodbye to Uther and comforts Gwen by reminding her of the day he first kissed her. Gwen then goes to Lancelot, telling him to keep Arthur safe and he promises that he will protect Arthur with his life.

When Gaius confronted Agravaine about that, Gwen gives a speech to persuade Agravaine to reopen the city gates. Gwen then tends to Uther and reassures him that Arthur will return in a few days when he asks her where he is. Agravaine then visits Gwen and after apologising to her, summons her to his chambers for advice. However, unknown to Gwen, Agravaine is secretly loyal to Morgana and diverts her attention so that Morgana will enter Camelot and knock her unconscious to prevent her vision of Gwen becoming queen from coming true.

After Morgana does that, Gaius finds Gwen and tells her that someone wants to get rid of her by leaving her to be killed by the Dorocha. Gwen even worries about what will become of Arthur when he causes a war between Camelot and Caerleon, and before a match, Arthur gives Merlin a ring, asking him to give to Gwen as an apology.

Arthur eventually survives the match and becomes at peace with Caerleon. Upon returning to Camelot, he apologizes for his actions by presenting Gwen with flowers and kissing her.

When Merlin is kidnapped by Mercenaries, Gwen grows very worried for her friend's well being, even stating that she is just as worried as Arthur. Merlin was rescued later by Arthur and Gwaine he had previously been held captive by Morgana, and, under her influence, on a new mission to kill Arthur and Gwen was happy for her friend's return, even serving Arthur something Merlin would usually do as she thought he needed rest. Merlin was rude to her, and after speculation she and Gaius concluded that was being controlled by a snake called the Fomorroh.

Gwen knocked Merlin out and Gaius attempts to kill the snake, but to no avail. This forces Gwen to knock Merlin out a second time, and after Merlin manages to destroy the snake, Gwen is happy that her friend has returned to his normal mind.

Later, Gaius is abducted and brought to Morgana in an attempt to discover who Emrys is. While the whole of Camelot believed Gaius to be a traitor, Gwen did not believe this, and comforted Merlin and supported his idea that Gaius had been abducted. Gwen later cared for Gaius after he was rescued by Merlin and Gwaine.

Lamia goes to the village of Longstrong, and begins preying on its inhabitants. Three villagers become its victims. Fearing an unknown illness, the wife of the village elder goes to Camelot to ask for help. She approaches Gwen, who tells Arthur.

After consulting with Gaius, Arthur sends Merlin as the substitute physician, with Gwen and the Knights of Camelot to fix the problem. The Lamia is later caught by bandits, and rescued by the Knights when they leave the village to go back to Camelot. However, she soon starts to exert her power over them, making them aggressive and more violent. Her first victim among them is Sir Elyan. Instead of going back to Camelot, she forces them to travel to a castle to the East that she knows of.

Afterwards, the Lamia picks them off, one by one. First is Gwaine, followed by Percival. Leon sees Percival fall because of the Lamia. He attacks her but she defeats him.

Merlin sees the Lamia after Leon and is able to wound her with Leon's sword. She changes to her true form and attacks again. Merlin runs and makes it back to Gwen, who hears the commotion. She uses a sword to try to kill the creature. Arthur who had been following their trail when they were missing kills the Lamia with a spear to the back. After the Lamia incident, Arthur comments on Gwen's bravery in his chambers, where the couple shares a very intimate kiss Lamia.

When Morgana hears of Arthur's intention to marry Gwen, she uses dark magic to bring Lancelot back from the dead and orders him to present Gwen with a bracelet that will enchant her to fall in love with him. Gwen is surprised by Lancelot's reappearance but is intent on becoming Arthur's wife. After Lancelot puts the bracelet on her wrist, Gwen begins acting strangely, visiting him in his tent before a jousting competition, although she soon comes back to her senses.

However, after the match, she visits Lancelot again and is intimate towards him. She agrees to meet him that night in the castle. Agravaine brings Arthur to catch his soon-to-be wife kissing Lancelot and, in a rage, hurls his sword at him, but Gwen stops the commotion quickly.

She is imprisoned and throws the bracelet away in rage. During her trial, Arthur asks everyone to step out and demands to know why Gwen did what she did. Gwen says she did not know what happened and once loved Lancelot, but now loves Arthur.

Arthur decides not to have her executed but orders her exiled, citing that if she returns, she will pay with her life. Merlin tries to persuade Arthur to change his decision, but Arthur says that he will never again be able to trust Gwen and that his decision was final, leaving Merlin hurt and angry that Morgana stole one friend from him Gwen and had dishonoured the other Lancelot.

After her exile, Gwen adapts to life as a peasant in an outside village for some time. The village is soon invaded by a warlord named Helios , who spares her life and takes her into his refuge because of her beauty. Morgana and Gwen eventually cross paths and Morgana knocks Gwen out, rips her necklace off and turns her into a deer. After she is hit by an arrow, he visits her and heals her wound. Gwen tries to escape from Morgana. A Camelot patrol passes, but to Merlin's dismay, Guinevere refuses to join him as she doesn't want to be seen by Arthur.

Merlin later tells Arthur that he and Gwen would somehow find their way back to each other eventually. After these events, Gwen goes to Ealdor , Merlin's hometown, where she is looked after by Hunith , Merlin's mother.

Gwen tends to him, and they reunite when he regains consciousness. However, Agravaine tracks Arthur down and they are forced to flee. Whilst preparing to save Camelot from the clutches of Morgana, Gwen attempts to talk to Arthur but he tells her that the affection he showed when they met in Ealdor was a moment of weakness and he still hasn't forgiven her for her brief affair with Lancelot. Despite this, Gwen stays by Arthur's side throughout the battle to save Camelot and duels against her former friend and mistress, Morgana, but is overwhelmed by Morgana's superior swordplay.

Fortunately, Merlin uses his magic to cause an avalanche which knocks Morgana off her feet, but when the dust clears Morgana has disappeared. How Morgana escapes, or even if it is actually an escape or a rescue, is unknown. Gwen and Merlin return to the throne room and find Isolde , a friend Arthur and Merlin had picked up during their travels, dying in the arms of her lover, Tristan.

After seeing Isolde die, Arthur realises that he can't bear to lose Gwen again and finally manages to forgive her, asking her to marry him. Gwen accepts, saying "Yes, with all my heart". Three years later, Camelot enjoys a time of prosperity and peace with Arthur and Guinevere as its rulers.

However, after Gwaine, Percival and some other knights do not return from their mission, Arthur and his knights leave and Guinevere stands to rule Camelot alone.

She befriends her maid, Sefa, but notices her odd behaviour when at nightfall she leaves Camelot and heads to the woods.

When it is revealed that there is a traitor in Camelot, Gwen suspects Sefa, and, when the latter confesses her treachery, Guinevere sentences her to death Arthur's Bane:Part One. After Sefa begs Gaius to let her speak to the Queen, Gwen meets with Sefa but tells her that her decision to execute her still stands.

It is then revealed that Gwen is using Sefa as bait to catch the real threat to Camelot, Ruadan; Sefa's father who is an ally of Morgana. Gwen's plan to lure Ruadan to Camelot works and he is mortally wounded by Elyan.

Gwen is later seen sitting on her throne beside Arthur as Mordred is knighted Arthur's Bane: part two. One night, after Arthur had unknowingly released the spirit of his deceased father, Guinevere is walking down a corridor when she hears something behind her.

She turns around but sees nothing. When she continues down the hall she hears the noise once again. She turns, asking if anyone is there, when there is no reply, she continues walking. A window next to her suddenly opens, then she walks over to it and closes it.

Within seconds the door behind her looks as though someone is trying to push through it, and all of the windows start banging open and closed. Gwen starts running and all of the torches go out. She turns around, frightened, then all of the sudden she is pulled to the ground and dragged across the floor, screaming.

When she is back on her feet random objects start flying towards her from different directions. She runs into the kitchens as a spear plunges towards her, and she closes the doors just in time. When she enters the kitchen more items fly at her until she is knocked unconscious, then a fire starts, with Gwen trapped. Luckily Merlin arrived just in time to rescue Guinevere and take her safely to Gaius.

While visiting her father's grave with Elyan and the other knights, Gwen is attacked and abducted by Morgana, who takes her to the Dark Tower , where Gwen is confronted by twisted visions of the people she loves mocking her while Morgana offers her comfort and food.

This torture ritual, known as the Tiana Diaga, is used to plunge fear into the victim's heart, leaving their mind and will to be controlled by the torturer, Morgana. Although the knights, Merlin and Arthur manage to find her, Elyan is killed during the rescue.

In the aftermath of Elyan's funeral, Gwen sneaks out to meet with Morgana, as she is under Morgana's influence. The Dark Tower. Shortly before Arthur and Gwen's anniversary, Gwen unpicked and restitched the saddle on Arthur's horse. That night she was seen by the stable hand, Tyr Seward, who was then threatened by Gwen.

While out riding on their anniversary, Arthur encounters an attack which he survives, leaving Gwen distressed. Back in Camelot Tyr Seward is arrested for treason as evidence of the attempted assassination is found in his home. Merlin visits Tyr in the dungeons where he claims to have seen someone fixing Arthur's saddle and that they threatened him. Merlin tells Arthur and Gwen what Tyr said. That night Gwen sneaks into the dungeons and kills Tyr, afraid that he may give her up. Later Gwen meets with Morgana who says she will come to Camelot to aid in the assassination.

Gwaine on patrol spots the pair and pursues them however is knocked out by Morgana. Outside Gwen is listening in on the conversation and tells Arthur that she would give up her life for him. Morgana, comes into Camelot disguised and gives Gwen two poisons in the lower town. That night Gwen poisons Arthur and blames Merlin who is thrown into the cells. As Arthur is dying, Leon tells Gwen that she must assume the throne and that she has the Knight's loyalty.

Merlin, aware of Gwen's allegiance escapes from the cells and uses magic to revive Arthur. The next day Gwen is given recognition by the court for identifying the supplier of the poison. Arthur sees Gwen meeting Morgana in the woods in secret and he, Merlin, and Gaius conspire to call upon the White Goddess, a source of magic from the Old Religion, to restore her to her old self and undo the enchantment of Morgana's dark magic. They drug her with Belladonna and travel to seek the help of "the Dolma" Merlin in disguise at the waters of Dochraid.

Gwen wakes from her drugged sleep once they arrive, and tries to escape, telling Arthur that her love for him has all along been a lie to gain power.

Arthur, however, reaches Gwen's true heart, and as she remembers, she slowly walks into the water of her own free will. She is reminded of her promise to love him "with all her heart. Gwen accompanies Arthur to Camlann, saying that she cannot bear the thought of waiting for days for a man who might never return.

She and Arthur share a last night together, during which Arthur reconfirms that her confidence is all he needs to succeed, before Merlin calls him away to the battle. Gwen helps Gaius in the makeshift hospital during the battle, and even takes up arms against one of Morgana's warriors when he breaks into the tent.

She watches in awe as Merlin, disguised as Dragoon the Great , smites Morgana's forces and chastises Aithusa. She asks Gaius whether he knows who the sorcerer is.

Gwen returns to Camelot with the knights and soldiers, and spends the next two days sending fruitless search parties for Arthur and Gaius, both of whom had gone missing during the battle.

Gaius returns with news of Arthur's injury and pilgrimage to Avalon , and also the royal seal, which Arthur told him to give to Gwen as sign that she is the heir to the throne. Gaius also cryptically tells Gwen that the sorcerer who saved Arthur's troops at Camlann is Merlin, a fact that she appears to have already guessed, and is comforted by.

Gwen discovers Eira's treachery and has her executed, but not before sending a false lead on Arthur's whereabouts on her raven to Morgana. It is unclear how Gwen learns of Arthur's death. The second-to-last scene of the finale shows Gwen's coronation as queen regnant of Camelot. Gaius stands at her side as Sir Leon declares, "The king is dead. It's possible that these issues will be covered in the next five episodes.

That will leave us four episodes to cover and resolve an awful lot. Bottom line, yes they did drag out this Morgana and Gwen thing too much. Yep, but I fear that Arthur will be absolutely cross with Morgana. Take his anger out on all of magic. Execute someone close to Mordred and then have Mordred kill him out of vengence I certainly hope so.

That would leave four episodes to resolve and conclude the rest of the story. There is a lot to cover, so I really hope that the Evil Gwen storyline is all wrapped up in episode 9. Does anyone know whether the two hour finale will be considered one, or two episodes? It would be awesome if it was one two hour episode rather than two episodes being shown back to back I can't wait to see if and how Merlin tells Arthur about his having magic.

Also, I am very curious to see how the writers are going to take Mordred from being a loyal, and grateful Knight, to Arthur's murderer. I want to see Gwen at Arthurs side as the series rolls on to the finale. As Arthur said, she is kind and wise! I am curious to see how Gwen feels about being Morgana's pawn, and attempting more than once to kill the love of her life.

I guess we have one more episode before we get into the Mordred turning against Arthur story line. I can't help but thinking that Mordred might have a different fate if Merlin had befriended him instead of being so suspicious, and leery of him. The do have a lot in common, having magic, but want to fit into the rest of the world by keeping their gifts to themselves or between a very select few.