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the pale morning sings of forgotten things by habituallywastingtime
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Jul 2025
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It’s a daily battle, reigning in his magic.
But there is something wrong with his magic and there is something wrong with Merlin.
As Merlin finishes working the buckles on Arthur’s armor, he feels a creaking in his bones.
The moment Balinor’s pulse finally stilled on the forest floor, Merlin’s magic changed. No longer is his magic a flower waiting to bloom in his cupped palms, it’s an animal backed into a corner waiting to sink its teeth into the ones who put it there. The mutt at his feet has lost its patience.
There’s a flint being struck under his skin, generating sparks, seeking dry brush to ignite and swallow in flame.
Merlin is terrified.
He isn’t a seer, never mastered the art of scrying, but even he knows something is looming over the horizon.
or Merlin’s Dragonlord powers let him shift into a dragon, things go to shit, and then there are more dragons.
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- Part 1 of the dragon's roar
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Merlin really didn’t understand why Arthur kept assigning him more guards. He was Camelot’s Court Sorcerer and, oh you know, the strongest warlock to ever live. He really didn’t need the protection, but his stupid overly protective husband just refused to see reason. Though maybe all the trouble Merlin got into every time he left the castle wasn’t helping his argument.
Or the 5 times Arthur adds a new guard to Merlin’s protection detail and the 1 time Merlin does something about it!
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- Part 12 of 5+1 Murther Stories
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It all makes perfect sense! by Merlinfirstlastalways
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Arthurian Mythology, Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
18 May 2025
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After years of increasingly dangerous magical attacks, Arthur finally decides that he should know his enemy, and cracks open a bestiary to study monsters. To his shock, the book talks about people who were *born* with magic, and suddenly everything makes a lot more sense, because one of the entries reads as though it was written with Merlin specifically in mind!
Alternatively: Arthur picks up the medieval equivalent of a D&D manual, and puts two and two together, but still somehow arrives at three
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Some say Camelot’s laundry is cleaned by a miracle. Others say by a fairy.
Really, it’s just Merlin.
Merlin, who has no idea he’s become a divine cleaning entity.
Or: what if Merlin using that stain removal spell in Episode 1 of Season 4 somehow led to the formation of a fanatical cult, ritual sock parades and Arthur in crop tops?
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- Part 1 of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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Just another patrol in the woods ending in the knights and Merlin getting kidnapped and Merlin having to get them out with some magic reveal, bets, and oblivious kings.
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After the death of Sirius in the ministry of magic and the Order's threats against Vernon, things are set in motion that will change the world as everyone knows it. During his battle with Voldemort spells that were on Harry were broken and with the help of Kingsley, Harry went to the Goblins, with a petition to Mother Magic Harry steps into the gap and end up in a time having Magic could mean his death.
Mother Magic is Pissed at the Wizarding World. She knows that she'll need to change things in the time of Merlin if she wants to change the world and save the Magic that is being bred out of the world by sheeple. Since she can't change what has been she'll just start everything over with a Champion in place who'll protect those who she's chosen to unite Albion.
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This is where Merlin leaves Camelot and joins the Druid people, he becomes the leader and takes care of the camp. Arthur thinks he’s missing. Camelot and the druids are Mutuals currently after all the bad blood. But, there was an unexpected visit from a certain knight who had some news.
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After the griffin is defeated, Uther has Lancelot arrested in secret before he can leave Camelot, and tortures him for information in the dungeons of Camelot.
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First, there is the rage, like nothing Arthur has ever known. It’s hot, hotter than anything, hotter than the kitchen ovens and the blacksmith’s forge and dragon’s breath. It fills him to the brim and carries on, washing over him in waves that scald, and, as Arthur looks around him at the carnage, the man at its centre, he has no idea how he is ever meant to let go of it.
“I can explain,” Merlin says, his eyes still blazing as he kneels there, charred by the fires he lit, blood on his hands. So much blood. “Arthur, sire, please, I can explain.”
First, there is the rage, and then there is a knife at Merlin’s throat.
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Modern royal AU. When Arthur, the Prince of Wales, was seventeen, he made a mistake that is still haunting him. Eight years later, can he finally make it right?
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When Merlin, Arthur, and the knights get captured by the Highway Hitman, a criminal they were meant to apprehend and bring back to Camelot, it becomes very clear that he wants something nobody is willing to give. In the struggle that follows, Merlin's secret is revealed.
or, Arthur nearly gets tortured, and Merlin loses his shit.
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- Part 9 of Merlin Drabbles, Snippets, and One-Shots
- Part 7 of Rageynerd's 12 Days of Tropemas
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Deja Vu (I've Been Here Before, But There's More to Explore) by Laurieonalark
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Jul 2025
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Ten years ago, Arthur made the worst mistake of his life: leaving Merlin behind. He's regretted it almost every day since, but accepted long ago that the damage was done. Though he fantasized about what might happen if they met again, he felt certain that Merlin would never forgive him for the hurt he had caused.
However, while back in Wales for a legal conference to represent Pendragon Law, he runs into Merlin, who, by some miracle, doesn't seem to hate his guts as he should. They fall back into each other's lives as if no time has passed, and Arthur can't help but wonder if this is his chance to fix things. Maybe, just maybe, if he does this right, he could have the thing he wants most.
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- Part 1 of deja vu (the extended world)
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Someone had been beaten for information. He had been able to hear their pain but could not identify the voice which bore it. Now, he saw his knights, strong, hale men, unbreakable in every way, and he realised the truth of it. These bastards had not wasted their time trying to crack the mask of Camelot. Instead, they had turned their attentions to the one they assumed was the weakest link in the chain.
Merlin.
(Based on Aeris' prompt "Asunder")
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Merlin is court sorcerer, but having that role means he isn't Arthur's manservant anymore, and Merlin misses it. Not all of it, obviously, but the domestic bits, like waking him up every morning and wishing him a good sleep every night.
Now, Arthur has a new manservant, Quentin, to do those things - and Merlin hates it. Everyone knows he hates Quentin, but nobody knows why. Naturally, the knights bet on it, because what else do they have to do in a land of myth and a time of magic (and peace)? -
how great your love is (then sings my soul) by sunsetuniverse for callie_caje, SuperHeroTiger, lunasquared
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 Apr 2025
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Set in late S4 — Aithusa longs for her lord's return.
Aithusa’s call is never answered, and her lonely heart aches for it. She waits in the shadows of the forest, heart wide open, breath misting in the cold night air, listening for an answer that never comes. And every time, the silence presses in a little tighter. She would give anything, anything, for her lord to come down from his castle and come to her. She doesn’t care if he comes wounded or weary, angry or grieving—she just wants him near. Just wants to feel his presence, his magic, his soul close to hers again. She would trade all the stars in the sky, every last dragon’s song, just to have him back at her side.
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- Part 1 of merlin & dragons
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After two years of peace, a woman accused of magic is brought before the king for judgment. Unbeknownst to Arthur, his verdict will tip Camelot into a devastating spiral and shake the faith of the one person who believes in him above all else. Featuring a few perilous ventures, light introspection, cryptic druids, Sir Leon, and snow.
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“You’re speaking of it like it is that simple.” Arthur said, drawing Merlin’s eyes to meet his king’s finally. “You either have it or you don’t. That’s what you are implying.”
“When did Morgana’s dreams begin?” Merlin asked rather than answer.
“She’s had them for as long as I’ve known her.” Arthur frowned deeper.
“Her mother was an initiate to the priesthood of the Old Religion, as you call it, before Uther banned such practices. She unfortunately died before she could teach her daughter control. Morgana is a Seer. Her dreams are visions of what has been, what could be, and what will be, with no discernable differences to the undisciplined mind.” Merlin said gently. “She was born with that ability. She did not ask for it, she did not study to gain it, and she certainly did not explore it when she was forced to live here in Camelot when Gorlois died.”
“Magic drove her mad.” Arthur argued, his face angry.
“Fear drove her mad.” Merlin countered firmly, not backing down.
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- Part 53 of Merlin One-Shots / Writing prompts
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Let Me Die, Let Me Drown, Lay My Bones In The Ground by quotidian_void
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 May 2024
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The storm that had passed through Albion didn't only bring devastation to Camelot.
It also brought a party belonging to the king, queen and princess of a distant land on the edge of Albion's maps. As per propriety and courtesy, the king of Camelot was required to hold a feast and provide accommodation for them. The feast started off smoothly, the royals of Camelot getting along quite well with the royals from Harden.
But a single question changed everything. Including the destiny and future of Arthur and Merlin.
"And what are your stances on magic?" Uther asked.
It took all Merlin had not to tense up.
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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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“See,” Merlin said, still with that stubborn set to his jaw, but there was a slight tremble in his voice, now. “This is what you get for sticking your nose into things not concerning you.”
“Sticking–“ Arthur boggled. “Not concerning– YOU ALMOST DIED!” He bellowed from the top of his lungs.
“Whoo boy,” he heard Leon say from across the clearing.
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