Disrespecting_the_System
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The trees above him are hissing a warning when he shakes from his stupor.
It hadn’t been long. He didn’t think so, anyways. There were no webs on his jacket and no moss at his boots. The distant calls of horns and shouts barrel closer. He blinks and becomes the pointed tusk of a boar. Breathes and is the pummeling rush of horse hooves. A second and now wrapped inside flesh again with wilting petals in his hand.
All at once, a hunt is around him.
A boar charges, skidding around, screaming as dogs latch on its ankles. There’s shouts and confusion and he cannot think to move. It’s not his instinct to avoid danger.
Then a hand is under his arm, pulling him up and back—he drops the flowers—even as a spear is thrust unevenly forward and gives an ugly gash to the creature’s side. There’s noise and wind and the boar is taken through the side. It dies roughly.
He slowly eases himself out of the man’s hand, turning to see bright eyes and golden hair and a face younger than the one he wears.
— Merlin is Myrddin and Arthur is a Prat and Magic is Weird —
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26 Jun 2026
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"Camelot had to be different to suddenly accommodate such a person as Merlin. He could never have existed in Camelot before, and therefore, Camelot changed. There had to be shadows and secrets to keep Merlin safe, mysteries to bring them together, and silences for all the words they never said to each other."
Merlin saves one man from Uther's pyre and never becomes Arthur's servant - instead, the two unlikely friends must defend Camelot and over time learn the truth about magic and what happened before the Purge. Will magic in Camelot gain two powerful protectors despite the world trying to keep them apart?
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- Part 2 of The Search for Albion
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26 Jun 2026
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Camelot fears magic. Merlin understands why.
When he arrives in the city once more, clumsy and unimpressed by titles. He carries more history than anyone suspects and more grief than he can afford. As Arthur Pendragon steps closer to the crown, Merlin must decide how much of himself he can afford to give the kingdom that once cast him out.
Because protecting Arthur has never been simple.
And keeping promises has never been painless.Bookmarked by Disrespecting_the_System
26 Jun 2026
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Hurt by a confrontation with a drunk Arthur, Merlin decides he's had enough and leaves Camelot. As he's leaving, Agravaine follows him, determined to kill him so he'll no longer cause him further issues. So Merlin reveals his magic and kills him instead before taking the man's horse and leaving. He travels for a while, playing music at taverns to earn food and shelter before he ends up helping an injured patrol of Caerleon Knights. Queen Annis takes him in and assigns him to train her physicians before discovering his heritage and naming him a knight and reinstating his father's name.
Along the way, Merlin becomes embroiled in courts and councils, three stubborn and playful princesses, and attends King Arthur's wedding at his Queen's side.
Before long, Merlin is lord of his own township, conducting magic lessons, and locating Morgana to try and bring her to his estate as a peace offering to the court of Camelot.
He really wishes he'd found a cave to hide in instead of joining Queen Annis some days....
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- Part 4 of Leaving Camelot
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26 Jun 2026
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The first thing he ever saw in Camelot was an execution.
There has never been a man as loyal as Merlin. That, actually, is the problem.
(A Merlin rewrite; Merlin’s POV.)
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- Part 1 of Love, Condensed | Merlin Rewrite
- Part 1 of Devotion! Loyalty! Love! Violence! | Merlin Multiverse
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25 Jun 2026