User blog comment:ReganX/Kilgharrah: Prophet or Puppet Master/@comment-5102537-20121114105631/@comment-5102537-20121114194421

Hi Phoenixon,

I have no idea if there are more gods or only the one Triple Goddess but I believe that the Triple Goddess is either the most powerful one or one of the most powerful gods - or maybe the only one at all.

About the future, here is what I wrote on Morganaforever's wall when he wrote about Kilgharrah. It's a bit long but unless things are not clarified on the show we have to speculate and fill in the holes ourselves:

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"Killing Morgana - well, he was actually right in telling Merlin so because I think that the Old Ways are not necessarily what Merlin is supposed to bring back. I unfortunately watched The Disir when I read reviews about the episode and that it deals with the Old Religion. Haven't seen the others so i don't know if the show referred to it again. Even though I found the plot interesting it was again full of illogical events and contradictions. Anyway, The Disir showed that the Old Religion with the Triple Goddess is a cruel religion of tyranny which I would consider to be the "Old Ways" and which is desired by Morgana. I can't imagine that this is Merlin's destiny. It seems that even among the members of the Old Religion there are friends and foes, and this makes me believe that Kilgharrah wants Merlin to bring the kind of religion or magic to Camelot that differes from the cruelty of the Triple Goddess.

It was said that she presides, sees and knows all. Kilgharrah knows a lot but not all and his knowledge probably is based on prophecies. Whereas the Triple Goddess obviously is the one who presides and determines all, like God in our world religions. If the show doesn't want to contradict its own stories all the time, I believe that the Old Ways are NOT what Kilgharrah wants Merlin to restore but maybe a new religion with magic.

So, Morgana is Merlin's opponent, the dark side of the Old Religion which is obviously in the majority given what evil priestesses and sorcerers we have already seen on te show, let alone the Triple Goddess that demanded of Arthur to unconditionally accept the Old Religion and to obey at the threat of destroying him and everything and everyone he loves. Since Morgana represents the Triple Goddess, she is the enemy of everything that is good in Camelot. If Merlin had killed her, like Kilgharrah told him, they would not have to deal with her now.

On the other hand, it all seems to be predestined exactly this way. Like I wrote on my first blog here back then: Merlin's future "has been written since the dawn of time" which means long before anyone was even born. His future lies with Arthur's future. he is destined to bring back magic together with Arthur, so Arthur's future has been written since the dawn of time as well, otherwise Merlin's fate/destiny would be a different one. This also means that the Great Purge was predestined because if Uther hadn't started it and hadn't banned magic, Merlin would have no fate/destiny that "has been written since the dawn of time". It shows that it all was done by the Triple Goddess who knows and presides all. So if everything was predestined, I wonder what sense it makes. First causing a war on magic, then having magic restored again, all predestined aeons ago. Why? This is all so paradox that there actually can't be a logical explanation.

Given the predestined future, Merlin never really had the chance to kill Morgana at any time. If Kilgharrah knows about this or not remains to be seen. Actually, Merlin has no choice at all since everything has been written and predestined long before he or anyone else was born and everything will happen exactly the way it is supposed to be happening. Why even bother?

When Kilgharrah says that there are many paths he maybe means that there are different paths "that all lead to the same result" in the end. The Crystal Cave and the happenings, Morgana's visions that all came true against her will, Merlin being healed by the Vilia, Mordred being healed despite Arthur's rejection, The Fisher King that knew (not presumed but knew) that Merlin would come to him, Merlin's birth, Igraine's death, Arthur's birth, the Great Purge and ban of magic, Morgana being healed, no matter what happens, the "never ending cicle of fate"... it all proves that no matter how many paths, the result will always be the same.

I don't know what game this is supposed to be but it seems that no one can ever alter the future, except maybe the Triple Goddess. No idea if Kilgharrah is aware of it, maybe he thinks that Merlin has the power to change things. I only wonder how and when. Maybe only when the Triple Goddess is dead, in case its possible to kill a Goddess.

As for Aithusa, no idea what role she plays. Maybe prophecies change when paths change but the result will be the same nevertheless. It's possible that Aithusa will fulfill her destiny in the end, the one that Kilgharrah told Merlin about."

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Yes, the statements about the future by Kilgharrah and Gaius contradict the events often, that's why I think it's inconsistency and plotholes. Or they probably don't know about it either.