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Everyone insisted that Arthur needed time to process, to accept that Merlin was gone. The only problem was that Merlin wasn’t.
Arthur didn’t know how to explain it without sounding like Uther when he’d seen Ygraine in the well, like he was losing his mind and looking for ghosts. He didn’t know how to look at his court and make them understand that Merlin had once told him about nature, about the sacred connectedness of the earth, and asked Arthur if he felt it. He didn’t know how to say that he hadn’t felt it back then, but that he did now. He felt it all. He felt Merlin in it.
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Merlin saves Arthur's life at Camlann at the cost of his own. Merlin can't die, so it's not that simple.
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Merlin hadn’t done anything dumb or self-sacrificial like Arthur had feared—that was the silver lining. But that left him with one conclusion. Arthur had died by Mordred’s blade. He was no mortal, not any longer. He was a ghost.
or—it's been a few months since Camlann, and Arthur reappears as a ghost, cursed to be unseen and unheard by his loved ones left behind. It's too bad no one in Camelot is powerful enough to see and interact with ghosts . . . right?
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- Part 8 of Living's Standalone Merthur Fics
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When Cracks Show, Gold Can Peek Through by AnyWing
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Merlin (TV)
14 Sep 2025
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An ancient power has awoken, one almost as old as time itself.
With no other choice, Jason Blood takes the League to the one thing greater than time, Magic Himself.
Bruce, as sceptical as ever, refuses to let this ungoverned power escape his watch.
But why is the wizard playing with his kids and having morning tea with Alfred?And is that.. Damian smiling?
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- Part 1 of A Time Of Myth, Legend and... Heros?
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Wither and Bloom
2nd-level Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Duration: Instantaneous
You invoke both death and life upon a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on a point within range.
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Arthur’s little manservant Merlin was a fucking liar, Larkin just couldn’t prove it.
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The man was dead at their feet.
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“Are you alright?” Merlin asked; eyes wide and chest heaving. He held the sword in his hand awkwardly and his words shook escaping him, but he could not pull the wool over Larkin’s eyes any longer.
Larkin scowled at him. “I knew you’d show your true colors eventually.”Series
- Part 1 of Merlin: Grimoire
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Arthur is convinced he is alone in this world, as his scars are his own and no one else's.
Merlin was taught to hide his scars from a very young age.