User blog comment:Waterwecna/Merlin: what happened to you?/@comment-70.31.251.136-20121104234914/@comment-5598897-20121105003748

He kind of did.

Merlin thought that if he used Magic to save Arthurs father then Arthur would allow magic back into camolot but the plan backfiered because Morgana gave Agrivane an enchanted neclace to reverse healing affects that Merlins magic would use to heal Uther but it reversed and killed him instead.