Merlin: Series 5 Hints from SDCC
Here’s a selection of hints and teasers for Merlin Series 5 we’ve gleaned from this year’s San Diego Comic Con.
- The story picks up three years after the events of Series 4
- All the characters have grown up significantly
- Early on Merlin is shown a terrifying vision and he has fight like mad to stop it from happening
- Morgana has been held captive for two years
- Gwen’s role in Camelot is bigger and she gives council to Arthur
- Arthur’s attitude to magic is questioned a lot and he is forced to confront it head on
- Morgana is more determined than ever get revenge
- Aithusa will be back and is now Morgana’s confidant
- One episode is set in a snowy landscape and features wolves (above)
- Morgana gets to interact with the Camelot regulars in an clever way
- Mordred still has his telepathic connection with Merlin and knows his secret
- Merlin will be tempted to use darker magic