Edward Morgan I

"You are fighting the force of liberty! Away with you! With my power, I will rule over a free world!!!"

- King Morgan to Amethyst

Edward Gordon Acton Morgan I was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and was the very first President/King of the United States.

He is a central character and an ally of the Assassin Clan member; Amethyst. However, in reality DLC entitled The Tyranny of King Morgan, Edward becomes mad with power and declares himself King of America, becoming a megalomaniacal dictator.

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In 1794 Morgan crowned himself the King of the United States in The Tyranny of King Morgan, used the Apple of Eden to obtain loyalty from his troops, and ruled from a massive pyramid palace in New York. Kaniehtí infiltrated the palace and stole the sceptre containing the Apple, but Israel Purman shot it off her back before she escaped, recovering it for the King. Morgan yelled "theft" to Kaniehtí by launching an assault on the frontier, burning Concord and Lexington to find her. She and her son confronted Morgan in Lexington, but Amethyst - expressed confusion as to why Morgan would do this. King Morgan, who never knew Amethyst, deemed him a delusional savage and rode off. Kaniehtí and Amethyst returned to Kanatahséton, when Morgan's troops attacked. The king rode in with Arnold and Purman at his side, and proceeded to kill Kaniehtí with the sceptre. Amethyst, enraged at witnessing his mother being killed by Morgan tried to attack the King, but he was no match for his power granted to him by the sceptre, once Amethyst was defeated Morgan proceeded to shoot him repeatedly and stab him with a bayonet before leaving him for dead.

Amethyst survived though, and after assassinating Arnold, he was captured by Purman and brought to Boston as a present for the King. There, an impressed and curious Morgan observed Amethyst in his cell, and chose to have him executed. However, the assassin escaped and assaulted Benjamin Franklin, severing Morgan's grip on his mind. The King teleported in, refusing to have anyone meddle in his plans. However, Amethyst proved to be a match for the King this time, having embarked on spirit journeys to gain the powers of the wolf and eagle. The King fled to his palace in New York, leaving Purman in charge of Boston. When Amethyst arrived in New York using the Aquila to devastate Morgan's fleet, the King rode out to the west district, where he found Franklin washed ashore. Franklin vowed he would not come under Edward's spell again, so the King obliged by trying to kill him instead.

Fortunately, Amethyst's friend Kanen tackled Morgan, knocking the sceptre away. Kanen almost assassinated the helpless King, but a group of soldiers shot him and killed him. Morgan took back the sceptre and retreated to his palace. Buoyed by Amethyst's destruction of the fleet, Thomas Jefferson led an attack on the pyramid's courtyard. Amethyst, having gained the power of the bear, began shaking the courtyard, Morgan overheard from his throne and expressed anger that people would attack him after all he had done in the war. As unrest in the city spread, Morgan tried to win popularity by declaring he would invade England and enslave its population, but this did not prevent the populace from turning on the military occupation.

As fighting raged before the palace gates, Morgan stood atop the pyramid's stained glass ceiling, waiting for the assassin to confront him. When the he arrived, he offered to spare Morgan if he gave up the Apple, claiming the Apple controlled him, but the King refused. Amethyst ended the battle by breaking the ceiling, causing the two men to fall inside the pyramid. A mortally wounded Morgan picked up the Apple and slumped into his throne. By reaching for the Apple, he opened up a portal and Amethyst flew into the future.

It wasn't made apparent what happened to King Morgan when Amethyst was teleported to the future. It was supposed that Morgan was murdered and hanged by the citizens due to his war-supporting ways, although he may have simply escaped the city and heal the wounds.

Trivia

 * Morgan had reddish-brown hair in his youth, which he powdered in later life. However, he naturally already had grey hair in 1755 due to depression and rage stress. This claim was once mentioned by his father, Horatio Morgan VI.