The Lady of the Lake

[Morgana le Fay]

The Lady of the Lake was originally the half-fay that protected Britannia from outside threats; muggles worshipped her as a mother goddess, while the magical folk of Britannia were aware that she was one of them. As time went on, she became a strictly magical sort of deal. The fay-born are rare, but their magic is more powerful than usual because of their fay blood. She teaches them and guides them. In her secondary role, she guards the secrets behind the old magics that would be very dangerous if in the wrong hands, like the Deathly Hallows and a few other things, and deals with major threats to the balance of what was Britannia once upon a time.

When Morgana and Evienne were young, they were instructed in magic by their time's Lady of the Lake, Vivianne. They both quickly proved to be powerful enough to be Lady, but Morgana was her first choice. The issue was that Morgana cared too much, and couldn't abandon worldly ties. If faced with having to put down someone she loved for the good of everyone else, she wouldn't be able to, so Evienne became Lady of the Lake.

The issue with Evienne is that she isn't as benign as Morgana. She guards her secrets and the Lake where Exacalibur rests jealously, but neglects other parts of her job. She chose to ignore the threats posed from without and within, because they distracted Morgana from Evienne's more...insidious plots. Eventually, Morgana could no longer ignore what Evienne was doing and killed her, taking over as Lady of the Lake. Having to give up everything that she cared about so much utterly destroyed her, though, and that's why the older Morgana is so listless and uninterested in what goes on around her. She can't make herself care anymore, beyond what is required by the role that she takes very seriously.

This isn't a totally finished subplot, so suggestions are welcome, but that's what the Lady of the Lake is.

[Salazar Slytherin]

Okay, so the protector of Great Britain, known to the muggles as a goddess up until around the time that Hogwarts was created and the magical world disappeared from all view, though she still exists in some myths around the area the lake exists. She takes on the role until she is killed, dies, or decides that her time is up and another is trained enough to take over for her, she is the most powerful magical being on the continent, arguably, and one who holds the darkest of secrets.

Evienne became the lady and stopped protecting, leading to rumors of something evil in the lake, which is part of what ended the goddess opinion of the muggles and led them to forget it existed, as that was also the time that magical folk began hiding more so.

Morgana eventually kills her and takes over her role (possibly during her marriage with Slytherin, or perhaps after his death?), due to something that occurs during this time she hides Avalon from everyone and does nothing outside of protect Britain and guard the secrets. Eventually, someone releases her from this duty (an outstanding apprentice, I would assume) and she completely hides herself from the world inside of Avalon, which is still hidden and I’m sure Slytherin will soon hunt down to confront future Morgana about some things.

[Morgana le Fay]

Morgana and Evienne's final duel occurred after Slytherin was already dead. With her children grown and her husband dead, Morgana felt that she had accomplished everything that she needed to and could safely take up the mantle of Ladyship. She took on an apprentice around the time of the Marauders and began fading out as Lady of the Lake. Her apprentice was far more invested in the role, so Morgana retired to Avalon around the time Harry entered Hogwarts.

She had previously hidden Avalon because she had moved Excalibur there, because she realized that Dark wizards would pursue the sword relentlessly. She guards it in Harry's time, even though it should be the new Lady's job.

I think that Voldemort did something about Morgana's apprentice that caused her to be unable to interfere with him, and Morgana herself wanted nothing to do with the chaos beyond guiding those who needed it to Avalon.

[Salazar Slytherin]

sounds quite likely, though Slytherin will wonder why she's not dealing with Voldemort now, with how much power he has already

so excaliber is in Avalon, the Elder wand is circulating with her keeping an eye on it, James has the invisibility cloak, and Morgana knows that Voldemort is in current possession of the resurrection stone but still does nothing about it because she cares so little for him and his antics, at this moment in time?

[Morgana le Fay]

At this time, Voldemort is not an active threat, and until he becomes one, the Lady of the Lake is not allowed to deal with him. She only handles things that can threaten the balance between the magical community of England and the non-magical on a widescale. Things that would result in sheer chaos; smaller threats she has to leave in the hands of the people of England. Dumbledore also requested that she leave Tom to him, and she respects him enough to allow it.

It's also because she knows that he has no use for the Resurrection Stone. She would do something about it if she ever thought that he might use it, but she knows that he won't.

[Salazar Slytherin]

Ah, that makes sense, both of them actually. And Raine will not act later on Harry using these because he is doing it of a pure heart and not to conquer death as many seek to do

[Morgana le Fay]

It'll be interesting to see if Harry ever actually meets Raine face-to-face. It would be an interesting parallel, because Voldemort met Morgana, but the interaction would be so different.

[Salazar Slytherin]

I think he will, if we ever get so far forward as to being after the seventh book, she will introduce herself and ask of the hallows and find the stone and hide it and then agree that his plan for the wand is good and keep an eye on him with his cloak, that sorta thing

[Morgana le Fay]

I think Raine will probably be better suited to the role than Morgana ever was, now that I'm thinking on it.

[Salazar Slytherin]

even with Logan being a factor

[Morgana le Fay]

Morgana always cared way too much about way too many things to be well-suited to it; Vivianne spent years trying to teach her to think as a fay instead of a human, but she never managed to. In contrast to Evienne, who can be called very fay, Morgana is very human, too human for a major role like Lady of the Lake, but that wound up being the reason she took over.

[Salazar Slytherin]

lol, Raine has never quite acted like a human, and her only worldly thoughts are aiding and protecting others, and Logan

[Morgana le Fay]

Which makes Raine ideal for the role of Lady of the Lake. I wonder how she even met the adult Morgana. She lived in Avalon and the Loe interchangably and didn't interact much with anyone.

[Salazar Slytherin]

she probably saw it at some point with her sight and went in search of her, finding it because of her touch of fae blood

[Morgana le Fay]

She'll be the first Lady of the Lake that wasn't half or fully fay, interestingly enough.