

Aithusa uses its breath to forge a sword for Morgana's ally Mordred. Just as before, Merlin uses his Dragonlord powers to send Aithusa away and end the Dragon's attack ( With All My Heart). The white dragon attacks Merlin, Arthur, and Mordred with the knocked-out Guinevere in tow at a canyon. Later after these events, the Dochraid warns Morgana about Merlin's attempt to heal Morgana's puppet Guinevere, who was under her control, she turned to Aithusa for help.
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Merlin commands Aithusa to go, allowing the Dragon to exercise its free will to choose its own loyalties. Merlin realises that something traumatic happened to Aithusa, and it is revealed that the dragon also cannot speak. Merlin chases after Aithusa and when the White Dragon tries to attack him, he blocks the Dragon's fire with a magical shield and then uses his Dragonlord ability to command Aithusa to stop attacking. Aithusa attacks Merlin, Arthur, and Gwaine, who are all shocked that Morgana has found a dragon. When Aithusa visits Morgana, just before Arthur and Merlin arrive to rescue the knights Morgana captured, the Dragon has grown quite a bit larger, although it is still small enough to fit in Morgana's bedroom and the caves in which Morgana is searching. Tormented Ally of Morgana Īithusa attacks in the tunnels beneath Ismere.Īithusa bonds with Morgana within the next three years, since they spend two of those years imprisoned and tortured together by Sarrum. With no room to grow, Aithusa became twisted and crippled, its cries of pain could be heard from outside the pit and were said to be more pitiful than that of Morgana's ( Arthur's Bane, The Hollow Queen).Īithusa attacks again, at the battle of Camlann. Morgana, cured by the dragon's breath, appears both shocked and elated at the sight of the dragon, smiling in disbelief as Aithusa flies away, right after healing her ( The Sword in the Stone).įollowing the events of Aithusa saving Morgana, they were both captured and imprisoned by Sarrum of Amata, Aithusa grew too large for the pit in which the Dragon was locked away. When Morgana loses the throne of Camelot for the second time and is gravely injured fighting her way out, Aithusa flies to where she lies dying in the forest. Saving Morgana Īithusa presumably remains with Kilgharrah while maturing.

It is fitting because Aithusa is a rare white dragon, and its birth symbolizes a good omen for Merlin's destiny, for Arthur, and the land that they will build together. Kilgharrah, The Great Dragon, notes that the name Merlin chose is very fitting, for in the Dragon Tongue, the name means "Light of the Sun". Then, only moments later, Aithusa was born.

Using his power as the last Dragonlord, Merlin names the hatchling Aithusa. As Merlin learned from The Great Dragon, a dragon will only hatch when a Dragonlord gives it a name. Aithusa was brought into existence after the Dragonlord, Merlin, rescued the egg from the Tomb of Ashkanar and Julius Borden.
