While on her march she was approached by Merlin who was on his own exodus to the Reverse Side of the World, stopping 'only to fix the sorry state of a broken knight' as he bluntly put it. Never giving her name to the people she saved, better to let her acts of kindness be marked up as the compassion of the king rather than self induced duty of a lowly bastard. She wandered all across Britain, performing a restless march of patrol to defend her father's kingdom and It's people of any enemies. She went off on a voluntary exile to not stain her Father's kingdom with her presence. Instead of brewing an eternal hate for her father she could only feel shame for herself for not being worthy in her father's eyes. Thinking that was the reason her title was the weakest, believing that no matter how hard she tried, even if she excelled over everyone, that the King would forever view her as a dirtied child from the moment she was born from Morgan, her great love for the king up until then did not end. Mordred believed that it was all due to the King's hatred for Morgan, that it would be impossible for her 'son' to be accepted. She said that, while Mordred is certainly born from her and her sister's plotting, that she will not recognize Mordred as her 'son' or give her the throne. Raised without a father, the King was the very form of a godlike 'father' to her, but Artoria rejected her very clearly. She went without having the slightest feelings of rebellion, spurred on by the truth, and approached the King with delight. She felt that in name, reality, mind, and body that she was fit to be the true successor of the King of Knights. While not a proper human being, sharing the same blood as the King, being the 'son' of a superior king, she was proud of the fact that she was not human. Morgan tried to instill that the King would never accept such a filthy child, but she was, while shocked, wrapped in joy. She learned of her parentage and was told that the King didn't know either. In the end, even that innocence was shattered by Morgan, who revealed the secrets of her birth. She protected the way of the knights much like that which could only be found in picture books, working hard daily in being the ideal knight, all while hiding her dislike of others. She was given her sword despite her unknown origins because of her abilities and straightforward mental chivalry. She felt ashamed of her twisted birth, unconsciously acting jealous of normal people, and, with the special innocence that children possess, she worshipped the 'perfect king.' Given a helmet she was told never to remove in front of others, she was eventually sent to Camelot under Morgan's recommendation, and through a presentation of her own superb swordsmanship, became one of the Knights of the Round Table. She did bare that same obsession as her mother, but before all that was her adoration for King Arthur. Told that it is her right to inherit the throne, Morgan bid her to one day defeat the King of Knights and take 'his' place.

She was raised in secret and told to hide her status and obey the king until the time was right. Due to her status as a homunculus, she was given a much faster growth period than a regular human being, and her life span was far shorter. Morgan developed it within her own ovary, and made the child into a homunculus clone of Artoria.

Artoria, normally female, was a pseudo-male at the time due to Merlin's magecraft, so Morgan enchanted her with a spell to extract sperm from her. She was conceived between Artoria and her sister, Morgan le Fay, through unorthodox circumstances. Mordred represents the equilibrium between the two.

One can compare her to the King of Conquerors but when contrasting the philosophy of the King of Knights and the King of Conquerors. Her passion can lead her compassion for her allies to seem overbearing and outrageous but that in no way degrades the intoxicating aura of inspiration and awe she emanates. Holding her chivalry as a knight in high regard. She holds unbreakable courage and tenacity. She is the Knight of training fully blossomed into a worthy heir to the throne. Mordred possesses pride but not arrogance. Mordred is passionate but not controlled by emotion. Possessing the virtues of her father but none of the weaknesses that compromised her rule. Mordred is the perfected king in the eyes of the people.

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