Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20130906200850/@comment-5102537-20130912101936

While I'm still not sure at all about Gwen and Arthur (though I tend to agree with your opinion, especially if a recovery had happened magically), I think nothing of what we had seen in seasons four and five would have happened, not even the battle of Camlann.

And Mordred? If Uther had changed, of which I'm convinced, he might have tolerated him. In that case, Mordred wouldn't have a reason to turn against Camelot when Kara wouldn't have a reason to conspire against Camelot. On the other hand, Kara was quite immune to any kind of change on Arthur's side, so maybe she would have done it anyway. Like Morgana she was driven by hatred and ignored what happened around her.

But then, if the laws had changed, maybe Mordred would have seen things differently when realising that people can change and that a new Camelot was worth fighting for. The question is if the laws had changed at all.

Surely, whether the ban of magic had been lifted or not, there would still be those who seeked revenge on either Uther or Arthur or both.

Gwen wouldn't have been enchanted by Morgana and the entire plot around this one would be superflouse, of course.

And Agravaine, yes - he probably would have either been sent home by Uther, punished by Uther or they would have come to terms with each other once Uther had seen things differently. It's hard to tell because we know almost nothing about Agravaine. The entire character was actually illogical, given that he was one of those who obviously knew about the circumstances of Arthur's birth. If so, Uther surely knew that Agravaine held a grudge against him but still he didn't fear that Agravaine would ever tell Arthur the secret? Since Arthur had been knowing Agravaine ever since he was a child, how could Uther be sure that Agravaine will never tell Arthur the "truth"? And why didn't Uther think that Agravaine held a grudge against him when his sister and brother died? Why did Agravaine wait for decades until he could take revenge?

One way or another, with Uther recovering there would have been a great opportunity to clarify all these things and to give Agravaine more background. Actually, they could have done it anyway in season four, even after Uther's death.