Board Thread:(Re)Writing "Merlin"/@comment-5674726-20141115233456/@comment-26134620-20150321210338

I accept  your point of view. As I think of it, it  can definitely rob the character of this mistique

Another idea I have about Merlin. id the mystery of the place he was born in. Cenred's kingdom seems to be tolerant for magic yet Hunith decided Merlin had to leave for his own savety and also Will jokes were playfully hostile. I've been thinking - what if there in the village's past there was a wicked young man with magic, who abused his power and brought suffering to the people and had to flee for his life. What if the damage to the village was such that they view everyone born with magic as threat that has to be eliminated. My idea is for Merlin to meet this boogeyman and to see what he could have been - respected, feared, powerful, a quasi-sorcerer king. And this man, extremely long-lived and experienced to pose the greatest threat to Merl, power-wise. He could even defeat our guy (albeit if Morgana couldn't how would an episodic villain fulfil such a task).