User blog comment:Fimber/What went wrong in "The Sins of the Father" ?/@comment-37001937-20181206065330

Merlin offered his life for Arthur's.  He even slept holding a rabbit's foot that night. It was Nimueh's decision to take Hunith's life, and then Gaius' after he himself offered it. Perhaps she took Gaius' life because he had no one to lose at that point. Nimueh seemed to pick the person who would die out of personal delight. It's no wonder Uther started to hate magic; its highest practioners were evil, capricious people.