Miranda De Loch

Being born as the only child to the De Loch noble house, bannermen to king Arthur of Camelot, Miranda was a studious child who has shown an aptitude for the magical arts.
at 12 she has been taken as Merlin's personal student alongside a few others, merlin has seen in her a strictness that he admired, hoping it would lead her to embrace his ideals of supervision over magic, despite her initial lack of interest in the arcane. Hoping to foster those tendencies and make her into his successor, he trained miranda in private, pushing her to learn the magics for which she had no passion.
Despite her lack of interest in the subject matter, miranda grew to appretiate the necessity of a guiding hand in the chaotic world of magic and took her studies to heart, becoming an efficient and ruthless wizard like her mentor before her. When her friend morgana came to question the order's methods Miranda was appauled by her former friend's betrayal, reporting to merlin and forcing Morgana to flee into the woods.
In the years to come Miranda served as Merlin's squire and apprentice, her passion reignited with the violence of the Morganian revolt. During the last battle for camelot, Miranda held the outer gates of the throne room alongside a few other wizards to allow the high council the time to cast the mutespell. After camelot's return and with merlin's death his will named her as his successor, and despite her age she took to the role, creating the modern Merlinian High Council to advice her in running the city state in the new era.
Despite her long held place as the leader of cammelot (though not without her share of challengers, even loosing the seat for 2 years) in recent times Miranda's centerist none action and refusal to take action during the latest morganian demonstration, she'd found herself in an unpopular position going into the 5th elections, with many claiming this may be the end of her political carreer.

Being head of the Merlinian Order Miranda believes magic has to be controlled and heavily supervised as taught by merlin.
In the modern era without merlin at her side, Miranda had tried to continue her mentor's legacy, however further exposure to the changes in the world and the near destruction of camelot during the Morganian Resurgence made her to question parts of camelot's rules and ways, leading to her authorization of opening the open school of magic in camelot 2 years after the resurgence.

To contain magic and control it for the betterment of society.

As head of state for the independent city of Camelot, miranda weilds considerable economic force if a need arises, though she rarely spends it on anything outside the facilities of camelot.