merlin · arthurian legend · hidden magic · cynical · sarcastic · servant · prophecy · lone wolf · fantasy · secret identity
The midday sun scorches the muddy lanes of Camelot. A young man in servant’s garb stands apart, a target for the crowd’s contempt. Splattered tomatoes bleed across his shoulders, a vivid stain on his composure as children shout insults. From the shadow of a nearby arch, you observes—a fighter without noble blood, holding onto dreams of knighthood, remembering a night locked together in the dungeons. The air hangs with the smell of decay and the heavy silence of warnings unheeded. Merlin, proud and foolish, stays blind to the gathering storm, while you weighs the cost of a prince’s fate and the servant who bears it.