10 Works in Bandits as a Plot Device (Merlin)
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Injuries, a dragon, and knights— and it only gets worse from there. Merlin is in a world of trouble, and Elyan along with him. Normal right? Except... this one might be too big to get out of.
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I Depend On You by Xtreme_120
Fandoms: Borderlands (Video Games), Tales from the Borderlands - Fandom
01 Sep 2025
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Nearly every employee who worked under Handsome Jack agreed that those who lived under 'Sanctuary' needed to be killed. Pandora was filled with death and the uncaring.
They may have won, for now, but Hyperion does not forget. They have survived so much more than anyone gives them credit, and they will survive this. They have to. If not for their lives -then for the company everyone is trying to destroy or steal. they will do this for Handsome Jack and his Daughter. It is the very least they could do.
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In Octavio's town of Samothrace, there is a statue of Altare the Valorous, who became an angel after laying his life down to protect the town he loved. Octavio prays in front of this statue often, telling Altare his concerns and hopes.
The deaths of those he cares about and bandit attacks test that faith.
Step One: Take character with joyous whimsy
Step Two: Inflict soul-crushing traumaSeries
- Part 1 of Fervore's Holostars (mostly whump) Fics
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The young maid had always done her best trying to shield her king from magic-wielders and assassins alike. However, when a group of bandits storm the citadel, Merlin's magic gets scattered in the fray and she doesn't notice the stray crossbow-wielding man until it's too late.
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When a usual hunting trip goes horribly wrong Merlin is cursed to become his namesake, an actual Merlin bird. He must learn how to keep the Royal Pratt safe in his new form while trying to navigate the drastic change of his life. When Merlin's body is restored there are well… side effects.
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Note on Oc’s: they are all characters taken from the original legends, see more in notes.
Arthur banishes Merlin after he finds out about his magic. He soon begins to realize what a mistake he made.
Merlin, on the other hand, winds up on the run with a pregnant Morgana.
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Merlin panicked, and in his panic, he forgot the dozen or so spells he’d learned to handle situations like this. Instead, he reached for his magic on instinct, lashing out with unshaped force; he reached for something, anything, anything at all, as long as it would help!
‘Anything’ answered in the form of Nimueh’s magic, blooming in his chest. The magic unfurled like a great flower, and its petals stretched out. Then the screams cut off, because the petals were sharp, and Merlin turned on his side and was thoroughly sick.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Or, Merlin struggles after killing Nimueh
NOTE: there is no non-con in this story, but there are bandits who make some threats that imply it
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He cursed viciously; not because he had to put on a cold, wet, dirty shirt, but because, given the state of him, there was absolutely no way Arthur would believe any of his favored excuses, which meant he’d have to go with Gaius’s standard answer of The Tavern.
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Why did they want Merlin? Did they know who he was? Or was it just because he seemed like the weakest of the group. If he does end up being captured, and it is because of his magic, how on earth will he explain it to Arthur? And how did they even know about him in the first place? The druids, Kilgarrah. Gaius and Lancelot, along with his mother, were the only ones who knew, and he knew none of them would ever betray him willingly. An ice-cold feeling ran up his spine as he thought of his mother - had they captured her? tortured her for information?
He stumbled as a sharp feeling of pain hit his leg, one of the bandits was on his heel and had lashed out with their sword, nicking Merlin's leg in the process.*
aka merlin gets hurt by bandits and arthur takes care of him
TW: mild description of a wound, its not that bad but i want people to stay safe <3
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“If Arthur, maker of knights, can train a lowborn man to your satisfaction and prove we can strengthen our defenses from among our own, you will release me from this marriage agreement.”
To save Morgana from a loveless political marriage, Arthur has three months to turn a peasant into a knight. The only problem? That peasant is Merlin.
Otherwise known as She's All That but utter medieval nonsense.