He starts by invading Araluen's neighbors, the Celts and enslaving them in order to build a bridge from the Mountains of Rain and Night to Celtica, so he could strike both from the west and from the east. The other Kalkara manages to neutralize Arald and Rodney, but is killed by Halt's apprentice, Will, who shoots it with a flaming arrow.Īfter the Kalkara are exterminated, Morgarath directly strikes Araluen with his Wargal army. During the ensuing battle, Halt manages to mortally wound the first Kalkara, who is then killed off by Baron Arald and Sir Rodney, who arrived to help Halt. He sent the two remaining Kalkaras to kill two important barons, and succeeds, he later sends the Kalkara to assassinate Halt for revenge. During the final battle, Halt, a member of the Rangers, led a group of horsemen to Morgarath's location, resulting in the Wargals being scattered and Morgarath retreating to the Mountains of Rain and Night.ĭuring the first book, Morgarath sends small groups of Wargals and sometimes, Kalkara (a much stronger version of the Wargal) to assassinate key leaders and barons of Araluen kingdom, so he could weaken Duncan for the moment he would strike.

During this civil war, he used some strange creatures known as Wargal to fight Araluen's human armies. He wasn't satisfied with his position and conspired and rebelled against the young king, Duncan, which resulted in the destruction of Gorlan and the disgrace of himself. Morgarath was the wealthy baron of the powerful Gorlan Fief, one of the primary Fiefs of Araluen.

Ranger's apprentice the ruins of gorlan