DarkWhimsy
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When a sparring accident nearly kills Arthur, Merlin reacts without thinking - and exposes his magic before the entire training yard. But the fallout is interrupted by a sorcerer’s attack that rips Merlin’s soul from his body, leaving behind only Emrys: magic incarnate, stripped of warmth and memory. As Camelot reels, Arthur must face not just the politics of magic and the prophecy surrounding him, but his own feelings for the servant who has always stood by his side. Magic has always come at a cost - but Arthur never imagined the price would be Merlin himself.
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When Arthur Pendragon wakes from a poisoning he shouldn't have survived, something is wrong. Not with his body, but with the shape of the world around him. Someone that no one remembers has gone missing, but Morgana tells him what she has Seen: that the tug he feels in his heart says this missing person is not dead. Somehow, this person paid a price to save Arthur, but it wasn't a life for a life, as the Balance requires.
Arthur is going to do everything in his power to find this person, even if the council believes he's going mad like his father.
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Why were the Sidhe so antagonistic toward Merlin in the show? With him being the incarnation of Magic, and the prophecies connecting both him and Arthur to Avalon, why did there exist such animosity? I've written a few short fics exploring this. They've been sitting on my hard drive for ages, but with the surprising success of The Sundered Soul, I thought I'd post them. They are individual one-shots, but all connected in the same continuity.
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A map of the Kingdoms of Albion, based on show data, canon maps, historical maps, and a bit of fudging to get it all to fit together nicely. Canon-compliant and based circa season 2. Includes chapters on: demographics, travel on foot/by horse, and known locations.
Now contains a detailed map of the Kingdom of Camelot!
Please feel free to use this as a fannish resource!
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04 Mar 2026
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After being hit with a spell on a hunting trip Arthur and Merlin must find their way back home. Which wouldn’t be an issue if they weren’t children. Literally.
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03 Dec 2025
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Commander Arthur Pendragon leads the mission to Jupiter to establish a nascent colony in orbit around the gas giant. But once they arrive, a series of inexplicable accidents lead to EVA Specialist Merlin Emrys' death, and Arthur spirals into grief and guilt, jeopardizing the whole mission.
Merlin, however, is not dead, but rather abducted by the draconic derkesthai aliens, who force him into changes both physical and mental. They want to send a message to humanity, and Merlin is to be the messenger. Unless he refuses to obey...
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28 Aug 2025
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Oh good lord I love this SO MUCH! Definitely re-read material.
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"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."
Marcus Aurelius
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- Part 4 of The Hands of a Hundred Winters
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23 Aug 2025
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Prophecy is a strange and terrible thing, but the old religion calls for balance. And that means that in the end, even the old religion has to give back what it took.
"Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully you will find this to be so." (Marcus Aurelius)
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- Part 3 of The Hands of a Hundred Winters
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23 Aug 2025