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The Story So Far
Synopsis For 'The Warlock's Sister'
A Knight's Daughter is the sequel to The Warlock's Sister, so for those of you who have not read the first in this series, (I have yet to decided if there will be another after this), here is the synopsis for A Warlock's Sister.
When Merlin's sister arrives unannounced in Camelot she brings chaos in her stride. Unlike any girl he has ever met before, Gwaine is soon head of heels for Merlin's beautiful (adoptive) sister. With Catherine winding each of the Knights around her little finger, and sending Arthur skidding off kilter at every opportunity, it seems like life should be perfect for Merlin.
But soon Camelot is facing another evil that it must defeat. Thomas Renwoor takes Emrys prisoner, only to find his demise at the hands of Morgana Pendragon. Now in the hands Morgana and Modred, Merlin faces being used as bait to lure in Arthur and deal Morgana the throne of Camelot. With shackles designed to dampen his powers to a degree where he can barely direct enough power to light a candle, he's as good as useless. Catherine is not about to give up though.
After placing herself firmly among the search party for Merlin, Catherine reveals one of Merlin's biggest secrets and Arthur is left to consider exactly how dangerous leaving the last Dragon Lord in his enemies' hands could be. After finding Renwoor's body and evidence of Morgana's involvement they change directions and begin to hunt down Morgana in the hopes of finding Merlin alive.
Still plotting to use Merlin to bring down Arthur, Morgana is relying of the magical shackles keeping Merlin prisoner to dampen the magic of Emrys. However, she underestimates both Merlin's loyalty and the sheer scale of magic he possesses. He is willing to destroy himself and everyone around to protect Arthur.
When Arthur and his knights reach Morgana they find that Merlin has already taken matters into his own hands, and what's left of Morgana's lair is a smoking pile of ash with Merlin at the middle. Morgana and Modred flee, leaving Catherine to deal with the fallout of Arthur, and the rest of the knights learning of Merlin's magic.
Arthur killing Merlin for possessing magic is not the only concern though. Morgana may have killed Renwoor but death had always been his plan. With the use of very ancient and very dark magic, Renwoor has made himself invincible, but at a price.
Unaware of Renwoor's growing threat, Arthur and his knight's trek back to Camelot with Merlin hanging onto life by a thread after his treatment at both the hands of Renwoor and Morgana. Catherine makes it clear that she has no qualms about killing Arthur and his knights to protect her brother, and somehow they don't doubt she would find a way to manage it.
Furious at Merlin for hiding his magic, Arthur faces both betrayal and loss as it seems his best friend may not survive long enough to provide an explanation for what has happened.
When at last they do reach Camelot, Arthur finds himself dealing with waiting for Merlin to wake up, the Great Dragon standing guard outside the city walls and Gwaine growing infatuation with Catherine. An infatuation that seems to be shared on both sides as Catherine seeks comfort in Gwaine arms.
With Arthur's views on magic slowly changing Merlin wakes, but his mind is elsewhere from the events of Camelot. He puts Caroline's continued stay down to sisterly love and not the real cause of her so called stomach bug while trying to adjust to waking up in a world where Arthur knows about his magic and he had not been burnt at the stake.
Renwoor has not finished tormenting Merlin thought, and after waking from a dream of Morgana being held prisoner by Renwoor, Merlin sets out to save her. It is easy enough for him to find her using his magic and pull her from the dungeons where she was held, and suddenly it is as if the old Morgana has returned.
It is a small victory though. With Morgana back in Camelot, Merlin safe and Gwaine and Catherine's first child born it seems as if Camelot is setteled again. Until they find the body of a young woman in the citadel courtyard and the whole of Camelot realises that the evil has just begun.
(The Warlock's Sister is up for a major redrafting! It will not impact on the plotline, but my writing style has improved since I wrote it and I want to try and expand on the chapters I have since it is currently very short for the amount I have going on.)