Reply To: Why does Arthur want to kill Merlin?

Thanks,  @RG — I was also thinking that the whole Arthur wanting to kill Merlin thing seemed a bit unfounded. But your explanation makes sense.

By the way,  do we know for a fact that Merlin is, in fact,  in/the tree?  Arthur clearly believes so, but Merlin has allegedly been photosynthesising before Arthur was born. Could the tree be a red herring?