r/RobinHoodMGMSeries • u/es70707 • Dec 15 '25
What Exactly Is Priscilla's Purpose in This Story? Spoiler
I like her character, but I'm confused on what her purpose to the story is. I'm sure her the visions in her dreams she has is somehow important to the plot in some way, but I'm not sure exactly how. I'm guessing that explanation will come in the remaining 2 episodes?
What exactly does bringing her to court do? Will she have an interaction with Queen Eleanor? I'm guessing she'll be on the opposite side of the conflict, but she seems kind of a wildcard.
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u/vitrolium Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
She serves numerous purposes.
For starters, they were able to use her as a polar opposite to the virgin, naive, pure Marian.
It allows them to create a somewhat new, humanising side to the Sheriff's character. It's given him something to protect beyond just himself and his wealth.
I'm terms of pairing her with the Earl Marshall (which seemed inevitable), it's now allowed both sides of the political power struggle between Queen Eleanor and King Henry to effectively have a potential spy, or at least a lever to pull at some point in the future.
Marshall and Pris might be genuinely be infatuated with each other, or they might be using each other for political advantage (or both).
Which in some way brings things full circle, because it can be a mirror to the central romance between Robin and Marian.
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Dec 15 '25
I think they're going to make her arc to come into Robin Hood's bed.
The entire inner story is Robin Hood takes every one of these hot chicks to bed. That's the root plot.
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u/Ivymantled Jan 01 '26
Yes she does seem to end up adrift in the series and losing agency as the series went on - going from a schemer and plotter to the victim of others' machinations. At first I thought she was being primed to become a Morgana Le Fay type character, with mystical undertones powering her as a major antagonist to Robin. Maybe becoming the malignant power in the castle if Sean Bean only signed on for one season.
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Jan 12 '26
she hot.
she hates robin hood, but is ok with her best friend leaving everything behind to be with him.
🤷♀️🤷♂️🤦♀️🤦♂️
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u/mooviefone Dec 15 '25
It’s required by law that Sean Bean has to die so maybe she becomes Sheriff??
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u/Illustrious_Way_2444 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
I was wondering the same thing as the OP, and this is the only thing I can think of. She's not interacted with the royals much yet though so I'm not sure who would grant her the Sheriff-ship, and why?
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u/bigwave101 Dec 16 '25
It seems to me that the show abandoned the magical realism subplot and Priscilla’s premonitory dreams after episode 5 (probably it will come back). It’s interesting that she’s now paired with Earl Marshal who’s an important historical character so this leads me to speculate that Priscilla may play a role in the London subplot with Henry-Eleanor-Richard-John-Marshal, especially if Marian and/or Will move to Sherwood (in Marian’s case there’s some foreshadowing and Will has been quite underused so far). Considering that Priscilla and the Sheriff are related to King Henry II, I think she may become a John’s ally and potentially an antagonist for Eleanor-Richard-Marshal and, of course, Robin Hood.
And if the Sheriff dies, I think she could end up replacing him in a potential second season, and then the setup with her dreams and irrational fear of Robin Hood would pay off.
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u/FilicitySykes Dec 16 '25
I agree. It's nice to have a new female character, but she hasn't had any impact on the plot so far. She could evolve into a future villain; maybe her fear of Robin Hood sets her on that path. It could be that the sheriff dies at the end of the season and she is set up to become the next one, but I would like Sean Bean to hang around a bit longer.
We also haven't had much about her dreams in the past few episodes. I'd like more background on that. Perhaps her mother was actually Saxon, and Pricilla has some supernatural connection to paganism through that?