Following Arthur’s death, people started to move on. Merlin’s closest friends begged him to forgive himself and let Arthur go, but he refused. Merlin decided to wait. The years continued passing, and his friends started to drift away by old age, but Merlin didn’t. Merlin waited. The fall of Camelot came to pass, turning the once kingdom into a myth, but Merlin continued waiting. New kings and Queens claimed the throne, and Merlin still waited. The Black Death eradicated two-thirds of the Earth,

Camelot, Act 1 Scene 1 ("Camelot", 1960) - Julie Andrews, Richard Burton