Suite Vulgate du Merlin
Great news; book archeologists (that’s a thing apparently) have just uncovered the missing last book in the Merlin and King Arthur series, from the 1200’s. It was found hiding in the binder of a 1700s tax report.
In it, the magician becomes a blind harpist who later vanishes into thin air. He then reappears as a balding child who issues edicts to King Arthur, wearing no underwear.
Arthur had no filter, it seems.
The shape-shifting Merlin – whose powers apparently stem from being the son of a woman impregnated by the devil – asks to bear Arthur’s standard on the battlefield.
The king agrees – a good decision it turns out – for Merlin is destined to turn up with a handy secret weapon: a magic, fire-breathing dragon.
Crikey. I gotta get me some of that.
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