Born the bastard son of a Welsh princess, Myridden Emrys --- or as he would later be known, Merlin --- leads a perilous childhood, haunted by portents and visions. But destiny has great plans for this no-man's-son, taking him from prophesying before the High King Vortigern to the crowning of Uther Pendragon...and the conception of Arthur --- king for once and always.