Talk:Morgana Pendragon/@comment-92.10.59.49-20150520151121/@comment-5674726-20150815151016

I wouldn't be so sure that Kilgharrah is meant to be seen as trustworthy at this point in time.

Merlin has just seen a vision of him attacking Camelot and, when he seeks help from Kilgharrah, Kilgharrah is very unhelpful until Merlin has made a promise to free him. At the end of the episode, he refuses to commit to not attacking Camelot and in the next episode, he is ready to lay waste to the city and to kill Arthur until he is forced to stop.

Those were not the actions of a creature who wanted to see Arthur usher in a golden age for Camelot. I find it very easy to believe that he could have deliberately misled Merlin about the level of the threat to Camelot to blackmail him into setting him free.

As for Merlin's supposed destiny, given his failure to achieve it, it is clear that it was not set in stone. Kilgharrah drops a pretty broad hint that the future is open to shaping in the third season when he tells Merlin that he fears that his and Morgana's futures are now joined forever. I think that Kilgharrah had a vested interest in making Merlin believe that he had a glorious destiny as it was a way for him to win the trust of an exceptionally powerful warlock, probably the only person who would ever be able to free him.

As for his show of friendship for Merlin after The Last Dragonlord, was it truly based on respect and gratitude towards him for sparing his life or was it a calculated act to ensure that the man who had the power to overrule his free will and force him to stay still to be killed believed that they were on the same side?

If somebody had the power over you that Merlin had over Kilgharrah, wouldn't you want to lead them to believe that you were on their side?