The Prophecy:

A long time ago before the Romans invaded Britain there lived a Queen named Boudicca who ruled the Iceni people. It was a few years into this queen's reign during a great festival when a stranger, a young woman, walked into the midst of the revellers and curtsied to Queen Boudicca. When the young woman straightened up she began to speak in a voice that echoed eerily amongst the Iceni tribe.

"A time is coming when Albion shall be at great peril. A grieving king shall blame his misfortunes on magic and try to wipe it out unsettling the balance of life. Only the union of Emrys and the Once and Future King can lead to the restoration of the balance and to the golden age of Albion. These men, known as Magic and Courage, will require the aid of Strength, Honour, Loyalty, Bravery, Valiant, Grace and Justice in their endeavours. But Emrys must be wary for unless Justice knows the truth she can easily be swayed unto Revenge which would bring about the end of Albion."

Having completed her prophecy the stranger left never to be seen or heard from again. The Iceni people did not understand what the young woman's words meant but they passed on the prophecy to all the people of the land and overtime much of the prophecy was forgotten. By the time the grieving king began his persecution of magic all that was remembered was that Emrys and the Once and Future King were destined to bring the golden age of Albion and that Revenge was destined to bring Albion's end.

In a time of myths and a land of magic, the fate of an entire kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name – Merlin. Our story begins on the day Merlin leaves his village for the first time in his life and sets off towards the great city of Camelot, where his uncle Gaius works as court physician. Merlin was no ordinary boy. From the moment of his birth he had been able to perform feats of magic that others had been unable to achieve after years of study and practise. The young warlock was able to move objects and slow down time without even using a spell. He didn't actually know any spells. Due to his lack of training, Merlin couldn't always control his magic and freak accidents would often occur when he was around. This was why he was leaving Ealdor; the village that he had called home all his life. Gaius had once studied sorcery and would be able to help Merlin learn control.

So the young lad started his journey towards the great city he had so far only heard tales of but had never before seen. As you might expect, a boy travelling alone to a foreign city soon got lost in the unfamiliar woodland. When night began to spread its dark tendrils across the sky and through the trees Merlin heard a clap of thunder in the distance and realised a storm was on the horizon. Looking around him carefully as he continued to walk through the darkening wood Merlin searched for a place he would be able to shelter from the storm during the night. Just as the rain began to fall the boy noticed an opening in some rocks. He had found a cave. Perfect.

The inside of the cave was enormous and sticking out of the walls were large crystals glowing with an unearthly blue light. Merlin could feel that the cave was highly magical, it made him feel safe and secure but he still felt slightly uneasy about the crystals and something in the back of his mind told him not to touch them. So he carefully navigated his way to the back of the cave where there were less crystals then lay down and fell asleep, utterly exhausted, and completely unaware of the shift in the pathway of fate that his entering the cave had caused. Deep under Camelot castle the last of the dragons shifted uneasily in its sleep whilst up in the castle above the King's Ward slept dreamlessly for the first time in many years.

Merlin's sleep was not so dreamless. In his slumber, the boy witnessed the creation of the Emrys prophecy.