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Dumb Thought but what if Harry is Merlin

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Archangel62:
Ok this is going to be a bit weird but a lot of this has to do with Demonreach and some of the myths involving Merlin. The idea would involve Harry being hurled back through time but the main reason I think about it is that Demonreach seems to recognize Harry and he feels a strange connection to everything. Also things are bound but are getting loose. The idea here is admittedly a bit iffy but if Harry was somehow hurled back he could re-link with demonreach, he would know it and it would meet him for the first time. Merlin was said to be able to know the future by remembering it, now this could be Merlin interpreting time backwards OR it could be Harry rememebering key events and handling things that way. Keeper of swords, he'd got that down. And he could learn what he needed to learn then and come back to the present with a story no one would believe and that hurts his head in terms of causality

SpacedCowboy:
Not saying you're right on this (though I'd *like* it to be right :) ) but it might also explain Odin's interest and relationship with Harry, given that Odin is rumoured to be the one who taught Merlin magic in the first place.

Yuillegan:
Not a dumb thought at all. It is one that has been speculated on in several threads if you look for them. Hard to prove or disprove as there isn't enough evidence.

One of the main issues is that we arn't sure of what actually happened to Merlin in the Dresden Files. He just up and disappears. And Jim has denied he is the british prisoner in Demonreach...which doesn't mean Merlin isn't in Demonreach altogether.

But from a writing perspective I think this story isn't about Merlin's life. I think Harry and he could be part of the same bloodline. Jim has hinted several times that bloodlines are important in his multiverse and that perhaps all his main characters share the same bloodline. But I think Merlin's story is big and complex enough it would take it's own series and this series is about the End of Days.

But who knows? Have you noticed any direct in-text hints to suggest Harry is Merlin?

morriswalters:
Suppose the prisoner is Harry coming back after a round hell raising as Merlin.  After all it would be Harry in the cell and Obi Wan, I mean Jim, could say,"What I told you was true, in a way." ;) ;D

Yuillegan:
True, but would be cop out. Also, I think Harry would never end up British. But that's just my thinking.

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