Before I had ever played any of theses D&D games I was bought up on the Merlin cartoons/stories he began life in the Sword in the Stone story as an adviser to arthur who became king when he freed the sword from the stone he then later appeared in just about any medievel story featuring the Knights of the round table. From the pictures I have seen he looked like Elminster but he wore blue and was a withdrawn person who lived in a tower in Camelot. I belive he was very powerfull but I cant ever remember him using any magic he used to give people advice in a wise old bearded bloke sort of way.
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At an early age, Mordrick the Monk showed Promise!