merlin but its just him sneaking out magic users to safety in ridiculous and obvious ways
like it starts with him sneaking into the dungeons and leading them out the night before their execution but making sure he has an alibi for the night just in case (it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t tbh arthur will be there to explain how his dimwitted manservant could never pull this off)
then gradually he doesn’t even wait until it’s night (working for gaius and for arthur is hard and that doesn’t even account for his job as arthur’s secret protector - he has no time)
there’s a scene where some evil magic user tries to assassinate arthur but merlin finds out and
merlin: if i may ask, why are you trying to kill arthur
evil magic user: BECAUSE OF THE EVILS HIS FATHER HAS PLAGUED THIS LAND WITH
merlin: ah but you’re not killing his father, you’re killing arthur
evil magic user: I AM STOPPING UTHER’S BLOOD FROM CONTINUING TO POISON MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
merlin: well that’s not really fair to arthur, is it? your anger is understandable but arthur is not his father, it would be unfair to damn him for his father’s sins. instead if we show arthur that magic is not evil, he will know his father’s ways were wrong
contemplating evil magic user: how can we put our trust on a chance
merlin: arthur’s a good man, my word may mean little, but i truly know him. would you like to come up for tea and we can discuss it thoroughly and also how you should spend your energy finding other magic users so you have a community and you can all plan for a better future together
not so evil magic user: … yes please
magic users who don’t have anywhere to go all get sent to hunith’s house where she helps them find their footing and sometimes they stay in ealdor and sometimes they leave but they’re safe
everyone in ealdor side-eyes the random ass people hunith’s kid keeps on sending her but ultimately dont say shit because god knows uther would just kill all of them for assisting magic or some bs and their own king isnt better
there is a scene where merlin sneaks a magic user out and they thank him for risking his life and merlin says “nah don’t worry i do this all the time” and then makes a note to himself to tell arthur that the security at camelot is awful (after arthur becomes king of course)
sometimes when all else fails merlin pretends to know whatever person is on the run and makes a big show about missing them and no way could they have magic maybe he uses his magic to block theirs or if theyre a druid cover their druid marks and yeah
he pretends mordred is his younger brother and no one questions it
arthur knows what he’s doing and corners him like “ARE YOU STUPID?? YOU’RE SO OBVIOUS MY FATHER WILL FIND OUT”
and merlin’s like “no offense but your dad aint known for being smart babe”
and arthurs like thats treason but he helps cover up for merlin anyway
merlin helping someone sneak out but then bringing them to arthur’s room real quick because he forgot something there
merlin using the residents of the castle’s stupidity and obliviousness against them
leon knows whats going on and he brings it up to arthur before arthur figures it out but he does it vaguely and arthur thinks its about his crush on merlin and swears leon to secrecy and leons like “aight” and helps cover for merlin too
arthur still doesn’t know about merlin’s magic
leon does though and he thinks its another thing that him and arthur have sworn to secrecy about
there’s now a place near ealdor where magic users can go for safety if they don’t go to hunith directly like a magic hotel thing
merlin accidentally and kinda purposefully at times (but mostly on accident) helps unite the magic community and that causes less people to go evil
unfortunately, it also means that people who are too far gone in their desire for revenge or just in their own evilness are more organized but merlin is strong so its okay and he doesn’t have to deal with half assed attempts made by people who don’t think they have any other choice
the servants all know whats up but they don’t get paid enough to deal with this shit
yeah thats all ive got for now
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