Joe Lawyer

That's something worth considering given how similar magical powers seem to be to near-ascended abilities. Something to work on later.

A list of magical items is also a good idea.

Hadrian Caeser

How would cloning save the species? All of the dragons would be the same gender so they couldn't make more dragons, and a dragonlord is required to call them out of their eggs, and Jumper Gothic doesn't know the dragon language just because he gets the right genes.

Merlin's father could teach him I guess, but the power is passed down from father to son in the show so I don't think getting a dragonlord gene would help. Better to find that dragon egg and give it to Merlin's father so he can raise the baby dragon in safety at the fortress.

I was thinking that Uther couldn't have hunted all the dragons down even if the Great Dragon thinks that is the case because dragons exist in the folklore of peoples all over the planet and Uther wouldn't even know about those places.

Those dragons might be different races from the Great Dragon, they could be evil dragons, ones that don't fly, or the very magical dragons of Chinese legends so dragons can appear in this story later on.

Jump Chain Gothic 5 - Merlin

Part 16

Tropical Island. Merlin Verse.

Increasing the number of satellites so that I could beam to more places on this primitive planet had been a smart thing to do as now I could reach many places on this version of Earth. Including this little slice of paradise that was near the equator, and had never known the presence of a human being until now.

I already had Cortana doing some scans for me in order to find out if there was anything out there that shouldn't be. So far she'd found no signs of say some advanced alien tech that had been left just lying around on say a crashed ship, but that didn't mean that there wasn't any out there, there were plenty of ways to hide from scans as well as things that interfered with them, and the satellites I'd set up didn't have the best scanners as I'd made them in a workshop.

Not that I minded as for now I was more interested in relaxing on this pristine beach that looking for oddities. I had a deck chair to lay in, a portable replicator at my side, and a bikini wearing Terminator who was wandering around while inspecting things that recently washed up on the shore of this tiny island. Which I felt sure was just her justification for bending over a lot while wearing a bikini bottom that could barely be considered a thong.

"Vodka and orange" I said to the replicator "On the rocks".

A moment later the drink I'd just ordered appeared in a flash of light, the tech behind the portable replicator was a mixture of Federation, Asgard and Ancient which Seven of Nine had been able to combine into an incredible piece of technology. I could get a wide range of items, including many kinds of food and drink from something the size of a treasure chest, and it all ran on just a little naquadah. Technology was amazing.

My sunglasses weren't cheap plastic, they were actually a headset of sorts and the thing other than Cameron that I was watching happened to be Cortana's avatar, who was showing me some interesting DNA.

"So Mordred are Morgana are siblings" I said.

When it came to matters of biology I lacked true expertise, but I could learn very fast and DNA was just a code that needed cracking. Besides it wasn't hard to see the similarities.

"I am 99.5 percent sure that Morgana Pendragon and the druid boy Mordred have the same mother" Cortana told me "Which is most likely a woman called Viviene, who you suspect was a magic user".

Well it explained the connection between Morgana and Mordred.

"Makes sense" I said "There's loads of versions of Arthur's story and in most of them he's related to Mordred in some way".

In this universe he wasn't related to Arthur exactly, but they did share a sister even if neither of them knew it.

"Okay so if we compare the DNA of Merlin, Morgana and Mordred we should be able to find a magical gene" I said.

Cortana did the actual work.

"I found what appears to be a autosomal gene in the DNA of Merlin, Morgana and Mordred that also now appears in your DNA, but wasn't there before" Cortana told me "I checked all the other DNA samples we have from this universe and no other human beings have this, not even Gaius who has magical abilities, which suggests that while it plays a part in deciding who gets magical powers it's not the only factor".

This made some sense to me.

"Gaius can't do the whole magical telepathy thing" I mentioned to the AI "But everyone with the gene can which suggests that my Mystical Sensitivity Perk is the genetic trait that everyone other than me inherited, but I don't have the same raw power as the others so as you just said there must be another factor".

Merlin had a dragonlord for a father and he seemed to have inherited that ability, but I couldn't see that in his DNA, I might need to track down his father and get a sample of him. In the show Merlin didn't get his dragonlord powers until after this father died so the inheritance couldn't be totally genetic, there was a supernatural force also at play which had some control over these matters. Possible the Triple Goddess, who was the main Power That Be in this reality.

"All the druids must have this gene, but not all of them can cast spells" I was now saying "Gaius can, and he lacks the gene".

Gaius obtained his powers through many years of study so magic seemed to be something you could learn even if you lack the gene, but without it you'd never be one of the most powerful spell casters around. But you could have the gene and never cast spells. It was perplexing, and while a supernatural force could be behind the confusing elements I still shrove to try to understand more about the connection between genetics and magical power.

"At least you'll be able to grant Mystical Sensitivity to people like the ATA gene" Cortana stated "If you splice this gene into all of the DNA of your companions you'll be able to have telepathic conversations with each other".

Even if we got nothing else out of this research that would be a boon. A secure means of communication was always of benefit, and while we had subspace communications technology so did a lot of other advanced civilizations.

"This Mystical Sensitivity gene does remind me a lot of the ATA gene" I muttered to myself.

The Ancient Technology Activation gene or ATA gene for short, was a specific gene found within the DNA of the Ancients that was used as a sort of "genetic key", so that only their kind could operate most of their technology. This was done for reasons of safety and security.

According to Dr. Carson Beckett, who discovered its existence, the ATA gene was always on, and worked by instructing various cells in the body to produce a series of proteins and enzymes that interact with the skin, the nervous system and the brain, allowing gene carriers to operate Ancient technology by thought alone.

in the Stargate verse the gene was introduced into the human population through interbreeding with the Ancients, as such a small percentage of humans from Earth had gene. However, since nearly 10,000 years went by since the Ancients ascended and the time humans started using the Stargate, the gene became exceedingly rare among humans, and rarer still for those who possess it to have much proficiency in its use.

The Mystical Sensitivity gene like the ATA gene seemed to have a strength of sort, and that might explain why Morgause, Mordred and Morgana, who could all have the same mother who may have been a High Priestess of the Old Religion, could be so powerful. The gene was somehow stronger in them than in others giving them more raw power than others.

Merlin was something of a special case, and as such didn't need to fit the pattern, but he too had a parent which some sort of supernatural power that the child inherited. Also his mother might have the gene as well, it could just be dormant in her for some reason.

The druids must breed with each other and that was why they all had the gene, but it wasn't as strong in them as it was it other, but some druids did have magical powers so the gene seemed to be stronger in some. Mordred was adopted into a druid clan, perhaps not just to help him learn how to control his powers, but because they wanted to expand their genepool and get more spell casters in their clan.

Arthur despite having been convinced with the aid of magic did not have this gene and didn't appear to have the Mystical Sensitivity Perk either, so simply being around magic didn't cause you develop the gene. It had to be inherited.

While this did fit in some of what I understood of human biology, at least to some extent, it didn't explain how Gaius could cast any spells, he didn't have the gene and as far as I knew wasn't descended from any magic users. So clearly magic wasn't limited to people with the right gene.

Which again suggested that there was a supernatural force somewhere that allowed people to use magic even if they had no gene for it. The Triple Goddess, who was worshipped by at least some followers of the Old Religion, seemed most likely to be the force.

I also remembered that Gaius acquired his powers through years of study, and all magic users seemed to require that, and while I had the gene as well the spellcasting ability I wasn't in the same League as the likes of Mordred, Merlin, and Morgana, I would have to get a much more expensive Perk for that.

So study was also a factor in who could and couldn't use magic as well as genetics and this outside force. Which made it all very confusing still despite what I had so far discovered.

"This gene doesn't explain how magic can be stripped from a person by a magical creature and then returned by visiting a strong source of magic" Cortana said.

She was referring to an event that happened in the show at the end of the last season when Morgana used a creature that was snuck into Merlin's chambers to strip him of his magic, but Merlin's powers were restored by the trip a special place called the crystal cave.

"If magic were easily understood it would just be another branch of science" I said to the AI, while also watching Cameron bend over to pick something up "It has rules, but it might also a will of its own, like the Force".

Which I wasn't sure I get myself the Force when I visited Star Wars since I was still learning magic, and might be for decades, making it hard to devote time to training as a Sith or Jedi, or something between the two. But that at least was something I could worry about later.

"Which can also be inherited" Cortana stated.

The multiverse was complex, and filled with many mysteries that needed solving. While I intended to figure out as many of them as I could there was some stuff I might never understand and the genetics of magic seemed to be one of them.

"You should visit that crystal cave that you mention in your files" Cortana advised "It may provide some answers".

Something within me, possible this was a product of my Mystical Sensitivity Perk, was warning me not to go. I didn't feel ready to go there at the moment.

"I'm sure that I will one day" I said to the AI.

Going to the cave could boost my magical powers, I had a feeling that they would if that was what I really wanted, but so far I'd not studied much in the way of magic, and while I had some experience in controlling great power, filling myself with magical energy might be more than I could handle at this stage.

Not that I needed to rush as I still had most of a decade to go find out. For now I was going to sit back in my deck chair, drink some vodka and orange juice, while enjoying sunbathing on a version of Earth that still had a fully intact ozone layer.

(Line Break)

Cosmic Warehouse. Albion.

I'd left to go sunbathing at night and it was still dark when I returned to Camelot, so I'd decided not to bother getting much sleep this night. I'd come into the Cosmic Warehouse so that I could use its computer system, and now I was working putting a list together.

Using the files I had stored on this computer system I was working out which magical items I wanted to find and then put in this place. This required me to check out every item I could remember in the show, and then figure out a plan for acquiring it.

Later I would check my files on mythology, starting with the Celtic stuff, which was part of a large collection of information that I'd gotten from Daniel Jackson during the last Jump. I would use this priceless knowledge to add more items to the list, ones not seen or even mentioned in the show that may exist in this universe just like the adder stone which I'd given to Morgana, and given her good mood recently seemed to work.

"In the show The Mage Stone was a magical stone wielded by the renegade sorcerer known as Tauren" I said to the terminal which copied my words into this new file "From what I can remember it appears to be made out of Baltic amber, and was held in metal that was shaped into a claw".

This was an ancient and powerful magical tool capable of transmutation, which was to change the very essence of things. That power held no interest to me as I could make all the gold I wanted, as far as I knew it couldn't be used to turn say lead into naquadah, which would have been useful to me.

What did interest me was that The Mage Stone was also capable of absorbing and deflecting magical blasts of energy. Which could make handy tool if I ever had to face down some of the magical big guns like Merlin. Although if I had to do that I'd rather use my near-ascended powers, or better yet a sniper rifle.

I knew that when someone with magical powers holds the stone, it resonates and the strong magic that emanates could be felt from far away. Since I was Mystically Sensitive I should be able to feel it when it was brought to Camelot, which should be soon, and maybe Morgana would as well, it depend on how developed her abilities were. I got the sense that her powers hadn't fully awoken yet. Merlin would for sure, and I intended to take the stone before he even knew of its existence.

"The Mage Stone is much like The Philosopher's Stone in the Harry Potter verse" I told the machine "That legendary object, which exists in the stories of my original word, say that it was able to transmute any metal into gold or silver, produce the Elixir of Life and perhaps other things. The Stone was considered the "Holy Grail" of Alchemy and was long sought by Alchemists".

I recalled at this point that while the stone was in Camelot that Morgana and Uther would get into a big fight which would result in the king locking his ward up in the dungeon. That might be the best time to recruit Morgana and to leave this kingdom.

At that time I could offer Morgana the chance to see this entire world and more, as well as the chance to explore her magic. If I'd been successful in making her care for me, then she should take me up on the offer, and we could get of Camelot.

Perhaps one day when Arthur was king we could return, and I could tell that I took Morgana away for her own safety, which was partly why I wanted to take her away from, he was the forgiving sort and might take me back. I hoped so because I really, really, really, really wanted to be a Knight of the Round Table.

I could leave probes behind in this kingdom in order to keep an eye on things while I was gone, and I could time my return in such a way that I was seen as a hero. That would be very cool. But for now I needed to focus on obtaining magical items.

The Mage Stone wasn't the only crystal which I had my eye on. In the show two thugs, Dagr and Ebor, were put in the stocks by Arthur Pendragon after they initiated a bar brawl in a tavern because the barmaid Mary refused to give Dagr some money as part of his protection racket.

They wanted revenge on the prince and later visited the sorcerer called Cylferth, who gave them the Blood crystals and the Stulorne Blades which appear blunt to the eye but in reality are razor sharp. They planned to use these blunt looking blades to kill Arthur during some tournament.

Which wasn't important right now, even if I did add the information to the file. What did matter was that the Blood crystals allowed the wearer to mimic the form of anyone whose blood they touched. Which didn't have to be dangerous for anyone as there were safe ways to get blood from someone.

The Blood crystals would be useful for my group as none of us had ever been able to perfect the the process of using holograms to make a person look like someone else. Which was understandable as given my group's ability to go in and out of phase it never been very important to be able to hide in other ways, but I would still like the crystals and to find them all I would have to do was locate the sorcerer called Cylferth and pay him with easily obtained gold.

No doubt there were other items from the show that I could track down and then obtain, but that could wait I was starting to feel tired all of a sudden and I had a few things I needed to do tomorrow so I decided to head off for bed.

(Line Break)

Gravesight. Albion.

"I'm the one visiting my father's grave, but you seem the sad one" Morgana commented.

She'd just finished laying some flowers before the stones and the tree that marked Sir Gorlois resting place. I'd been tasked with escorting her ladyship to this place along with a few of the guards. We were further away from Camelot than Morgana would normally ride as such I was not considered enough protection.

"I'm fine my lady" I said.

While I often omitted certain facts I rarely outright lied to people, however I just did as things were not okay with me. Last night I'd attempt to transcend my body so that I could see the objective of a holy quest and I'd failed so miserably that I was glad that I hadn't told anyone about it.

I'd kept getting distracted by new ideas. The whole thing had reminded me of the time Rodney Mckay in the Stargate Atlantis show tried to ascend in order to avoid dying, but kept getting distracted by new ideas that his advancing mind came up with. I was having that same problem every time I tried to transcend.

At one point I'd been looking out of the small window at the moon and I'd been thinking about building a satellite in order to extend the range of the transports. That way I could beam myself to the moon and walk on its surface more than a thousand years before Neil Armstrong would get there.

Actually thinking on it again I now realised that it would be better to send some bots via the beaming tech and have them place a ring platform in order to make the journey safer. Then I could move a lot of equipment to the moon and build myself a moon base. That would be cool.

"You're not telling me the honest truth" Morgana gently accused, as we made our way back to the horses and the waiting guards "Tell me what troubles you Sir Gothic".

I took a few deep breath.

"The king's commands of late have left me a little unsettled" I admitted.

This was partly what was bothering me. There were other matters, but the king's misuse of his knights had really taken the shine of becoming a Knight of Camelot. Like many boys who'd read of the adventures of the Knights of the Round Table I'd imagined myself going on quests and battling monsters. The reality was proving to be disappointing, and my inner child didn't like that at all.

"Knights are meant to protect people not barge into their homes while looking for people who just wanted to visit the market" I told Morgana.

I could forgive the king for having me wander the corridors of the citadel at night. Protecting the Royal Household was part of my duties, but the king was taking things too far, and I knew that it would only get worse as time went by.

Which was why I was giving serious thought to killing Uther while hoping that Arthur was ready to take the throne despite the fact that he was clotpole. However I couldn't just come out and tell Morgana that, although letting her know that I didn't approve of her guardian's actions might bring us closer together.

"Arthur mentioned his own displeasure at the king's commands concerning the druids" Morgana told me.

I remembered very well the sour look on the prince's face as he issued orders to the knights. None of us had been happy about the commands, but we were sworn to obey.

My thinking was that if the prince were to rebel against his father for the man's tyranny that the knights would side with the Arthur, but the once and future King loved his father to much for that, and he would be loath to start even a short civil war.

"That doesn't surprise me" I said.

By now we were back at the horses, and here there were guards who would no doubt report anything they heard to the ruler of this land, as such we weren't free to speak.

"Shall we return to the citadel, my lady?" I asked.

I'd been ordered to take her to this place and bring her back, so she didn't really have a choice, but there was no harm in letting her pretend she could decided.

"We shall, Sir Gothic" she replied.

And with that we set off back to the castle.

(Line Break)

Isle of the Blessed. Albion.

Since I knew that my teacher would most likely be dead within the next few months I did not object when she once more summoned me to her island for my lessons in magic. It was pretty easy to get out of my duties for a while and I didn't have much travel time thanks to my transporters.

When I found Nimueh she was cooking what smelled to be venison stew. Since she wasn't finished I was able to take some time to explore the cave that she was currently using as a home. She seemed to change cave every so often, which made sense as there were people out there hunting magic users and even Nimueh was vulnerable when she was sleeping.

I found this cave to be surprisingly cozy. There was a huge, warm fire in the center that somehow didn't end up filling the cave with smoke. Around the fire were three large piles of furs, all soft and warm. There was a back part of the cave, where Nimueh kept her belongings. Such as her clothes, candles, jewels and what I guessed to be magical artifacts.

"Dinner is ready" the High Priestess called out.

I almost didn't take the stew, thinking that she may have drugged it, or put a potion into it, but if Nimueh wanted to do me any harm then she could have easily done so by now. She seemed more interested in teaching others than hurting Uther, which would explain why she didn't actually do much during her time in on the show despite being the big bad for the first season.

Also if Cortana detected that something was up with my life signs, she'd beam to the fortress base and right into a stasis booth if needs be while Cameron figured out what was wrong, or into the Goa'uld sarcophagus that I'd recently taken out of the Cosmic Warehouse, over using that device made humans crazy, but that risk was worth it if prevented the end of Jump Chain.

The stew just turned out be yummy food, and while I ate Nimueh took the time to start my lessons. I knew that Cortana would ensure that this was all recorded so that at a later date I would be able to add the information to a data disc or even that holocron I planned to make, or at into the grimoire I planned to write.

However while I could review the information at a later date I paid close attention to her words as these lessons were valuable, and not to listen would be plain rude. There was no sense offending someone as powerful as Nimueh, it could be bad for my health.

(Line Break)

Isle of the Blessed. Albion.

The next morning I woke up to find that the once dark cave was now filled with gentle sunlight. Which didn't really make sense because there were no holes, cracks or windows, natural or otherwise within the cave. As such I couldn't tell where the light was coming from. Even scanning the place didn't help, but with my Mystical Sensitivity Perk I could feel energy all around me so I figured that some magic spell must be behind this.

I wandered around the cave and found that Nimueh was nowhere to be found, so I took this chance to acquire some of her DNA, which wasn't hard as we'd spent the night together on the same pile of furs and while her hair was dark like mine was, it was a lot longer than my hair.

Cameron wasn't hanging about out of phase this time, as someone needed to keep an eye of my fool of a cousin, so I hid the sample inside my special bag of holding, which was something only I could get into thanks to the features of the bag.

Before long I headed outside of the cave, and I must have gotten turned around at some point as I found myself on a part of the island that I'd never seen before. In fact since the island wasn't that large so soon I figured that the cave had an exit that led to somewhere nearby.

I was now standing by a beautiful stream which was somewhere in a peaceful forest. I found it to be a serene place, and I felt a sense of calm within myself. My Mystical Sensitivity Perk was telling that I was safe here and that there was some sort of power here. I imagined I'd have none that even without the perk.

On a whim I decided to go take a morning dip. Thanks to the Evercleansed Perk I didn't actually need to wash, but that didn't mean I didn't enjoy bathing. So I carefully placed my clothes on a dry spot by the river bed. Now naked I got into the stream, which was deeper than it looked, and began to wash as best I could with soap or a washcloth.

A moment later I heard a female voice shouting and when I turned I saw that a huge wave of water that was heading towards me. I didn't know what to do. I was without any of my tech and my near-ascended powers weren't much help against tidal waves. Well that wasn't true, I could control the elements with those powers, there was just no time.

Scildan!

I'd not removed the magical ring that I nearly always wore, which projected a shield before me. This did not stop the wave entirely, but it slowed it down enough for it to be not harmful. In fact I barely even felt the water pass me by, it only tickled my bare body.

At this point I amazed at what I had just done, so I just stood there with my hand raised into the air. The power that surged through me felt incredible. I had never in my life felt anything like it, and even with the ring doing the real work I had felt the magic pass through me, like I was a mere conductor and it was a electrical current, only in a very pleasant way. Even my near-ascended powers didn't provide that kind of rush.

"Nicely done," I heard the woman, who turned out to be Nimueh say "A powerful defence".

Right now she was standing by the side of the stream. If she noticed that I'd used the ring she didn't show any signs of it.

"You must let your emotions fill you when you perform magic, and let the emotion show in your voice" Nimueh told me.

With that she turned to leave.

"Why did you do that?" I asked.

Looking around I expected to find my clothes washed away or soaked, only they were dry, in fact nothing looked as it hit by the water. Everything seemed calm as before. She not been trying to hurt me, instead she been testing with an illusion of sorts.

"Was that an illusion?" I wondered, wanting to know more about what had just happened.

Nimueh couldn't answer me as she had already vanished.

(Line Break)

Wilderness. Albion.

After my very alarming wake up call this morning, my teacher took me on a hike deep into what I was coming to think of as an enchanted woods. I could feel the sense of calm here.

"This is my private spot," Nimueh said, while sitting down on a patch of grass, "there is another field where the remaining High Priestesses meet, close to here, but no man may go there".

Which made me want to go even more, but I restrained myself.

"Come sit with me" my teacher said.

As I sat down next to her I noticed that Nimueh was sitting cross-legged and breathing deeply while she had her eyes closed.

"Close your eyes and breath, try to feel the rhythm of nature" my teacher instructed.

That didn't make any sense to me. Of course I was aware that nature had cycles, such as the four seasons, however I had no idea if that was what Nimueh meant, or if she was talking about something else.

"What does that even mean?" I asked.

While I had taken up mediation while living in the Cloister with a group of humans who'd been attempting to ascended via spiritual means, that had been more about looking inward, and no so much about trying to sense what was around me. So while my near-ascended abilities might seem magical to an outside observer, they were actually very different.

"If you listen, you can hear it" Nimueh instructed.

Lacking anything better to do I sat quietly and listened to my surroundings. I could hear the wind as it moved the leaves in the trees. I could hear the birds singing in the trees, they were some distance away so it wasn't distracting. I felt the clam and peace here, but there was no rhythm whatever that meant.

"Alright, get up," I heard Nimueh say after a while.

"But I haven't.." I protested.

She didn't let me finish.

"It can take years for someone to fully understand the ebb and flow of nature, and there will time for you learn that. Today was just the start" Nimueh told me "But for now I still have much to teach you".

Before I'd even gotten up she was telling me more about magic.

"To perform magic successfully, to cast spells like you did at the stream you have to let singular feeling fill you up" I was told "Smaller bit of magic don't require more than just your will, like when I taught you how to light a fire with your mind".

I remembered that lesson very well. It hadn't taken me long to master, however since I could have done it much more easily with my near-ascended powers the lesson by itself hadn't been of much value. Of course I understood that like with anything else a person needed to learn it was best to start of with something simple. We all do basic sums before learning algebra.

"Certain movements will help you direct your emotions into aiding with magic. I will show you a few movements that work to help with more complex spells" she said "Watch closely".

She crouched down deep into the grass. With a single movement, she turned in a half circle, still keeping close to the ground, and whisked her arms up. From the top of her fingers came little flickers of blue fire that soon became a circle of fire that was kept in a small circle around her.

I could tell that she'd used anger to fuel this magical fire, but also that she had incredible control of it as the fire was easily controlled and didn't seem to be harming her at all. As anger and fire were closely linked when it came to magic.

"The movements help, but they simply direct the magic, which is fuelled by the emotions," she explained "Magic is a power than anyone can learn to harness even if few can master it, now show me that you harness it".

With another gesture she made the fire vanish.

"Now you must think of something that makes you feel angry" I was instructed "Something very strong, a memory, or think of a person who makes you feel anger, and let it fill you up completely"

I did just that. Remembering the times when things I'd seen in the different universes had made me angry. The sheer stupidity and selfishness of others, the needless cruelty and the injustices that I'd seen. It wasn't that different from the use of some of near-ascended powers so I was quickly able to harness my anger and turn into fire. Which I used to set a tree on fire.

Nimueh quietly clapped her hands and muttered a few words. It rained just long enough to prevent a forest fire from starting up and then stopped. Which again was something I could do with my near-ascended powers, which made me wonder if there was really that much difference between being a powerful magic user and a near-ascended human.

"You're powerful than I realised" Nimueh said "Very good"

I could see now why someone people became addicted to this kind of power, it was a big rush and I promised myself that I could be careful in how I used it. I couldn't allow myself to become of those people who was fuelled by rage and hate.

"Let's return to the island" said Nimueh "Before you go I have a few more things to show you".

I knew that soon there would be a special ceremony that would recognise Arthur as the crown-prince of Camelot. On that night Nimueh would unleash an undead thing known as a Wraith as part of her plans for revenge on Uther. I planned to watch events closely, but not to interfere as I didn't want to upset my teacher and I also didn't want to prevent Merlin from creating Excalibur. Besides there was a good chance that the Wraith would kill Uther I really wouldn't want to miss that.