The French Vulgate texts establish the idea that
While on somewhat friendly terms with the other Deadly Sins, Merlin seemed to particularly enjoy Escanor's unrequited feelings for her.
Trivia. Freya is Merlin's only love interest throughout the series.
The finale was “a love story between two men”
Most notably, the showrunner confirms that Merlin and Arthur did indeed grow to love each other by the end of the series, calling it a “pure” love.
She loves Merlin because when she is with him she doesn't feel alone.
In the French Vulgate version of Merlin and Viviane's relationship Merlin and Viviane are lovers.
Morgana Pendragon, 607 - 621
Morgana married Merlin. Merlin was born in 603. They had one son: Arian Pendragon. Morgana passed away in 621, at age 14.
He bends down over Arthur's hand, and he's kissing it softly, pouring all his love and longing into the tender touch of his lips; and then Arthur mumbles a little, sleepy, and Merlin's heart nearly stops. He jolts back, breathing fast, heat flushing his cheeks and face.
Guinevere, wife of Arthur, legendary king of Britain, best known in Arthurian romance through the love that his knight Sir Lancelot bore for her.
Kyduan was not the only child of Arthur according to Welsh Arthurian tradition – he is also ascribed sons called Amr (Amhar), Gwydre, Llacheu and Duran.
The other, of course, is the tear he cries during their first kiss. This is the moment his escape with Freya becomes real, and the moment he switches his alliances to her in a way that will cost his other relationships.
After developing a friendship with Merlin, she quickly becomes smitten with him (The Dragon's Call). Although Merlin is unaware of Gwen's feelings for him until she kisses him when she finds out he is alive, despite being poisoned (The Poisoned Chalice).
Alexandra Dowling is a British actress who portrays the character Kara, the love interest of Mordred in Series 5 of the BBC's Merlin.
When Meliodas put his hand out gently, Merlin's heart was filled with a love she had never received from anyone else. Over time, that feeling deepened until it became something special. However, no matter how much time he spent, Meliodas never showed romantic feelings for Merlin.
Following the battle, Arthur and Guinevere are married by Merlin in a ceremony at Stonehenge.
But, alas I cannot be the chalice that will hold you. Oh lord I pray that another chalice will appear to embrace that love. You deserve it. Escanor's last words before turning to ashes.
Merlin spends a part of his life as a madman in the woods and marries a woman named Guendoloena (a character inspired by the male Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio). He eventually retires to observing stars from his house with seventy windows in the remote woods of Rhydderch.
Though one of the Welsh Triads (Triad 56) speaks of Arthur's three great queens (all named Gwenhwyfar), later romance generally gives him only one wife named Guinevere.
Following the death of Arthur, Guinevere entered a convent, where she spent the rest of her life praying and helping the poor. Filled with remorse for the trouble she and her lover had caused, she vowed never to see Lancelot again.
Arthur and Guinevere were friends and love interests. They cared very little for one another at the start of the series, as Gwen believed Arthur to be an arrogant bully and Arthur barely seemed to be aware that Gwen existed. As time went on, however, they grew to be friends and eventually fell in love.
Malory suggests his love for her is strong: “King Arthur set his love greatly on her, and so did she upon him.” We are told too that they express their love for one another physically. As Malory puts it, rather delicately as tends to be his way, “and so the King had ado with her.”
King Arthur marries Guinevere, daughter of the King of Scotland. Merlin tries to warn him against the marriage because Guinevere is in love with Sir Lancelot, one of Arthur's knights.
When Nimue and Merlin meet in the fifth episode, she asks the wizard why her mother instructed her to bring him the sword. By the end, viewers learn that not only did he and her mother have a relationship, but Nimue is actually Merlin's daughter.
Arthur, who is no saint himself, has a child out of wedlock – the product of an incestuous union with his half-sister Morgause (in some versions of the legend it is Morgan, but the two have often been conflated, especially in more modern retellings).
The name Merlyn is primarily a female name of Welsh origin that means Female Form Of Merlin.