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Holding back a grunt, Merlin craned his neck backward. Maybe he was injured and didn’t realize? He twisted his head around — neck oddly more flexible than he remembered — as he tried to take stock of himself. And Merlin froze. Because instead of his usual tunic and red neckerchief… were feathers. Lots and lots of feathers.
The resulting screech that left Merlin’s throat was inhuman.
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Or, a hunting trip goes awry, as so many do, and Merlin is hit by an errant spell. If there’s one thing Merlin can take away from this, it’s that clearly the Fates have a sense of humor. Why else would he be turned into a merlin?
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09 Sep 2026
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Blackbirds haven’t been seen in Camelot since before The Great Purge. So it's strange, then, that Gwaine finds one in the woods while on patrol.
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09 Sep 2026
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“I’m an activist, Mr. Morgan,” Merlin explains.
“I see that,” Knight Gwaine says.
“I want this place to exist here forever. Forever and ever and ever.”
“You mean until King Arthur climbs out of it?”
“Yes,” Merlin says. “But after that, too, since I’m not like, 100% positive that he’s going to know what a fish ladder is. I figure we’ve got to do some work on that and probably his English before we let him go off into the wild.”
“Right. Obviously, the English. But what happens if someone tries to put another body in the lake while you’re here?”
Merlin doesn’t have an answer to that.
(Three women's bodies are dumped into a lake, and detective Gwaine Morgan is assigned the case. He does not anticipate said lake to be guarded by a local 12 year-old and is even less prepared for what happens when the 12 year-old becomes his murderer's next target.)
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05 Sep 2026
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King Arthur sets out to keep his promise to the spirit of the Druid boy by repealing his father's ban on magic. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done, for reasons including but not limited to the following:
(1) He can't change the law until he understands magic better, but no sorcerer is willing to explain magic to him until he changes the law;
(2) The sorcerers all have some strange obsession with Merlin, which is awakening all sorts of feelings in Arthur that he really doesn't fancy examining too closely;
(3) He is starting to feel like the butt of some Druid-population-wide inside joke involving the mysterious phenomenon called Emrys; and
(4) Oh yeah, Morgana is still trying to kill him.
Thus he embarks on a journey of discovery, diplomacy, accountability, and self-improvement, and maybe even falls in love along the way.
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04 Sep 2026
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Everyone has a soulmark, and Merlin has five soulmates.
Here's the thing: they love each other. Not him.
Several years of lying, secrets and heartbreak later, Merlin has to learn how to let the Knights of the Round table love him
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