Gender: Male
First Appearance: (as Nicholas Maddox, mentioned) "Fallout" Part II (as Nicholas Maddox, in full) "Partnership" (as Madoc Morfryn) "Visions"
Other Appearances: (as Nicholas Maddox) "Tightrope," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Mutual Trust," "A Mid-Winter's Tale," "Consequences," "Something Wicked," "Prophets and Angels," "Things Fall Apart" Parts I & II, "Past Perfect," "Reprisals" Parts I, II, & III, "The Tain," "Quest's End," "Offers," "Homecoming" (as Madoc Morfryn) "Reprisals" Part III, "The Rising" Parts I & II, "Disobedience," "A Call To Arms," "Offers," "Nocturne," "When the Bough Breaks" Parts I & II, "Strange Bedfellows," "The Battle Below," "The Longest Day" Parts I & II, "Ploys," "The Waiting Game," "Homecoming," "In the Blood," "Hazards," "The Drowned City," "Blood Moon," "Night of the Weird," "The Darkest Hour" Parts I & II, "Ripper"
Born to King Avallach and Queen Danu, Madoc Morfryn was raised as a prince of Avalon alongside his twin brother Oberon. They were both rivals over many things, especially the hand of Titania. Madoc eventually began to feel a superiority over the other races on Earth, and planned to rule over them as a monarch once he succeeded his father to the throne.
Later, Avallach was fatally wounded in battle against the dragons, and the Avalon High Council was forced to choose their new ruler. Madoc failed to hide his true nature from the Council, and they feared him. They chose Oberon over Madoc, and Oberon and Titania were prepared to wed. Furious over this turn of events, Madoc gathered a large army of the Fair Folk who felt as he did and gathered them into a single army under his command. With his second-in-command, Queen Maeve, this army was christened- the Unseelie Court.
Madoc and Oberon warred for ten years, and their war nearly shattered the Earth. In the end, Oberon prevailed, and had the traitors captured and banished. Madoc was punished by being stripped of his power and cast out into the world as a human. He and Maeve were escorted into the world by the Weird Sisters, who spoke of a prophecy to Madoc- that he would eventually regain his powers and gather the Unseelie Court at the time of the Rising. At that point, he would be slain by a union between the two younger races, gargoyle and human. Through the centuries, Madoc worked hard to make sure this prophecy would never come to pass, by encouraging human xenophobia and using them to kill gargoyles.
During the 5th century, Madoc seduced the Welsh princess Aldan and fathered a son upon her, who would be named Merlin upon his birth. He planned to use him as a champion against Oberon. The resident sorcerer, Blaise, recognized the child's true nature, and took him where Madoc would not find him. He raised him to be a good wizard rather than use his power for evil. Madoc was infuriated and tried to dispose of Merlin, but failed. When Merlin brought about the rise of King Arthur Pendragon and Camelot, Madoc immediately began planning its destruction. He raised Arthur's illegitimate son, Mordred, and sent him against Arthur. He tricked Nimue into imprisoning Merlin in a tower of air, to keep him away from Camelot, and finally succeeded in destroying Arthur's kingdom.
Throughout the centuries, Madoc always assumed the role as a man of rank and power to continue his plans, even helping to send Canmore against MacBeth, so he could destroy the alliance between MacBeth and Demona. Soon he allied with Maeve again, and the two of them manipulated many of history's greatest events.
By the 20th century, Madoc and Maeve had established the corporation of Maddox Technologies under the names Nicholas Maddox and Mavis O'Connor. They equipped the Canmore trio with weapons to use to hunt Demona, and even were commisioned by the Illuminati to manufacture the Quarrymen hammers. When Jon Canmore exposed the Manhattan Clan to the world, Madoc relocated to New York to keep a closer watch on them.
One thing Madoc did was befriend the young gargoyle, Lexington. It was a friendship he would use for his own gain. After the breakup of the Quarrymen, Madoc tricked George Clarence Harrison into becoming the first of his new Unseelie Halflings. When Harrison realized what was done to him it was too late, and Madoc used him to find others that would become Unseelie Halfings, and later, the even deadlier Vampyres. Madoc created the Ultra-Pack and used them to locate the gargoyles' home at the Eyrie Building. Later, he became determined to capture Angela upon finding out she was from Avalon, to interrogate her for a means of return. He soon succeeded. It was also then that Lexington learned that Madoc was using him. But it was too late, for by then, Loki had been freed from his imprisonment, and Madoc and Maeve regained their old power and retreated to the Brocken. There, they called upon the Unseelie Court. The Rising had begun.
Madoc then began to make war upon the Manhattan Clan and King Arthur, Merlin and their allies in London. He enacted many schemes to destroy his enemies and destroy the prophecised union, which he mistakenly deduced was between Goliath and Elisa Maza.
Soon, the time came to mount their final assault, to destroy all who would stand against them on Earth, and pluck the incantation to reach Avalon from Goliath, Elisa, or Angela. His armies assaulted all the corners of the Earth, while he and his chief lieutenants attacked the Eyrie Building. Madoc captured Goliath and Merlin and took them back to his base at the Conservatory Gardens. He exchanged bitter words with his son, before attempting to draw the incantation from Goliath. When he finally drew it, he and Maeve were attacked by Elisa and Angela, who had found the lair. Elisa was fatally wounded, taking an elfshot arrow meant for Angela. He prepared to kill Goliath, Angela and Merlin at once before invading Avalon, but Demona (who was watching the whole thing) swooped down with her iron mace and delivered a fatal blow to Madoc. Madoc died moments later, and was taken to Avalon for burial by Oberon and Titania.
Though the Unseelie Lord is now dead, his legacy has only just begun to plague the world, a legacy which may never be erased.
As one of the Fair Folk, and one of the most powerful members at that, Madoc Morfryn had nearly limitless magical powers. During his ten-thousand year exile, Madoc's powers were significantly reduced, and he could only change shape. Of course, he was also immortal. In both spans of time, he had the typical fay weakness to iron.