Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140723213239/@comment-5674726-20140806210504

According to Merlin, his mother sent him to Ealdor because she found out that Will knew of his magic. It may be that, had Will not learned of Merlin's magic or had Hunith not known that Will knew, she would not have felt the need to send him away.

Perhaps she took the fact that Merlin had let Will in on his secret as a sign that he wasn't going to be able to live out his life as a farmer in Ealdor, hiding his gifts, and decided that his need for guidance was grave enough to justify sending him to Camelot, to live under the roof of a King determined to eradicate magic.