The Mists of Avalon Question: How do the events that lead up to Morgaine’s decision to leave or return to Avalon affect her character? Morgaine changed enormously with every event that influenced her decision to leave or return to Avalon; though she left physically many times, she never truly left Avalon spiritually. Morgaine entered the service a satisfied child, full of delight. She learned, changed, and grew in the seven years of her training in the service of the Priestess, and left a grown woman, but a sadder, angrier, and weaker person. Morgaine wished with all her heart to return to Avalon, but she never had the courage, and finally she did return,