Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20130722102922

1. What if Merlin had not inherited the power of a Dragonlord?

2. What if Uther had been healed in The Wicked Day? Variant: What if Merlin had healed Uther in "The Wicked Day" secretly before Arthur decided to use magic?

3.What if Arthur had married Princess Mithian?

4. What if Gaius had not come back to Camelot when Edwin was about to become the new court physician?

5. What if Balinor had survived?

6. What if Morgana hadn't met Morgause?

7. What if Uther had met Igraine like Arthur met her as a spirit or illusion?

8. What if Morgana hadn't been a sorceress but only someone who sympathized with magic users?

9. What if Igraine hadn't died in the first place?

10. What if Gaius hadn't chosen to stay in Camelot when the Great Purge started?

11. What if Merlin hadn't been made Arthur's servant?

12. What if Freya didn't die?

13. What if Morgana didn't know who Emyrs is?

14. What if Arthur didn't forgive Guinevere and he died?

15. What if Morgana went straight to Uther to tell him of her vision of Arthur being drowned by Sophia rather than going to Gaius first?

16. What if Merlin had resisted Mordred's telepathic plea and not helped him escape?

17. What if Morgana let Arthur run away with Guinevere in Queen of Hearts rather than framing the latter for sorcery?

18. What if Merlin arrived in Camelot a week later than in canon?

19. What if Hunith hadn't somehow been able to make the journey from Ealdor to Camelot, despite the fact that she was dying, and Merlin didn't learn that her life was the price to pay for Arthur's recovery until it was too late to save her?

20. What if Uther had acknowledged Morgana as his daughter in The Crystal Cave? Variant: What if Uther had acknowledged Morgana as his daughter pre-series, ie. after Gorlois' death?

21. What if the reason Merlin emerged from the Crystal Cave as an old man at the end of The Diamond of the Day, Part 1 was that he really was an old man; he thought it took him a minute to break free, it was actually sixty years?

22. What if Morgana suffered from retrograde amnesia following one of her many head injuries?

If you have any ideas for new What Ifs, please post them to this thread.

I'll amend the first post as we go, to keep track of all of the ideas. 