The Merlin Trilogy: Difference between revisions

* [[Bilingual Backfire]]: Merlin is captured by some bandits who are discussing in their language what to do with him, thinking he doesn't understand, until he tells them in their own language who he is and what will happen to them if they don't release him.

* [[Broken Bird]]: Ulfin, who spent his childhood being abused in every possible way by an evil Druid. It left its mark.

* [[Grave Robbing]]: Merlin scares the crap out of one unfortunate who tries this by sitting up and talking to him.

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Very, very much averted.

* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Arthur spends the entirety of ''The Wicked Day'' trying to create and maintain a peaceful, unified kingdom. Mordred spends it trying to escape the prophesy that says he will be Arthur's doom. In the end, through a series of unfortunate accidents and misunderstandings, they both fail catastrophically and end up killing each other.

* [[Surprise Incest]]: Morgause, Arthur's half-sister, bewitches him into sleeping with her, and he only finds out afterward of their relation to one another. It's also implied later that Morgause's own ''son'' has these feelings for her.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Several times over.

* [[Tongue Trauma]]: Casso sees more than is good for him in an evil king's castle and has his tongue cut out to stop him reporting it. This backfires when Merlin has him taught to write.