Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season One/@comment-5102537-20130420114841/@comment-5674726-20130423061317

Having a name beginning with G seems to be an effective, though not foolproof, defence: Gaius, Gilli and Guinevere all survived learning about Merlin's magic.

Maybe that's how Camelot fell. Merlin was declared court sorcerer and everybody keeled over.