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[☆Brightest Star Project☆] by EM23277868
Fandom Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
- General Audiences
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In third year Basilisk venom has a different effect on Harry, breaking some of his blocks and with it bringing change.
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The secret language of plants by Endrina
Fandom Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
- Mature, Teen And Up Audiences, Explicit
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- Childhood
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- Don't copy to another site
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- Перевод на русский | Translation in Russian
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In a Land and Time of... by B_B
Fandom Merlin (TV)
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- Gwen (Merlin)
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Summary
Merlyn ventures to Camelot after outstaying her welcome in Ealdor. Faced with a Dragon that desires freedom, a Prince pressured by his own future, and a Destiny she isn't sure she trusts, Merlyn attempts to find her place in the world. And, perhaps, improve it.
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The conspiracy of Sir Leon to commit treason (by trying to keep Merlin's head on his shoulders) by Nelarun
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- Knights of the Round Table & Leon (Merlin)
- Leon and his squires
- Merlin & Percival (Merlin)
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- Agravaine & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Agravaine & Morgana (Merlin)
- Lancelot and Northumbria
- Gwen/Lancelot/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin)
- Merlin & Ranger John
- Morgana & Morgause (Merlin)
- Leon and his family
- Leon & Bedivere (Merlin)
- Merlin & John (ranger)
- Merlin & Gwaine
- Arthur Pendragon & Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
- knights of the round table and squires
- Ranger John and other Rangers
- Ranger John and Merlin (briefly)
- Merlin (Merlin)
- Leon (Merlin)
- Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Camelot Servants (Merlin)
- Gaius (Merlin)
- Aredian (Merlin)
- Camelot Guards (Merlin)
- Leon's nephews
- Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
- Freya (Merlin)
- Kilgharrah (Merlin)
- George (Merlin)
- Morris (Merlin)
- Morgana (Merlin)
- Morgause (Merlin)
- Gwen (Merlin)
- Cenred (Merlin)
- Hunith (Merlin)
- Gwaine (Merlin)
- Leon's squires
- Elyan (Merlin)
- Alice (Merlin)
- Leon's family - Character
- Bedivere (Merlin)
- Knights of the Round Table (Merlin)
- Lancelot (Merlin)
- Percival (Merlin)
- Camelot knights (Merlin)
- Leon's nephew (Thomas)
- Lord Eldred of Northumbria (Merlin)
- Agravaine (Merlin)
- Lady Yvanne of Northumbria
- Richard of Northumbria
- Melisende
- ranger john
- minor knights of the round table
- Sir Bedivere (Merlin)
- Camelot's spymaster
- Leon's sisters
- And his nephews
- Julius Borden
- Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
- Episode: s01e07 Gates of Avalon (Merlin)
- merlin is whipped
- Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin)
- Hurt/Comfort
- TV standards of medicine
- Leon's having a very bad day
- But Merlin's day is worse
- enchantments causing misunderstandings
- Episode: s02e01 The Curse of Cornelius Sigan (Merlin)
- Leon is So Done (Merlin)
- Arthur Pendragon is Bad at Feelings (Merlin)
- Leon Knows About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
- Episode Tag
- merlin is passive aggressive
- Arthur pretends that everything is fine
- Leon wants to shake both of them
- Episode: s02e02 The Once and Future Queen (Merlin)
- Clumsy Merlin (Merlin)
- terrible cover stories
- Episode: s02e05 Beauty and the Beast Part 1 (Merlin)
- Episode: s02e06 Beauty and the Beast Part 2 (Merlin)
- Canon-Typical Violence
- Merlin teaching people to read
- completely contrived bandit attack
- Education is important
- for the plot
- Everyone Knows About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
- they just haven't told Merlin...
- Episode: s02e07 The Witchfinder (Merlin)
- Implied/Referenced Torture
- Leon to the rescue
- Merlin is a physicians apprentice
- The library probably isn't haunted
- (It definitely is)
- Long-Suffering Leon (Merlin)
- Episode: s02e08 The Sins Of The Father (Merlin)
- Post-Episode: s02e08 The Sins Of The Father (Merlin)
- more world building - camelot's army
- Leon is troubled (Merlin)
- Discussions with the servant about the king
- Leon tracks down Arthur and Merlin
- but misses them by that much
- Leon trusts Merlin
- Mention of Episode: s01e04 The Poisoned Chalice
- Canon Typical Violence
- Episode: s02e09 Lady of the Lake (Merlin)
- Post-Episode: s02e09 Lady of the Lake (Merlin)
- But used in non-Canon-Typical ways
- discussion of soulbonds
- Merlin seeks advice from the dragon
- Protective Kilgharrah (Merlin)
- Loss of Trust
- Cold iron
- Leon plays the nobility card (Merlin)
- Crack Treated Seriously
- Merlin has been kidnapped
- but not really
- George and Morris have also been kidnapped
- The squires make for terrible kidnappers
- Merlin recovering from Freya's death
- Merlin has to make amends
- He and Leon have a discussion
- Merlin is punished
- Kidnapped Merlin (Merlin)
- but for real this time
- Temporary Character Death
- but its Merlin so it probably doesn't count
- slavers - Freeform
- Merlin gets beaten a lot
- non-graphic depiction of a shoulder dislocation
- Arthur kills the slavers
- spoiler alert?
- 5+1 Things
- Hurt No Comfort
- Episode: s02e10 Sweet Dreams (Merlin)
- Nightmares
- Protective Knights (Merlin)
- Bullying
- Episode: s02e03 The Nightmare Begins (Merlin)
- The author messed up the timeline
- but it shouldn't really change anything
- Episode: s02e11 The Witch's Quickening (Merlin)
- Episode: s02e13 The Last Dragonlord (Merlin)
- Protective Leon (Merlin)
- no one dies
- except for the civilians
- everyone thinks they're going to die
- Episode Fix-it
- or just trying to explain why the knights (Leon) didn't die
- or why Arthur and Merlin left them behind
- Merlin is really good with the horses
- the hunt for Morgana
- interlude of sorts
- Leon's family
- Pre-Episode: s03e01-02 The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
- Comfort
- Mentions of Nemeth's attitude towards magic
- Episode: s03e01 The Tears of Uther Pendragon Part 1 (Merlin)
- Episode: s03e02 The Tears of Uther Pendragon Part 2 (Merlin)
- but offscreen so it probably doesn't count
- also it's Merlin
- Aftermath of Violence
- Siege Warfare
- Morgause and Merlin chat in their minds
- Merlin threatens Morgause
- BAMF Merlin (Merlin)
- Episode: s03e03 Goblin's Gold (Merlin)
- Crack
- Episode: s03e04 Gwaine (Merlin)
- Capital Punishment
- Corporal Punishment
- Dark Morgana (Merlin)
- Merlin is Emrys (Merlin)
- he just doesn't really know what what means yet
- Morgana thinks Merlin serves Emrys
- Episode: s03e05 The Crystal Cave (Merlin)
- (Chapter 4)
- content warnings with each chapter
- Episode: s03e07 The Castle of Fyrien (Merlin)
- Post-Episode: s03e07 The Castle of Fyrien (Merlin)
- Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Hurt Merlin (Merlin)
- acts of humiliation
- after effects of torture
- Merlin is So Done (Merlin)
- Secret Messages
- Hunith and Arthur write letters to each other
- frequently
- Episode: s03e08 The Eye of the Phoenix (Merlin)
- so much foreshadowing
- Mostly Canon Compliant
- Gwaine is such a big brother sometimes
- road trip story
- that got a little out of hand
- Banter
- it's all they do
- Elyan has unresolved trauma
- And doesn't trust the nobility
- Leon's noble is showing
- Unreliable Narrator
- Elyan's POV
- Leon's trying to repay a debt
- good intentions lost in translation
- Medieval Medicine
- Merlin is a physician's apprentice
- real world texts in a fantasy setting
- the army boys aren't happy that a noble is muscling in on their work
- You could say that the nobles are stealing all the jobs
- but only in the background - Freeform
- Episode: s03e09 Love in the Time of Dragons (Merlin)
- Conflicted Merlin
- Alternate Ending
- execution of a minor character
- substance dependency and/or addiction
- Episode: s03e10 Queen of Hearts (Merlin)
- Dragoon the Great - Freeform
- but not as you know him
- Leon is so done
- Maybe everyone was actually enchanted?
- Merlin as Dragoon confronts Uther about Morgana's parentage
- Elyan makes an appearance because he should have been mentioned in this episode at least
- He was off doing guild things
- Frenemies
- Merlin Season 3
- the violence is for Fyrien and Merlin cuts someone's throat
- the rest is canon typical
- Lore Drop
- Morgause has opinions and she will be heard
- I needed to explain how she and Igraine knew each other
- Morgause flirts (Merlin)
- But stops when she realises that Merlin's young
- and only in chapter 1
- Insecure Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Conversations that had to happen
- Post-Episode: s03e11 The Sorcerer's Shadow (Merlin)
- boys hitting other with pointy sticks and blunt swords
- Merlin is so done with nobility
- Assassination Attempt(s)
- but this time the assassins aren't gunning for Arthur (as it were)
- The adult tourney doesn't really happen
- well IT DOES
- blood fueud
- implied threats of violence against a child
- Elena of Gawant admires Leon
- Arthur thinks it's hilarious
- Leon does not
- Era-Typical Violence
- Seriously - nobles are not nice
- Someone is hanged
- Episode: s01e11 The Labyrinth of Gedref (Merlin)
- Interlude
- Every food crop and beast was dying
- How did the landowners react?
- mentions of a brothel
- Morgana gains insight into Leon
- and understand why every young Lady of the Court wants to marry him.
- seriously
- he gives her food and offers his protection
- Episode: s03e12-13 The Coming of Arthur (Merlin)
- Merlin and Freya get a moment
- Leon and his nephews get a moment
- Freya appears in Chapter 6
- Knighting
- Misunderstandings
- Overprotective friends
- Merlin is so done
- Arthur has too much to do
- he does not have time to deal with his knights being melodramatic
- Post-Episode: s03e12-13 The Coming of Arthur (Merlin)
- Uther is unwell
- arthur is worried
- Gwen needs a new job
- Merlin to the rescue
- Literally fighting for acceptance
- arthur watches
- Merlin acts as medic
- Leon tests Lancelot
- Lancelot backstory
- Lancelot and Leon have a discussion
- Thomas is knighted
- But first he is wooed by everyone
- Leon is not coping with his heir all grown up and being knighted
- But he is proud
- Arthur just wants to work on his reports in peace
- Bedivere drags everyone to the tavern
- Arthurs tests the hopeful candidates for knighthood
- he even gets a small speech
- Percival-centric
- Percival desperately needs reassurance
- And Merlin offers it?
- sorta - Freeform
- Percival cannot ride horses
- Horseback riding is actually hard and you need to work at it?
- Leon is basically a sugar daddy to these knights
- Though he may prefer 'benefactor'
- Percival and Merlin have lived within a few miles of each other for most of their lives
- And yet they never saw each other...
- Percival realises that he's home
- Good Friend Lancelot (Merlin)
- Arthur is not having a good time (Merlin)
- Lancelot does not give up his co-conspirators
- More snippets of Leon's past
- Mostly Lancelot-centric
- Leon provides advice
- Basically the author is sad Lancelot's deception never came up again
- Gwaine Percival and Elyan try to defend Lancelot
- Leon doesn't let them
- Gwaine does not want to go to church
- Merlin gives him an out
- Percival tries to follow but Arthur doesn't let him
- Vignette
- Overworked Merlin (Merlin)
- Caring Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Gwaine is an unreliable narrator
- when it comes to his sister at least
- Manipulative Relationship
- Leon is not okay
- Worried Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
- Agravaine is working with Morgana
- Leon and Agravaine are political opponents
- Arthur thinks he's helping
- and he IS!
- He just doesn't realise that he's playing into Morgana's plans
- Things are going to get real bad after this entry
- For Merlin that is
- gedref
- the unrest that's mentioned in season 4
- leon is not having a good time
- Leon is being a good noble
- but that means he's not being nice
- Pendragon Court Politics
- Leon-centric
- Osric is a spy
- or at least training to be a spy
- nobility dealing with rebellion
- Retribution
- Arthur has vengeance on his mind
- Minor Character Death
- Alaric - so I don't think anyone will mourn him
- non-graphic mentions of war
- though Arthur does order someone's head cut off
- Merlin isn't happy with Arthur's plan
- but he also can't stop him.
- Lancelot attempts to talk sense into people
- It kinda works
- Found Family
- even if Lancelot is in denial about that
- Lancelot wards a child
- It's actually adoption but he doesn't know it yet
- Brief appearance from Hunith and Thomas
- Introspection
- One-sided just started attraction
- but that's for another time
- Nobles being nobles
- Soft
- No Agravaine in this - everyone can stop stressing for a moment
- Also no Leon though
- There's a bit of world building
- and discussion of fostering and warding
- Some backstory behind Uther's choice of Leon as Arthur's knight
- All the Foreshadowing
- Nod to the legends where Lancelot just does not get horses
- Love Triangles
- but a proper one
- not a stupid love v
- the boys are as into each other as they are Gwen.
- Merlin has some advice for Gwen
- Leon has some advice for Lancelot (in a flashback)
- Arthur just has to deal
- Yvanne also discusses love
- Tired Merlin (Merlin)
- Merlin goes on an adventure
- without Arthur or the knights
- Background events that are trying to lead to the downfall of Arthur
- As if Merlin's going to let that happen
- The knights are starting to distance themselves from Merlin
- They don't realise they're doing it though
- Arthur comes in at the very end - they banter
- Agravaine looms in the background
- Horses being horses
- The church plays a role
- but not a big one.
- Lots of people are being manipulated in this one
- class warfare is simmering
- Just because their actions are wrong doesn't mean they're necessarily wrong
- Fantasy rangers are kinda badass
- (ranger template is LOTR and The Ranger's Apprentice and realworld)
- merlin gets kidnapped
- Then John gets taken hostage
- but it all works out in the end
- Religious Manipulation
- Medieval snails
- but magical
- Jealousy
- Gwaine in particular is jealous
- power imbalance coming to life
- quietly protective arthur pendragon
- but he still doesn't quite know what that means
- hints of what's happening with Morgause and Morgana
- Arthur is trying so hard to be a good prince regent
- only offscreen Agravaine
- Foreshadowing something with one of the knights
- not of the round table... another knight
- this is not crack
- I swear
- still no Leon
- He's fine though - living his best life in Grance
- Why does no one believe me on this?
- It's because I love torturing him
- isn't it
- Gaius is sick
- Merlin is Stressed
- Morgause appears in his dreams
- Arthur makes sure Merlin is looking after himself
- though he really wishes Merlin was back
- Were his servants always this... pedantic?
- arthur misses merlin
- Merlin has a way with politics and tells Arthur everything he needs to know
- Merlin is everyone's friend...
- Merlin is teaching Percival how to read and write
- But he enlists the help of others.
- Minor appearance by Leon and Morgana at the end!
- merlin needs a hug
- Lots of medical trauma for Morgause
- Leon is grieving
- Agravaine is Agravaine
- Morgana is super manipulative
- Uncomfortably so
- Mostly Leon and Morgana/Morgause centric
- Thomas is unhappy with Arthur and makes it known
- Set between Seasons 3 and 4
- Pre-Episode: s04e01-02 The Darkest Hour (Merlin)
- (as in it ends right as the episode begins)
- magic is slowly abandoning Morgause
- but it's letting her do some things like communication
- lots of people die off screen (flooding)
- More lore for magic
- Leon finally returns to Camelot
- Lots of things are happening in the background
- Thomas is politically savvy
- He's literally holding Arthur over a barrel called debt
- Leon is reluctantly very proud of his nephew
- merlin is tired
- Arthur and Leon make up
- Leon gets a new squire!
- (since Thomas is all grown up and getting royalty indebted to him and all that...)
- Bedivere is such a good bro
- Sally and Caleb get some moments in here!
- Flash back to when Uther had servants beaten for reading...
- (canonical though)
- Lancelot Lives (Merlin)
- Episode: s04e01-02 The Darkest Hour (Merlin)
- Kind of a fix-it
- in the sense that someone had the braincell
- Leon has the braincell
- Merlin mourns the loss of Morgause
- Yuletide
- basically the round tables spends yule in their own ways
- good bros knights
- Arthur had regrets
- Interrogation
- Gwaine's family history
- Bedivere is a troll
- Gwaine has skills that the spymaster wants to use
- he's charismatic
- Easygoing
- friendly - Freeform
- intelligent
- A chameleon
- Episode: s04e03 The Wicked Day (Merlin)
- Major canon divergence
- NO Canon Character Death
- Surprise - Uther lives
- Leon is a good noble
- Merlin is still leaning what it means to be the Emrys
- lots of comfort
- following lots of hurt
- Some political considerations around what Uther's death could mean
- Merlin has many regrets
- John and Gwaine both try to help
- Missing Scene
- So many missing scenes
- Some are fluffy while others are more serious
- Arthur Pendragon Needs a Hug (Merlin)
- Uther is a bastard (But we all knew that)
- Agravaine is a snake
- Basically I channeled Grima Wormtongue
- Ugh
- the people love Arthur
- and Uther is worried
- Post-Episode: s04e03 The Wicked Day (Merlin)
- Uther Pendragon Lives (Merlin)
- Merlin is a Little Shit (Merlin)
- Merlin appears but only as a background character
- Leon is a matchmaker
- but for knights and squires
- more speculation about Gwaine's heritage
- Lady Catherine makes an appearance
- Percival is confused about spices
- There is a traumatised child
- depiction of a panic attack
- Pagan is the boy Leon rescues from the Witchfinder
- Arthur does not want a squire
- squire shenanigans
- There are so many OCs now that I have to keep track of
- Gwaine realises that he is a responsible adult
- he has feelings about that...
- Episode: s04e04 Aithusa (Merlin)
- seriously big divergence here
- world building around Ashkanar
- Merlin is seriously conflicted
- Leon and a dragon decide to spar (verbally - no one dies this time...)
- But they do fight over who and what Merlin is
- Actually this could be quite a heavy one
- Merlin is a child of prophecy
- but also a child of familial responsibility
- Merlin does not have fun
- also everyone crushes his dreams about a dragon
- Gwaine - your noble is showing
- Also this ends on a cliffhanger but not for this story! For the next one...
- This is Ranger-centric
- an homage to an author I really liked
- John is a good ranger
- it was supposed to be simple
- It ended up far worse
- Also Morgana appears at the very end
- She is plotting plotty plots
- Bonus points if you know what she arranged to have stolen!
- Leon and Merlin appear at the end
- Merlin also heard John calling out for him and demanded that he be allowed to accompany Leon
Summary
Sir Leon discovers Merlin's magic and suddenly has a second full-time job trying to keep the boy alive! It really shouldn't be this hard...
Merlin, in the throes of poppy juice and a need to keep Arthur away from the sidhe, kills the sidhe using magic in front of a lord and knight of the realm. At least he now has an ally in keeping the prince alive...
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25 May 2026