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Morgana is not evil, not even implied to be the slightest bit evil.

FistOfSharkiesha·9/22/2015, 10:07:52 PM·83 votes·7,557 views

Kayle vs Morgana is a very grey area but I want to make it clear that Morgana is not canonically evil. In fact, judging by quotes and backgrounds alone, Kayle is pushing the boundaries between righteous and tyrannical.

Kayle's quotes are all about judging people: "Your time has come" "Who's next?" "An eye for an eye" "You shall be judged"

Morgana's quotes at first seem evil and threatening, but if you know about the background between her and Morgana it seems to be more of a warning, like "Even if you ally yourself with Kayle she will step on you if you stand in her way". "Share in my torment" "You too will be judged" (I am almost certain she's talking about Kayle doing the judgement, not herself) "Not all angels are good" (Again, I don't think she's referring to herself, but Kayle)

So even if you don't believe Kayle is a tyrant who is in fact so self-righteous and careless that she is on the borderline of being "evil", I also don't think Morgana is evil. At the very most, Morgana is a deserter or traitor, but not for selfish or evil reasons. She is one of the few of her own kind who fought against what she perceived was tyranny.

EDIT: I wasn't really meaning to make claims that Morgana or Kayle were good or evil, I simply meant to say that there is no lore or mod quotes or anything that canonizes Morgana as being evil.

123 Comments

DariusDemiurge9/22/2015, 10:10:58 PM40 votes

Morgana is the most level headed, good natured and beautiful hero in the game. I fear riot will go the lazy route with her lore update in the far far future (since riot is slow) and make my love evil just because.

Also I wish we knew more about the races Kayle was committing genocide against. Then again I don't cause they will likely be demon like and portray Morgana in a negative light and Kayle justified.

edit: Proud of most everyone so far, having common sense and understanding Morgana is not evil.

Sickening, the Kayle apologists are out in force as of late of this lovely post. May Morgana have mercy on you all suffering from your delusions.

Chromatic Eagle9/23/2015, 2:56:59 AM23 votes

Literally doing what I made a thread to argue against. You're not portraying these two as grey, you're just reversing the moral roles.

Rozzeta9/23/2015, 12:08:25 AM14 votes

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So even if you don't believe Kayle is a tyrant who is in fact so self-righteous and careless that she is on the borderline of being "evil", I also don't think Morgana is evil. At the very most, Morgana is a deserter or traitor, but not for selfish or evil reasons. She is one of the few of her own kind who fought against what she perceived was tyranny.

Basically, Morgana is what Riven would have been if she wasn't such an emo whiner, and actually stood for what she believes in.

Morgana goes as far as to acquire a dark magic that seems to causes her suffering, only to stand on even ground against her own sister, considered one of the most powerful angels.

I really wish the JoJ was still around. It had some interesting, and rather exotic, ways to show Morgana more as an activist, who was actually concerned about the angels invading Runeterra and enslaving everyone.

Spizzle90009/23/2015, 2:16:29 AM14 votes

This opinion will probably be unpopular, but I don't find Kayle tyrannical at all. It takes a ruler with an iron fist to keep order. There are no reported incidents of her being cruel or violent, so I think we can safely assume what "evil" she does is merely for the good of all.

Sometimes you have to be harsh with punishments. Without fear of consequences, there is nothing keeping criminals in check.

Here's an example: while Vladimir the Impaler ruled, Wallachia was very stable. Why? Because all who caused chaos were brutally punished. Also, I believe in WWI at the home front, there were laws against speaking ill of the war and what the government was doing so the war effort would continue more effectively.

Without rules, people have nothing holding them back. Kayle is merely the harsh, but just safeguard against chaos.

Morgana has a point that Kayle may seem tyrannical, but according to many Enlightenment philosophers, people are in a state of perfect freedom. Morgana would love that point. But they also state that people give up some of their individual rights for the good and order of all.

We cannot truly decide who is in the right and wrong; they're both kinda in the gray area. Without more information on the context, I'd have to say Kayle is the better of the two.

Also, generally when people say black magic, it implies innately evil. Like Vladimir's craft. It is focused around manipulating the life force of others. I assume Morgana's "black magic" probably has something to do with some sort of ancient, forbidden rituals that have some relations to sacrifice, too much destruction, or perhaps some sort of deal with the devil.

If we were to look at the two in the extremes, what would you rather have: anarchy or fascism? It's a matter of opinion.

Ralanr9/23/2015, 4:25:38 AM10 votes

They are both neutral. Kayle is lawful neutral and Morgana is chaotic neutral. They are extremes.

And no, Jinx isn't the only chaotic neutral character in league. She just represents the stereotype type the most.

SEKAI9/23/2015, 7:38:27 AM6 votes

It's like bible I suppose, where Satan, the root of all evil killed like 6 people in total while God had wiped off the planet several times all because he was angered.

Still can't stop people blaming all the bad things onto Satan yo.

But hey, what do I know.

GreenLore9/23/2015, 10:22:33 AM6 votes

You know quotes like "Share in my torment!" "Without mercy." "They will suffer." Are pretty sinister,implying that Morgana enjoys hurting her enemies and doing this mainly because she herself suffered(but just because you suffered doesn't mean its right to hurt others).

Morganas lore says outright that she isn't innocent either and I doubt that they just mean the fact that she uses dark magic.

In the end I hope they leave the conflict gray. Both Morgana and Kayle have their good and bad sides and thats how it should be kept.

SpecterVonBaren9/23/2015, 5:15:31 AM5 votes

Not evil, but I wouldn't call Morgana nice either.

Daedalus8719/23/2015, 12:06:28 AM3 votes

There's a lot of grey in the Kayle and Morgana fight and we need more info to call one or the other "evil".

Smitty Manjensen9/23/2015, 2:47:33 AM3 votes

Well according to her lore she wasn't necessary evil, but became evil by mastering the dark arts, I don't think you can be good while wielding dark energies and dark power, it doesn't add up.