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With King Uther’s health rapidly deteriorating, Arthur Pendragon must do what all kings before him have done: go on a quest to prove himself the next worthy leader of Camelot. But when his quest leads him to a mysterious tower with a rumored dark past, Arthur begins to question the things he’s been told.
There are stories about what lurks in the tower outside of Gorra. Some say it is the wellspring of evil itself; the beating heart of all magic. Others claim to have glimpsed a twisted creature through its single dirty window. They say whatever lives there is cursed—trapped forever in a labyrinth of rooms, and if you go in, you don’t come out. Nobody ever comes out.
Arthur is sure they’re all old wives’ tales. The building is clearly abandoned, after all. But as Arthur delves further into the tower’s past, nothing is quite as it seems. Is this place truly home to a monster, or is there something else afoot? And who is the mysterious man who wanders its halls?
Inspired by art by count-pudding . A merthur-shaped mystery for BBC Merlin Reverse Big Bang.
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Originally posted on FFnet in 2015.
Original 2015 Description:
"Y-you said you would come back."
"I know. And I did."
"N-no, you didn't."
Arthur needs to face his biggest mistake.
Updated 2025 Description for Ao3**:
Arthur can't take back what he did to Merlin. Gwen won't speak to him, his knights have lost their faith, and Morgana's army marches ever closer to Camelot, but Arthur can't undo what he's done, even though he desperately wishes he could.
With his sins laid bare for everyone to see and Merlin fighting for his life, Arthur must walk the path of atonement.
**updated description, but don't worry, this story still has all the typos and grammar problems you knew and loved from 2015! Just for you! I have not fixed any of them! Even though I really wanted to and might eventually publish an edited version in the future!
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Merlin had dressed Arthur every day for a lifetime. It was a universal truth, no matter the mission: if Arthur wasn’t ready, Merlin would make sure he was.
But Merlin never talks about the way the armor had felt when he touched it for the last time.
A little oneshot about Merlin's grief Post-Camlann. Can be read as Merthur or gen.
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When Arthur sees Merlin for the first time at Camelot circus, he knows he is doomed. What makes his fate even worse is that Merlin seems dead set on hating him. But as destiny wants it, they find they need each other to solve the mystery that is Uther Pendragon to protect Camelot. As time passes and slowly the questions asked turn into answers with grave consequences, the final question remains: Do opposites attract, or will their differences be insurmountable after all?
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This is the art for remaymber's story "We are made for flying," created for the 2023 After Camlann Big Bang.
You can read the full story (and see the art in all of its lovely context) HERE.
Story Summary:
When Arthur sees Merlin for the first time at Camelot circus, he knows he is doomed. What makes his fate even worse is that Merlin seems dead set on hating him. But as destiny wants it, they find they need each other to solve the mystery that is Uther Pendragon to protect Camelot. As time passes and slowly the questions asked turn into answers with grave consequences, the final question remains: Do opposites attract, or will their differences be insurmountable after all?
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Merlin WAT Game - Gen Team 2 by CaughtInTheRa1n, Linorien, Nebula5030, OnceFutureEmrys, Voreiska
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22 May 2021
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Arthur makes a mistake, Merlin nearly freezes, and Leon has something to say about it.
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16 Jan 2026
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In which a criminal is quite good at hide and seek, Arthur is at his wits end, and as much as he would like to think Merlin is drunk, he's starting to suspect that he most decidedly isn't.
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16 Jan 2026
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Merlin hisses as the harsh metal digs into his wrists. There are rumours that The Mighty Emrys, emphasis on the capital letters, wouldn’t bend to cold iron’s will…and yet. It’s hard to believe such innocent looking metal – or innocent as chains can be – could be the cause of such immutable pain. Don’t get him wrong, Merlin has been through his fair share of injuries and attempts on his life (some more successful than others, thank you immortality) but this? This is unlike anything he’s felt before.
[Merlin's magic is revealed after yet another bandit attack. Arthur doesn't react well. And as it turns out, cold iron is bad, folks! Way angstier than I expected this idea to be. Would you believe me if I said I just want everyone to be happy? No? Okay.]
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- Part 1 of Merlin vs. Cold Iron
- Part 1 of Someone You Don't Know
- Part 5 of Pre-Watershed
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03 Nov 2025
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It's a dark and quiet night, the night before Merlin is set to burn. Somewhere along the way, he starts to figure he might deserve it.
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- Part 1 of Evedaser's Whumptober 2025
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23 Oct 2025
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Merlin thought he understood why Arthur had come. He had no regrets. He'd said good-bye to his mother and made peace with what his king had to do. He only hoped that one day Arthur would understand all that Merlin had done.
But Merlin had never been more wrong in his life.
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- Part 29 of Would You?
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25 Sep 2025