Merlin (My Little Pony)

"*Magic is not evil, nor is it good; it's what you believe it is, faith is what brings out the true magic in all things, it binds us all. No matter what, all is capable of magic, and only if they believe and have faith can they truly perform it.*"
—Merlin

**Merlin** (マーリﾝ, *Maarin*) is an legendary Greco-English wizard known in the Arthurian Legends. He's an fabled wizard of England, founder of the Academy of Arcane Arts & Witchcraft, a co-ed magical academy that aims to both genders in the arcane arts. Holding the English title of Grand Caster, he's revered to be one of the most powerful wizards, having an affinity of Elemental Magics, and so much more arcane arts, including the magic involving something akin to immortality. After dealing with the events of King Arthur, during the conflict he was confronted by Morgana within Stonehenge, which Morgana believed she sealed him away in the Garden of Avalon, however she actually transported him into the high fantasy world of *My Little Pony* in its prehistory stages, during the times of the daemon onslaught. Using his vast magical power, he would devise the plan to return the Light with the creation of the Sun and used its light to vanquish the daemons. Since then Merlin is recognized as an legendary figure, but the details of him has been lost to time, and since the world is that of ponies, they represented Merlin as either an unicorn or alicorn.

Merlin was born well over 4000 years ago, during the times of the 25th century BC somwhere in ancient Greece during the Helladic chronology. At the time, he went by the name of **Magnus** (マグナス, *Magunasu*), which predated its use since it was first referenced in 1st century BC by Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (it's suspected Merlin and Gnaeus are the same individuals). According to Merlin, he's an cambion born between the union between an female human known as Adhan and a undisclosed demon (theories state his father was the fallen angel Lucifer/Satan, or some other powerful demon entity). It was due to his combined hybrid birth that lead to his extraordinary magical affinites and potentials at a young age, and should be noted magic back in ancient times were either seen as the choson one of the divines, or a heathen practice deemed demonic. As such Merlin kept his magical heritage an secret for over thounands of years thanks to his semi-immortality, he was known to travel across ancient Greece as an faith healer or priest to the Olympian gods up to his entry into Albion (now called Great Britain). Upon entering Albion, he realized magic was less restrictive in most areas, and thus he began to truly show his might and power, utilizing his arcane knowledge to perform and protect the innocent against powerful dark forces.

Upon the 5th century soon entering into its phase, Merlin was directed when gained an vision of two dragons; the White Dragon and the Red Dragon clashing into batte that may lead to total destruction of Albion, and envisioned an mighty king that shall unite the entirety of Albion under the flag of England and in-turn bring Britannia into existence. Knowing the future entails, he traveled to an village where was near Camelot and began to utilize his magic into illusionary arts, and other transmorgification and alchemy. Eventually by the time of the late 5th century, he got word Uther Pendragon, was searching for him. Meeting the King, Uther asked for him to be transformed into Gorlois for some importance. Not caring for why, he would agree if only he have his firstborn child, while Uther confused, he agreed and soon Uther done what he wanted and married with Igraine. The new wife of Uther then bore a child, which Merlin took in agreement when he was born, however Merlin fist made sure the birthing process was a sucess, but Igraine died due to complications two years later.