User blog comment:Morganaforever/Is Kilgharrah a good prophet?/@comment-4135736-20121112131520

I agree, Kilgharrah certainly isn't the best advisor/prophet in the show but I love him as a character though. Almost everything else he gives good advice but when it comes to Morgana, Mordred and Aithusa he is so confusing.

I think Kilgharrah's biggest weakness so far is his inability to forsee good or evil if a person/creature is written for seperate destinies (e.g. if he predicts good, he cannot predict evil, or if he predicts evil, he cannot predict good). For Morgana and Mordred, he forseen that they would turn evil, completely ignoring that they both had good inside them, and when it comes to Aithusa, he forsees good in her (I think the gender thing is a mistake by the producers as usual and not by Kilgharrah) but fails to forsee that she would ally with Morgana.

The Lancelot thing is another example (you forgot to mention that Chris), Kilgharrah predicted that Lancelot would become the greatest and most noble Knight of Camelot but look what happened - Lancelot was ressurected as a Shade after his death and he ended up betraying Arthur in the process, becoming the most hated Knight.

I hope Merlin eventually realises that not all of Kilgharrah's advice can be that reliable when it comes to discussing people, good evil etc, Gaius certainly has a better understanding when it comes to good or evil inside people (even though he did encourage Merlin back in Series 2 not to tell Morgana that he had magic) like when he told Merlin that Mordred still had good in him. Merlin needs to look up to Gaius a bit more or make his own decisions even more.