A New Beginning
This chapter centres on Elyan, another character who I felt could have been developed more in the show. It is set between Season 3 and Season 4.
Disclaimer: I don't own the show 'Merlin' or the character Elyan.
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Elyan loved the forge. He loved the heat; the heavy, cloying scent of different metals; the old tools, each one a friend, that fitted perfectly into his hand. His father had used the same tools for years, but they were still in near-perfect condition thanks to the love and care he had bestowed upon them. Walking into his father's old workshop he could almost believe that Tom himself would walk out and begin shaping armour, melding steel into swords or making horse-shoes.
He had inherited his father's skill with metals, and loved how something could be so strong yet so fluid. He was always filled with awe to see old pieces of armour, covered with scratches and dented in places, be melted down and formed into something new.
He had always wished that he could do the same with his life; get rid of his mistakes and the dents in his pride and start over new, stronger, better. And that was what he had done at Camelot. He was back where he had lived as a child, near his sister, and with a Crown Prince who was fair, just and good, who valued others and did not judge according to rank.
When Arthur knighted him, he knew that he had done it. He had started over new, become a better person, and he would protect Camelot with his life.
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Thank you for reading, and please let me know what you thought or if you have a character you would like me to write a one-shot about.