Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-110.33.239.213-20121226023324/@comment-5367080-20130929154027

Also, I only just noticed what Regan put earlier :P Those opening lines that "no man can know his destiny" is true to some extent, but I believe it means, no man can know his destiny word for word. Merlin was told that he must protect Arthur so that he would unite the land of Albion, and as I have already argued, he did in a way. As for uniting the Old Religion and the New, he changed the way people think about Magic, he showed everyone that Magic can be a force for good, and that would influence peoples opinions of Magic, perhaps leading to the unity that was promised.

Also, I'd like to point out that no other prophecies in the show have been proven wrong. Mordred did kill Arthur, Morgana and Mordred did unite, it did all end at Camlann and everything did happen, they were just very vague prophecies and did not happen in the way people expected.

I think the best example of this is in the episode "the Crystal Cave" as Merlin sees all the events leading up to Morgana wielding a dagger and sees Uther's shocked face, but it turns out Morgana only draws the dagger and Uther's face is because of a shattering window. This shows that although a prophecy is absolute, it does not always mean what people think.