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55-year-old Arthur Pendragon learns of the affair between 46-year-old Lady Guinevere & 45-year-old Lancelot Du Lac. Lost in despair, Arthur is unable to repell the forces of 13-year-old Mordred. Camelot falls, but Mordred & Morgaine Le Fay are stopped when Merlin forges the 2nd Shadowpact. Wounded, Arthur survives, pushing Mordred's forces back until the last battle when he finally falls. He is found by an escaping Guinevere & Lancelot, and forgives them before he is born to Avalon by the Lady of the Lake, with Excalibur cast back into Lake Avalon. They retreat to Lancelot's home in France together.
Morgaine Le Fay and 13-year-old Mordred's forces attack Camelot. 43-year-old Jason Blood betrays the city, and Morgaine in turn betrays him, beginning to open Etrigan's hellfonts to consume the city. Merlin punishes Blood by bonding him with Etrigan, severing le Fay's connection to her demonic benefactor. The 2nd Shadowpact is forged to close the hellfonts by Merlin, assisted by Blood, 23-year-old Ninmue Inwudu & 69-year-old Blackbriar Thorn. Morgaine & Mordred are cast into the Paths Beyond, trapped in an ageless realm along with the fey folk banished by Merlin.. Blood is bound to live endless lives, constantly forgetting his connection to his own past.
69-year-old Blackbriar Thorn betrays Merlin to stop his influence on mankind, losing himself to natural magic in the process. Merlin is disconnected from the mortal realm.