Mordred is the son of Arthur and his sister, Morgaine. Seeing Mordred as a symbol of shame and regret, Arthur orders that all babies born on May-Day be sent out to sea to die. All of the babies end up drowning except Mordred, who is rescued by a very kind man. This man ends up raising Mordred for fourteen years. The boy then becomes a knight soon after. (1)

Mordred or Modred is a legendary figure in the Arthurian legend as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur fatally wounded.(3)

In Arthurian Legend, Mordred appears to be everything a chivalrous knight should not be. He had affairs with married women, he raped and murdered others and he conspired to murder Sir Lamorak. Mordred was also a traitor to Arthur; he made alliances with Saxons, Picts, Scots, and faked news of Arthur’s death, all to make himself king. (5)



here is Mordred fighting his father King Arthur (2)























Sources
(1) http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/knights/orkney/mordred.html#malory
(2)http://www.kingarthursknights.com/others/images/mordred.jpg
(3) http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jshoaf/Arthmort.html
(4) http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/mordmenu.htm
(5)http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/mordred.html