User blog comment:-Chloe-/Merlin's Story/@comment-3012002-20120916214948/@comment-5102537-20120916230906

Although I liked the scene about the sword, my problem with Merlin's story is that even if Arthur was related to Bruta (as stated by Merlin's story) through Igraine maybe, Arthur would know about it. If Uther didn't have anything to do with Bruta, which seems to be the case but married Igraine who may have descended from Bruta, Arthur would be the first to know, don't you think?

Considering how important heritage was among noble/royal people, there must have been documents about Bruta and all his descendants. So the moment Merlin's story said that Arthur descended from Bruta (because he wanted to make Arthur believe that he is the rightful heir/king), Arthur should have either objected since he would have known about it or he should have confirmed if he was really related (through Igraine).

In many legends, Uther is of Roman heritage and when checking his hair on "Merlin", it really looks like the hair of roman males, as weird as it sounds :-D I don't know if he was of roman heritage in this show but it would apply to the fact that he conquered or won Camelot (whatever "won" means). The story was good and the scene with Excalibur was good too but it overlooked completely Goeffrey's job on this show which is to take care of and to know all documents about heritage, nobility and family of Camelot's noble and royal inhabitants, especially about the king and the prince. If I was Arthur I would immediately rush to the castle's library and check if I really was a descendant of famous Bruta - which also might give me some information about Igraine at the same time ;-)