The Realm of Make-Believe

Title: Equilibrium (9/9 + Epilogue)
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: G/PG
Wordcount: This part: 3845, Overall ~44000
Pairing/Characters: Merlin, Nimueh, Arthur, Percival (OC), Uther, Gaius
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin, nor any of the characters. The version of Arthurian legend this was inspired by/based on belongs to the Beeb.
Warnings: Vague corruption of Arthurian Legend
Spoilers: Up to Excalibur
Author’s Note: Many thanks to the wonderful wrennette for the beta work and everyone who's still reading. Also, this was written before the finale, so… any resemblance to it is purely coincidental
Summary: In this part: Merlin strikes a bargain and both he and Arthur discover some secrets about each other.
Previous Chapters:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8

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Title: Equilibrium (7/9 + Epilogue)
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: G/PG
Wordcount: This part: 4209, Overall ~44000
Pairing/Characters: Merlin, Arthur, Percival (OC), Gaius, Nimueh
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin, nor any of the characters. The version of Arthurian legend this was inspired by/based on belongs to the Beeb.
Warnings: Vague corruption of Arthurian Legend
Spoilers: Up to the Gates of Avalon
Author’s Note: Many thanks to wrennette for the beta work.
Summary: In this part: Arthur’s escape, Merlin rides to confront Nimueh and Percival learns a few things about himself and being a Crown Prince.
Previous Chapters:1|2|3|4|5|6


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Title: Equilibrium (5/9 + Epilogue)
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: G/PG
Wordcount: This part: 4110, Overall ~44000
Pairing/Characters: Merlin, Arthur, Percival (OC), Nimueh, The Slash Dragon (before they broke up)
Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin, nor any of the characters. The version of Arthurian legend this was inspired by/based on belongs to the Beeb.
Warnings: Vague corruption of Arthurian Legend
Spoilers: Up to the Gates of Avalon
Author’s Note: Many thanks to wrennette for the beta work. Back to normal length chapters again. Sorry for the wait, I wasn’t expecting the Christmas holidays to be so distracting. ^_^;;
Summary: In this part: Percival meets with Nimueh and discovers more of what she is planning, but he is in too far to back out. Meanwhile Merlin goes to ask a friend for some advice.
Previous Chapters:1|2|3|4|

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Title: Equilibrium (3/9 + Epilogue)
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: G/PG
Wordcount: This part: 4072, Overall ~44000
Pairing/Characters: Merlin, Arthur, Percival (OC)
Disclaimer: Merlin does not belong to me, I just borrow its characters and slowly destroy their minds mess around a bit.
Warnings: Vague corruption of Arthurian Legend
Spoilers: Up to the Gates of Avalon
Author’s Note: Many thanks to wrennette for the beta work. This part is a little shorter, but there seemed to be a natural break in the story so… the next chapter’s a lot longer though.
Summary: In this part: Arthur explains things to Merlin… badly and Percival wonders why the Prince puts up with his manservant.
Previous Chapters: 1|2

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Title: Equilibrium, Chapter 1
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: G-PG for eventual light romance
Word Count: This part - 4740
Pairing/Characters: Ensemble, eventual Merlin/Arthur, plus male OC sort of (he's from the original legends but hasn't turned up in the show... yet)
Disclaimer: The characters and concept of Merlin do not belong to me. I merely kidnap them and play with them sometimes.
Warnings: Uhm... I twisted Arthurian legend for my own nefarious purposes.
Spoilers: Up to The Gates of Avalon I think, whatever number that was. I can't remember
Author’s Note: This was originally written for merlin_the_elf but it grew a life of its own and, despite a supreme beta job by wrennette, I didn't have it edited in time. It was completed before the finale however, and most of it was done before the last three episodes. The finale did make it AU, though, to my displeasure.

For those of you who know Arthurian legend or who have at least read the works of Chretien de Troyes, I apologise in advance for the corruption of his story. I thought that Percival would work best for this role, and I'm rubbish at thinking of names.

Also - the title is rubbish because I couldn't really think of one. bah, humbug. I got a plot but no title. I suppose this is to balance out all those times I got a title and no plot.

Summary: After an incident on a routine patrol Arthur gets into trouble that he wasn't expecting.

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