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In the depths of winter, Merlin begins to relax, safe in the knowledge that no adventures happen in winter, and maybe they'll get through this one unscathed too.
Unfortunately, a letter has arrived. In response, Arthur summons the round table and informs them that they are going on a quest, to deal with snails. In the middle of winter.
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Worthy kings get worthy tombs. Great kings get desperate attempts to be preserved in a magical eternal slumber. Legendary kings might never really die.
Merlin has been a lot of things over the past millennium, but most importantly a scholar obsessed with finding his Once and Future King.
It is but in the 21st century that he comes across a young Virginian boy with equally ambitious dreams. The thing that made Merlin look twice weren't his impossible dreams -anyone could dream- but his succes. If Gansey could do the impossible, if he could find Glendower's lost tomb, surely he can help Merlin on his quest to find King Arthur. -
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Kilgharrah dies and it leaves Merlin deathly sick. Arthur is suddenly force to face the possibilty of losing his servant and cant do anything but watch and hope his servant would get trough this.
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Merlin follows Arthur on his quest to the Perilous lands, returning not just with his friend alive and well but also a new kingdom. Magic has lost so much from the purge and the years after and the first rule of magic is that there must be balance, so it gives back. Creating the Kingdom of Oplaria, rled by King Emrys.
But Merlin is not so keen to abandon his destiny and Arthur, he spends his time between the two Kingdoms constantly torn between his friendship with Arthur and his duty to his people and magic. He is good at secret identities after all.
But with Arthur constantly sidelining Merlin how long can he make excuses to stay?
And how much will this change not only the Prophecy but also the future of Albion?This is follows the show from Season 3 episode 8 -> Season 4 episode 7 but will include storylines from other episodes.
If like me you loved all the side characters well then get ready to get a lot more time with them (especially if you love Mithian, Elena and Vivian).
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- Part 1 of The Kingdom of Oplaria
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As Arthur laid clutching his side with one hand and the hilt of his sword with the other, his only thought was that the golden glow of magic had no right to take up residence in Merlin’s eyes.
It had no right to look so beautiful.
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How can Merlin be so competent and so useless at the same time? He could be the best hunter in the land! Arthur has caught him hiding animal tracks more often than anybody else has managed to find them! But when Merlin's connection to the forest goes wrong, Arthur must put his own hunting skills to the test.
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When a sparring accident nearly kills Arthur, Merlin reacts without thinking - and exposes his magic before the entire training yard. But the fallout is interrupted by a sorcerer’s attack that rips Merlin’s soul from his body, leaving behind only Emrys: magic incarnate, stripped of warmth and memory. As Camelot reels, Arthur must face not just the politics of magic and the prophecy surrounding him, but his own feelings for the servant who has always stood by his side. Magic has always come at a cost - but Arthur never imagined the price would be Merlin himself.
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If you had told him, years ago, that he would one day have to flee his home, he would have laughed at you. Arrogant, selfish young Prince Arthur would have laughed.
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Arthur flees a cursed Camelot, and just so happens to come across the only person in the world who can save it.
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Following in his father’s footsteps was in his destiny, Arthur Pendragon knew that for sure. He was born to live in his father’s shadow, his ideals were supposed to be Arthur’s ideals too. Being a prince came with many responsibilities. He must be just like the king.
He never wanted to be though.In other words;
Arthur goes to the rebel camp to be a spy due to his father's orders, but he falls in love with the leader of the camp, Merlin.
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The nature of retribution is cyclical, looping infinitely and going nowhere at all. An ouroboros, devouring its own tail to get even with its body. Yet in your rage a mist comes down; a cloth obscuring your surroundings. You do not notice the looping, the repetition, until it is far, far too late.
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It is said that the gods created multiverses as a way to ensure all their prophesies come to pass. In this world, Merlin's going to try his damn best to make sure they don't.
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- Part 2 of Consequences
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A Ball held in Essetir is to announce the legendary King Emrys has risen from the shadows. The four remaining Kings of Albion meet on Christmas to secure the prophecies alliance that will unite Albion under one crown.
Out of all those Kings, the Anti-Magic King Arthur Pendragon is the last person people would have expected to come. Let alone to be invited.Series
- Part 102 of Merlin's magic
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Princess Arthur of Camelot has long chaffed at her father's expectations of feminine submissiveness. So when Gaius lets slip the location of a mighty dragon, Arthur seizes her chance to prove her skills, find glory, and win her father's approval. Yet the inhabitant of the glittering cavern surprises her with an odd request. Will Arthur be able to complete her quest and return to Camelot victorious?
(It's dragon sex, y'all)
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After the encounter with the Disir, Merlin finds himself forced to take destiny into his own hands to prevent Arthur's fate and must come to accept his role as Emrys.
Arthur, too, is afraid he has sealed the fate of Camelot in refusing to allow magic to return to the land. When he hears tell of the fated Emrys, a God who is meant to help him usher in a golden age of peace, he cannot imagine turning down his kingdom's last chance at salvation.
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“I want to go home,” Merlin chokes.
“Come home,” Arthur beseeches him, stretching his arm as far as he can.
He feels the ghost of heat hovering over his palm. He feels it drawing closer until—
“No.”
He opens his eyes and finds Emrys poised over him with wide-spread fingers and bared teeth.
“No,” Emrys says again, this time to Arthur’s face.(Splintered Merlin AU. In a fit of terror, Arthur kills Merlin and regrets everything immediately. Two years later, he gets a chance to make things right when a man calling himself Emrys wanders back into his closest circle. Arthur thinks that he can make Merlin come back to him if only he treats this Emrys the way he should have treated Merlin. Emrys, meanwhile, isn't interested in alleviating Arthur's guilt. He wants to play out his own fairytale; the problem is that there's a dragon in the way.)
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When they have a moment to themselves after the repeal of the ban on Magic, Arthur simply asks Merlin to show him a favorite spell. All is well in Camelot, and all is well with Magic and the Crown.
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- Part 2 of Merlin and Co. Ficlets
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Part 1: Childless and aging, Uther declares a kingdom-wide trial by combat, open to sorcerers or warriors - or both - the winner to be named heir to the kingdom of Camelot. One sorcerer and one warrior find a new destiny waiting for them in the arena - and allies as well as enemies.
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The fragile trust between Arthur and Merilyn is no longer a secret hope—it is real, tangible, and dangerously alive. For the first time, Arthur sees magic not as a weapon, but as part of the woman he loves. Their bond deepens, even as the shadow of destiny presses closer. But love does not erase the weight of prophecy, nor the enemies waiting to tear them apart.
Yet the greatest revelation lies not in vengeance, but in blood. Merilyn’s long-buried secret, her son emerges into the light. His existence changes everything: for Merilyn, for Arthur, and for the destiny of Camelot itself. Whispers of the boy ripple through the Old Religion, binding his fate to the same prophecy that foretells Arthur’s rise and Merilyn’s sacrifice. Allies will question her loyalty. Enemies will seek to use him. And Arthur must decide if love can survive the truth that destiny has hidden from them both.
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- Part 3 of Tales of Albion
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How Could I Not Speak? (Please Let My Monster Look Yours in the Eye) by Some_Fuckin_Dude
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
09 Nov 2025
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Re-writing a moment in Season 2 Episode 3, "The Nightmare Begins"
Merlin cannot stand and watch Morgana's distress. In a moment, he reveals more than she could have imagined. -
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Merlin is not human. Not truly. And this body—this fragile, mortal vessel—is never enough to contain what he is.
He has always had the ability to slip free, to unshackle himself from flesh and bone, if only for a moment.Arthur learns of it in the worst way imaginable. And with it, he learns the truth of Merlin’s magic.
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Arthur caught his sorcerer’s eye again. “If Emrys did have a simple, human identity, you wouldn’t have any suspicion who it could be, at all?”
“I wouldn't, I’m afraid.” Merlin shrugged one shoulder, seeming somewhat defeated. “I’ll look into it.”
Once, years ago, Arthur had been sure he could tell when Merlin was lying through his teeth. How frustrating it was to know that couldn’t be further from the truth.Or: In a fixed-it post-canon, word begins to get out about the godlike sorcerer Emrys who will aid the Once and Future King to unite all of Albion. This, of course, results in all the leaders of Albion beginning their attempts to win the elusive Emrys’ favor, in order to be chosen as his prophesied King.
Even as his Court Sorcerer, Merlin lives to antagonize Arthur and decides to inform the world -as Emrys- that he has already chosen his King, in a... less-than-conventional way.