The past 24 hours had been impossible. Terrifying. Horrible. First there had been Morgause, the female knight. Then the promise of seeing his mother. Then Ygraine, his mother, beautiful and sad, so close--

And then he had found out his father had murdered her. Using magic. Impregnating her with magic. Making him... what did that made him? He did ( Read more... )

One warrior fell back and dropped on his arse. Loudly.But no one dared to utter a word. After all, who knew who'd be next? ... George, as it turned out: he stumbled backwards and bounced his head off of the walls. And after him, whatshisname, the one with the-- something with an S ( Read more... )

The kingdom had suffered under strange magics of late. Disappearances that went unnoticed, even by Arthur's magic-fearing father - areas of the kingdom that had once been and now had simply ceased to do so ( Read more... )

Arthur did not think this was a good idea. Not in the slightest. In fact, Merlin had received a Stern Talking To or twenty about not bloody well using his magic in public and inviting more witches over. He had not forgotten about what happened the last time, and he had learned his lessons.

As such, he had absolutely no clue how Merlin had managed ( Read more... )

Matrim, Arthur wrote down, adding little flourishes to the letters as he'd been taught. Your previous letter left much to be desired, but I have come to expect nothing less. He leaned back and let the ink dry for a moment.

It had been a while since he'd last had the time to sit down and communicate with anyone outside of Camelot, let alone call. ( Read more... )

It had taken a while for Arthur's blood pressure to go down after that whole ... affair ... with the Witchfinder earlier this month. However, much to the knights' relief, the tension had worn off eventually, though not until after each and every one of them had gained a whole new world of new bruises ( Read more... )

It had not been a good night for poor old Gaius. While Merlin had been released in the wake of his arrest, Gaius himself had been cast into a cold cell. Occasionally, Aredian would visit, and the visits were less pleasant every time. Sometimes because of actions, though those weren't the worst ( Read more... )

( Can you say 'fuck fuck fuck' ten times fast? )

So apparently Karla 'wasn't feeling too well' and 'needed some time away from it all' and whatever other rubbish Merlin had been spouting. Arthur still thought this was the worst bloody idea since that time he shot that unicorn. No good would come of it.

In the end, Merlin had insisted, and in the end, Arthur had very grudgingly capitulated, but ( Read more... )

It was time to send the girls back home. They would have earlier, actually, but there'd been something strange in the air - according to Merlin, and sadly Arthur's experience in the magical arena was rather lacking, beyond the bit where wizards kept trying to kill him - and, well ( Read more... )