User blog comment:Merlin artist/Balinor's in the finale?!?!?!?/@comment-142.166.196.61-20121218174531

As for Balinor's return - which I am SO excited about - I suspect Balinor will be returning in the form of a spirit, when Merlin is magicless and trapped in the cave, despairing for Arthur. I suspect Balinor will show Merlin a side to his Dragonlord bloodline that Merlin did not previously know, that will compensate for whatever Morgana has done to strip Merlin of his magic.