Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5102537-20130530214011

First of all, I haven't watched the episode with Sarrum because I had zero interest in "Merlin" anymore after the dreadful season five episodes. But... I do wonder, according to reviews and the summary of the episode in question:

why have we never heard of sorcerers and magic-users attacking Sarrum's kingdom when his kingdom was powerful enough to pose a threat to Camelot and when Sarrum hated magic even more than Uther did? Even Uther was afraid of him, which speaks volumes, yet Camelot was the kingdom that was on the target list of those who used or were born with magic. Granted, Camelot was the strongest kingdom and Uther started the Great Purge, so weakening Camelot would have been a great victory for all those who held a grudge against Uther, Arthur and the entire kingdom.

Nevertheless, Sarrum, as he was described and according to what I've read, was even worse than Uther and much more ruthless. Wouldn't it have been logical if his kingdom and Sarrum himself had been attacked by sorcerers? Why only Camelot?

Moreover, it seems that most kingdoms -and we don't even know how many kingdoms there really were because obviously, the Five Kingdoms were actually much more than just five kingdoms when Arthur suddenly had peace treaties with kingdoms in order to unite the Five Kingdoms which Uther had already done in season two (??) - shared Camelot's view on magic and supported the ban on it, with the exception King Align. Why in the world weren't they attacked too? 