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EMMA AND MERLIN EMBARK ON A PERILOUS QUEST TO RETRIEVE PROMETHEUS’ FIRE FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF DARK MAGIC, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME”
Elliot Knight Guest Stars as Merlin, Liam Garrigan as King Arthur and Joana Metrass as Guinevere
“Nimue” – In Camelot, Merlin spearheads a mission to reunite the dagger with Excalibur so he can use the weapon to save Emma from the darkness threatening her soul. With Zelena in tow, Hook, Mary Margaret, David, Regina and Robin steal into Arthur’s castle to take the broken sword from the maniacal king. Meanwhile, Merlin brings Emma along on a journey to confront his ancient nemesis and retrieve the sacred spark he’ll need to reforge Excalibur. Both parties are tested, but one suffers a blow that could derail the entire operation. In a flashback to long before the Age of Arthur, young Merlin finds purpose after he is blessed with magic and immortality, but when he falls in love with a young refugee named Nimue, everything changes for Merlin, as their romance starts a chain of events that touches every one of our present day heroes, on “Once Upon a Time,” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
“Once Upon a Time” stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as the Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O’Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Sean Maguire as Robin Hood, Rebecca Mader as the Wicked Witch/Zelena and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.
Guest stars include Beverley Elliott as Granny, Elliot Knight as Merlin, Liam Garrigan as King Arthur, Joana Metrass as Guinevere, Caroline Ford as Nimue, Darren Moore as Vortigan, Graham Verchere as Young Apprentice, Jackie Minns as Woman, Max Haynes as Young Man and Jason Simpson as Adda.
“Nimue” was written by Jane Espenson and directed by Romeo Tirone.
Source: http://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/once-upon-a-time/episodes/nimue/
[adrotate group="5"]EMMA AND MERLIN EMBARK ON A PERILOUS QUEST TO RETRIEVE PROMETHEUS’ FIRE FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF DARK MAGIC, ON ABC’S “ONCE UPON A TIME
Nicely called, Matt!
*gets happy tingles over Greek mythology*
Darren Moore as Vortigan
Again???
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Darren Moore as Vortigan
Again???
And a different actor than last time. One who has actually done a lot more work, so Vortigan might be a distinct character from Nimue after all: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601092/
young Merlin finds purpose after he is blessed with magic and immortality,
How does that work? Was he chosen by the gods or something?
Merlin brings Emma along on a journey to confront his ancient nemesis
Okay so I am guessing Vortigan is his nemesis and Nimue is an ally? I guess Vortigan is the golden masked Dark One? The first dark one, born at the place of dark magic or something such nonsense.
I honestly don’t know anymore
"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGICHow does that work? Was he chosen by the gods or something?
Magical McGuffin!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"So Merlin is immortal? Then that means he’s alive in present day right?
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
So Merlin is immortal? Then that means he’s alive in present day right?
Depends on what they define as immortality. The Dark One is said to be immortal…but they can still be killed. Also, if Merlin was given his immortality, that could mean it can be taken away as well.
Some stories have a “you’ll live just as long as nothing kills you” stance on immortality, for others literally nothing can cause you to die no matter what. Since A&E have said there have been other sorcerers and in this episode we will see merlin get his powers and immortality, I am guessing there is a way to kill the sorcerer and someone higher in the magical rank just chooses another.
"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGICSo Merlin is immortal? Then that means he’s alive in present day right?
I suspect he gave up his immortality for Nimue (so that he didn’t have to live without her) but then Mr.Mask interferes, takes Nimue away from him–turns her dark, or something–and then Merlin becomes a tree.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"EMMA AND MERLIN EMBARK ON A PERILOUS QUEST TO RETRIEVE PROMETHEUS’ FIRE FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF DARK MAGIC
So the darkness was born in the place where the “sacred spark” is found. Must be a creation and fall-from-grace story borrowed from Greek mythology. I know that Promethus is credited as the creator of humankind who gave humanity fire. What went wrong for the darkness to be born?
In Camelot, Merlin spearheads a mission to reunite the dagger with Excalibur so he can use the weapon to save Emma from the darkness threatening her soul…Meanwhile, Merlin brings Emma along on a journey to confront his ancient nemesis and retrieve the sacred spark he’ll need to reforge Excalibur.
So what I’m getting from this Camelot flashback is that Promethus’ fire is necessary to re-forge the blade. I wonder who originally created Excalibur. Maybe Prometheus himself? I’ve been playing around with a theory that whoever wields a whole, intact Excalibur has power over Merlin the way whoever has the dagger has power over the dark one. Maybe Promethus decided to check Merlin’s power by tying light magic to the original sword, lest Merlin be as powerful as the gods.
Both parties are tested, but one suffers a blow that could derail the entire operation.
Sounds like Merlin is the one dealt a blow by the first Dark One, seeing how Emma as the dark one is impervious to harm. I’m guessing Merlin gets struck by Excalibur, which is said to be able to harm and even kill him.
In a flashback to long before the Age of Arthur, young Merlin finds purpose after he is blessed with magic and immortality,
Blessed by whom? The Greek gods?
According to at least one legend by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Merlin was born of a nun and of the devil (or an incubus). “Merlin is a paradox, he was the son of the devil, yet he was the servant of God.” And who do we think might be coming to OUAT? Hades. If Hades can be considered the devil (a conflation of pagan and Christian beliefs), then I wonder if Merlin will turn out to be the son of Hades in OUAT.
but when he falls in love with a young refugee named Nimue, everything changes for Merlin, as their romance starts a chain of events that touches every one of our present day heroes
Yeah, to echo what RG wrote: Flowers of DOOM!
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
Darren Moore as Vortigan
So Vortigan really was the Dark One we saw in Dreamcatcher. How does Nimue play into this, then? Is Vortigan the second Dark One after killing Nimue like I theorized earlier? Or does Nimue really have nothing to do with the darkness, against all expectations…?
Graham Verchere as Young Apprentice
Yay, Apprentice. Will we actually see Merlin teaching him?
I googled the actor’s name and he seems to be a young kid. I wonder if he was around before Merlin got trapped in a tree or if Merlin just appeared to him later like he did to young Emma.
Jackie Minns as Woman, Max Haynes as Young Man
Innocent peasant victims? Or could the man be Prometheus?
Jason Simpson as Adda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adda_of_Bernicia
Interesting…
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