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bitsandbobsofwriting · 3 years

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The aftermath of Merlin snapping, and yelling at Arthur in the middle of the forest;

Arthur pushes for change, the gang takes bets on when Merthur will happen, and someone, somewhere, is grumpy.

Part 2 of Merlin’s Angry Outburst.

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Once Arthur has a first draft of the repeal, the first people he brings in on it (with Merlin’s approval, of course) are the 5 knights, Gwen, Gaius, and Morgana.

(Morgana, who later that evening comes back to Arthur's chamber in tears (Merlin is also there) to reveal her magic, and thank him for not being Uther.)

All of them enthusiastically agree, after only a little conversation.

Elyan and Leon are the most... dubious, but only because of the practical factor, they don't disagree with the actual repeal.

After months of the gang working in secret, they reveal their best draft to the council. At least half the council are new members that Arthur appointed, the rest are left over from Uther’s time.

They argue back and forth for a while, half vs half. A few of the older members, who were around before the purge, slowly start changing their minds.

In the end, it takes them maybe a month to get a majority, and Arthur overrules the remaining opposition. He is King after all, technically, he doesn’t even have to have a council.

Days after the agreement is reached, Arthur goes out personally to collect a few specific Druids, who had been waiting just outside the border for the go ahead.

It takes maybe another month to go through all the laws thoroughly, changing and editing and altering what needs to be altered. With the help of Arthur's close advisors on the political aspects, and the help of the Druids, Merlin, and Gaius, on the magical aspects (what should be allowed freely, what should be monitored, and what should remain fully banned).

The city celebrates when the announcement is made, they all loved the new King anyway, and had been overjoyed with the drop in executions, and deliberate ignoring of small instances of magic.

After a feast to celebrate the new found freedom among the people, the gang gathers once more, in private, and Merlin tells a shortened version of the story he'd told Arthur all those months ago.

None of them are that surprised (Gaius, Morgana, and Lancelot already knew, of course).

If they hadn't suspected Merlin of being a sorcerer before this whole thing started (Leon, Gwaine, and Gwen definitely suspected) , then they had certainly begun to in the last few months. They cheer when Merlin finishes telling them "just how often I've saved your oblivious arses" .

They cheer even louder when Arthur announces that he would be made court sorcerer, and it would be made official in a ceremony before the week ended.

There are no cheers when Morgana stands.

Curious eyes land on her, probably due to how terrified she looks, but the small encouraging nods and little smiles she gets from her brother (her Brother), Merlin, and Gwen, give her the strength she needs to tell everyone of her magic as well.

They see she is frightened, they imagine how difficult it must have been, being at first Uther’s ward, and then his daughter. They smile gently, and she receives hugs a plenty. Once all the congratulations are out of the way, she sits back down next to Gwen, still shaky and full of adrenaline, but happy.

She spends the remainder of the group’s quiet celebrations with her hand gripped in Gwen's under the table.

(Read this how you want, I personally envision it as the start of something)

So the days draw on, Merlin is announced Court Sorcerer, Arthur hires another manservant and gives Merlin a large set of chambers in the same hallways as Arthur's, complete with all the books on magic Arthur can find, and several of the magical artefacts that had previously been kept locked away (Merlin and Arthur are the only ones who are able to gain access to the room, something magicky I guess).

(No one mentions that that corridor is supposed to be for royalty only. Leon figures they're bound to realise that they're in love with each other any day now, and then Merlin will practically be royalty anyway so... might as well cut out the middle bit of having to shuffle chambers again later on).

The kingdom is prospering, and for months after the initial announcement, and implementations of the new laws, sorcerers and nobles from all over Albion, visit Camelot, to give congratulations to the King.

They give gifts and provide knowledge.

The Druids, however, are a slightly different story.

The ones who had been helping with the paperwork, had been... odd(?) around Merlin. But they respected his wish to keep all of that under wraps, or at least until it was announced publicly.

Arthur and Gaius know the whole Emrys story. Lancelot and Morgana know bits of it... but other than that... as far as anyone is concerned, the newly promoted Court Sorcerer is just another wizard.

The new Druids entering the kingdom are paying brief respects to the Forever King (I mean... at this point, he's still only King of Camelot... which is what he was before the magic ban repeal), before staring in reverence at the Court Sorcerer stood by his side.

They respect his wishes to keep the worshipping and gift giving to a minimum, though they still come to him for requests of miracles and ask him to perform druid ceremonies (blessings and name-givings and weddings and funerals (though they prefer to call them celebrations of life, rather than commiserations of death) and such).

Merlin can only brush off so many displays of such awe before the rest of The Gang demands to know what’s up, at which point he has to come clean about the whole... “Most Powerful Warlock To Ever Walk The Earth” thing.

Much to Merlin’s chagrin (and everyone else's amusement) the Druids still insist on calling him Emrys. The stubborn ones sometimes even go for "My Lord Emrys", which gets them a scowl from Merlin (and barely concealed laughter from everyone else).

Maybe... later on... when Morgana is more comfortable with her magic, after a few months practicing with Merlin (with a supportive Gwen Always at her side) , she is announced as the Court Seer.

Merlin had never had much luck with prophetic visions, but once Morgana’s fear died down, once she learned to let it flow, and breathe through it, the visions come easier, and kinder.

She stops seeing only visions of doom, and worst case scenarios, instead she has dreams of the many paths the future may take.

She does not panic when a path seems grim and dark, for she has a King and a Warlock and Gwen, by her side. Always. And they work through the future together.

So the ban has been repealed officially for around 6 months.

Arthur is a couple months away from completing his second year as King. And he and Merlin are still beating around the bush.

The betting pool for when they’ll finally get together has been growing bigger and bigger. Practically the whole castle is in on it now, with Gwen and Morgana as the ring leaders. Whoever wins... will be very lucky.

(It's Leon in the end, he pays attention, and he know what his boys are like. But he's a noble and has no need for the money, he pays for a few rounds of drinks and donates the rest to one of children's homes in the lower town).

But the war comes first.

Camelot has been prospering, and has many supporters throughout Albion, but one of the kingdoms, it doesn't matter which, you decide, does NOT like this.

Scouts and small patrols have been needling Camelot’s borders for months now, and Arthur and his Council (and Inner Council) have been making quiet preparations. They know that some sort of... something, is coming soon.

Especially when Morgana begins to dream of battles and blood and lightening.

They prepare for, and expect, a full scale war, but they hope for some negotiations and a peace treaty with the opposition.

Their hopes are dashed, when a messenger is escorted into the throne room, wearing The Opposition’s colours, with a letter.

Said letter is an angry rebuttal of everything Camelot stands for, full of accusations of abandoning tradition, and spitting in the face of great leaders, of which this soft boy-king should NOT be counted as.

At the end, there was an official declaration of war.

The messenger boy was obviously scared to death, and once Arthur read the P.S, which invited Arthur to torture and/or execute him to the whatever extent he wants, he understood why. Without any hesitation, he offers the boy a job in the stables, a new wardrobe of clothes, and a servant’s bed in the castle.

After the official council meeting on the matter, setting up war committees, laying out contingency plans, organising the distribution of emergency evacuation plans, and discussing potential aid that could be requested from allies, Arthur pulls the gang together, for their own meeting.

“We knew this was coming, and there is no need to panic yet. Our outer borders are well patrolled, and we’re still getting up to date reports. The city walls hold strong, but I want to send out patrols to warn the villages of what’s coming. Start closer to the border, and work our way in. Leon?”

“My Lord, I have teams prepared for exactly that already, I just need to give the word and they’ll go.”

“Good. Morgana, I need you to try and keep focusing your visions, if we have even a small idea of how they might try to initiate the first battle, it’ll be a huge advantage.”

“Me and Merlin have been practising some new techniques to control where and when I can see, we’ll write everything down, and ask the Druids if they’ve seen anything as well.”

Arthur holds in a smile at the confidence in her voice. He is unendingly proud of how far his sister had come, and made a mental note to tell her that when all this was over.

“Brilliant, keep me in the loop. Gwen, when we’re done here, go and let the forgery know, the Royal Household will pay them extra to push out as much long range ammunition as they can. Arrows and crossbow bolts, we need as many as they can produce.” Gwen nods, and Arthur finally looks towards Merlin:

“And Merlin, I need you to be ready. Don’t wear yourself out too much in the next few weeks, I need you in good condition, if we’re to win this with minimal casualties-”

He glances over at Morgana before he continues:

“If the two of you could also ask the Druids if they have any volunteer healers. Make sure they know they aren’t obligated to come, but any help in the infirmaries would be greatly appreciated.” Morgana nods once more, as does Merlin, before he speaks:

“There’s a camp a couple hours ride outside the city at the moment, we’ll head out at first light-” He pauses and closes his eyes for a second, tilting his head, before looking to Morgana:

“They’re expecting us.”

Arthur addresses the room again:

“Right. I think that’s all for now, anyone have anything to add?”

Gaius responds after a moment:

“My Lord, if I could make a request for a few servants to help me set up supplies for the infirmary? Extensive preparations will need to be made to ensure that I have all I’ll need. Preferably people with rough herbal knowledge, if at all possible.”

Arthur nods straight away, responding:

“Yes, of course, I’ll ask the Housekeeper and the Steward who they can spare this evening, and they’ll be ready for you in the morning. Anything else?” At the silence in the room, Arthur tells everyone to get to work.

Leon marches straight down to the training grounds (Lancelot, Gwaine, Percival, and Elyan following him) to ring the summoning bell and inform the knights of the developments, and their tasks.

Gwen heads straight to the forgery (her and Elyan still oversee work there, but they have employees (and a few trainees) to run it) to give the Kings order.

Gaius shuffles out, and makes his way back to his quarters, already making mental lists of ingredients needed, and work to be done.

Arthur, Morgana, and Merlin are left, the royal siblings thinking to themselves, and Merlin thinking to someone else. Arthur contemplates that the whole mental link thing he had going on with the Druids was extremely useful.

Both his and Morgana’s thoughts were interrupted by Merlin huffing, and clenching his fists as he opens his eyes, obviously unhappy with whatever was said:

“Merlin?” From Morgana has the Court Sorcerer looking up from scowling at the table. He replies after wiping the frown off his face:

“Oh, it’s fine. They just made a... stupid suggestion is all. Don’t worry about it.”

“Stupid? Doesn’t sound like the Druids. What was it?”

Merlin looks mildly uncomfortable at that, and replies slowly:

“It... doesn’t matter. I’ll tell you another time. It’s late, you should practice some meditation and head to sleep, no potions tonight. And remember to keep some parchment and a quill by your bed, so you can scribble down anything you see-”

Merlin stands abruptly and heads towards the door:

“-I’m going to check the wards on the outer wall, and push a little more energy into the wells. I’ll see you both bright an early.” With that, Merlin heads out the room swiftly.

Arthur looks to his sister questioningly, but she shrugs as she responds:

“Who knows. “I’ll tell you later” means he doesn’t want you to know, OR he’s hoping I’ll forget because he doesn’t want either of us to know. He’s right though, I should meditate for a while-”

Morgana stands at this:

“- hopefully I’ll see you before we head off, if not, I suppose it’ll be dinner in the evening. Good night, brother.” Morgana leaves the room gracefully, heading in the direction of her chambers.

Arthur thinks for only a moment, before rushing off, catching up with Merlin as he readied his horse, preparing for the journey to the outer walls:

“I’ll come with you. I find I quite enjoy watching you do magic, and to be perfectly honest, I could do with some fresh air to help me think.”

Arthur pretends to ignore the slight blush that dusts Merlin’s cheeks, and readies his own horse. The two of them ride out of the stables and make the journey down the cobbled roads in comfortable silence, side by side.

They take their time on the journey, and the 15 minutes of companionable silence is finally broken by Arthur, who looks at Merlin curiously, as he says:

“So what did they suggest?”

Merlin looks up sharply at that, broken from his deep train of thought as he dumbly replies “What?”

“The Druids. What was the stupid suggestion?” Merlin’s eyes widen at that, and he blushes once more as he looks determinedly forward:

“Oh. That. I told you, it doesn’t-”

“Merlin...”

“Oh fine! They suggested that I... that I forge a mental link with you. Like the one I have with them.” The sorcerer purses his lips at that, and continues to avoid Arthur’s gaze:

“You can do that? Well... would it be such a bad idea? I mean we aren’t going to be able to meet and discuss things as often as I’d like through this whole ordeal. AND you’re basically the Kingdom’s powerhouse, I’m sort of relying on your magical know-how here. Surely it wouldn’t be a bad thing? For us to be able to converse across the battle fields?”

Arthur, in an effort to not be hurt, reminds himself that he doesn’t know all that much about magic, and it very well could be a stupid suggestion, instead of one that Merlin is just personally opposed to.

Merlin, in response, looks to Arthur in great shock, before sighing and looking down to his horses mane:

“It.... is possible. And fairly easy, technically. But it would be painful, AND permanent. I wouldn’t be able to undo it after we won. And a temporary connection takes far too much energy to maintain, even for a short time. I just figured you wouldn’t want me in your head for the rest of our lives.” He tries to inject a little humour into his words, but it falls flat, and he just seems sad.

Arthur pretends he doesn’t notice however, and responds quickly:

“How painful are we talking? I mean I’ve been hurt pretty badly before. And... how exactly does it work? Would we be able to read each other’s mind constantly, without the other knowing? Or what?”

Merlin raises his eyebrows in shock at that, and his answer comes out slowly as he looks at Arthur:

“Like... a really bad headache? Imagine the hardest you’ve ever been hit, without passing out. It would last for a few minutes after the connection is initially forged, but would fade slowly over the next day or so. And no. Once the connection is established we wouldn’t be in each other’s head all the time, we would just be able to sort of... project our voices to one another. Other thoughts would be safe, even if you were thinking about me, I wouldn’t hear it unless you were thinking to me... if that makes sense.”

By the end of his explanation, he’s looking nervously at the King, who is deep in thought:

“Hmm. Ok. I... only if you agree but... it might not be a bad idea. Even after the war is over. There have definitely been times where I’ve needed your opinion on something but you’ve been elsewhere, or we’ve been in the presence of someone else. Of course we’ve been fine so far, if you don’t want to, but-”

Merlin interrupts him, speaking quickly:

“I’m fine with it. I agree, it would be useful. So... I can bring what we need back from the camp tomorrow?”

Arthur nods firmly:

“Yes. The sooner the better, we can do it tomorrow evening, if that’s enough time for you?” Merlin once again looks shocked at this, as Arthur stares at him:

“Oh! Yeah, Yes. That’s fine. Like I said, it’s not particularly difficult, and I can ask Gaius to prepare us something for the pain during the day. Are you... are you sure? It is Permanent.”

Arthur rolls his eyes and huffs:

“Yes, you said that already Merlin. Are you sure?”

Merlin nodded his head decidedly, and spoke confidently:

“Yes. You’re right, it’s not a bad idea. Come on, if we hurry, we’ll make it to the walls, and then to the main well, and then back to the castle, before dark.”

The pair of them hurry their horses, and after another 10 minutes of comfortable silence, they finally reach the City Gates.

The guards give a quick bow, and The King and The Court Sorcerer jump off their horses before handing the reigns to one of the Gate stablehands.

Arthur (and the guards) watch in barely concealed wonder as Merlin presses his hands against the rock of the wall, and closes his eyes.

The golden glow can still be seen from below his eyelids, and he hums slightly as he frowns in concentration, seeming to push into the wall.

Arthur sees a short of... sheen, ripple across the rock, and extend into the sky. Merlin steps back and nods, admiring his handy work:

“They’re holding strong, I’ve extended the height as well. Kilgharrah and Aithusa should be the only ones able to get over it without alerting me now, from the air at least-”

Merlin heads to retake his horse, Arthur following him, before he continues:

“Though I still want to check the tunnels again at some point in the next few days.”

“Of course. Relax Merlin, it’s barely begun, and the borders still hold strong. We’ve plenty of time before things kick off in any way.” He makes sure to speak quietly. A public announcement hasn’t been made yet, and it would be bad if rumours started spreading before The King had time to put together a proper disclosure.

Merlin nods distractedly, and urges his horse to go faster as he heads towards the main well, in the town square. It’s late, not long until sunset, so there shouldn’t be many, if any, people there. Arthur speaks again:

“Why are we visiting the well? I wasn’t aware of any problems?”

“There aren’t any, but once the announcement is made, and once the outer villages are told what’s happening, we’ll have hundreds, probably thousands, of people flock to the city for safety. I just want to make sure we’re prepared for such an influx, and boost our water levels a little.”

Arthur nods at his response, but doesn’t say anything. He chooses instead to admire the man Merlin had become. He held himself differently, more strong, confident in who he was. Just like he had back when he was still a manservant, he served Arthur, and his people, above and beyond his job description. Merlin took upon himself, not only the politics he was supposed to oversee, but the personal safety of both the King, and every Camelot citizen, and he did it all with an alarming amount of grace.

Arthur sometimes catches himself thinking that it was almost as if Merlin was built to be a king. He may not like the spotlight, but he was a protector, and leader, unlike anything Arthur had ever seen before.

“I don’t think I ever thanked you, Merlin. It feels like years ago now, that you yelled at me in a forest.” He says it with a grin, but Merlin flinches. He continues before The Sorcerer interrupts him though:

“Really Merlin. Thank you. You were right, I would’ve got there in the end, but it wasn’t fair for people to suffer in the mean time, and you took the fall in their place. You’re a hero to your people... and to me. You should be proud of your accomplishments, I know I am.”

Arthur resists the urge to duck his head as Merlin looks at him in bewilderment, a definite flush on his cheeks as he replies:

“I... thank you, Arthur. I always had faith in you-” Merlin begins to grin before he continues:

“-and besides, someone had to knock you down a peg. Perhaps you should hire someone to take you into the forest and yell at you every once in a while.”

Arthur laughs at that, and Merlin tries to push down the blush as Arthur responds:

“Now Merlin, why on earth would I hire someone for such a job, when I already have you?”

Merlin chuckles as he answers:

“Yeah, and don’t you forget it, My Lord. Hold the horses, I’ll just be a minute.” With that, Arthur realises they’ve made it to the well, and dismounts as Merlin has, holding both of the horses reigns as he watches Merlin approach the well.

The Sorcerer crouches down, and once again closes his eyes in concentration as he presses his hands into the stone of the well. The glow is a little less bright this time, but Arthur admires it nonetheless.

Merlin finishes quickly, and gathers his horse from Arthur once more, nodding towards the castle.

Arthur follows as Merlin hurries towards the looming building. He wasn’t sure why he was in such a rush, but he only begins questions it when Merlin hurriedly hands the horses of to a stablehand, and continues to run up the castle steps.

Arthur can only just keep up with Merlin, not having the breath to ask him what’s wrong, before Merlin suddenly comes to a stop, catching his breath for a moment to go through a door leading to the highest balcony on the West of the castle:

“Merlin... what.... what are you-”

Merlin wordlessly interrupts The King as he points to the skyline, the sun only a few minutes away from touching the horizon.

There’s not a cloud in sight, and the sky is painted in oranges and pinks in front of them, bleeding into deep purples and blues behind the castle.

Merlin finally mutters, not looking away from the sunset:

“Call me a girl all you want Arthur, but nothing compares to this. It’s beautiful, I come to watch it whenever I’ve got the time.”

Arthur had only glanced briefly at the sunset before looking back at Merlin in wonder, a fond smile on his face (not that Merlin would notice).

He stares at the side of Merlin’s face, the orange sky making the gold in his eyes look even brighter, and the glare of the fading sun making his hair shine. A gentle breeze has Merlin shiver slightly, and Arthur’s smile widens as he responds, so quietly he’s not even sure if Merlin hears him:

“Hmm. Beautiful.” He doesn’t look away.

THIS IS COMPLETED! All 5 parts have been posted:)

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prue84 · 7 years

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As of December 2022 there's a new edition for this edit. Please don't reblog this, and head over to the new one instead.

Slightly edited few times, last in July 2020. I restored the older edition I could find as I uploaded the new, final version on its own post so to preserve what is the closest to a first version I still have around. According to a 2017 pic found via TinEye, I made small changes to ranks but, other than that, the edit above reflects the original version. I reserve the right to upload the original version (the on with the LeBlanc surname for Gwen and Elyan) should I find it on an older computer (whenever I'll ever bother to star that desktop up)..

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The USS Excalibur crew.

Captain: Arthur Pendragon A captain who spends more time off the chair than on it, preferably leading an away team to check a new planet. He will stop at nothing to protect his ship and the people living on her (friendly named respectively "the den" and "the hoard" by his half-sister).

First Officer: Guinevere Smith The unofficial captain of the Excalibur, her reliability and honesty has helped her raise through ranks until earning the rank of lieutenant commander and first officer, despite not coming from command school.

Communications Officer: Gwaine Lotson He speaks much, and most of the time his blabbering makes the captain develop a headache, but he's the most reliable communication officer one would wish to have at one's side when dealing with hostile aliens: he specialized in languages while training as security officer, after all.

Chief Medical Officer: Gaius Blaze His Eyebrow is made of legend and its renowned in the whole 'Fleet, second only to Enterprise Spock’s: he will make you do what he wants just by silently staring and pointing his Eyebrow at you. He's the only active crew member who served under both the Pendragon father and the Pendragon son.

Science Officer: Merlin Emrys Curious and hyperactive, Merlin is the kind of science officer a captain would never want to have on the ship. Despite his inability to be tidy and the tendency to improvise, he's still a genius in a blue shirt. He also doesn't know what "chain of command" means. Inexplicably, Captain Pendragon always refused to kick him out of the ship and went out of his way to save his scrawny ass too many times to count. He's been recommended for the position (and forced on the captain) by Admiral Pendragon (who might have regretted that decision more than once).

Chief Engineer: Elyan Smith Brother of the first officer Guinevere, he happened on the Excalibur after finding out his sister was employed on this ship. He has inherited the passion for engineering from his father, who served many years before under Uther Pendragon's captaincy.

Weapons and Armory Officer: Leon Cameliard Childhood friend of Arthur and resident expert of weapons, he hung around the ship's armory too much time for a simple security officer until Arthur, out of pity, promoted him armory officer when the position was vacant. Quite proud of how he's in charge of virtually every weapon aboard the Excalibur, he is known to give dissertations to every crew member who happens to ask him a weapon. If you are in need of a weapon for a specific mission, he shall find the perfect one!

Chief Computer Systems Officer: Morgana Pendragon Always eager to learn more about computers and their language, Morgana is the only one on board, with Merlin, to be able to backtalk to the captain and not end up in the brig for insubordination. She might abuse of her ability to manipulate him, but always for the good. Usually. He has won the nickname of "high priestess of the computers" because of how magical her skills happens to be.

Helmsman: Tristan Lyonesse One of the few, in the whole crew, who dared to openly disagree with the promotion of an admiral's son to captaincy of a brand-new Constitution, Tristan's pastime is still to grumble about the captain's oddities (first of all his protectiveness and propensity to always not be where he should - namely, with his ass on the chair), although he long since changed his mind on Arthur Pendragon's worthiness of sitting on the chair.

Security Chief: Lancelot Du Lac Following his dreams, he gave all of himself at the Academy to get the high rates that would've allowed him a chance to run for a position on the Excalibur. His career has been hindered by Admiral Pendragon, who didn't approve of him as security chief, but he proved his worthiness in countless times.

Deputy Security Chief: Percival Grail Easygoing and funny despite his ruff appearance, he has become the running joke of the starship because the tunic fabric doesn't stand the power of his biceps. His has been the only request to have sleeveless tunics added to the standard array to ever reach Starfleet HQ. He's the right hand of Security Chief Du Lac, who convinced him to apply for the Excalibur to Captain Pendragon.

Navigator and Tactical Officer: Isolde Blanchmains The only reason why the Excalibur wasn't without a helmsman right before leaving spacedock for her maiden voyage. (Tristan really didn't want to serve under the "halfwit Pendragonling captain") She and Tristan spend their on-duty time gossiping and commenting about the rest of the crew (and especially the commanding crew).

Helmsman, Tactical officer: Mithian Nemeth An Arthur Pendragon in skirt, as Merlin would grudgingly say, Mithian has been personally invited by the captain to become part of the dragon's hoard after they met at an exclusive Starfleet event in which they found out they shared many interests. She is the only daughter of admiral and member of the Starfleet Aristocracy Rodor Nemeth.

Security Officer: Mordred Druidson He joined Starfleet just to work with the Pendragon siblings, of which he is quite fond since he was eight years old and they helped him that one time he was alone and lost in San Francisco. He is the youngest member of the crew and one of the youngest commissioned officers in the whole Starfleet (sharing the record with USS Enterprise's Chekov).

Head Nurse: Morgause Fay The nightmare of every patient, she acts as if she were the sole ruler of the sickbay. She isn't much a fan of men and she finds it hard to serve under them, but she always imposes herself as the medical member of any away party (parties that usually are all-male). Every time. Her hopeful ambition is to see Morgana Pendragon replace her half-brother Arthur as captain of the Excalibur and finally restore discipline on the ship. The poor girl still has to understand that the USS Enterprise has established a glorious tradition of insubordination that leaked through the rest of the Constitution class, a tradition to which there is no cure.

USS Excalibur Mainframe Conduit: Freya The humanoid version of the USS Excalibur. She’s especially fond of Lieutenant Commander Emrys.

Pet FSN-345-58-0047: Kilgharrah Emrys The not-so-cute reptile pet of Lieutenant Commander Merlin. He hates cuddling but, at least, he is quite calm and isn't a nuisance.

Medical officer: Nimueh Cara She joined the Excalibur crew to keep an eye on the son of the late Ygraine Pendragon's son (of whom she was a friend), but eventually found a place she doesn't dislike too much to settle.

Yeoman: George Brass George is the perfect yeoman, a role he is proud to cover. His best quality? Efficient to perfection. Unfortunately, his humor is made only of cracks about cleaning.

Pet FSN-682-43-1054: Aithusa Pendragon Cute and loved by virtually everyone aboard - with the only exception of the captain who hates both the overgrown lizards - she makes many happy sounds and steals everyone's attention. She loves cuddles and scratches. Officially she is registered as belonging to Morgana but she might be drawn to Merlin. She is very confused about which human is her favorite.

Liaison Officer: Uther Pendragon The current head of the powerful Pendragon clan, Uther holds a great amount of influence within Starfleet, of which his family had been part of since when the Federation didn't exist yet. Known for his sternness, bordering on tyranny, he has been allowed to get the position of Liaison Officer for a starship on which both his son and daughter work thanks to the power he wields in Starfleet and also because he's Arthur Pendragon's harshest judge.

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The USS Excalibur is TOS canon: is one of the four ship involved in the test of the M-5 ("The Ultimate Computer"). The registry number... from where I took the registry number? I guess it was the same old thing: give a Constitution-class starship a number bigger than 1701.

@dragoneyes raised the topic of Uther be allowed to hold the position of Liaison Officer of his own son. I figured that, given how Uther is inflexible - especially with his own son -, Starfleet knows that he will be Captain's Pendragon first judge. Also, the Pendragons might be the "nobles" of Starfleet, those families that are part of Starfleet since it was founded and therefore has much power within the organization.

Kilgharrah and Aithusa are, respectively, Merlin's and Morgana's pets. They're an alien species that resemble Earth's mythical dragons, although they're more like cats, both in size and temperament; they're very intelligent and spoiled and their favorite place to laze off is their owner's shoulders. I don't remember if it's canon or if I took the idea somewhere else, but yes, I gave ranks and serial numbers to the animals aboard the ship as personal pets.

Lieutenant 1704 is the humanoid version of the USS Excalibur and her existence is heavily inspired by the comic explanation of Lieutenant 0718 (see post 1 and post 2 for more info). Freya, as Lady of the Lake, was to be included in the crew but I had no idea how, until I picked the Excalibur as ship. Then every piece fell together.

I deliberately didn't specify any pair (unless the hinted Tristan and Isolde, which is a given), so everyone can enjoy this "AU". Personally, I'm torn between an Arthur-Gwen with a side of Merthur, or a Merthur with a Gwen-Lancelot but you're free to not agree with me.

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About the positions and characters: - Arthur Pendragon Duh. - Gwen Arthur trusts her implicitly (well, after Merlin I guess) and, given that he was sure there couldn't be someone better than her to fill the throne after his death... The role of First Officer was a given. - Gwaine Duh. No, seriously: if you need to ask me why I picked him for Communication Officer, you don't know Gwaine. - Gaius Duh. - Merlin + Morgana I decided to make the connection between magic and science. Merlin is Science Officer because he's curious and dabs in more than one specific branch while Morgana is more focused on a branch. Merlin is also more "powerful" and therefore must be Morgana's boss. Because yes, he's in charge of a whole department made of blue shirts. GASP. - Elyan Although we don't see him in this role, off-screen it's said that, upon returning to Camelot, he took over his father's blacksmith, making him the character - between them all - that made more sense in Engineering. - Leon Duh. No, seriously: if you need to ask me why I picked him for Armory Officer, you don't know Leon, else you would be aware of his penchant for weapons. No, kidding. He would be great at everything (Security Chief, First Officer to Arthur) but I though entrust him the Armory would be best. - Tristan + Isolde Ah ah, these two. Imagine them making sure they honor the tradition of gossip queen at the bridge station that Chekov and Sulu have started. I admit I didn't know who to pick for these two positions and these two fitted perfectly, for what we've seen of how they lead their lives. - Lancelot Since he should be the best of Arthur's knights, what could he do if not the Security Chief? - Percival As any knight, if there isn't another role, they go to security. Percival came to Camelot following Lancelot, so it's perfect for him to be Lancelot's second. - Mithian I really love her. If there hadn't been any chance for Arthur and Gwen to marry and love each other, Mithian would've been the perfect queen for Camelot and for Arthur so I wanted her in. I trust, given that from what canon suggests she is the only child of King Rodor, she has been raised to become the ruler of Nemeth and so she should be as prepared as Arthur in that matter. Not to forget that in season 5 she shows she's very apt in tactical, since she manages to warn Merlin about Morgana despite Morgana's constant vigilance. She deserved therefore a position of power and, for what she does in 5x04, tactical struck me as the right one. - Mordred Bah. Well, poor creepy Mordred wasn't bad until he started to think with his Southern Brain. Knight, so security. - Morgause Oh my, I don't envy the poor crew member who has to go to sickbay, with her as Head Nurse. But yeah. I know she's way more powerful than Gaius, but Gaius is more focused on the healing than her. I could've made her doctor but in the TOS series it seems Nurse Chapel is a step higher, in the sickbay hierarchy, than M'Benga. Also, I really, really needed a Head Nurse. - Freya I decided to include a "human!Ship" role (after the human!Enterprise for the USS Enterprise crew) after I picked the ship Excalibur: it just screamed for Freya, to be included, and what was better than her be "related" to Excalibur? - Kilgharrah + Aithusa Ahahahahahahahah. I just couldn't not include Kilgharrah and, when I decided how, Aithusa was to be featured as well. Gave them also a rank as Crewman first class because reasons. - Nimueh Poor Nimueh, we couldn't forget her right? - George Ahahahahah. Seriously. For once George will have the privilege and honor to serve Arthur without Merlin's meddling. - Uther Pendragon I couldn't not include him. See more above.

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About the surnames Only the Pendragons have a surname in the show so, for the sake of the AU, I had to pick surnames for the others as well. Had to play with the legendary characters: it was fun doing research, if you ask me. - Gwen and Elyan From Merlin wikia: "In the Arthurian Legend, Elyan is known as Sir Elyan the White or Helyan le Blanc." while "Guinevere is a feminine name of French or Welsh origin. The meaning of the name is "white wave" or "white phantom"." Leodegrance, which I have seen applied to Gwen as the name of Guinevere's fathers in the legends, probably sounded better but I decided to pick Elyan's le Blanc - transformed into a Leblanc to make it sound less French - because worked for the both of them. Edited into a Smith that made more sense. - Gwaine In the legends he's the son of King Lot, and Lotson could work. - Gaius This character might be based on Blaise (Blaze) - who according to some sources was Merlin’s mentor- so I picked Blaze. - Merlin There could be many names to dab from in the legends, or I could use his mother's name as in Hunithson but, frankly, Emrys is there for a reason. For us fans to make it his surname when we need to (and cannot find another). Right? - Leon According to Merlin Wikia, the character might be based around King Leondegrance, king of Cameliard. - Tristan Couldn't find something that could work, so I stole the name of his kingdom, Lyonesse. - Lancelot "Lancelot du Lac" is the title of a 1974 movie about his love story with Guinevere. Oh, yes, and the title of episode 4x09. - Percival I didn't find anything that could work as surname, besides the name of his father (son of Efwc - Efwcson?), but since he's the Grail hero I figured Grail could fit. - Ysolde Iseult of the White Hands isn't the same Ysolde from which the show's Ysolde was inspired from, but I couldn't find anything else to make a surname, so I stole from that one. Blanchmains. There really are too many White surnamed people. XD -Mithian Ah, well. She's the princess of Nemeth and it was either use the name of the kingdom or her father's and add a -son. - Mordred Lame. Sorry. - Morgause Oh well. I stole le Fay from Morgana. Research told me that at the time surnames weren't used, but you were known for where you came or your job and at some point a John the Smith would become Smith. So I removed the "le", since so many surnames are already too "french" already. - Kilgharrah and Aithusa I decided to give the pets the surname of their owners, like they do in some countries. - Nimueh I literally had no idea. Cara, if you don't remember, is the name she goes by when she comes to Camelot under the guise of an handmaiden to King Bayard. Apparently, Cara is an ancient surname originated in Sicily, so I decided to make it Nimueh’s surname. - George Sorry, couldn't resist. XD

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