Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20150730230428/@comment-1916997-20151007161516

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote:

That was 30 years ago, he probably wasn't in the tree yet, that's why he could reach baby Emma. Okay so, Grif will most likely steal the grail. Considering how large the tree is, Merlin was probably trapped for centuries. Elliot Knight hinted, that Merlin can communicate with people when he wants to. We can't use the tree's size to indicate how long he has been trapped. He could have been trapped in an existing tree, or the tree could be growing rapidly because, you know, there is a highly magical person trapped in it.