History Characters / MerlinOthers

!! Queen Annis (Lindsay Duncan)

* WhipItGood: In defending Merlin from bullies.

%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking

* NakedOnArrival: Presumably.
* NewOldFlame: To Guinevere.

* SpotTheImposter
** ImposterForgotOneDetail: Merlin [[BluffTheImposter figures him out]] by framing a sentence that leads him to stating that he has no idea Merlin has magic.

* GreatEscape: Pulls one off for Sefa.

* StormingTheCastle: All by himself.

* RomanceOnTheSet: There were persistent rumors that he was dating Creator/AngelCoulby.

* SignificantHeadgear: He has a wide-brimmed and distinctly 17th century-looking hat (as you would expect from this [[TheWitchHunter character type]]).

! Tristan de Bois (Rick English/Christopher Fairbank)

* BadassInCharge: After her husband's death, power passes to her with no question whatsoever.

* ReformedButRejected: Seems the case with Merlin: since his returning Mordred has done anything evil or wrong, [[spoiler:he actually saved Arthur life ''twice'', one almost dying in the process]], but Merlin doesn't trust him and basically wants him dead.

%%* BruiserWithASoftCentre

* WidowWoman: Thanks to Arthur.

%%* AntiVillain

* FutureBadass: Mordred goes from a small, unknown Druid boy from a small village, to a knight of Camelot under King Arthur's rule. [[spoiler: Not only that, but in the future, he is the ultimate demise of King Arthur.]]
%%* HiddenBadass
* {{Evil Costume Switch}}: Like when Lancelot comes back as a shade and wears all black. When Mordred runs away from Camelot and join Morgana his costume changes to a darker colour scheme. At Wales Comic Con in 2017 Alexander Vlahos, Rupert Young, and Tom Hopper joked about Mordred going into the dark chain mail store on his way to Morgana
*BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: This is most likely the cause of Mordred's loyalty towards Morgana.

* AnAxeToGrind: An axe is his weapon of choice.

* AnAxeToGrind: He telekinetically throws one at Merlin.

* [[EvilSorcerer Evil Sorceress]]: She's an exceptionally powerful one at that, curbstomping Merlin before he taps into the full depth of his powers.
* [[HighPriest High Priestess]]: Of the Old Religion.

* [[BettyAndVeronica Betty]]: To Arthur's [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]].

* [[CuteWitch Cute Warlock]]: When he was a young child.

* [[{{Druid}} Druid Boy]]

* [[BroodingBoyGentleGirl Brooding Girl, Gentle Boy]]: [[GenderInvertedTrope Gender-Inverted]]. Freya is the Brooding Girl to Merlin's Gentle Boy. Merlin manages to make brooding, isolated and cursed Freya feel happy and loved.

* [[ChekhovsGunman Chekhov's Gunman]]: She [[spoiler:returns at the end of Season 3 in order to deliver Excalibur into Merlin's hands so that he can defeat the immortal army.]]

* CoolPet: To Morgana.

* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her?]]: She's flabbergasted when Arthur forsakes her for the blacksmith's daughter, though also seems rather impressed by his devotion.

* {{Succubus}}: Though nothing graphic happens on-screen (family show!), this is her modus operandi -- to seduce, then destroy.

* ArmourPiercingSlap: She gives not one but ''two'' to Arthur.

! Alvarr (Joseph Mawle)

* KnifeNut: She attacks Arthur with a hidden knife.

* WildCard: Season 5. [[spoiler: Stabs Morgana in the back, joins the knights, shows kindness to the prisoners, doesn't use his magic, and doesn't reveal Merlin's identity to either Arthur or Morgana.]] The show's been doing a very good job not letting us know if he's heel or face until [[spoiler: his {{Face-Heel Turn}} in 2x11.]]

* NiceHat: He has a wide-brimmed and distinctly 17th century-looking hat (as you would expect from this [[TheWitchHunter character type]]).

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: He's a warlord who fulfils every aspect of this trope.

%%* SupernaturalIsPurple

* SupernaturalIsPurple: She wears a ragged purple dress, denoting her supernatural power.

** SupernaturalIsPurple: Said robes denote his magical origins.

%%* DisguisedInDrag

%%* LongLostRelative: To Morgana.

%%* TheDulcineaEffect

* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's only around for two episodes before Arthur kills him.

%%* AnAxeToGrind

%%* EleventhHourRanger

%%* LastEpisodeNewCharacter

%%* AffablyEvil

%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
%%* BlackCloak

%%* DarkIsEvil
%%* DevilInPlainSight

%%* EvilChancellor

%%* EvilUncle

%%* IgnoredEnamouredUnderling

%%* TheMole

%%* TreacherousAdvisor

%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter

%%* AffablyEvil

%%* WeHardlyKnewYe

%%* BaldOfAwesome

* BaldOfAwesome: His lack of hair only exemplifies his power and strength.

* DirtyOldMan: Seems to be creepily fascinated by both Morgana and Guinevere, and enjoys standing behind their chairs with his hands close to their necks. Overlaps with FoeYay and {{UST}}, especially in Morgana's case.

* YourHeadAsplode: Merlin blows her up. [[MoralDissonance It's a bit disconcerting]].

%%* WitchSpecies

* WitchSpecies: Mordred is a Druid with magical abilities.

* FanNickname: [[HoYay Slash Dragon]].