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“You don’t seem like a king.”
Arthur lowered the scroll onto his lap and peered over at the child, curious and maybe a little offended. “Why not?”
Merlin shrugged. “You don’t sound like a king, for one.”
“And pray tell, Merlin, how is a king supposed to sound?”
“I don’t know,” he muttered. “Strong. Powerful.” Suddenly Merlin sat up straight, puffing his chest out and pinching his face into a rugged scowl. His voice pitched low, sounding odd in his young body. “My name’s Arthur Pendragon,” he imitated theatrically.
Arthur couldn’t help his amused snort at his antics. “Wrong," he said, returning to the scroll. "A king doesn’t have to say his name, the people would already know it.”
Merlin smiled, a teasing gleam in his eyes. “A good king doesn’t,” he mumbled under his breath, obviously still intending for Arthur to hear.
“The only reason I don’t ‘sound like a king’ is because I have to put up with all your insolence.”
That gloating smile grew on Merlin’s lips and Arthur knew he was going to lose this battle. “A good king wouldn’t put up with that either.”
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The Last Dragonlord (Translated to English) by La traductora (Botkabularia)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
19 Jun 2025
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Located in a world divided into five houses, where summer can last for years but winter an eternity, and where the magic of the ancient religion is forbidden, there was a war known as "The Magic War," in which King Uther massacred the Emrys family, exiling them from the Iron Throne and proclaiming himself as the sole King of Camelot. Fifteen years later, when King Uther mysteriously dies and his son takes the throne, the world seems to be in chaos.
Caerleon, the land of the north, is protected by a giant wall of ice to separate the five houses from the dark forces that dare to be in the Pale Forest, in order to preserve peace.
If there was ever peace.
With the death of King Uther, the war of the five houses for the Iron Throne seems more heated than ever.
And not even the approaching winter can stop it.
Puedes leer la versión en español aquí.
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“Merlin, I'm the greatest swordsman in the five kingdoms.” Arthur boasted. “I’ve fought more battles than I can count.”
”I’m aware, sire.”
”And I’ve always survived.”
”Not always.” Merlin muttered.
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The day Arthur dies is the day Merlin refuses to let end. Again. And again. And again. Merlin’s stuck in a spiral—a dizzying, cruel dance of death and reset. With each attempt, his heart grows heavier, his magic darker, until all he can do is break.
And when the shards of his despair drag Arthur into the storm, the past and present shatter, leaving nothing but raw truth and fragile hope.
Now there's no more running. Just the two of them, the end of the world, and everything left unsaid.
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“Track him, corner him, subdue him… just like we would with any dangerous creature.”
“Not a creature, Arthur. Just Merlin.”
Merlin wasn’t supposed to hear them—but now he’s running, heart pounding, as the knights of Camelot—his friends—close in. They’d sounded so certain, so cold. He didn’t stop to ask how or why, he just ran. Now he doesn’t know where he’s going, only that he has to keep moving.
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An undercover Gwaine and Lancelot determine to rescue the Fool—a starving, tortured entertainment slave slowly dying in a neighboring kingdom's castle.
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- Part 1 of Reelin's 2025 Merlin Bingo
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Shovel Talk ~ the one that really matters by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
13 Apr 2025
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Annabeth and Merlin have a little chat
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- Part 17 of Merlin Bingo 2025
- Part 25 of Merlin & Percy adventures
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Anhora breathed out, his gaze resting on the son who was fading away. Another of his pure-hearted creatures disappearing because of glory and hatred, because of ignorance and deceit.
His eyes then shifted to the boy who had held, cradled, the head of Anhora’s son, Estel, in his hands.
“I’m so sorry,” he was whispering, “I’m so very sorry.”
Anhora allowed a faint smile to disturb his solemn expression, a glimmer of light in the grim darkness.
At least, he thought, someone who still cared did exist.
“Arthur Pendragon,” Anhora spoke to the soul of the hunter who had just arrived, a look of pride of the kill he had just made, killing an innocent with his actions, “the judgment of your heart has only just begun.”
We’ll see what kind of friend you are, he thought, vanishing as the boy’s blue gaze found him.
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Ubicados en un mundo dividido en cinco casas, donde el verano puede durar años pero el invierno una eternidad y donde la magia de la antigua religión esta prohibida, hubo una guerra conocida como "La Guerra Mágica" en la cual el Rey Uther masacro a la familia Emrys, desterrándola del trono de hierro y proclamándose así como el único Rey de Camelot. Quince años después, cuando El Rey Uther muere misteriosamente y su hijo toma el trono, todo el mundo parece estar en caos.
Caerleon, la tierra del norte, esta protegida por un muro gigante de hielo para separar a las 5 casas de las fuerzas oscuras que osan estar en el bosque pálido, para conservar la paz.
Si es que alguna vez hubo paz.
Con la muerte del Rey Uther, la guerra de las cinco casas por el trono de hierro parece estar mas avivada que nunca.
Y ni siquiera el invierno aproximándose, puede detenerla.
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Soulmates identifying marks AU -
Arthur grew up with parents who loved each other, Merlin's were a disaster. Both of their parents are soulmates, but while Arthur idolizes and wants to find his soulmate, Merlin rejects the very idea of that.
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Merlin and his new role as the seneschal of Arthur
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- Part 54 of Merlin Bingo 2024
- Part 2 of Merlin the seneschal of Camelot
- Part 6 of Merlin Bingo 2025
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Merlin didn’t know what was happening. All he knew was he was lost and hurt. He just wanted to go home, but everything was so big and scary. But the man with gold hair seemed very nice. He promised to help him find home. The only question was, could he trust a stranger.
Or Merlin gets hit by a spell and turns into a child and Arthur does everything he can to bring Merlin home.
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- Part 26 of Would You?
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"All the angst allowed" Merlin drabbles and short oneshots ;)
As stories are all unconnected, you will find individual warnings on each chapter, so you can easily read what you like and skip what you don't. Plan to update fairly regularly!
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- Part 7 of One Word at a Time!
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Merlin is cursed by a powerful sorcerer and loses the ability to use magic. Terrified of what could happen to Arthur without his protection, Merlin becomes a bit too protective of him.
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Sometimes he wishes he had been the one to die.
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Trying to atone for the sins of his past, Arthur Pendragon instead stumbles upon a being who casts upon him a terrible curse. Nine times circumstances will align to kill the one he loves best: Merlin. Desperate and reeling from guilt, Arthur soon tries to make the one harmed by the curse himself instead. Merlin, however, has other ideas. Trapped in an increasingly deadly game, can Merlin and Arthur survive?
Beta: Kadenemrys
Art by: Kairenart based on the Five of Swords Tarrot CardSeries
- Part 2 of Framorlaeg - A Merlin Series 3 AU
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She had to protect Merlin. She had to keep her son safe. She'd promised herself the day he was born that she'd do anything to guarantee his safety. Anything.
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Whumptober 2024 - Day 7 - Only for Emergencies - Magic with a CostSeries
- Part 2 of The Raven-Haired Child and the Golden-Haired Prince
- Part 7 of Whumptober 2024
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Pre-Canon, a moment between Merlin and his mother Hunith
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- Part 44 of Merlin Bingo 2024
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when it comes to fire (you always say that you’d prefer to drown) by amethystwriter
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
19 May 2024
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“Right,” said Merlin quietly. “Sire.” The word tasted bitter on his tongue. “I never meant to lie to you. I was just scared- you have to understand that, right?”
Arthur shoved him again, and Merlin crumpled to the ground, his bindings straining tight against his wrists. “Just… for once in your life, stop talking. I don’t want to hear it.”
Merlin shrank back from his place on the ground. His mind was running wild with the worst possible scenarios- Arthur banishing him, Arthur locking him away, Arthur sending him to the pyre-
Horrified, Merlin’s eyes stung. Arthur hoisted him to his feet. “Get up. We have to cross the river, and then I’ll decide what to do with you.”
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The fear of losing a friend can often be greater than the fear itself. by HadrianPeverellBlack
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
10 May 2024
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Arthur and Merlin talks.
Freya makes them a gift
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- Part 37 of Merlin Bingo 2024
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"Arthur had known the moment the crown had been placed on his head that this day would come. He just hadn’t known how much it would tear him up inside."
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Arthur has been King of Camelot for two years. After a woman is brought in who has been accused of sorcery, Arthur must make a decision that has the potential to affect the rest of his reign. Merlin can't let him make such a monumental decision without telling his king and friend the complete truth, whatever the consequences.
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