Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20151015134011/@comment-24268382-20151015135925

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: I think part of the plot twist, is that the sword Arthur pulled was a fake. Originally in the legend, the Sword in the Stone and Excalibur were not one in the same. I think it's real. Merlin himself said to not pull Excalibur from its stone. Arthur pulled the Sword in the Stone long before, Merlin gave Emma that cryptic warning about Excalibur. Originally, Merlin was not going to be in the premiere.

Obviously Merlin prophesied that the sword would return to the stone