- I've thourght about this too, and do kind of make sense... Only problem is, that in Harry Potter it is said that Merlin went to Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin... (Source: Pottermore)
- Time messes things about. Could be a mistake.
- Ya, as the above person said, it could have been a mistake through the passage of time. In our own Real Life history, it's hard to get a completely 100% accurate picture of any time since we didn't live in it, especially when there are little to no first hand sources. Remember, our source is a prefect, who likely heard it from a teacher or maybe a texbook. A lot could have been lost there. Or the prefect could have been lying/exaggerating to boast of Slytherin. Or she simply did not know. It could have easily been a mix-up. Or he could have helped form Hogwarts with the four founders and found himself drawn to Salazar Slytherin and his house, favoring their students. Something like that.
- I have seriously wondered all about this after I saw the finale, I believe that Merlin, despite being more like a Ravenclaw guy might have volunteered to take Salazar Slytherin's place after he left the school to guide them, because face it; they shouldn't dwell on the anti-muggleborn agenda and needed a good influence. Or Because he is immortal, meaning he might not age but use spells to look like an old guy or in reverse. went as a student and was sorted into Slytherin so he could pretty much protect the school during times of crisis, similar to how Harry Potter did. He probably went to guard Lake of Avalon from Voldemort during the Wizarding Wars. I mean seriously, we would NOT want Voldy getting his hands on Excalibur now would we?
- The crystal balls in divination could be made from the crystals in the crystal cave. Likewise, the sand in the time-turner hourglass could be the ground up remains of The crystals in the crystal cave meaning that he sand has limited power as the crystals are obviously not exactly a renewable resource.
- HIS PATRONUS COULD TOTALLY BE A DRAGON! Seriously, he is a dragonlord!
- It is true that records that get it straight are hard to find, especially as time moves onwards: look at our own records of Merlin, the earliest of which suggest he may have been amalgamated with a character from Welsh folklore called Myrddin, and maybe even from myths from other civilizations like Early Mesopotamia's The Epic of Gilgamesh. The magic world may not have been better in recording it, especially when you take into account the potential for the destruction for plenty of records during the persecution of magic in the 16th-17th century (and we know from Pottermore that the Statute of Secrecy was established the same year of the Salem Witch Trials). But apart from that, the best way to explain this is to erase the notion that Hogwarts brought in students the same way it did in the 20th Century (which is what we experienced first hand via Harry's story). The founding of Hogwarts was well after the reign of King Arthur (which took place roughly around 5th or 6th century). It is likely Merlin was around when the school was formed, maybe even planting the seeds for its foundation as suggested by the previous post. As a formality, maybe he was also Sorted to make the decisions of the Four Founders appear legitimate (kinda like how he used Excalibur to legitimize Arthur's right to rule Camelot), and then later became a teacher if not a student himself. This is also on top of Guinevere's lifting the ban on magic, as per Word of God. Now that people are free to practice magic, why not have a school that would help those new to it learn how to control it. Then come the International Statute of Secrecy in 1689-92, and magic was forced to go into hiding once more. Except this time there is a network that enables all magic kind to protect and aid each other. It wouldn't be surprising if Merlin was at the heart of modern wizarding society's formation, especially if there is such a thing as an Order of Merlin. And as for his staying out of the mess with Voldemort? Simple: Merlin's business is with the return of Arthur, so he'll be staying out of that (plus prophecies and destinies are quite the mess to deal with, as he would know from personal experience).
- In Merlin, the character of Morgana Le Fay has been renamed Morgana. In The Philosopher's Stone, Ron Weasley gets a chocolate frog card of Morgan Le Fay, and he refers to her as Morgana.
- Following this thought, Gilli may have been Dudley's ancestor from his mom's side considering they were both played by the same actors and thus look alike. Gilli's descendant somewhere in time was a squib who then married a Muggle. Given that Muggle-borns are descended from squibs who married Muggles and whose families lost magical heritage, this may have been the case for Lily Potter and the squib ancestor.
Less a WMG, more a foregone conclusion.
- Chuckle, snort, you know what they say about nobles and making sons...
- Presumably they are men at arms rather than full knights, since the main group of knights seem to be the only ones Arthur ever makes do anything and no military force of that size can be maintained purely by nobles.
- I'm actually kind of hoping this will be true.
- And the ancient prophecies that the Dragon keeps talking about are the original Arthurian myths.
- ...Which means that the future is not set in stone after all.
- Oooh, oh, I like this. The dragon is actually an AI that's gone insane over the last few centuries and has become obsessed with Arthurian lore, and is trying to manipulate everyone into fitting it as best it can. It also explains how it can survive chained up in a cave where there certainly must be a lack of food. OH! And how they have pagan festivals and talk about gods but also refer to the "old religion" as no longer being present in the same breath. And have such relatively advanced medicine/science (or at least attitudes towards such) and don't mention the Romans at all.
- Uh, maybe Kilgarrah's an AI, but the pagan stuff? That's the people of the Old Religion keeping it alive in secret. It happened in the real world. Most Catholic traditions especially are derived from Paganisim.
- Not much of a secret when it's an official and public celebration. And if this was The Other Wiki, the second statement would have a big ol' "citation needed" slapped on it.
- Catholicism is very, very different from paganism, though some of the traditions (like holidays) were placed or handled to either "baptize" pagan traditions or to hide from pagans. However, as part of this whole war theory, paganism could have come back and contested with Christianity again... Because while Merlin references the gods, Arthur and Hunith both mention "God" (episode 1) or "Lord" (episode 1 again).
- A lot of Catholic holidays do derive from paganism. Even the placement of Christmas as December 25th is due to pagan influence, considering Jesus was most likely born in the spring. The blending is, perhaps, less to do with Catholic traditions as in the sacraments, but more in the placement of larger events and holidays. Almost every Catholic holiday is placed near, and thematically similar to, a pagan one, especially Easter. Bunnies, eggs, the colors of spring, the motif of nature renewing itself, all of those are heavily influenced by, if not stolen from, pagan equinox celebrations. With Christmas, nothing resembling Santa Claus is mentioned in the Bible, because Santa being an elf or something who came in at night, rewarded good children, and gave bad children coal, came from Germanic and Scandinavian holiday traditions, where parents left their children things in the kids' shoes. Christmas trees in their entirety, along with decorations/the significance of mistletoe, holly, and pinecones, those come from pagan traditions (there's a really cool myth about the Holly King and the Oak King and the turning of the seasons), though the gift-giving came from both pagan traditions and the Three Wise Men. Also, saints. A large number of early Catholic saints were actually adapted from local pagan gods, legends, and heroes, when the newly-converted people weren't ready to let go of their heritage and traditions and blended it with the new Christianity. It also allowed Christians to more easily gain converts, since they weren't forcing people to give up everything about their beliefs and traditions, and there was still that similarity and legacy.
- The numerous monsters like the Griffin and the Questing Beast are actually animals mutated by the nuclear war. Magicians are also mutants, which explains Morgana's X-Men style discovery of her powers.
- Magic isn't caused by a hole in reality, but is just a form of radiation. While most humans simply developed immunity, a few became true mutants and could manipulate it. Sidhe are the original, more horrifying mutations of humans.
- If the Dragon could shapeshift into a human, then surely he could have slipped his chain and escaped long ago?
- The chain could have a spell on it to stop him from shape shifting. It's a tiny little thing compared to the dragon, and surely he could have broken it if it were just a chain; but chains in fantasy aren't always mere material chains.
- Jossed by the end of series two. But it would appear that the Dragon is indeed bound by magical chains.
Also, in The Gates of Avalon, Merlin has to slow down time to be able to see the Sidhe properly; but Aulfric seems to be at normal speed. Assuming that he, in human form, would have the same problem that Merlin did initially, he may also have slowed time to speak with them. This suggests that it's a Sidhe ability.
- Jossed. Merlin's father was a Dragonlord.
- Wouldn't the episode 'Midnight' be some sort of paradox, then?
- Only if Merlin and Jethro are connected... it could just be a really uncanny resemblance. Maybe that's why the Doctor warms to Jethro - 'oh, you remind me of me when I was a boy!'.
- Jethro really isn't like Merlin, though. They look alike, and yes, Jethro seemed to have a strong moral compass, but he was pretty much an Emo Teen. Merlin, on the other hand, is usually cheerful and easygoing. And then, there was an inverse of how they handle lifeforms/magical creatures. Merlin is usually cautious and little terse. At first, Jethro was actually somewhat cheerful. ('My name's Jethro!' or 'I'm Jethro!' Something along those lines; the point is, he sounded fairly friendly when introducing himself to the lifeform)
- Nope, no paradox; identical doubles pop up everywhere in the Doctor Who universe. The Doctor's already got at least two, not counting the alternate Tenth Doctor.
- One way this could be, the all prevalent WMG Time Lord factor: the Chameleon Arch. Merlin's mother was a companion of the 11th Doctor post Amy and Rory, a visit to the "just barely pre-Arthurian era" resulted in her falling in love with Merlin's father and staying behind. Than the Doctor regenerated into someone with not only a very strong resemblance to to a one-time acquaintance...only much younger. An attempt to continue as usual resulted in a mortal injury, soon enough after his regeneration to cause all sorts of instability. Fearing the beginnings of the Valeyard, the Doctor recorded a message for his now-former companion and (he assumed) her husband, asking that they raise him with no knowledge of who he really is, pointed the TARDIS at her home village, and chameleon arched himself, only with a set DNA pattern to replicate that of the companion and "husband". Only he didn't know that Merlin's mother's love had been forced to desert her. Still, when he arrived, she hid his TARDIS and his fob watch and raised him as her son, until the DNA programed from her lover began to change him, causing him to be magical. So begins the plot of the Merlin series. Eventually, Merlin will be fatally wounded, with his mother present. She opens his fob watch, and he regenerates into a MUCH older form, but due to current emergency he sticks around to help Arthur, thus accounting for the modern image of a young Arthur helped by an elderly Merlin despite the original seeming closeness in Age.
- Or: Merlin is Captain Jack's grandson, Hunith being his daughter, born of his time travelling shenanigans. It would explain the blue eyes, and she was probably quite good looking when she was younger, the cares of being a single mother to a magical son and a peasant eroding her looks). It would explain Merlin's ability to stop time and his ridiculous resilience (come on, he should be dead several times over by now, considering how much he gets clobbered).
- Perhaps it might actually BE Merlin himself, as we now know that Merlin is immortal and probably doesn't age unless he uses a spell to age him or make him younger...
- That is how it was in the myth.
- Morgause had a strong connection with the spirit of Igraine and this would explain Uther's anger at Morgause being alive.
- But wasn't Igraine barren in this version of the myth? Hence Arthur's being "born of magic".
- Complications with a pregnancy can sometimes render a woman subsequently barren.
- Arthur born of Magic: TV - Ygraine was barren and the pregnancy spell cost her life. Myth - Merlin cast a spell to make Uther look like Gorlois. This could not have happened in TV version because Merlin is too young.
- Well, how about this? Uther and Ygraine keep trying for a child, but it doesn't work. Then, suddenly, she's pregnant. Uther is overjoyed, but then it comes out that the child is actually Gorlois's. But Uther is in one of his nice moods, and decides to forgive Ygraine and Gorlois, and let the child (Morgause) live. However, this also gives Uther the idea of using magic to conceive his and Ygraine's child, now that he sees the possibility is there. After Ygraine dies, Uther 'takes it out on' magic users, and also wants to have Morgause killed, for giving him the idea in the first place, but she's smuggled out. Grieving and looking for comfort, Uther also sleeps with Gorlois's wife, begetting Morgana. (This accounts for the Morgause-Ygraine connection, and while it does make Morgause and Morgana not actually sisters, it still makes sense that they could consider each other such).
- Ygraine is a serial adulteress and a forger.
- Myth - Ygraine married Gorlois and begat Morgause and Morgana. then she married Uther and begat Arthur. Later, Arthur and Morgause begat Mordred. Film conflated Morgana and Morgause into one character. TV - Ygraine had an affair with Uther; Morgana is Uther's biological daughter.
- Uther, Morgause, Morgana, Cenred fit the trope that named, recurring Aristocrats Are Evil.
- Contrariwise Merlin, Caius, Gwen, Gawain, Lancelot are good, named, recurring Peasants.
- Merlin forged a patent of Nobility so that Lancelot could compete in the tournament.
- Arthur is good. Ygraine is Saint Lily Potter.
- Therefore, Ygraine had an affair with some Peasant to beget Arthur. Ygraine was herself a Peasant with a forged patent.
This was also what happened in the orginal legends. Except Morgana and Arthur were half-siblings.
- No. This was what happened in the movie. {{Excalibur}} conflated Morgana and Morgause into one character because they only had 2 hours to tell the whole story and because how many evil sisters does a king need?
- Alternitivly, Mordred is is the son of Morgana and someonelse but not Arthur.
- Like pretty blue-eyed sensitive boy Merlin?
- But Mordred is much too old. We don't know how long the episodes are apart but none of them have visibly aged.
- Like pretty blue-eyed sensitive boy Merlin?
- This troper was told the version that Mordred was Morgause's son. Being in America, I'm only up to season two, but so far it seems possible.
- If this turned out to be the case on the show I would let loose such a squeal of fangirly joy that people in the near vicinity would surely go deaf.
- That would the fix the plot hole entitled "What if both of them drank from one goblet and neither died?"
- Confirmed.
This could explain how she became pure evil and with a desire for revenge so quickly. Nimueh, maybe?
Arthur's feelings about magic will be set back yet again because of these events.
She will escape with her sister from Camelot, and continue to be a menace in the future. More than likely she will show up for the finale as the Big Bad.
- This has been Jossed, since Morgana was given credit for saving the day and now continues to stay in Camelot, with only Merlin and Gaius aware of her true nature. Status Quo Is God, full stop.
Something like the following may happen:
Arthur will find out about Merlin's magic (probably due to it having to be used in front of him to prevent his death) and will understand and help him due to all the good he has done, but he will be forced to flee from Camelot as Uther would probably quickly find out. After this, everything will immediately go downhill and the Big Bad Duumvirate of Mordred, Morgause and Morgana will attack Camelot in full force and without mercy.
Merlin will rush back to find most of Camelot in ruins and nearly everyone slaughtered, including Gaius, Gwen and Uther. Morgana will hold a critically-wounded Arthur hostage and taunt Merlin, who will decide to take none of that crap and instantly kill Morgana with some spell before she can do anything else (since she is the most inexperienced of the three, she wouldn't be able to defend as well). Arthur will live long enough to say farewell to Merlin and for being a good and loyal friend, before dying.
Merlin, in both anguish and rage, will find Mordred and Morgause and ruthlessly kill them both in an epic magic battle far beyond anything seen so far, which will exhaust most of his magic power.
The Great Dragon will then appear, and instead of taunting or trying to attack Merlin will congratulate him on fulfilling his destiny, albeit much earlier and in a different way than he expected. Merlin will be outraged.
The Dragon then explains that, with Uther dead and Camelot destroyed, and with the 'Great Three' magicians dead, magic will indeed return to the land but in a much different and less visible form (technology). Regular magic will diminish to the point where it will be gone forever. Also, with this accomplished, he reveals that his time in the world is up and tells Merlin that he will be the one to unite Albion and not Arthur. When Merlin complains that he said multiple times that Arthur was to be king, the Dragon laughs and says that prophecies can be interpreted many different ways, before flying away never to be seen again.
Merlin then meets with Geoffrey of Monmouth, one of the few survivors of Camelot, and explains everything to him. They agree that Arthur is needed else Albion will fall into chaos, so Merlin uses a spell to permanently switch his appearance with Arthur's body (using the rest of his magic and forever losing the ability to use it in the process), meaning that Merlin was the one 'killed' by Morgana instead.
Due to the 'miracle' of Arthur surviving, the survivors gather together and crown him their king. Eventually, Camelot is rebuilt bigger and better than before, and peace and prosperity reign throughout the land. Albion is indeed united. The ban on magic is lifted, but already magic is fading and very few people can do much with it.
Lancelot, having not been present in Camelot, will return and become 'Arthur's' most loyal knight and friend. Besides Geoffrey, only Lancelot will know the truth about Merlin.
Merlin, however, is still deeply saddened and bitter over where his destiny led. Geoffrey, in secret, chronicles the legend as he thinks it should have rightfully happened, making the legends of King Arthur we have a very early form of Fan Fic.
Merlin lives to an old age, but never marries. His heir turns out to be an historical figure, who takes over the land and renames it, making Camelot fade into legend and myth. One night, he awakens and sees Freya in his room and realizes that he is younger and back in his own body, meaning he has died. As he is ready to leave with her he also sees Arthur, Gwen, Gaius and many others who stay silent but smile at him. Then the screen fades to white.
And the fandom will cry.
- It also could have been to Ship Sink Merlin/Arthur.
What could happen:
She will try to kill him with magic but Arthur will come out of nowhere and be hit by it, dying instantly. As a result of this, everything will quickly go downhill. Morgana will blame Merlin for his death in front of everyone and accuse him of sorcery (also having bruised herself to look as if Merlin hurt her), and Uther will likely try to run Merlin through right then and there. With no way to defend himself he will use magic in front of him to escape, further proving Morgana's claims to Camelot.
With Arthur and Merlin gone, Morgana will proceed to murder Uther in the very fashion that was predicted, and claim that Merlin came back and did it. With both Uther and Arthur dead, she will be crowned as Queen and lift the ban on magic. Her reign would be far from ideal though, instead being as much of a tyrant as Uther if not more so, and the land would suffer.
Merlin, having failed his destiny and having nowhere else to go (the Dragon, if he appears at all, would reject him), will turn himself in to be put to death, completely and utterly broken. Morgana and possibly Morgause will torture him to near the point of death, and one of the following things would later happen:
a) Merlin will end up back in the cave with the wizard, with it being revealed to him that it was all a test, and to warn him what will happen if he should fail.
b) Merlin will wake up in his bed, all of it having been a nightmare. He tells Gaius, and he tells Merlin that the wizard (Taliesin) died a long time ago and that he must have been reading about him. Merlin will reveal that he never heard of him before, meaning that he was in fact sort-of Dreaming of Things to Come, warning him what will happen if he should fail.
c) Gaius, or someone else, will sneak in and give Merlin a magic trinket to go back in time. The cost is that the person will soon die after using it, as it is powered by life force. Merlin will change his appearance with magic, use the device, and run across his past self before he confronts Morgana. He will warn him not to do what he is planning, and then die.
Promotional pictures and videos for later Series 3 episodes heavily suggest this may indeed happen. Most of Camelot probably hate Uther like no other and will rally support behind her, and those who don't will be executed or forced to flee.
Morgana, wearing the crown, in shown to be ordering an execution. This is probably Uther Pendragon, being killed in one of the same ways he had done to many others, as an act of revenge and irony.
Gwaine, Lancelot, Leon and some other unnamed knights are shown to be loyalists to Arthur, and likely will become the first of the Knights Of The Round Table.
The later episodes of Series 3 will be one Wham Episode after another, with large heaping doses of Nothing Is the Same Anymore, and Status Quo Is God being lifted once and for all. Merlin's magic will be revealed to everyone, Uther will die at Morgana's hand with Merlin helpless or too far away to prevent it, and the last episode will end with Morgana being defeated and driven away from Camelot, since she must survive in order to later align with Mordred. Morgause has no such prophecy protecting her and may well die, probably right in front of Morgana at Merlin's hand, which will cement her rage and hatred for him forever. Arthur will be crowned King and Gwen his Queen, and all will be well in Camelot for the time being.
Doesn't that sound like a Grand Finale, if it ends up being true? Perhaps Series 3 of Merlin is going to be the last, or for whatever reason the writers are deciding to change the show for good.
- Jossed. Uther survives series 3, Morgana is defeated.
Or some corresponding form of mind-control magic. Perhaps the blood link helps.
In any case, since Morgana has returned, she has demonstrated absolutely no qualms about killing off her former friends. In "The Castle of Fyrien", she was willing to let both Gwen and Arthur die. Wanting to kill Uther or Merlin would be understandable. Perhaps Morgause could even have convinced her that Arthur's apathy allows his father to continue his tyranny. But in "Lancelot and Guinevere", Morgana is terrified for Gwen's well-being, indicating that she is a very close friend. How would she or Morgause justify to herself that killing Gwen is acceptable?
Another indication is her lack of concern for the well-being of Camelot's citizens. When she kills a guard who spots her leaving, it almost seems like she is relishing it. In short, her actions have become Card Carryingly Villainous, which is completely out of character for her.
Perhaps, then, she is quite literally out of character? Perhaps Morgause has enslaved her will? It's not implausible that she does have that (or similar) magic, since if she did, it could take a year to cast on someone, which is why it's taken so long to get Morgana back into Camelot - she was Confessing her the whole time. Then there would be a simple explanation as to why she doesn't just throw it around, using it on everyone.
So Morgause sends the mind-enslaved Morgana, who now wants only to please her mistress back into Camelot with orders to act normal until she's needed. And to smirk about this situation EVERY SECOND THAT NOBODY'S LOOKING.
- Bad writing. That is all. Plus Katie McGrath can't act evil particularly well, which makes it seem as if she would fit in well with the likes of Cobra (replace the shouts of "Cobra!" with the smirk, they have nearly the same effect).
The Dragon wanted to destroy Camelot. But what was in his way? Well, Morgana could not only predict his actions (a general's wet dream), but tell Merlin he was the Dragonlord. So the Dragon ordered Merlin to betray her. After years of Uthur's treatment, Morgana is half a step away from C-PTSD (PTSD resulting from multiple traumas instead of just one). When Merlin betrays her, it's the straw breaking the camel's back, and Morgana has a psychotic break. Morgause, seeing this, brainwashes Morgana into being a Card-Carrying Villain. However, there is a flip side to this. Because Morgana is reacting to trauma, Arthur should, in theory, be able to reverse it—if he could confront her, she could become good again. And if this happened, Camelot could completely change...
How adorable would it be if he married her?
- You're not. Merlin in the myths was always a shapeshifter. Pretty much the only restraint they have on it is Coconut Superpowers, and since they have their own CGI department now, they should really give it a go.
- Oh please no. The only good thing about Kate was the knowledge that there will never be anything as bad as Kate ever again.
- Oh God. I can live with Gwen being a Smurfette. Please, let her stay a Smurfette.
- Hopefully they will avoid the Smurfette Principle, but they'll do so by bringing back another important female character who already exists, like Hunith, Freya, Vivian, Elena or Alice.
- Jossed, thank God.
- I stated this above but just in case. I believe that Merlin, despite being more like a Ravenclaw guy might have volunteered to take Salazar Slytherin's place after he left the school to guide them, because face it; they shouldn't dwell on the anti- muggleborn agenda and needed a good influence. Or Because he is immortal, meaning he might not age but use spells to look like an old guy or in reverse. went as a student and was sorted into Slytherin so he could pretty much protect the school during times of crisis, similar to how Harry Potter did. He probably went to guard Lake of Avalon from Voldemort during the Wizarding Wars. I mean seriously, we would NOT want Voldy getting his hands on Excalibur now would we?
- HIS PATRONUS COULD TOTALLY BE A DRAGON! Seriously, he is a dragonlord!
- Or Lancelot could be a fake... Or even a dead Lancelot with some kind of demon possessing him, which is later defeated... And that's how we get to the possible spoiler of Lancelot dying.
- Confirmed.
- Or the trailer makes it seem like a bigger deal than it is. Gwen is already shown to have a tendency to express her joy at finding out someone she thought dead is alive by kissing him (right, Merlin?), and Arthur has shown a tendency to overreact regarding any affection Gwen shows to another man (seeing Gwaine, who was never remotely serious competition for her affections, saying goodbye to her had him getting upset about how they seemed "awfully friendly"). Combine the two's tendencies with Lancelot returning from the dead and Arthur walking in at the worst moment, and you get a setup for either hilarity or disaster.
- Or Lancelot could be a fake... Or even a dead Lancelot with some kind of demon possessing him, which is later defeated... And that's how we get to the possible spoiler of Lancelot dying.
- Alternatively, it may not be a matter of being unable to kill Merlin, so much as making it stick. In "The Poisoned Chalice", if Gaius is to be believed, Merlin's heart stopped long enough for him to be considered dead. And in "To Kill The King" and "Le Morte d' Arthur", Merlin took direct hits to the chest from spells that had killed/destroyed others.
- Confirmed by the finale. Merlin's lived to the present day. Sure, he's old, but he could be pulling My Grandson, Myself.
- In Morgana's prophetic dream, she seems to expect Emrys to help her so she probably does not consider him an enemy. Morgana hates Uther and never knew Gorlois, so she'd probably gravitate towards a father figure.
- ...and saw Gwen, Arthur and Merlin trying to defeat her and generally hating her guts. This soured her against her friends and resulted in her rather sharp Face–Heel Turn.
- A beautiful damsel in distress inexplicably causes all the knights to fall in love with her and become uncharacteristically jerky towards each other, especially Merlin? Sounds like the classic Damsel Scrappy of a Jerk Sue with a side of unholy demon brought into the mix!
- Merlin's magic will be revealed and he will be banished. But he will not have to be alone because he has the help of two dragons, the Druids, and the Carthars. So Camelot will be under attack and all hope will seem lost. Arthur and his knights will prepare to make their final stand. But then Merlin swoops in on dragonback and all the friends that Merlin made during his time in Camelot will arrive at his back to help defend Camelot.
- Almost every episode of season 4 seems to show some sort of betrayal and Arthur's reaction to it. Seeing how much Arthur was crushed by Morgana's Face–Heel Turn, Gaius being accused (again) of sorcery, and Lancelot and Gwen's tryst, putting him in an already vulnerable place where Merlin is the only person he can depend on. With all the emphasis on betrayal and the Merlin/Arthur friendship, all of it building up to a finale reveal would be the most likely conclusion.
- Jossed. Agravaine found out, but needless to say he didn't live long enough to spread it around.
- Arthur will finally learn about and accept Merlin's magic, Arthur and Gwen will be reconciled and married, the Knights will come together at the Round Table, and the series will end with all of them bantering with each other and riding off to Camelot to found Albion together.
- One down, three to go.
- This does explain why Merlin is so much older in the legend Merlin just simply aged.
- Well, Princess Mithian and newly widowed Queen Annis are confirmed to be returning for series 5, so that's a real possibility. There are also rumours of a female knight being present on the set.
- There's also audition tapes on the internet for someone they're calling Gwaine's evil love interest.
- Newest rumours are that Merlin does a bit of flirting, as well as promotional pictures of a girl that looks like she's the Queen's handmaiden.
- Mordred gets a love interest in 5x11, according to the released synopsis.
- From all the concurring information, I guess this is confirmed.
- One of the clips from the trailer showed a wolf/wolves, so one of the Arthurian knights known for their problems with lycanthropy may be making an appearance in the upcoming season.
- Jossed, for now. The wolves appear to be normal, outside of being controlled by Morgana and smart enough to knock knights out.
- As JRR Tolkien said, applicability is not the same as allegory. See Have You Tried Not Being a Monster? for the trope that's centered around this. Although, with the HUGE amount of Ho Yay on this show, one can't help but wonder...
- It couldn't be coincidence that Merlin gave him a Viking Funeral in what looked like Freya's lake. Also Lancelot in Arturian legends was saved by the Lady of the Lake as a child and made a knight by her, hence his name Lancelot du Lac (of the lake). It would also be nice way to redeem him in the eyes of Arthur and Gwen and allow him to make up for breaking them up under Morgana's control. Most likely he'll return as a spirit or only given one day to fight alongside Arthur before returning to the lake.
- Jossed, unfortunately. According to Word of God, his storyline is over and there's nothing more to do with him.
- Mordred is really fond of Arthur, but Merlin's distrust and constant attempts to kill him in order to save Arthur is what will make Mordred turn against Camelot again. Therby making it a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
- Several scenes make more sense with this logic. In fact, the episode in which they fall in love includes them arguing a lot, and Gwen finally telling Arthur what she thinks of him - and it reads very much like the explosion of things unsaid between friends who have grown apart suddenly forced to spend 24/7 in each others' company. Not to mention that at the end of this scene he shoves her out the door in a way that doesn't make sense for a blossoming couple unless they're already long comfortable with contact. And then in this scene, they seem to be running off of already-established banter patterns, and at the end, when he says he doesn't know what to say to someone he cares about, it can be seen as an apology for his awkward, dodging treatment of her in the first season.
- I made a connection too while watching the episode, but not to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull because there are other legends of the Crystal Skull so (thank God) that might not the the case.