"several groups of enemies that are dressed as dragons. King Arthur (Marvel Comics) King Arthur is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on King Arthur of Arthurian legend. Arthur Pendragon is the son of King Uther and Igraine. The wizard Merlin had Arthur brought up by the knight Sir Ector and his son Kay. When Uther died from an illness without being able to see his son, Merlin held a contest in London where whoever pulls Excalibur from the stone will become the new king. When Arthur found the sword in"
"Arthur (Bradley James), as well as Lady Morgana (Katie McGrath) and her handmaid, Guinevere (Angel Coulby). As a witch (Eve Myles) plans revenge on the King's heir for the execution of her son, Merlin is informed by a cryptic dragon (John Hurt) that his destiny is to protect Arthur. ""Merlin"" was conceived by Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps to be an origin story for the characters of the Arthurian legends, with family-centered entertainment. Young actors with little experience were cast as the four lead characters, while better-known actors were cast in supporting roles. Many of the scenes in Camelot were"
"Merlin (Marvel Comics) Merlin is the name of multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Merlin of the Marvel Universe is apparently the figure of Arthurian legend, hailing from 6th century A.D. Britain. He was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He was a powerful sorcerer who acted as teacher, advisor, and defender of King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot. Merlin warned King Arthur that his son, Mordred would be responsible for the end of Camelot, but before Arthur could put the baby to death, he was rescued and raised in anonymity. Merlin was responsible for"
"Uther's court, with a poppet. Mary assumes Helen's appearance using an enchantment, though her true hideous appearance can still be seen in her reflection (like in mirrors or water). Outside, Merlin stands up for a servant who is being bullied by his master, but as the master turns out to be the King's spoiled son, Arthur (Bradley James), Merlin is imprisoned. For the second night in a row, he hears a voice calling his name. Gaius frees him the next morning, though Merlin has to spend time in the stocks. There he meets Morgana's handmaiden Guinevere or ""Gwen"" (Angel Coulby),"
"to 2012 ""Merlin"" chronicles the adventures of a young warlock who serves as Arthur's servant and Gaius' ward; Merlin must secretly develop his magical gifts under the gaze of Kings Uther and Arthur, both of whom despise the art. The show was loosely based on the Arthurian legends of Merlin and his relationship with King Arthur. Morgan was nominated for and won multiple acting awards, including the ""Caron Keating Outstanding Newcomer Award"" in the 56th annual Variety Club Showbiz Award ceremony on 16 November 2008 (at the start of the series) and the ""Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male"" award"
"Merlin (poem) Merlin is a partially lost epic poem of the Arthurian legend in which the French knight-poet Robert de Boron reworked Geoffrey of Monmouth's material about the legendary figure of Merlin, writing in Old French sometime in either the late 12th or early 13th century. Together with Robert's other works, ""Joseph"" and ""Perceval"", ""Merlin"" forms a trilogy centered around the Holy Grail. ""Merlin"" tells the stories of the origin and early life of Merlin, his role in the birth of Arthur, and how Arthur became the king of Britain. It introduced a number of new motifs that later became"
"Britain in """" #3. Merlin (Marvel Comics) Merlin is the name of multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Merlin of the Marvel Universe is apparently the figure of Arthurian legend, hailing from 6th century A.D. Britain. He was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He was a powerful sorcerer who acted as teacher, advisor, and defender of King Arthur Pendragon of Camelot. Merlin warned King Arthur that his son, Mordred would be responsible for the end of Camelot, but before Arthur could put the baby to death, he was rescued and raised in anonymity."
"in Wales. Later writers expanded the account to produce a fuller image of the wizard. Merlin's traditional biography casts him as a cambion: born of a mortal woman, sired by an incubus, the non-human from whom he inherits his supernatural powers and abilities. Merlin matures to an ascendant sagehood and engineers the birth of Arthur through magic and intrigue. Later authors have Merlin serve as the king's advisor and mentor to the knights until he is bewitched and forever imprisoned or killed by the Lady of the Lake. He is popularly said to be buried in the magical forest of"
"of Merlin, although it does use the literary device of the dream vision common in courtly romance and Chaucer. (In this case, however, the dream vision of a dragon (representing Arthur) fighting a monster is more clearly derived from the Dream of Mordecai in one of the longer Greek versions of the Book of Esther.) Arthur is a more political and also flawed ruler, the story is not just based in a small realm but is always placed within a wider European situation and this Arthur is more clearly Christian than other versions. Arthur also has two legendary swords, the"
"exhibits a visible demonic aspect and goes by his Welsh name ""Myrddin."" He has also revealed the existence of several half-demon children sired and tutored by him. These descendants refer to themselves collectively as the ""Council of Merlin."" His favored daughter Sabina, a Creole witch, recently failed in her bid for the power of Shazam, which would have made her his anchor to Earth, and was instead killed when drawn into a portal in a battle with Freddy Freeman by Zeus. In ""The New 52"" Merlin makes his debut in ""Demon Knights"" #1, again as the magician of King Arthur's"
"King Arthur, his body was taken to Avalon by Merlin. Somehow, the city of Camelot was also taken to Avalon including all of the Knights of the Round Table. Merlyn created the Starlight Citadel, located on a different island than Avalon. From the Starlight Citadel he founded the Captain Britain Corps, a group of superhuman heroes who would patrol the countless Earths in the Omniverse. Merlyn became the Omniversal Guardian and was assisted in his task by the Omniversal Majestor/Majestrix. His task was to safeguard the Omniverse against any threats and the technology Merlyn provided was capable of destroying entire"
"becomes a hermit in an obscure shrine, providing healing to the injured and advice to the insecure. Later, Merlin becomes Arthur's tutor and that of two other boys: Arthur's foster-brother Cei and his friend Bedwyr. One day, Arthur discovers the sword of Maximus — his ancestor and Merlin's — hidden in a cave on an island in the centre of a lake, and names it Caliburn. Later he wins his first battle in a decisive victory against invading Saxons; whereupon his parentage is revealed and he is proclaimed the heir to Uther Pendragon. Shortly before he learns his identity, he"
"popular in medieval and later Arthurian literature, also ensuring the lasting place of Merlin as a key character in the story of King Arthur. The poem's medieval prose retelling and its continuations were also incorporated into the French chivalric romances during the early 13th century, collectively known as the Prose ""Merlin"" and later added into the Vulgate Cycle and the Post-Vulgate Cycle. Writing ""Merlin"" (c. 1195-1210), Robert de Boron was inspired by Wace's ""Roman de Brut"", an Anglo-Norman adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's ""Historia Regum Britanniae"". The poem is an allegorical tale, relating to the figure and works of Christ."
"2 #1 (August 2008), a Vertigo Comics title. In ""The Demon"" vol. 2 #1 (April 1987), Merlin is established as Etrigan's half-demon brother and subsequent uses of the character have followed this back story. Merlin is the half-demon son of the demon Belial and an unknown human woman and half-brother of the demons Lord Scapegoat and Etrigan. His very first appearance has him serving his traditional tutelary role to King Arthur in Camelot, alongside Lancelot, Guinevere, and Gareth. Merlin had further adventures in King Arthur's court. He gave a magical suit of armor (which protects its wearer from all forms"
"Williamson had had an affair while filming ""Hamlet"". His most celebrated film role was as Merlin the magician in the King Arthur epic ""Excalibur"" in 1981. Director John Boorman cast him as Merlin opposite Helen Mirren as Morgana over the protests of both actors; the two had previously appeared together on stage in ""Macbeth"", with disastrous results, and they disliked each other intensely. It was Boorman's hope that the very real animosity that they had towards each other would generate more tension between them on screen. Williamson gained recognition from a much wider fanbase for his performance as Merlin. A"
"Sir Bedivere threw it toward the lake where it was caught by the hand of the Lady of the Lake. After a night has passed, nine women dressed as queens came and loaded King Arthur's body onto a barge and rowed it across the lake as Merlin showed them the way into Avalon. As King Arthur humbled Merlin, Sir Mogard got jealous of King Arthur liking Merlin. When Sir Mogard called Merlin a fraud, he was humbled when Merlin animated a suit of armor as his Black Knight. King Arthur granted Sir Percy refuge when his lands in Scandia were"
"Merlin: The Return Merlin: The Return is a 2000 British fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Paul Matthews. The film stars Rik Mayall, Patrick Bergin, Craig Sheffer, Adrian Paul, Julie Hartley, and Tia Carrere. The film chronicles the story of Merlin and King Arthur. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2000. For 1500 years, the powers of Merlin (Rik Mayall) have kept the evil Mordred (Craig Sheffer) and his mother Morgana (Grethe Fox) captive in another world. When a present-day scientist (Tia Carrere) stumbles upon the gateway between this world and the one Mordred"
"three years of peace and harmony, Camelot's future couldn't appear brighter. But as Merlin helps King Arthur to bring the kingdom into a Golden Age, the seeds of Camelot's destruction are being sown as the sorceress Morgana Pendragon resumes plotting Arthur's downfall. When an old face returns to the castle and gains a position amongst the king's inner circle, Merlin must be on guard more than ever. For the new arrival is the sorcerer Mordred, the Druid boy whose destiny it is to end the King's life and bring chaos to Camelot; after all, Merlin has been warned in the"
"The Book of Merlyn The Book of Merlyn is an Arthurian fantasy book by British writer T. H. White. It is the conclusion of ""The Once and Future King"", but it was published separately and posthumously. The book opens as King Arthur prepares himself for his final battle. Merlyn reappears to complete Arthur's education and discover the cause of wars. As he did in ""The Sword in the Stone"", Merlyn again demonstrates ethics and politics to Arthur by transforming him into various animals. The last chapter of the book takes place only hours before the final battle between King Arthur"
"show, while flashbacks detail Malcolm's past as Arthur King. Long before Oliver Queen would become the vigilante Green Arrow, he was inspired to take up archery after hearing of the exploits of Arthur King, otherwise known as ""Merlyn the Magician"", a master archer with acute accuracy. Years later, Merlyn challenged Oliver, now operating as the Green Arrow, to a public archery duel and defeated him. With that victory under his belt, Merlyn vanished for years before resurfacing as a member of the League of Assassins. During his time with the League, Merlyn took part in the highly abusive training of"
"by followers of Joseph of Arimathea, the Grail is eventually recovered by Arthur's knight Percival. Robert's poem was rewritten and continued in prose in the 13th century as the ""Estoire de Merlin"", also called the Vulgate ""Merlin ""or Prose ""Merlin"". It is a part of the vast Lancelot-Grail"","" also known as the Vulgate Cycle, where (in the Prose ""Lancelot"") it is said that Merlin actually was never baptized. It was further expanded with the Post-Vulgate ""Suite du Merlin"" (also known as ""Merlin Continuation"" or the Huth ""Merlin""), which describes King Arthur's many early wars and the role of Merlin in"
"in charge of developing a series about Merlin in 2005 for BBC. However, despite several scripts being written, BBC Head of Drama Jane Tranter eventually decided not to green-light the project, although it later emerged, without Chibnall's involvement, as ""Merlin"" (2008–2012). Executive producer Morgan O'Sullivan also had experience with the story through his involvement with the 2004 film ""King Arthur"". Publicity releases noted the series would consist of ten episodes that would ""redefine the classic medieval tale of King Arthur."" Advance descriptions of the series described it as having ""sex, sword-fighting, magic, comedy"". According to a tongue-in-cheek comment by star"
"his fault. Merlin encounters Frik among the survivors of Arthur's army, who warns him that although Mab is greatly weakened, she is still dangerous. Merlin confronts Mab at Camelot but the ensuing magical duel ends in stalemate. Mab sneers that she is invulnerable to conventional means of destruction, but Merlin responds that she will be defeated when she is forgotten. Mab slowly fades into nothing as Merlin, Frik and the entire court of Camelot turn their backs on her and walk away. Merlin is again shown back in the ""present"" finishing his story. Frik appears along with Merlin's aged magic"
"lose his powers and becomes a sort of master spy to assist King Arthur as he begins the task of uniting all of Britain. Arthur is now King and hard at work establishing Camelot as the center of government and authority. A few ambitious lords from other parts of Britain have designs on Arthur's throne, and Merlin is kept busy preventing them from doing so. Having unwisely taken Morgause (his half-sister) to his bed as a very young man after his first battle and victory, Arthur is now the father of Mordred. Merlin foresees that Mordred will be the cause"
"adventures in which Merlin does not appear at all. The earliest English verse romance concerning Merlin is ""Of Arthour and of Merlin"", which drew from the chronicles and the French Lancelot-Grail. As the Arthurian myths were retold and embellished, Merlin's prophetic aspects were sometimes de-emphasised in favour of portraying him as a wizard and an elder advisor to Arthur. His role could be embellished and added to that of Aurelianus Ambrosius, or he could be made into just one of old Uther's favourite advisors. Merlin's apprentice is often Morgan le Fay (in the ""Prophéties de Merlin"" along with Sebile and"
"Merlin is the son of Prince Corwin of Amber and Lady Dara of Chaos. Raised in the Courts of Chaos, Merlin became interested in his father and Amber after the Patternfall war. In his youth, he studied magic in the Courts of Chaos and walked both the Logrus and the Pattern. After this, Merlin travelled to Shadow Earth to study computer engineering, assuming the name Merle Corey. During his time in college, Merlin made friends with a fellow student Luke Reynard who was, unbeknownst to Merlin, his cousin Rinaldo, son of Brand. Merlin combined his magical and computer skills to"
"a heart attack in Palm Springs, California, on December 20, 1961. King Arthur is nervous about his upcoming arranged marriage and is hiding in a tree. Merlyn the Magician, his wise tutor, calls Arthur down to warn the young king that he must learn to think for himself. Merlyn, who lives backwards in time and remembers the future as well as the past, knows he will soon be separated from Arthur. Merlyn persuades Arthur to climb down and chides him for his unkingly behavior. Arthur then left alone, ponders both his subjects and his own feelings about the intended nuptials"
"to Arthur on his Mother's side, his father the chief elder of Cornwall. In Robert de Boron's poem ""Merlin"", Igraine's previous husband is an unnamed Duke of Tintagel and it is by him that she becomes the mother of two unnamed daughters. One marries King Lot and by him becomes the mother of Gawain, Mordred, Gaheriet and Guerrehet. A second daughter, also unnamed in some variants but in some named Morgaine, is married to King Nentres of Garlot, who is identified with Budic II of Brittany. According to Robert de Boron, Igraine died before her second husband. A third illegitimate"
"Merlin and the War of the Dragons Merlin and the War of the Dragons is a 2008 fantasy film produced by The Asylum, based loosely on the legends of King Arthur. It was filmed entirely on location in Wales. In Pre-England Britain, before the birth of King Arthur, Merlin (Simon Lloyd Roberts) serves under King Vortigern (Hefin Wyn). Soon after Vortigern's coronation, fire-breathing dragons land in Britain, setting fire to buildings and eating its inhabitants. The dragons threaten the existence of Britain, and Vortigern instructs Merlin to lead an army against the dragons, ordering his best generals, Hengist (Iago McGuire)"
"they joined Emma at Merlin's tree, Arthur and his Knights are ready to stop Regina and Emma from releasing Merlin, calling them liars. As Regina unleashed her hand of fire to keep Arthur at bay, she tells Emma to use the spell, which unleashes light and dark magic, freeing Merlin. The now-human sorcerer then calls out Emma, and lashed out at Arthur, telling the King that he - and not Merlin's false prophecies - are to blame for this mess, and added as long as the dagger and Excalibur are separated Merlin is untouchable. Arthur, however says this is far"
"in passing in Chrétien's ""Lancelot"", as Arthur's primary court. This series of texts was quickly followed by the Post-Vulgate Cycle (), of which the ""Suite du Merlin"" is a part, which greatly reduced the importance of Lancelot's affair with Guinevere but continued to sideline Arthur, and to focus more on the Grail quest. As such, Arthur became even more of a relatively minor character in these French prose romances; in the Vulgate itself he only figures significantly in the ""Estoire de Merlin"" and the ""Mort Artu"". During this period, Arthur was made one of the Nine Worthies, a group of"
"Round Table, Regina freezes Arthur, and they are ready to take the sword from Arthur, only to discover that Zelena was working with Arthur and tethered Merlin to Excalibur, which now bears an inscription of his name. (This spell introduced Dark Magic into Merlin's body.) Despite David's pleas, Arthur uses the sword to summon Merlin. As Merlin and Emma are returning to Camelot, Emma discovers that Merlin is missing, even as he appears in front of Arthur. Arthur forces Merlin to disarm the others, but Merlin informs him that Emma had passed her test, and that he had what he"
"into Merlin as the Master of Magic tells the audience that they are about enter the time of a young Arthur, before he became king. Arthur begs Merlin to teach him about magic, and Merlin explains that Arthur first needs to learn how to live in harmony with nature. Their lesson is interrupted by the arrival of the witch Morgana, who seeks to kill Arthur to keep him from fulfilling his destiny of becoming king. Merlin and Morgana duke it out as giant dragons in a fiery on-stage battle before Arthur pulls the sword from the stone and defeats the"