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    "How was your journey here?" Balinor asked.
    “It would have been pleasant if a certain servant had stopped prattling on during the entirety of it.“ Arthur gave the black haired boy a pointed look, but the servant just shrugged and turned to Balinor.
    „Don‘t mind him. He woke up at the wrong side of the bed today, which wasn‘t my fault, may I add. I‘m Merlin.“
    And then he stuck out his hand, oblivious to the way Arthur‘s mouth dropped open

    Or, during the Great Purge, Balinor can convince Uther not to kill all dragons. Instead, Uther magically imprisons him and the remaining dragons at the Dragon's Keep. Now, almost twenty years later, prince Arthur regualary comes to check on him. Things change, when he brings a certain manservant with him.

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    17 Jul 2026

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    It was over. Arthur was here. The Lamia was slain. Gwen was alright. The knights would be back to normal. It was over.

    Able to relax for the first time in days, he let his knees buckle and his back slide down the wall. He hit the ground, and his vision turned to mist.

    Merlin didn't make it out of his encounter with the Lamia unscathed, or so Arthur thinks when he slays the beast and finds Merlin slumped against the wall and bleeding. When he learns the true source of Merlin's injuries he is furious. He does his best to push that anger away though, because being there for Merlin matters far more right now.

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    The Lamia episode but Merthur, and the knights actually injured Merlin.

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    12 Jul 2026

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    Merlin escapes from Morgana before she can heal him or implant the Fomorroh, leaving him lost and injured in the middle of the forest. By the time Arthur and Gwaine find him he is sick and exhausted, but on the way back to Camelot he manages reveal something shocking - he knows who the traitor in Camelot is, and that they are in league with Morgana.
    But will Arthur believe him? And what will he do with this knowledge?

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    An alternative plot for s4e6 - A Servant of Two Masters, where Merlin doesn't get healed or brainwashed and remembers Agravaine brought him to Morgana. Also the classic magic confession and Merlin being our favourite self-sacrificing idiot.
    Pre-slash but gen if you squint

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    11 Jul 2026

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    Following their defeat of the dragon, Arthur is exhausted and Merlin - well, Arthur doesn't know what's going on with Merlin, but he intends to find out.

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    08 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 57

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    Merlin protects Arthur from an attack at a feast with the help of a few observant knights. Because, if Merlin's got a funny feeling, the Knights of the Round Table are ready to aid The Plan. The problem? Merlin never has a plan. And, when it's over, Arthur wants to know why he wasn't a part of this nonexistent plan — and has some apologies to give.

    Based on the prompt:
    “Well, that didn’t end the way I expected, but at least nobody important died.”

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    08 Jul 2026