Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew up… with her father, in Camelot. Gwen’s dad is a blacksmith, and she’s embarassed to admit that she knows “pretty much everything there is to know about armor”.
Living… in the castle. Gwen is a maidservant, serving under Morgana, the king’s ward. She sleeps close to Morgana in case she ever needs something. The town is just a short walk away, though, so Gwen can visit her father if she has time.
Profession… maidservant. Gwen helps Morgana get dressed, cleans her chambers, and takes care of any other chores or errands Morgana wants done. At times, though, it’s more like Morgana and Gwen are best friends, rather than master and servant.
Relationship Status… single, and likely to remain so. Gwen’s just a servant, but the object of her affections is Arthur, the crown prince. He loves her back, but it’s unlikely his father would ever consent to him marrying a commoner. Gwen knows this, and she’s not going to ask him to go against his father. So until and unless something changes, she’ll just carry a torch in silence.
Challenge… helping her friends, especially Arthur, because Camelot is not exactly a peaceful place. King Uther’s draconian rule means that the kingdom has a lot of enemies, and various individuals and magical creatures often try to kill the king, Arthur, Morgana, or even to wipe out the whole kingdom. Gwen might be a lowly servant, but she’s not going to stand by idly.
Personality… pragmatic, strong, and compassionate. Gwen is level-headed and intelligent, often able to get what she needs through words alone, but she’s plenty capable of picking up a sword and defending those she loves. On the outside, she seems meek and calm, but she has an inner core of steel, making her one of the most reliable people in the castle.
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Within a week of being in Camelot, teenage Merlin discovered a dragon trapped in the depths of the caverns below the castle. It tells him that he has a great destiny, to bring about an era of peace and the restoration of magic. But he's nowhere near prepared to do that.
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A young King Arthur is awoken from his sleep by bad dreams, about a boy who is made king because he pulls a sword from a stone. He goes to Merlin to seek his counsel, and Merlin begins a story of his own, about a young boy with strange abilities and visions. The boy, called Emrys, is feared in his village called of as a demon. Eventually, King Vortigern comes and forces his village to build a tower for him. However, the tower crumbles. His wizards advise him to find a demon boy and spill his blood upon the ground. However, when the boy is brought before Vortigern, he predicts that there is a pool of water beneath the foundations of the castle that weaken it. The workers find a pool of water and two strange stones, from which two beasts emerge, a white and a red dragon.
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In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom plots with a feudal warlord king to conquer all of Britian using an army of flying dragons, and only Merlin with the alliance of the local Prince Uther and Ingraine and a pair of mystical goddesses, can have the power to stop the evil from taking over the land.
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"Merlin: The Return" is the story of the battle between good and evil. The dark forces of Mordred are pitted against the mythical sorcery of Merlin. Mordred and his mother Morgana have been imprisoned in another world for the past 1500 years while Merlin's magical powers kept them at bay. However, in the present, a scientist accidentally finds the gateway to the other world and is about to release Mordred into 20th Century life. Arthur is reawakened from his slumber and together with Merlin, tries to find a way to stop Mordred from re-entering this world
