Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140723213239/@comment-5674726-20140728173001

I was thinking of the Afanc; the sickness was carried through the water supply so people would have had to choose between avoiding the water and dying of dehydration or drinking it and dying of the plague.

As far as Arthur's death goes, Uther was continuing to persecute magic users in Season One - he tapered off a bit in Season Three - so it could be business as usual in that regard.