It is the night before Duran's third birthday and preparations are still underway when suddenly, just before midnight, the warning bells ring out.

It is an increasingly rare sound in Camelot these days and immediately sets the townspeople on edge.

In the castle however, people are even more on edge. The bells can only mean one thing, a prisoner ( Read more... )

There were a good many people that Merlin needed to talk to. Arthur, for one, considering the expected war with King Urien. Strategies would need to be discussed, as well as some apologies for speaking out of turn. Merlin isn't sure of has become of himself. Troubles were innumerable these days and the easy solution of settling it all with magic ( Read more... )

Three days in the land of Avalon, three days of death for Emrys ( Read more... )

It is before dawn, before even the slight brightening indicating dawn is on the horizon, when Morgana is up and dressed and standing at the window.  There wasn't much of a point in her trying to go to bed.  How she managed to put the girls to bed the night before without betraying what could only be defined as fear, is a miracle in itself ( Read more... )

The entourage from Rheged is a respectful size.  It is not too ostentatious, but then again, it's not lacking in security for their king.  As it is, he's here to discuss some very important business with the King of Camelot.

Five years ago, a contract, which Urien himself carries, was signed by a certain sorceress, Morgause.  When Morgause and her ( Read more... )

The pair heading towards the palace look humble from their clothing and weather-worn appearance.  As soon as the weather turned decent, the community abandoned the cottage and moved to the woods.  Only a couple remain in the cottage provided by the king.  Part of the time, Heffin, the husband of one of the pair now marching to the palace, stays in ( Read more... )

Lewis was doing fairly well for himself in Camelot. He could tell that Robert enjoyed the more civilized atmosphere of the city, rather than the village lifestyle circumstance had put them in. When Robert was happy, Lewis was happy, and here at least he had a chance to make good of his own skills. Being unmagical, he sometimes did feel out of place ( Read more... )

The path Morgana is walking on is very familiar.  In her life, she's taken it hundreds of times.  When she was young, she took it to escape the palace.  It is a path she took with Arthur on a cold day in December.  It is a path she took to meet her sister, in the dark to bring about the downfall of Uther.  It is a path she took to meet her brother ( Read more... )

It's taken two weeks of careful planning (really preparing for a battle's easier than this!), the first ever feast prepared entirely by a King is on for one and all ( Read more... )

None of us can choose our destiny, Merlin.. and none of us can escape it.Words that he'd been told so long ago, and they were words he lived by, more or less. Of course, the Great Dragon had meant Arthur, and would likely laugh himself silly upon hearing that he is about to announce an altogether different kind of destiny today ( Read more... )