Uploaded June 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"You frighten me..."

Made for the second round of MVT (this time, not in a big hurry for once!)
For this round we had to choose one character from the series and switch them to bad if they're canonly good, or vice versa. I first wanted to try Gwen, but then I changed my mind and chose Gaius. I think there are no vids about him being evil on YT apart from mine and justeagle11's who also vidded him for this round? xD (and there must be a reason to it, because he's not easy to be turned at all, even if some of his Goblin scenes in 3x03 really helped.)

Plot: the video begins with Merlin being arrested and sentenced to death for sorcery by Uther. Gaius tries to make him see reason, but the King won't listen, and so he has to watch his adoptive son die, helpless...which drives him mad. He remembers the Dragon's words about how he always stood back and did nothing to help other sorcerers during the Great Purge, and decides that this time Uther has to pay. He gives him a potion to torment him with visions of all the innocents he's killed in his war against magic. However, a new physician comes to Camelot, Edwin (who is also reversed to be good in this AU instead), who claims to be able to cure all ills; he's summoned at the castle, and he's indeed able to cure Uther, much to Gaius's dismay. With magic, he creates a stronger potion for the hated king, but Edwin has grown suspicious of him and catches him red-handed. He intends to tell the king immediately, but Gaius won't let him ruin his plans of revenge and kills him by animating an axe with magic. He's then able to bring the new potion to Uther, killing him for good this time.
All the kingdom grieves for its King's death. While standing at his deathbed, Morgana (who's still on Camelot's side too) catches a glimpse of Gaius smirking, and she understands he must be behind all this. She confronts him, and he warns her to stay out of his way, for her own sake. Afraid that she'll expose him, Gaius eventually decides it's safer to get rid of Morgana too, so he prepares a new poisonous elixir and slips into her chambers at night, leaving some drops of it into her goblet. She drinks from it the day after, and chokes to death in front of a terrified Gwen.
In the end, Arthur is crowned the next King, but Gaius means no good to him either (I figured out he would be mad at him for not doing more to save Merlin)...at the coronation he's hiding another dangerous potion in his hands.

Don't know how evil he looks in the actual vid though...hope he does :D please, tell me what you think!


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