And why does Gideon think killing the Black Fairy will give him Savior powers?
I thought he wanted to become the savior to save the realm from the Black Fairy. It sounded like to me that he wanted to defeat the Black Fairy because of his childhood and because she was evil and tried to turn him evil also.
What sort of life did she subject him to? Did she care for him at all?
I think she is being set up to be the big bad so no I think she is probably like Malcolm and could have cared less about anyone but herself. From the few small flashbacks we got it looked like it was an extremely abusive childhood. Poor Gideon.