Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20150915144108/@comment-6175354-20151105030603

Eskaver wrote: There's no reason for him to have lied. Why would he? He might make a mistake or be wrong, but not lie because there's no precedent to believe that.

The price of reforging Excalibur, which would be used to destroy the Darkness. Merlin has a knack for interfering with events, so that his prophecies come true. He told Emma that Excalibur would return to the stone, and to leave it there. Now, he is sending everyone to retrieve it.... something is not adding up.