Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5102537-20140620091030/@comment-93.75.117.63-20140705205441

ReganX wrote: 93.75.117.63 wrote: 1.  Kilgharrah is the Great Dragon. Being that knows the future, and has magic far beyound human(and Merlin's) knowledge and power. Who knows what he could do?

2. I pointed this out too. It's possible that Merlin understood the vision differently. That the massacre was caused by his unwillingness to free Kilgharrah.

3. Hoping that Kilgharrah will not attack Camelot doesn't look so stupid with everything mentioned above. But not freeing him will hardly help the situation. 1. Merlin knew one thing that Kilgharrah couldn't do, namely to free himself. He needed Merlin for that, which was why he was imprisoned for more than twenty years. The ball was in Merlin's court in that respect. While refusing to free Kilgharrah would mean that he would be cutting off a source of information, freeing him would have the same effect as Merlin had no possible way of knowing that he would be able to call on Kilgharrah and impose his will on him in the future.

2. Maybe he might have at first. However, the only way he could continue to believe that after Kilgharrah stated that there was only one course of action he could take and refused to promise not to attack Camelot would be if he was incredibly stupid.

3. I'm sure that the people who were killed when Kilgharrah attacked would have felt that it helped their situation if Merlin hadn't freed the creature who ended their lives. 1. Actually, it would be really easy. In S1E1 Kilgharrah threatened to wait for Sigan's victory(by the way he was saying something of honor or similar things). Should Merlin broke his promise he could find somebody else, for example, have a chat with Morgause(either simply call for her and a special blade or wait for a next attack if it is not possible). And about your other point - free Kilgharrah would be still interested in destiny and will probably find him.

2. It was actually about Merlin believing that dragon who is sort of good turned/will turn evil because of his unwillingness to free him. I don't think Merlin believed Kilgharrah will just fly away

3. And I'm sure that people of Camelot wouldn't be very glad if Kilgharrah attacked, for example, in S3E2. My whole point was about the Great Dragon capable of escaping without Merlin, and about Merlin believing that he is the reason of Kilgharrah's fury. In that case freeing him now would lessen his anger and leave a possibility of (more) peacefull resolution. Not freeing him would just infuriate Kilgharrah much more and erase his remaining trust in Merlin.