Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-110.33.239.213-20121226023324/@comment-23836938-20130929022600

68.0.75.214 wrote: Umm..... really? You're all taking it literally? The dragon said the "once and future" king. Look at it from a figurative point, even to this day, we still tell the tale of Arthur. The greatest King of the greatest Kingdom in all the land. Still remembered today, even after hundreds, if not thousands of years later.

Yes. Because Arthurs destiny was to bring about Albium and Merlins was to help him. This never happened they did not fullfill the prophesy they based the entire show on. So by once and future king, we acknowledge he will not live forever, but will still live the life he was meant to live.