Sorry it has taken me so long to post, I've been ill and had school and spent the weekend helping out at the school fair. Still don't own Merlin, sadly.


Again Uther doesn't get a chance to start speaking, before another steps forward, this time Sir Leon.

"I was loyal to Prince Arthur long before Merlin arrived in Camelot. This makes me even sorrier for standing against you, his father, but I cannot in good conscience stand by and watch you kill Merlin. This is because of my loyalty to the Prince not in spite of it. At first I disliked Merlin, I felt he took liberties and spoke too freely and disrespectfully to Prince; and he does! But I watched Arthur grow. Before Merlin, he was a good knight but, frankly, I worried about what type of king he would become. Now I know we have nothing to be concerned about, Arthur will become a great king and I believe this is, in no small part, because of Merlin. I can't say that his magic does not change my opinion of him; it does! It improves it, for now I know how much more Merlin has done in service of Arthur. I was always loyal to Arthur but Merlin made him someone worth being loyal to, so I stand by him."


Author: Last chance to review suggestions for who should defend Merlin and what sort of things they should say. I finish the story this weekend if there are no suggestion I need to write.