Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20141111204657/@comment-5674726-20141115234118

Now that is interesting!

That could end up being very awkward for Merlin if he was sentenced to death and didn't die. It would be impossible to deny that magic was involved if his head was cut off and that didn't kill him or he came back from the dead afterwards.

However, if that happened, or if he escaped before he could be executed, returning to Camelot would not be an option for him. At that stage, he wouldn't have known how to change his appearance so he couldn't return in disguise. If Arthur was killed while Merlin was in exile, self-imposed or otherwise, would Merlin be stuck as an immortal waiting for a man he had known for only a short time to return?