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Are you taking the sleeping draught I made up for you?
Gaius to Morgana[src]

Sleeping Draughts are medicinal potions that induce deep slumber in whoever drinks them.

History[]

Soon after Merlin arrived in Camelot, Gaius instructed him to deliver a draught to Morgana, who suffered from nightmares (The Dragon's Call).

Gaius increased the strength of her draughts as Morgana's nightmares grew more intense, but in the end only Morgause's enchanted bracelet granted her any relief (The Gates of Avalon, The Nightmare Begins, The Sins of the Father).

Uther asked Gaius to give Arthur a sleeping draught to prevent him from dueling Tristan de Bois (Excalibur).

Arthur unknowingly ingested another sleeping draught when he volunteered to drink what he believed to be a mixture of water and poison (The Labyrinth of Gedref).

Morgana helped Alvarr escape from the dungeons by using her sleeping draught to drug the guards' wine (The Witch's Quickening).

Morgana asked Gaius for a sleeping draught after her bracelet was stolen. However, because Gaius was being possessed by a Goblin, he enchanted the potion to cause her to suffer from flatulence instead (Goblin's Gold).

Gaius gave a sleeping draught to Guinevere after she was attacked by Uther's spirit (The Death Song of Uther Pendragon).

Valerian can be used to make a powerful sedative. Two drops are enough to render the victim unconscious (A Lesson in Vengeance).

Belladonna can be used to make a powerful sleeping draught that is generally used to treat the badly wounded. Merlin and Arthur used this potion to drug Gwen so they could transport her to the Cauldron of Arianrhod (With All My Heart).

Appearances[]

Series 1
The Dragon's Call
The Gates of Avalon
Excalibur
The Labyrinth of Gedref
Series 2
The Nightmare Begins
The Sins of the Father
The Witch's Quickening
Series 3
Goblin's Gold
Series 5
The Death Song of Uther Pendragon
A Lesson in Vengeance
With All My Heart

See Also[]

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