Quotes
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Gaius : Only your magic can save him, Merlin.
Merlin : I cannot save the life of a man destined to kill Arthur.
Gaius : If Mordred is destined to take the king's life, why has he just saved it?
Merlin : I cannot ignore what the dragon said.
Gaius : What happened to the young boy who came into my chambers just a few years ago?
Merlin : He grew up, and he learned the meaning of duty.
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Merlin : I can't ignore what I saw. Gaius, Mordred is destined to play a part in Arthur's death.
Gaius : Perhaps. Perhaps not. The future has many paths. That is only one. Have you ever seen him show anything but kindness towards Arthur?
Merlin : No, but...
Gaius : If Mordred wished Arthur ill, he's had ample opportunity to do so. He's a likable boy, Merlin.
Merlin : I know. I like him myself, but I can't ignore what I saw.
Gaius : Seeing is not the same as knowing, and we must know for certain before we act.
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Gaius : This is a rune mark, My Lord.
Arthur : That's what everyone keeps telling me.
Gaius : In times past, this mark aroused great fear. It was given to those found wanting by the court of the Disir.
Merlin : The Disir?
Gaius : The highest court of the old religion. Three women were chosen at birth to be trained as seers and soothsayers. There only task was to interpret the word of the Triple Goddess. When they sat in judgment, there word was final.
Arthur : All this worn out superstition has no relevance now. I don't see what bearing it has on me or Camelot.
Gaius : Because, sire, the Disir have seen fit to give you this. This is the judgment of the gods against you.
Arthur : This is nonsense, surely.
Gaius : The old religion held that the rune mark not only contained the man's guilt but the path that the gods have chosen for him. That is why it is both a judgment and fate.
Arthur : I make my own path.
Gaius : Do you? It is said that only the gods can alter a man's fate, and, even then, only when he repents and appeases them.
Arthur : You don't believe any of this? Gaius?
Gaius : I'm an old man, sire, old enough to be wary of dismissing other people's beliefs.
