Talk:The Fires of Idirsholas/@comment-82.178.147.211-20130611114522/@comment-37017073-20180926220237

''2. Merlin didn't know the true situation with Morgana. Kilgharrah made it sound as though Morgana knew exactly what she was doing and was fully committed to the plan. Had that really been the case, talking to Morgana and revealing his knowledge of her plans would have been not only useless but also dangerous. Morgana would, in such a case, have probably tried to kill him. At the very least, she would tell Morgause about Merlin's knowledge of spells, and the sisters would have realized he had magic and acted against him, leaving Camelot vulnerable to magical attacks.''

Not to mention he'd already seen Morgana willingly turn against Camelot twice before. The first time in 1x12, where she personally orchestrated a plan to assassinate Uther (though she ultimately changed her mind when he told her he valued her counsel and would listen to her more), and the second time just one episode previous in 2x11, when she stole the Crystal of Neahtid and brought it to Mordred and Alvarr having been told beforehand that it would be used to bring down Camelot.

In both cases Uther was her main target more so than Camelot itself, but she never seemed to spare even a passing thought for what his death would mean for the kingdom as a whole, not just for her and other magical people. Nor did she seem particularly concerned for the other people in Camelot that she cared for and what repercussions her actions could have on them, either for good or for ill. (In 2x11, for example, she didn't appear to consider Arthur at all until after she'd already handed over the Crystal and learned that all who served the king would be struck down, not just Uther. And even then the only protest she made was to say that she found the news troubling.)