User blog comment:Morganaforever/Episode Review: The Hollow Queen/@comment-5465618-20121125031312/@comment-4650675-20121125093337

You may be right about Merlin! Still, personally I miss the laid back guy he was back in series 1 and the boy who protected young Mordred from Uther. I guess that Merlin has already given us the answer though: He grew up!

As for Daegal, I believe it was a very appropriate ending! He was always doing the wrong things ? out of hatred for Uther and Camelot, and he died doing the right thing for once in his life. He could have no better death! If he kept his alliance with Morgana, he would probably die in a hole with no one remembering him or loving him.