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The villain: an anti-hero, dark to the hero's light, sly and crafty and intelligent but bent towards destruction. Often power-hungry, villains wreak havoc with their plotting and scheming, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
The darkest villain of Arthurian legend:
Mordred, the son of King Arthur and his villainous, magical sister, Morgaine, who toppled the realm of Camelot.
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Mordred, the son or successor of a Roman general nicknamed "the Bear", who was widely disliked by his predecessor's followers.
Mordred, the villainous snake of a son or the anti-Pagan, anti-Briton sucessor of a popular general?
Another character in Arthurian stories, less of a pure villain than Mordred but often portrayed as dark: Morgan le Fay.
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Pre Feudal and how this myth relates to the castle at Dunstanburgh.
