the beginning & what follows
Title: the beginning & what follows
Author: egeria
Artist: myoonmii
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Nimueh, Ygraine, Uther, Morgana, Gaius, Hunith
Rating: E
Word Count: 34,948
Warnings: References to illness
Disclaimer:
Author's notes: Wow, I actually can't believe I finished this! My longest fic ever by about ten thousand words lol.
Big thanks to my partner and (almost) wife, Margot, for beta'ing this for me. So grateful we met in that creative writing class eight years ago. Even more grateful I gave you a chance to put your degree to work ;)
Extra big thanks to the amazing artist Myoonmii for the PHENOMENAL art. I asked for medieval style and holy crap did you deliver. I'm so glad everyone else gets to see these masterpieces!
As a general warning, the illness in this fic looks a bit like covid. That wasn't intentional, but after 4 years of this shit, I guess the symptoms are just front of mind. The illness isn't super prevalent and definitely isn't mentioned as much as the fic goes on.
Artist's notes: n/a
Summary: When Nimueh saves Ygraine's life, she couldn't have imagined the far-reaching consequences. Really, the consequences might've been worse, if only a little peasant boy hadn't been born.
or: Merlin is raised knowing who he is and all of Albion looks a bit different as a result.
Story and Art link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58653730