Talk:The Great Purge/@comment-84.73.137.85-20151007150837/@comment-5102537-20151008124454

Very good question to which nobody has the answer to.

On the other hand, magic hadn't fully lost, it was rather pushed back, most of all by Camelot and other kingdoms that forbid magic. Uther wasn't the only one who hated and forbid magic. As we know, several other kingdoms fought it too. Even long before Uther came to Camelot and took the throne. Gaius told Merlin that magic had corrupted and almost destroyed the land before the ban of magic took place, so we have to consider that, especially when regarding the Diamair/Euchedag (why in the world does it sound like "douchebag"...?) who was hunted for hundreds of years and whose entire race was eradicated, the fight against magic had already been going on even long before Uther was born.

When regarding this, an ongoing fight that lasted at least hundreds of years had weakened the magic-users. Still, I have no clue how Uther was able to catch even Kilgharrah, regardless Balinor's unwilling help. Maybe the Old Religion only had enough power when more people practiced it and believed in it. Since it wasn't only Uther but obviously the majority of the people in and around Camelot/other kingdoms, less people were willing to follow the Old Religion.