Spoilers for BBC Merlin, Season 5 Episode 8: The Hollow Queen I adore this episode! It's so dark and emotionally conflicting. Dark!Gwen/Morgana's friendship almost feeling real like they had once before, Daegal's character development and death, the revealed backstory on what happened to Morgana and Athusia! I had an idea for just the one other thing that would make this even more heartbreaking for me.This is me expanding on the Freya/Merlin subtext in the second to last scene. Hope you enjoy! Ship: Freylin (Freya/Merlin) References to episodes: 2x09, 3x13, 5x08