In the second season, Merlin and Arthur's relationship deepens slightly. When Merlin finds out Morgana, like him, has magic and is a witch, he fights the temptation to reassure her and tell her of his powers. He instead helps her by telling her to visit the Druids (as they help struggling people like her), showing that he really cared. Later in the series, Merlin finds out that Arthur's birth was by magic, causing Arthur to turn against his own father, Uther, who had tortured and executed many innocent people who possessed magic. Merlin is faced with the decision to let Uther perish or to stop Arthur. He decides to tell Arthur that it was all a lie, and is deeply hurt when Arthur confides in Merlin, telling him he believed all magic was evil. Although a friend of Morgana, Merlin later thwarts her plans when she decides to once again, turn against Uther to allow magic to return to Camelot. Merlin meets Mordred again, but he becomes an enemy of Merlin. Merlin also meets his first love interest, Freya, but she is later killed unintentionally by Arthur. When a sleeping spell plagues Camelot, Merlin is later forced to do the unthinkable: to kill Morgana, who is the source of the magic. He poisons her reluctantly and cries as she dies in his arms. She is later revived by Morgause, who takes her away. The season ends with Merlin meeting his father, Balinor, in an attempt to rescue Camelot from the Great Dragon, who has sought revenge. Balinor is killed by a soldier but Merlin inherits his Dragonlord abilities, and is now able to tame and talk to Dragons.