Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4962906-20151007080647/@comment-24936039-20151013230612

Maybe Merlin is not trapped in the tree at all? Perhaps the Lancelot that Snow meets in Camelot is Merlin in disguise? (which leaves the question if there is actually someone in the tree or its just a tree?) Perhaps Arthur is really Mordred and Guinevere is really Nimue (seems that the magic using villains at some point magically disguise themselves as heroes to trick the heroes (other villains) - Rumples disguises himself as Regina to test Zeleana, Cora disguises herself as Henry\Blue\Lancelot, Zeleana as Marianm, Regina as a peasant, etc.)