Conflicted between her celestial and mortal natures, 
Morgana bound her wings to embrace humanity, and inflicts her pain and bitterness upon the dishonest and the corrupt. She rejects laws and traditions she believes are unjust, and fights for truth from the shadows of 
Demacia—even as others seek to repress it—by casting shields and chains of dark fire. More than anything else, Morgana truly believes that even the banished and outcast may one day rise again.
 | "Only those you love can break your heart." — Morgana |
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Background[]
Early life[]
Morgana and her twin sister 
Kayle were born on 
Mount Targon during the height of the Rune Wars to Kilam and 
Mihira, the current Aspect of Justice. Due to Mihira ascending while pregnant, the sisters were born with a fraction of her celestial power. As the war raged on, Mihira's celestial power began to overshadow her personality and affections as she dedicated more and more of her time to her duties as an aspect. Fearing what Mihira was becoming, as well as the enemies drawn to her light, Kilam resolved to take their daughters to safety. He fled Targon with his children and they would sail to the land that would be known as Demacia.
Becoming Demacia's Winged Protector[]
The sisters grew to having distinct and clashing personalities. While Kayle was arguing about the settlement's rules, Morgana would empathize with the newly arrived refugees.
One day, Mihira's sword would fell from the sky and clash into two. From that moment, feathered wings bursted from the sister's backs and remained, confirming the celestial magic would still remain inside them. While Kayle embraced her new power, Morgana resented her gifts. One day, the settlement was attacked, and the sisters flew to aid the people of Zeffira. While Kayle was busy dealing with the frontline attack, Morgana learned of a hidden wave of enemies attacking the city and left the frontlines to aid the citizens. After the battle Kayle lost trust in her sister for leaving her on the battlefield. Since that day, they were hailed as the Winged Protectors.
Battle with the Darkin Blade[]
Morgana and Kayle at the gates of ancient Demacia.
Kayle and Morgana put on their armors and helmets, and stood against an army before the city walls. They easily destroyed the first wave. Sensing the danger approaching in the skies, the Winged Protectors took flight without hesitation and engaged in a deadly battle with 
Aatrox, who managed to possess a new host. Aatrox was too powerful to be defeated physically for the sisters. As the last stand, Morgana left her sword behind, and stood against Aatrox, binding him with her chains of dark flame. Taking Morgana's sword, Kayle empowered her wings and sword with celestial flames and burned the mortal body of him, sealing Aatrox within his own blade.
Battle of the Winged Sisters and Departure[]
Warriors flocked to Kayle's banner at Silvermere's Peak, where she founded a judicator order to enforce the law, and hunted down rebels and reavers with equal fervor. Kayle allowed Morgana to rehabilitate wrongdoers who appeared humble enough to admit their guilt. However, some people in the Judicator Order and especially Ronas, one of Kayle's ardent disciples, decided to arrest Morgana and her followers when Kayle was bringing justice upon a distant kingdom ruled by a cruel, unrighteous king. In an attempt to protect her followers, Morgana conjured magical chains of fire and bound him until he fell dead. His death led to an outbreak of riot in the settlement.
Morgana and Kayle fighting in the sky above Demacia.
When Kayle found out what happened, she became enraged and with her power she summoned divine fire to punish the sinners and Ronas' killer. Morgana flew up to meet her, the two dueled in the sky, knocking down columns where they passed and killing people without realizing it. It seemed that one of them was eventually going to win but Morgana faltered because she and Kayle heard their father's screams and stopped fighting. Their father was mortally wounded, Morgana hurled her sword at Kayle through tears, and plunged to the surface like a meteorite to cradle her father.
She took her dying father in her arms, and in a sea of tears, cursed her heavenly inheritance for the destruction around her. A moment later, Kayle landed too, and between sobs Morgana asked her if the purification of mortals by smiting included her father. Kayle kept silent, grabbed Morgana's sword and soared into the heavens without looking back, disappearing. Morgana, hurt, tried to tear off her wings because now they were a reminder of her pain, she tried everything to remove them but could not do it, so she decided to tie them with steel chains to walk in the world of mortals. Morgana was known since then as the Veiled Lady.
Life as the Veiled Lady[]
Over time, Morgana's role as one of the Winged Protectors of Demacia would fade into obscurity, with few knowing that there were in fact two protectors. Instead, Morgana would become known as the Veiled Lady or the Veiled One, a deity that Demacian's would pray to in order ensure their loved ones passed safely into the afterlife. Morgana would walk the realm, embracing mortals and enacting justice when needed.
One day, a cleric and his pupil entered the woods to find the Veiled One, for the Pupil had erred. After listening to them, The Veiled One chained the sinful cleric for hitting the pupil in front of her eyes and forced him to endure all the shame, suffering, and loneliness he had inflicted on his pupils. On another day, she saved two girls from the men with swords, asking question about their village, and threatening them.
She currently resides in Sacred Woods outside of Demacia, waiting for the day she is needed again.
Morgana's Searching of Kayle[]
For centuries, Morgana has tried to find her sister, and written down her findings on her journal. A 
Solari warrior reported a sighting of a winged creature on the peaks of the mountain, ascending higher. A wind mage said that a bright flame streaked through the air, spinning away faster and faster. A Demacian noble was convinced that the Winged Protector was still alive, so he sent out rider to track her. After decades, the riders found a single white feather beneath Targon. A 
Lunari child, in the middle of the night, said that he saw a winged ghost, flying around the mountain. Yet, his mother did not believe him.
Many centuries passed, Morgana heard a voice. A lonely, so distant prayer. She had no idea where it came from, but she was so sure that Kayle was praying to her. However, her prayers remained unanswered.
Meeting the Joy Unbound[]
Morgana welcoming 
Nilah in her sanctuary.
Nilah came to Morgana, bruised and bleeding after the battle with 
Volibear. Morgana welcomed Nilah and her crew in her sanctuary, offering them healing for their wounds and much needed breathing place. The crew confided in the Veiled One, and shared their stories and missions. However, their meeting was interrupted all of a sudden.
Outcast and imprisoned mages -who escaped the ship of Mageseekers-, and the followers of the Veiled Lady were under persecution by the Mageseekers. They were trying to reach the sanctuary, yet one of them got caught. 
4 Klaus, the Mageseeker Inquisitor ordered his fellows to take 2 Ruby-Eyed Conjurer and the others back to the ship, and then up Mount Targon after the rest of them.
Morgana did not waste any time to come to their rescue, and bound the oppressors with her shackles to feel the weight of their sins. Morgana saved and led them to her sanctuary. The 5 Veiled Protector ensured that sanctuary seekers on the slopes of Mount Targon completed the journey unscathed, whereas the protector was hit by a number of arrows. Morgana might have saved 3 Lisa, one of the outcast mages who lost her family, and she’s raising her now.
Great Mage Rebellion and Demacian Revolution[]
- Main article: The Mageseeker
When the rebellion of the mages of Demacia broke out, 
Sylas, one of the most powerful mages of the 
rebellion, decided to go into Sacred Woods to find the Veiled Lady in search of power and knowledge for his cause. She told him that he should fight with her as a test to have the knowledge. After the fight, Morgana refused to give Sylas the information he was looking for, because she saw that in his heart there was only vengeance and hatred.
As Sylas makes his way to the Veiled Lady's refuge, he reflects on how he failed to save Leilani. When he reaches Morgana, Sylas finally understands why he failed her test, his rage and vengeance alone isn't enough to win them this war. Seeing him humbled by his failures, Morgana, satisfied and ready to give Sylas her blessing, shows him the true origin of Demacia.
Sylas realizes Morgana was one of the Winged Protectors, alongside her sister Kayle. When he asks why she doesn't reveal herself, Morgana replies that if she returned, so would her sister, and Demacia isn't ready for her judgment. She then presents him with one of her sister's feathers and uses it grant him her blessing, the ability to show the vision of Demacia's foundation.
Now, the people of Demacia know that there were two Winged Protectors during the foundation of the nation, since Sylas showed the vision to the common folk.
Appearance[]
Morgana is a slim and curvy young woman with dull pale skin, dark purple short hair with a bang on the left side, bright violet eyes with makeup runnings, pointy ears, dark purple lipstick and four wings on her waist and two wings on her nape that vary in black and purple colors. She was ascended on her thirties, so her aging has stopped since then.
Her attire consists of a long dress that matches the color of her wings, revealing her arms and neckline, leaving her back uncovered, and with various chain ornaments behind her wings and hips.
Personality[]
Contradicting everything they think of her, Morgana is not the "evil twin"; she is just an incarnation of the other side of justice, while her sister Kayle represents blind justice, Morgana represents compassionate justice that consists of listening to reasons first for the sinners' actions before deciding whether or not to punish them. Indicating that Morgana is fair and compassionate towards people.
At first she rejected her celestial powers and that caused them to become corrupted, but she sees them as a perfect weapon to punish in a fair and compassionate way, so as not to forget her humanity and her emotions. Since she could not cut her wings, she tied them. Having her wings tied together symbolizes that she still has humanity inside her and although Kayle is her rival, deep down she still loves her and wishes that one day they can be together again as sisters and not as enemies.
Abilities[]
- Unique Celestial Physiology: Coming in contact with celestial magic while still on the womb, Morgana has a unique physiology very similar to those who are aspect hosts, although she is not considered one herself. She has less access to celestial magic than those hosting aspects, but has a more unified identity.
Celestial Fire Magic: Like her sister, Morgana's specific aspect powers give her access to celestial fire manipulation even though she suppress her celestial nature, and as a result her magic became darker and more twisted. She can cast bursts of dark fire and conjure dark fire chains that cause immense pain to those she ensnares.- Immortality: Due to her celestial alteration, Morgana is immortal and cannot die of old age or by conventional means.
- Flight: Morgana's ascension made her sprout wings out of her back. Even though she bound them with iron chains, they still allow her to fly and release themselves when Morgana surrenders to her celestial powers.
- Energy Projection: Morgana can project powerful beams and bursts of magical energy from her hands.
- Terra-Pyrokinesis: Morgana can scorch earth or ground, and burn the ones within the area.
- Binding: Morgana has the power to bind and stop someone from moving with her magic.
- Force-Field Generation: Morgana can create fields formed from energy that are capable of blocking attacks, including physical and magical attacks.
- Omnipresence: Morgana has the ability to be omnipresent since she always appears to, listens to or hear everyone who invokes and prays to her. She can also hear the ones who pray to her sister.
- Empowerment: Morgana, like all Aspects, has the ability to give parts of her power to those she deems worthy.
- Master Sorceress: Aside from her heritage celestial powers, Morgana's millennial existence made her very cult on the arcane.
- Life-Force Absorption: Morgana can heal herself by siphoning life-force of those she burns with her dark fire.
- Illusions: Morgana can generate and cast realistic illusion. She has demonstrated the power to hide her shelter in the Sacred Woods.
- Catoptromancy: Morgana can see far away people, objects, places, and events through the reflections on the magical pool in her shelter.
- Retrocognition: Morgana has the ability to see and show events from the past, she also has the ability to give them to others.
- Expert Swordsman: Although she no longer uses her sword, Morgana was quite an accomplished swordswoman.
Relations[]
Kayle[]
Both Morgana and Kayle are twin siblings, Kayle being the older of the two. Their relationship soured after the event that lead to the death of their father. Morgana chooses not to return to Demacia because she knows her sister would return as well.[1]
Mihira[]
Mihira is Morgana's mother. It is implied that Morgana does not love her mother, blaming her for causing her father pain and distress after becoming an Aspect. However deep down she still loves her and misses her but refuses to acknowledge it partly because of her pride.
Aatrox[]
Aatrox and Morgana fought approximately a millenia ago. At the end of the battle, Aatrox was sealed within his blade.
Nilah[]
Nilah and Morgana met in the not-so-distant past. Whereas Morgana felt Nilah's pain, she found strange her everlasting jubilance.
Sylas[]
Sylas knows certain truths about the sisters and calls out their power during the events of Lux comics. Morgana aided Sylas in defeating the Mageseekers by revealing her true identity and giving him her blessing.
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Trivia[]
- In-universe, Morgana's name is the modernized, more-revised version of her mother, Mihira.
- From Sanskrit मिहिर Mihira "sun", from Proto-Indo-Iranic *mitrás "covenant".
- Out-of-universe, Morgana might have been named after Morgan le Fay from the King Arthur mythos.
- The name derives from Proto-Celtic,[2] though its meaning is debatable:
- Most straightforwardly *Mori-genā "sea-born".
- Or Morā-riganis "phantom queen".
- The name derives from Proto-Celtic,[2] though its meaning is debatable:
- Her parents were from one of the tribes on Mount Targon, an earlier version of the Rakkor.[3]
- She was born over 1000 years ago at the height of the Rune War.
- Morgana and Kayle's current lore represents the interaction between two approaches to justice: restorative and retributive, respectively; both sisters are not viewed as mutual enemies who fight each other but are comprised by a Yin and Yang force that fights back evil.
- Kayle and Morgana are fraternal twins.[5]
- Morgana and Kayle are technically not hosts of the Aspect of Justice. They retained and share the power of the aspect due to their mother, who was the former ascended host of the aspect, being pregnant with them during her ascension, which also makes them half mortal.[6]
- Morgana and Kayle currently have less celestial power than the other Aspects due to being the children of an Aspect but have free will and a more unified identity.[7]
- Morgana and Kayle became ascended when their wings materialized shortly after their mother's swords fell from the heavens.[8]
- Morgana's wings break free from their bonds when she uses Soul Shackles and she surrenders herself to her celestial powers.[9]
- Morgana rejects her celestial heritage and in turn her magic has become twisted and corrupt.[10]
- If she stops rejecting her celestial power, it may develop in the same way as Kayle's.
- Based on Kayle's in-game appearance, Morgana is between her potential Arisen and Aflame forms.
- Based on
- Morgana's magic is a combination of earth magic, spirit magic and the opposite of heavenly light, or dark light.[11][12]
- If she stops rejecting her celestial power, it may develop in the same way as
- Morgana's Black Shield and Kayle's Divine Judgment come from the same source but are interpreted in different ways due to their opposing viewpoints.[13]
- Morgana and
- Morgana's worst flaw - her inability to let go of past mistakes. Morgana's best quality - the empathy she feels for all sinners, regardless of their crime.[14]
- Morgana currently resides in the outlying wilds of Demacia and rectifies wrongs she sees fit on an interpersonal level as the Veiled One.[15]
- Morgana's view on justice is more nuanced than Kayle's as she cares more about the intent of why someone would commit a crime. She believes criminals deserve to feel the pain and suffering they have inflicted in order to truly reform, redeem themselves and feel empathy for others.[16]
- The way Demacia views the Veiled Lady has changed over the years, some see her has a figure of punishment and others see her as a figure of judgement as well as a guide in death.[17]
- Most Demacians have forgotten that that there were two Winged Protectors and assume Kayle is the sole Protector.
- Most Demacians don't necessarily know the Winged Protectors were female, and suspecting the Veiled Lady may be one would be considered heresy.[18]
- The Winged Protectors are seen as myth or a legend in Demacia, similar to saints with forgotten names.[19]
- An example of this skewing of the facts is a book that Lux borrows from the Crownguard's library for Sylas to read, titled Tales of the Veiled Lady. She described it as "about a spooky old witch who haunts Demacia."[20]
- Morgana's left hand appears to be more dominant as she starts basic attack with her left hand, throws Dark Binding with her left and uses her left hand to cast Tormented Shadow. This is opposed to Kayle who appears to be more right-hand oriented. This likely references the fact that historically right-handedness is associated with beneficence, goodness, light and righteousness, while left-handedness is associated with malevolence, wickedness, darkness and sinfulness.
Change log[]
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Driven by vindictive obsession, Morgana is a potent mistress of suffering and the black arts. Once a being of grace and light, she was ripped from her kind during an ancient conflict that broke her soul, turning her into the cruel tormentor she is today. Comforted by a prophecy that claims she will strike the final blow and gain her revenge, Morgana lies in wait, her lust for power growing endlessly.
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References[]
- ↑ 'The Mageseeker' Q&A with Riot L4T3NCY and Sara Costa
- ↑ Matasovi,R. Etymological Dictionaryof ProtoCeltic, p. 157, 258, 278
- ↑ Mihira and Kilam's origin
- ↑ Revelation 12:7-9
- ↑ Jellbug on Kayle and Morgana's twin status
- ↑ Targonian Aspects hosts
- ↑ Jellbug on the power of Kayle and Morgana
- ↑ Kayle and Morg's Wings Origin
- ↑ Soul Shackle Lore
- ↑ Morgana's Dark Magic
- ↑ Scathlocke on Morgana's light magic
- ↑ Scathlocke on Morgana's other potential forms of magic
- ↑ Black Shield and Divine Judgment Tie
- ↑ Morgana's flaw and quality
- ↑ Morgana's Current Whereabouts
- ↑ Morgana's View of Justice
- ↑ Demacia's View of the Veiled One
- ↑ Demacians' view on the Protectors
- ↑ Thermal Kitten on Kayle and Morgana
- ↑ Lux: Issue 2
