Alternative names: Myrddin (Welsh)
The wizard of the Arthurian legends, and mentor to King Arthur. Merlin was Arthur's magician and counsellor, and in many ways, the architect of his reign. His first act of sorcery was to tell Vortigern why he could not build his fortress. Underneath the foundations was a pool, and in that were two dragons, one red, one white. The white slew the red, which Merlin prophesied would be Aurelius Ambrosius slaying Vortigern. He advised him to errect Stonehenge over the spot. Later, he arranged for Uther, brother, general and heir to Ambrosius, to seduce Igraine, who he later married, and when Arthur was born, took him for safe keeping. Once Arthur became king, he remained close by the kings side.
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