User blog comment:Alethia II/Arthur is a dumb blonde (solely opinion of moi)/@comment-4135736-20121101130609/@comment-5102537-20121101133406

Wether or not they did it intentionally, but in my opinion Uther was actually the real Arthur when considering some Arthurian legends. In some of them, Arthur was Christian and disapproved of magic and superstition whereas Uther supported the Old Religion and was friends with Merlin.

On the show, Uther was defeated by his illegitimate child (Morgana) as was Arthur in some legends by his illegitimate child (Mordred), even though on the show it had to do with Morgana&apos;s powers whereas in the original legends Mordred hated Arthur for trying to kill Mordred as a baby.

Uther made the peace contracts with the Five Kingdoms and Arthur simply continues what his father had started.

If "Merlin" hadn&apos;t introduced young Arthur, it could as well have been about Arthur portayed by Anthony Head, fighting magic and bringing peace to Camelot, which Uther did indeed. And if he hadn&apos;t died, he surely would have later brought in the Round Table after certain events that would have convinced him of the good sides of equality.

I think on "Merlin", Uther and Arthur are two halfs of the whole "real" Arthur that most people know from the legends.