User blog comment:GWAINE/Finale Speculations...?/@comment-195.41.137.218-20121129163159/@comment-5674726-20121201140405

''Uther united the Five Kingdoms in season three and in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon" Arthur told his father that he has achieved peace - I still wonder what peace? The only war Camelot had was with Cenred when Morgana and Morgause attacked Camelot with his army. So if the peace contracts lapsed during Arthur's reign, what peace has he achieved?''

That's what I wonder about. They've done a lot of telling about Arthur bringing peace and making the kingdom a fairer place, but not half as much showing.

In terms of bringing peace to Albion, Uther made peace with the Five Kingdoms. I'm not sure where Sarrum fits there, since he wasn't one of the Kings. He also had an accord with Cenred that was years in the making, and was only broken when Morgause recruited Cenred to help her and Morgana. There was peace between him and King Caerleon during his lifetime so, while Arthur now has an alliance with Queen Annis, it's not actually an improvement in terms of relations between the kingdoms during Uther's reign. Camelot and Nemeth were in dispute over land and there is peace now, though I don't know if Uther would approve of Arthur's method of achieving this peace, namely jilting the Princess of Nemeth and surrendering the disputed land.

I wonder if they're trying to retcon Uther's achievements in terms of bringing peace to Albion, so Arthur can be shown (or said) to be the one to bring peace, or if the peace that Uther achieved is supposed to have fallen apart after his reign, and Arthur is now rebuilding it.