Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5102537-20140620091030/@comment-93.75.117.63-20140704104903

Perhaps, Dragon should be vieved the same way as Morgana. Though she wasn't "Thde Witch" she still tried to kill Uther but turned on her ally instead in S1 and there were druids in S2E3. Perhaps you can justify those action but still it was reasonable for Merlin to distrust Morgana.

Back to the Dragon. He really wanted to be free. And he forced Merlin make a vow. There was possibility of him escaping without help or,at least, that next time he will force Merlin to free him before helping(or simply refuse and let everything go to hell like he actually threatened to do in S2E1). Maybe for "selfish protagonist" this whole situation was different. After all, it didn't really seem that Merlin was going to fulfill his promise to free Kilgarrah(S2E1). So maybe he understood the crystal's vision differently - as warning that the Great Dragon will be free anyway. Kilgarrah told Merlin about his destiny, the dragon had no reason to attack Camelot. Perhaps Merlin thought that by not freeing the Great Dragon he will cause the vision to pass - after all he was already angry and threating to leave Camelot at Sigan's mercy. What if Merlin was hoping to free Kilgarrah before it was to late.

And there is one thing that bothers me - does ANYONE understand that a vow IS QUITE SERIOUS. It seems that nobody really cares. By the way in Medieval moralty breaking a vow was actualy sin, serious enough to fight against your own blood relatives.