 | SUPPORTING CAST & CHARACTERS
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|  | LANCELOT
| | | PLAYED BY: Santiago Cabrera | ACTOR'S WEBSITE: http://santiago-cabrera.com/ | | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): Lancelot | | SPECIAL ABILITIES: Fighting | BEST QUOTE: "'Brechdan An Weal'. I heard you. I saw you. Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me, but I cannot take the credit for what I did not do. There'll be no more lies, no more deceit."
| CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: Lancelot desperately wants to be a knight but he is not a noble. By the end of the episode, he has shown Arthur that he is worthy. However, Lancelot doesn't feel that he has earned it, so he leaves to start again, somewhere far from Camelot. He hopes that someday, he will be able to prove, not only to others, but himself that he is a worthy knight of Camelot.
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| | | WILL
| | | PLAYED BY: Joe Dempsie | ACTOR'S WEBSITE: -- | | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): The Moment of Truth | | SPECIAL ABILITIES: None | BEST QUOTE: (about Merlin saying Arthur is his friend) "Is that so? So he knows your secret then? (Merlin doesn't answer) Face it, Merlin. You're living a lie just like you were here. You're Arthur's servant, nothing more. Otherwise you'd tell him the truth."
| CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: He is Merlin's childhood friend who accepts his magic. He hates royalty so he takes an immediate dislike to Arthur. He is killed at the end of the episode after he takes an arrow for Arthur.
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| | | SIR OWAIN
| | | PLAYED BY: Kyle Redmond-Jones | ACTOR'S WEBSITE: -- | | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): Excalibur | SPECIAL ABILITIES: Courageous, skilled fighter
| | BEST QUOTE: -- | CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: Owain is one of the knights of Camelot, and is the first to accept the challenge of the Wraith. Arthur and Morgana seem especially upset about his decision to fight. Morgana sends Owain a ribbon as a token. Despite this, Owain is slain in single combat against the wraith.
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| | | HUNITH
| | | PLAYED BY: Caroline Faber | ACTOR'S WEBSITE: -- | | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): The Dragon's Call, The Moment of Truth, Le Morte d'Arthur | | SPECIAL ABILITIES: Loving mother | | BEST QUOTE: (when Merlin is planning to stay in Ealdor) "I know where to find you. You have to go, Merlin. You belong at Arthur's side." | CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: Hunith is Merlin's mother. She sent Merlin to Camelot so that Gaius can teach Merlin to control his magic.
In The Moment of Truth, Hunith's village (Ealdor) is threatened, and Hunith visits Camelot to beg Uther for help. Uther refuses, however, Merlin, Morgana, Gwen and an initially reluctant Arthur, accompany her back and help to defend Ealdor.
In Le Morte d'Arthur, Hunith falls ill due to a deal made by Merlin and Nimueh. Merlin had offered his own life for Arthur's; instead it is Hunith who suffers.
Gaius gives his life for Hunith's, so it is assumed she is well again by the end of the episode.
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| | | TOM
| | PLAYED BY: Keith Durham
| ACTOR'S WEBSITE: -- | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): Mark of Nimueh, To Kill The King
| SPECIAL ABILITIES: Expert blacksmith, loving father
| | BEST QUOTE: -- | CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: Tom is Gwen's father. In 'The Mark of Nimueh', he falls ill due to contaminated water. Merlin cures him, but his actions cause Gwen to be seized as a sorceress.
Tom does not appear in 'Excalibur', but he is credited with making the sword Gwen gives Merlin - the sword that becomes the fabled Excalibur.
In the hope of gaining more money to buy luxuries for himself and Gwen, Tom strucks a bargain to help Tauran transform metal to gold. Arthur caught Tom in the process. Although a trial is due, Uther admits that Tom's death sentence has already been signed. With a key given to him by Morgana, Tom managed to escape briefly - but the knights caught up with him, and killed him on the spot, leaving Gwen fatherless.
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 | | | GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH
| | PLAYED BY: Michael Cronin
| ACTOR'S WEBSITE: -- | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): Lancelot; A Remedy to Cure All Ills; Excalibur
| | SPECIAL ABILITIES: Genealogy and bookkeeping. | | BEST QUOTE: --" Sir Mauhaus looked upon the Great Sword begotten in the Dragon's breath..." | CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: Uther's court genealogist; an old friend of Gaius. He finds Lancelot's seal of nobility as a forgery, even though it is of the highest standard, it is still a forgery. He appears again in "Excalibur" and confirms that the Black Knight is "Tristan Du Bois", Ygraine's brother, who was killed by Uther after he threw down his gauntlet to the king. He also informs Merlin that the only way to kill a wraith is by using a magical sword, which is forged in the breath of a dragon.
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 | | | NIMUEH
| | | PLAYED BY: Michelle Ryan | ACTOR'S WEBSITE: -- | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): Mark of Nimueh, The Poisoned Chalice, Excalibur, Le Morte d'Arthur
| SPECIAL ABILITIES: Elemental Magic, Instigation
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Nimueh is mischevous, powerful, cunning, and vengeful.
Igraine--Gave her the ability to conceive Arthur, though she paid for his birth with her life.
Uther-- Banished from Camelot by Uther due to Igraine's death. She despises Uther for exiling her from her home and persecuting her kind.
Gaius-- He once practiced magic alongside Nimueh. Though she has no designs on him in particular, she is displeased by what side he is on.
Merlin--Rival of Merlin due to the fact that he is in total opposition of her. He uses his magic in order to protect Camelot while she uses it to try and destroy it. Almost killed Merlin in The Poisoned Chalice. In Le Morte d'Arthur Merlin asks Nimueh to save Arthur and to take his life in place. Merlin's mother gets chosen instead to replace Arthur's death so Gaius summons Nimueh and offers his life to restore the balance. Merlin defeats Nimueh however and supposedly her life takes the place of Arthur's death. Though she appears to have died, her ultimate fate is uncertain.
Arthur--No significant enmity towards Arthur. In The Poisoned Chalice she leads him into danger but does not kill him, saying his fate lies in someone else's hands. Her purpose is not to harm him, but to keep him from saving Merlin's life.
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| | | Mordred
| | PLAYED BY: Asa Butterfield
| ACTOR'S WEBSITE: http://www.asa-butterfield.net/ | APPEARS IN EPISODE(S): The Beginning of the End
| SPECIAL ABILITIES: Magic, speaking telepathically -- Druid
| | BEST QUOTE: "I shall never forgive this, Emrys, and I shall never forget." -To Merlin | CHARACTER & PLOT CONNECTIONS: --
Morgana - Mordred and Morgana share a bond that Morgana cannot explain, but she has an almost maternal instinct toward him, and feels compelled to help and protect him. She suggests that it may have been her destiny to do so.
Merlin - Mordred recognizes Merlin's magic immediately, and calls him "Emrys", implying that he may know more about Merlin's power than even Merlin does (Emrys Welsh. His full name is Myrddin Emrys). Merlin is warned by the Great Dragon in The Beginning of the End that if Mordred lives, he will kill Arthur, but he eventually decides to help save his life, despite the risks.
Arthur - Arthur helps save Mordred from execution in The Beginning of the End, and both are seemingly ignorant of Mordred's destiny to one day kill Arthur.
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