So what's the deal with Merlin?
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Now, when next we see him, he is in Traverse Town. Now, here’s a muddy point. At this point in time, is his mind completely blown that there are other worlds and that he managed to escape to a crazy outer space refuge for lost world people on a groovy space ship made by Cid and the gang, just regular Radiant Gardeners?
Or did he already know about other worlds, being the greatest wizard of all time (with Time Magic!) and somehow in possession of a very special book (one which he clearly knows the value of and has probably been inside of before...)? Was he just some great and powerful wizard residing in the humble Borough home of the capital [only?] city of the capital world of the Realm of Light? Why wasn’t he the world leader’s right hand advisor? Was he just ‘not meddling with the world order’? Couldn’t this shit have all been avoided? Oh Merlin, you kook!
I don’t even want to get in to when or where Arthur’s story takes place in this guy’s outrageous Kingdom Hearts timeline. That’s a funny thought all on its own.
OK, so he’s definitely a world hopper. He was Donald’s magic teacher, right? Pre-KH1. This obviously had to occur at Disney Castle (or the Musketeer’s world, and it is a separate world from Disney Castle or why would it be asleep? But that’s an even funnier point I won’t get into.). So was that his true home? How was he getting around? No Gummi ships, because the meteor shower thing [caused by Xehapprentice opening the door, right?] had not yet occurred. So, corridors of darkness, then? Hmm, probably not that… Crazy Disney Magic? Well, he is Merlin!
But then what’s his deal? He just hops from world to world teaching destructive magic to ducks? Where is he really from? What is his purpose, really? Just a crazy old dude living it up, passing on some skills and generally [ineffectively] looking out for the worlds? Well he may have at least been an advisor for Mickey if not for Ansem the Wise. It’s my guess that Merlin and the Three Good Fairies and other such characters knew about Yen Sid long before the events of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, meaning they probably were also well aware of keyblades, although I admit that the Fairies at least may have begun their meddling post-BbS with the destruction of their world.
Can anyone figure this guy out? And most importantly, what could he possibly end up doing in KHIII?
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