Talk:The Kindness of Strangers/@comment-80.62.117.237-20121209071233/@comment-5815946-20121209095614

1. No, there's also Mordred. But there is the chance Merlin would reveal himself by means of protecting Camelot during war with magic as in the case that prophecy would say that at that moment, Merlin's time had come, for example (remember that in the episode with the Disir, the Disir noticed the short moment where Merlin used magic; the writers wouldn't put that in without intending to return to it). But knowing the writers, they wouldn't do something epic and cool like Merlin revealing himself by means of overpowering magic used for the good to protect Camelot at war, it would probably be Mordred giving him away in a much less climactic moment where mordred will be like "grr merlin so mean of you to give away my new girlfriend who only appeared transiently in this one episode so I'ma tell on you."

2. I think Kilgarrah's dying is symbolic of Camelot's fall (in legend, anyway; though I don't think in this series Camelot will really fall, so it'll be symbolic of the battle and the potential of Camelot to fall). So it's not just about the misfortune of him dying before battle, it has a higher meaning than that.

3. Come now, surely you knew from the get-go that Merlin wasn't wrong to suspect Mordred, that's nothing new: if the great dragon and other prophets had explicitly said so to Merlin early on, and the writers had made Arthur so blatantly unsuspecting of Mordred and BFF with him? It was obvious Mordred was going to turn on Arthur.

4. Wouldn't be the first time Morgana is waging war against Camelot...