To be fair, Mordo was pretty much a stereotypical heel-turn apostle evil opposite of Dr Strange for the first twenty-fiver years of his literary life. I think it was Roy Thomas in Dr Strange Sorcerer Supreme who filled in details and backstory about the lineage of mystical Mordos, supplying the abusive father that was de rigeur for all 80s and 90s comics characters, an arranged marriage, and a daughter who might later become Baroness Mordo and take on Strange after her father's supposedly-permanent demise.

I'd have to check when Clea morphed from hostage to be rescued (first appearances) through live-in disciple (some excellent Frank Brunner art, I recall) to kickass Dark Dimension rebellion leader (excellent Paul Smith art - Clea attracts some qualisty artists). She was revealed as a dimensional princess pretty early on, daughter of Orini who had ruled his plane before it was conquered by Dormammu and Umar and he was reduced to steward. Later Umar was revealed as her mother, putting her firmly into the "villain's beautiful only daughter and heiress" trope. I don't know whether she or Leia got to do the rebel thing first.

Unfortunately, once you go the rebel-leadership plot and you liberate your homeland and bercome its powerful queen, there are strictly limited number of feasible plots you can be part of. The long-distance relationship never really worked and Clea has not had an original or effective plotline since the late 80s.




As a Briton with Celtic ancestry I am deeply offended at the cultural appropriation of Celtic themes and beliefs (such as baldness and being Tilda Swanson) perpetrated by this American imperialist movie!







It would have been nice to see a more shaded argument before Kaecillius went horribly guylinered.










I like your explanation much better.