No, it's not a bad thing. Doesn't mean everyone will like you for it, but not everyone likes me either. Can't please everyone.

[ He sighs a little, his grip momentarily tightening around Excalibur's handle. ]

There was a war, for a time, between a very powerful mage called Mordred, and pretty much everyone else in the kingdom. It led some to think that all mages were the enemy... a lot of them were killed.

[ Which might explain how Giselle ended up alone in the forest as a child. ]