May the road rise up to meet you

[dragonspeak]

Canon;
A collection of letters written between Merlin and his friends.

Asgard Eventide;
There's a small, decorated box, filled with letters written in Merlin's scrawl, usually kept under his bed. The letters are most likely never going to be delivered properly to their intended recipients.

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Asgard Eventide Verse Letters

[dragonspeak]

To Gaius (written the day after Uther's arrival)

[dragonspeak]

Gaius,

It's been three months since I saw you and I have never missed your guidance more than I do now. A lot has happened since the Nordic gods first brought me to their city, and most of it has been good, if you can believe it. I miss you and everyone else who's still in Camelot, but I have a new life here that I'm finding hard to leave behind.

Morgana's here, and it's the kind, spirited Morgana that we all remember from before. She hasn't gone through the hardships that turned her bitter in our time, and I intend to keep it that way. I'm sorry, Gaius, but I think we were wrong all those years ago. She's much happier now that we're open with each other about our magic, and I wish now that I had listened to my instincts back then and helped her. The city has given me a chance to make things right with her, and I won't waste it this time.

Arthur's here and he knows about my magic, too. I know, I know, let me finish before you raise your brow and me and start scolding. Everyone's given magic here, and I thought there wouldn't be a better time for it. He's okay with it, Gaius. He trusts me. I knew there was a reason I I won't think about Bother He's already proven he's a better king than Uther ever will be. We won't remember any of this when we return to Camelot, but it's given me hope that things will be all right anyway. I just need to be brave and tell him the truth eventually.

Everything's been working so well here, I don't know what to do now that Uther's in the city, too. Arthur's already left and Morgana's been locking herself in her room. King or not, he's hurt and lied to all of us, and I don't think I can stand by and watch it all happen again like I did back home. I'm different now. I want to be open with my magic, with who I am, and Uther being here isn't going to change that. I'm not going to abandon the Teacher's Council for his sake, not when we have people willing to learn about the magic they have in Asgard.

No more secrets. No more hiding.

Gods help me, Gaius, I think Arthur will kill me himself if Uther doesn't get to me first.


-Merlin

To Hunith (after his falling out with Arthur)

[dragonspeak]

Mother,

It has been a long time since I have seen your face. I miss you. I wish now that I had taken the time to see you in Ealdor, but I was too scared. Too angry.

Why did you never tell me about my father? You had Gaius keep it from me when I should have learnt about him and the dragonlords from you. All that time I thought he didn't care for either of us when it was the opposite. He gave up everything so that you could be safe.

He wanted to see you, never forgot you after all those years. I was going to bring him back to you after Camelot had been saved from Kilgharrah's wrath. But the bandits caught us on the way and it was my fault one got to him. I'm sorry.

I wonder if you would forgive me if you knew. You probably didn't think your son would turn out to be a disappointment like I am. I've done terrible things while in Camelot. Terrible enough to make Arthur hate me when magic did not. You were right about the magic, mother. Arthur came around in the end. It's funny in a way, how we thought that was the worst of it back then. We were wrong. There's much worse things than magic when it comes to me.


Merlin

To Balinor (after Svartalfaheim trip)

[dragonspeak]

Father,

I have thought of you often during my time here. There are dragons in Yggdrasil, did you know? But I do not know if you would be happy to hear of them if you were here with me. These dragons are under the fire king Surt's rule and most of them do not care what harm they bring when they attack on his orders.

I helped slay a few of them in the battle months ago. Without my dragonlord powers, I could not command them to leave, and they would not listen to reason. It was the only way. What would you have done in my place, father? Would you have tried harder to convince them? I guess I'll never know now.

Another thing, a dragon has found me, as well. I think it's a hatchling, but I have no idea where she's come from. She does not look like the dragons of Yggdrasil, and she cannot speak. Her name is Aithusa. She eats well enough and hasn't complained about anything I've done while caring for her yet, but I wish I had some way of knowing. I wish I had your guidance. There is still so much I do not know about you and the dragonlord lineage. While I still wish to learn, I wish I'd had the chance to learn them from you.


Merlin