Ember & Crown

In a kingdom where magic is forbidden and the future is written in stars, destiny has chosen its players—but it never asked them how they felt about it. When young warlock Merlin arrives in Camelot, he expects to hide in the shadows. Instead, he finds himself face-to-face with Prince Arthur Pendragon—arrogant, golden, and already raising his sword against a peasant. Merlin should hate him. Instead, he sees a flame that mirrors his own: fierce, dangerous, and impossibly bright. Tasked with protecting Arthur in secret, Merlin becomes the prince’s unlikely manservant and reluctant confidant. But as war looms and court politics grow bloodier by the day, Merlin’s bond with Arthur deepens. What begins as duty transforms into something more—something forbidden. In a world where magic is a death sentence and the throne leaves no room for love, their connection threatens everything: Camelot’s fragile peace, the fate of Albion, and their own hearts. With the prophecy whispering of a prince destined to unite the land and a sorcerer who walks beside him, Merlin must navigate loyalty, secrecy, and desire. Gwen, a loyal ally and one of the few who knows the truth, helps him walk the knife’s edge between two lives. But the closer Arthur and Merlin become, the harder it is to keep the truth buried—and the more dangerous it becomes to let it rise. Ember & Crown is a slow-burn romantic fantasy about the weight of duty, the peril of secrets, and the courage it takes to choose love in a world that forbids it. Ember & Crown is a fanfic based on the show Merlin and the plots are closely similar from the original plot.