Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140723213239/@comment-6047958-20151028004749

ElvenDragonLord wrote: Yes, Arthur would be dead without Merlin saving him time and time again. This begs the question, how did Arthur survive as long as he did before Merlin showed up? Very true. Either Merlin was a trouble magnet (aka he unconsciously attracts other magic users to him and we only find out about the ones which were bent on causing trouble) or Uther had started to go senile by the time Merlin came to Camelot; you could argue it either way, really.