19 Bookmarks by Elora_EC
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Merlin is sent alone, without Arthur on a mission to Northumbria to lift a curse that is killing its people. While he's gone, Merlin and Arthur exchange letters that become increasingly revealing. Missing one other seems to be the push they need to cross that line between being friends to something more.
But the situation in Northumbria soon becomes more dangerous and Merlin's life is put in danger. Arthur learns the hard way just how much he needs Merlin by his side.
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- Part 4 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
Bookmarked by Elora_EC
19 Jun 2025
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With a beta for a manservant there is no reason Arthur would have to worry about his pheromones giving away his true emotions.
Except, Merlin isn’t a beta.
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Merlin slowly loses his mind as he scrambles for flimsy excuses to explain why Arthur’s scent is growing hopelessly besotted.
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- English
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- 173,920
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- 17/17
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
20 Feb 2025
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Loneliness is an insidious thing. When Merlin looks at Arthur, he sees not just a prince waiting for his time to rule, but a young man struggling to find his place in the world, with little help from anyone else.
The truth is, Arthur needs more than the friendship Merlin can offer. He needs people he can trust: men and women who will become his court and his confidants, and if he is going to survive to take the throne and lead Camelot into its golden age, he needs them sooner rather than later.
Finding loopholes in Uther’s laws is no easy feat. Court life is a dangerous game, but it’s one Merlin has every intention of winning so that Arthur can have knights of his choosing by his side.
And then there is the matter of his magic…
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- English
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- 373,528
- Chapters:
- 79/110
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- 2
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- 8,101
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
18 Nov 2024
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A map of the Kingdoms of Albion, based on show data, canon maps, historical maps, and a bit of fudging to get it all to fit together nicely. Canon-compliant and based circa season 2. Includes chapters on: demographics, travel on foot/by horse, and known locations.
Now contains a detailed map of the Kingdom of Camelot!
Please feel free to use this as a fannish resource!
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- English
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- 4,851
- Chapters:
- 5/5
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- 306
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
26 Jul 2024
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A small ball hovered in her hand, shining with a silver-blue light. It floated there, getting brighter and brighter before dimming again. Wisps of cloud swirled at its center. It was pure magic.
And the breath was stolen from Arthur’s lungs.
“I thought you’d recognize it. He said it was warm. He said it reminded him of home.”It has been one year since Merlin's death when Arthur meets Morgana on the battlefield.
Somehow, between all the guilt and shame, he discovers that his sister knew Merlin better than he ever did - and ever would.- Language:
- English
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- 24,541
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- 6/6
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- 212
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
16 Jul 2024
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Lay Your Head Down on the Shoulder of a Good Friend by Skitz_phenom
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
31 Oct 2019
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With Camelot readying for the upcoming gathering of rulers of the Southern Kingdoms to discuss peace, Uther has tasked Arthur with an additional duty: befriend the Prince of Essetir and learn anything he can of King Balinor, and of magic, and of dragons, that might be of interest should the treaty not succeed.
That's easier said than done, as he and Prince Merlin don't exactly hit it off immediately. But, befriending Merlin and learning of magic and life in Essetir leads Arthur down the paths of discovering long held secrets surrounding his own birth, and his mother's ill health, and his father's hatred of all things magic.
Adding even more complications to the mix are rowdy knights, frustrating princesses, a possible traitor in their midst, and an overly-verbose dragon; not to mention the burgeoning and peculiar feelings for his fellow prince that Arthur struggles to put a name to.
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- English
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- 97,589
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- 21/21
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- 1
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- 529
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
23 Jun 2024
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After discovering Merlin’s kinks it’s only fair that he gets to know Arthur’s right?
An epilogue to 'Ironing out the Kinks' but can be read as a stand alone!
Bookmarked by Elora_EC
20 Jun 2024
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Decimation, Desolation, Desecration, Devastation, Declaration by ArtemisPendragon
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
23 Mar 2021
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It had been fifty-six days since the knights and their prince arrived back at the gates of the castle without Merlin.
[complete; minor updates may occur for grammar, word choice, and pacing]
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- 5/5
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
12 Jun 2024
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Aithusa is captured by King Sarrum. In order to make sure the dragon is secure and the realm therefore safe, Arthur gathers a delegation to visit the Kingdom Amata. Merlin, however, breaks as he sees the state his daughter is in. And suddenly, secrets are no longer relevant.
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His teary eyes scanned all over her body, finding it worse than what Sarrum had described. Her claws were twitching and bleeding on the dirty ground. There was no water in sight and she looked thirsty while her eyes looked milky and unseeing. Yet, she seemed to recognise him somehow. For a moment, her gaze cleared and she nuzzled her forehead against Merlin’s. Cuts among her side, red coloring her white scaled bloody.“Merlin, what the hell are you doing! Come back here! NOW! It will eat you!”
But Merlin’s glare found only Sarrum’s who seemed more confused than anything. And that look, that innocence feigning, pleased expression, blinded Merlin with pure, unaltered rage. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER!”
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- Part 89 of Merlin's magic
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- English
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- 44,081
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- 6/6
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- 218
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
11 Jun 2024
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Arthur and his knights, and Merlin, set out on a quest to find the last dragon lord. It’s a desperate last-ditch effort as they seek out the only hope they have for subduing the dragons rumored to have recently awakened.
As their journey grows more dangerous Merlin’s magic becomes harder to hide.
But Merlin isn’t the only one with a secret.
(This is much more vampire themed than it sounds.)
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- English
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- 20/20
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- 862
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
10 Jun 2024
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A hand grasped his arm, sending a brief thrill down Merlin's nerves as he was forced around to face the person behind him. Armour gleamed in the firelight: supple chainmail glinted, and the solid iron of a pauldron curved lovingly over one broad shoulder. The length of a sword blade separated them. The point hovered, steady and sure, over Merlin's heart, braced to run him through, but he did not care about any of that. He was too busy drinking in the sight of the man before him.
He could never forget him, no matter how many centuries had passed.
'Arthur?'
When Merlin ultimately fails in his destiny, the fading remnants of magic that linger in the modern world fling him not just back in time, but sideways as well. He ends up in a Camelot where all his friends are alive, well and aware of his magic.
He ends up in a Camelot where his alternate self died almost a year ago.
Can he, Arthur and their friends still forge the golden age he was once promised, or will grief and suspicion tear them apart?
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- Part 1 of Hiraeth Universe
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 507,440
- Chapters:
- 100/100
- Collections:
- 16
- Comments:
- 10,894
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- 632,560
Bookmarked by Elora_EC
09 Jun 2024
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7 years ago, Arthur banished Merlin after finding out that he possessed magic, destroying the love they had built in the process. Now, with Camelot under threat from Morgana, Arthur swallows his pride and seeks help from the one person he knows he can trust. Merlin reluctantly returns to Camelot - with a son in tow. Arthur must try to make amends for the past while he struggles to reconcile the fact that Merlin's son is connected to him in a way he could never imagine.
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- English
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- 121,015
- Chapters:
- 25/25
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- 1
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- 759
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
06 Jun 2024
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King Arthur, Newly Crowned, Conqueror of Essetir, has been informed that he is out of touch with the common folk. In order for that to change he must take on a Common Consort for three years, a spouse that will help him keep the interest of his poorest subjects in mind. Unfortunately, he winds up with Merlin.
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- English
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- 65,668
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- 19/19
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- 997
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
26 May 2024
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“Gwen, it’s terrible,” Merlin said. “He’s polite! He’s kind, even!”
“And that’s a problem?” Gwen asked, dryly.
"I’m going to have to go through an entire week serving the perfect Golden Prince, and then go back to my Prince Prat, and I think it’s going to break me, Gwen. He’s going to get me used to it, and then it’ll be back to mile-long lists, and being called stupid instead of spectacular and how am I supposed to handle that?”
Gwen said, hesitantly, “I thought you liked Arthur?”
“I do,” Merlin said, sounding even lower than before. “I have to.”
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When a visiting Prince visits Camelot, and takes Merlin as his servant during his negotiations with The Crown, Merlin finds himself being seen in a way he'd always wished Arthur would see him, and doesn't know what to do with any of it.Series
- Part 1 of The Grail Knight
- Language:
- English
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- 33,135
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- 6/6
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- 339
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
10 May 2024
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When a sorcerer captures Arthur, the Knights, and Merlin, he seeks revenge for Uther's wrongdoings by wanting to give Arthur a potion that will make him endure the pain of the worst wound received by everyone in their party, while everyone gets to see the vision of the wound being inflicted. 7 painful wounds. It's too much for one man.
Merlin knows he can't let his King take that. Will the sorcerer let him take his place? What happens when the Knights see Merlin's most painful wound? How does one survive a Serket sting?
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- English
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- 8,834
- Chapters:
- 8/8
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- 9
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- 253
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
05 May 2024
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He saw Arthur burst from the forest, wide-eyed and pale-faced. Sweat plastered his hair to his forehead, and fear locked his expression in its clutches. One hand stretched out as if to grab him. So near and yet so far.
The moment fled. Gravity won, and there wasn't even time for Merlin to cry out as the bandit's weight dragged him over the cliff and into the stormy waters below.
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When Merlin is hurt during a bandit attack, Arthur finds himself torn between the longings of his heart and his duties to the crown.
- Language:
- English
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- 62,057
- Chapters:
- 15/15
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- 1
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- 1,178
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
26 Apr 2024
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Merlin gets hit with a spell meant for Arthur. The only way to dispel it is by discovering and partaking in all of his kinks.
Arthur insists on being the one to help Merlin. Let the chaos and smut begin~
There's plot, I swear.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 225,313
- Chapters:
- 30/30
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- 1,388
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- 4,280
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
25 Apr 2024
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Arthur and Merlin have a special relationship. They always have, even when they were prince and servant. While many question it when first noticing, eventually it becomes an understanding in Camelot—and even among some other countries—that where there is Arthur, there is Merlin. And, where there is Merlin, there is Arthur.
OrArthur and Merlin's relationship as witnessed and explained by others.
Also, or
Five times someone realizes that Merlin is the Queen, one time Merlin realizes it himself, and one time he owns it.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 62,269
- Chapters:
- 8/8
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- 52
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- 1,832
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
15 Apr 2024
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Arthur gave Merlin his cloak thinking only of the warmth it would offer in a snowstorm. He never thought his manservant may be mistaken for him and snatched by bandits. Nor did he expect his dashing rescue of Merlin to turn his world so utterly on his head.
Because the bandits hadn't kidnapped a prince. They'd snatched a sorcerer, and now captivity is the least of anyone's problems.
A golden age awaits, but can they claim it together, or are they doomed to fail?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 264,596
- Chapters:
- 66/66
- Collections:
- 32
- Comments:
- 4,884
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Bookmarked by Elora_EC
28 Mar 2024