Talk:Aithusa/@comment-109.157.251.53-20150906121416/@comment-5674726-20150913121132

"Aithusa just fell into the wrong hands with Morgana."

But how could this happen without Kilgharrah being aware of it and notifying Merlin?

If it is the duty of a Dragonlord to care for a baby dragon, Kilgharrah would have known it and also known that Merlin couldn't perform this duty while he was in Camelot serving Arthur. Would it not make sense that, if that was the case, he would offer to watch over Aithusa?

"It's possible that he foresaw Albion needing Arthur at some point in the future (though what we'll actually need him for I don't know, really he's been obsolete ever since the invention of the gun) and wanted him to die while he was still young and strong so he'd come back to life in his prime and be able to fight evil."

That seems very far-fetched, mostly because a medieval Arthur would be of little, if any, use in a modern conflict. As you rightly point out, Arthur is obsolete. The kindest plausible interpretation I have for Kilgharrah's words is that he might have hoped that the promise of Arthur's return would be a source of comfort and hope for Merlin, to keep him from giving in to despair over his failure to achieve the destiny Kilgharrah foretold for him.