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SGC personnel sifted through the treasure to see if there was any Ancient technology. They found a large book which told the story of the Altera, the advanced human ancestors of the Ancients who left their home galaxy millions of years ago and settled in the Milky Way where they called their new home "Avalon" and built the network of Stargates. They also discovered two devices: an intergalactic commuications terminal and an interdimensional device. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.18 "Arthur's Mantle")
SGC personnel sifted through the treasure to see if there was any Ancient technology. They found a large book which told the story of the Altera, the advanced human ancestors of the Ancients who left their home galaxy millions of years ago and settled in the Milky Way where they called their new home "Avalon" and built the network of Stargates. They also discovered two devices: an intergalactic communications terminal and an interdimensional device. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.18 "Arthur's Mantle")


They took these devices back to the SGC where Dr. Bill Lee began doing research on them. Daniel continued to study the large book and found that the intergalactic communications terminal could be activated using the communications stones which the SGC already had on hand (8.15 "Citizen Joe"). Daniel and Vala used the two stones in the terminal and were psychically linked to a human married couple named Harrid and Sallis. It was during this link that the Ascended Beings known as the Ori were alerted to the existence of humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Ori are the rivals of the Altera and it was the Ori's attempt to wipe out the Altera which caused the Altera to flee from their galaxy those millions of years ago. Once the Altera ascended (also known as the Ancients and The Others), they shielded the existence of humanity in this galaxy from the Ori so that the Ori would not attempt to convert them into worshippers and sap their life forces in order to grow stronger in the ascended planes. The Ori have declared a holy war on the Milky Way, the prize being the power to wipe out their ascended rivals. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3", 9.10 "The Fourth Horseman Part 1", 9.11 "The Fourth Horseman Part 2")
They took these devices back to the SGC where Dr. Bill Lee began doing research on them. Daniel continued to study the large book and found that the intergalactic communications terminal could be activated using the communications stones which the SGC already had on hand (8.15 "Citizen Joe"). Daniel and Vala used the two stones in the terminal and were psychically linked to a human married couple named Harrid and Sallis. It was during this link that the Ascended Beings known as the Ori were alerted to the existence of humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Ori are the rivals of the Altera and it was the Ori's attempt to wipe out the Altera which caused the Altera to flee from their galaxy those millions of years ago. Once the Altera ascended (also known as the Ancients and The Others), they shielded the existence of humanity in this galaxy from the Ori so that the Ori would not attempt to convert them into worshippers and sap their life forces in order to grow stronger in the ascended planes. The Ori have declared a holy war on the Milky Way, the prize being the power to wipe out their ascended rivals. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3", 9.10 "The Fourth Horseman Part 1", 9.11 "The Fourth Horseman Part 2")

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Merlin hologram

Earth Culture of Origin

Celtic, Druid, Welsh, Scottish, British

Alternate Names / Spellings

Myrddin ab Morfryn, Myrddyn, Merlini, Emrys, Merlin Ambrosius, Druid Thomas, Thomas of Rymour, Merlin Anglicus, Myrddin Emrys (Welsh), Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, Merlyn

Earth Mythological References

There are many stories in the Arthurian legend about Merlin. In some, he is the son of a devil and a nun, thus giving him magical powers, including that of seeing into the future. Other stories say that Merlin was a warrior who went insane after a battle, gained the gift of prophecy, and spent the rest of his life in the Caledonian Forest in Scotland. The most popular versions of Arthurian legend portray Merlin as an aged magician who was also the tutor of King Arthur.

Merlin is said to have helped established the Round Table, and foresaw King Arthur's reign, the quest for the Holy Grail, and the destruction of Arthur's castle, Camelot. Merlin is also credited for creating Stonehenge.

It is also said that Merlin fell in love with Nimue, the Lady of the Lake, who learns from him and then uses her magic to imprison him forever with an irreversible spell. Some versions of the legends associate Morgan le Fay as Merlin's mistress.

Stargate References

Myrddin's tablet
Myrddin's name in the Ancient database from Atlantis
Mitchell stands next to Merlin's hologram and sword in stone

Vala Mal Doran brought a stolen tablet encoded with Ancient to the SGC for Daniel Jackson to decipher. After decoding and translating the tablet, Daniel said that it spoke of a great storehouse of treasure. Vala insisted that this treasure was on Earth. The location of this treasure wasn't specified in the tablet, but the man who carved the tablet signed it — Myrddin. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1")

The Atlantis Expedition Team brought back information they obtained from the Ancient database stored in the great city-ship Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. The database included a list of names of those Ancient city-dwellers who returned to Earth 10,000 years ago to escape from the Wraith, a terrible enemy who had besieged the city for several years. Amazingly, Daniel found the same name in this list of names: Myrddin, whose other popular name is Merlin of Arthurian legend. This gave Daniel a clue as to where the treasure might be located. He followed some of the various versions of Arthurian legend to narrow down the search to the Tor of Glastonbury — the Isle of Avalon. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1")

Using the Asgard sensors on the Prometheus, the SGC found that the Tor had underground caverns about half a mile down. Using the ring transporter, Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, Daniel, Teal'c, and Vala beamed into the cavern and were soon thereafter faced with a sword in the stone and a holographic image of Merlin. The hologram gave his message, addressed to the Knights of the Round Table, telling them that they would have to prove they had truth of spirit and wealth of knowledge in order to obtain the treasures hidden in the underworld, the storehouse of riches of Ambrosius Aurelianus, the name attributed to King Arthur in some versions of Arthurian legend. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1")

In order for the team to gain access to the treasures promised in Merlin's holographic message, they had to solve two riddles, each contained in its own chamber. When the cavern's sensors detected that someone had crossed the threshold into the puzzle chamber, fires were automatically lit to reveal the puzzle situated on top of a rectangular pedestal which was located in the center of the chamber. After Mitchell and Teal'c both entered their chamber, a large stone came down from within the ceiling to close off their entrance. The same thing happened in the chamber which Daniel and Vala entered. As soon as each team incorrectly solved their puzzles, the ceilings in their chambers began to lower, threatening to crush them to death. Eventually, both teams solved their puzzles, the ceilings lifted, and the doors opened. The final test was issued after Mitchell removed the sword from the stone. He had to fight a holographic knight. Eventually, Mitchell vanquished the knight and replaced the sword in the stone. At that moment, the treasure was revealed. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1", 9.02 "Avalon Part 2")

Daniel reads Merlin's book left in Avalon
Ancient communications terminal
Merlin's interdimensional device

SGC personnel sifted through the treasure to see if there was any Ancient technology. They found a large book which told the story of the Altera, the advanced human ancestors of the Ancients who left their home galaxy millions of years ago and settled in the Milky Way where they called their new home "Avalon" and built the network of Stargates. They also discovered two devices: an intergalactic communications terminal and an interdimensional device. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.18 "Arthur's Mantle")

They took these devices back to the SGC where Dr. Bill Lee began doing research on them. Daniel continued to study the large book and found that the intergalactic communications terminal could be activated using the communications stones which the SGC already had on hand (8.15 "Citizen Joe"). Daniel and Vala used the two stones in the terminal and were psychically linked to a human married couple named Harrid and Sallis. It was during this link that the Ascended Beings known as the Ori were alerted to the existence of humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Ori are the rivals of the Altera and it was the Ori's attempt to wipe out the Altera which caused the Altera to flee from their galaxy those millions of years ago. Once the Altera ascended (also known as the Ancients and The Others), they shielded the existence of humanity in this galaxy from the Ori so that the Ori would not attempt to convert them into worshippers and sap their life forces in order to grow stronger in the ascended planes. The Ori have declared a holy war on the Milky Way, the prize being the power to wipe out their ascended rivals. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3", 9.10 "The Fourth Horseman Part 1", 9.11 "The Fourth Horseman Part 2")

Merlin knew of the Ori and the threat they posed. After he made a home on Earth, he ascended, but couldn't continue to abide by The Others' rules of non-interference. He decided to retake human form to develop a weapon which would neutralize the Ori. Knowing that The Others would be watching him, he built the interdimensional device so that he could do his research in an alternate dimension, supposedly out of The Others' plane of existence. Merlin recorded the Stargate address of the planet on which he continued his research into the development of the anti-Ori weapon. (9.18 "Arthur's Mantle")

Daniel researches Merlin's library
Merlin's hologram in Camelot wears the Sangreal
Artist's rendering of the Sangreal

SG-1 went to this planet and found a village strongly affected by Arthurian legends, for it was named Camelot and had a sword in a stone in its center. Merlin's research library was as he left it centuries ago because the villagers were afraid to go into it for fear of Merlin's curse. This curse was another holographic knight similar to the one Mitchell fought against in the Avalon cavern. Daniel read through Merlin's books and found some of his prophecies, one of which is said to be that as soon as the sword in the village's center is pulled from the stone, Arthur will return. Daniel had hypothesized that Merlin helped the man known as King Arthur to ascend, based on the myths of Arthur which said that Arthur would return after his mortal injury in the Battle of Camlann (the Once and Future King). The legend was different in the village of Camelot, however, stating that Arthur had defeated Mordred in the Battle of Camlann and then gone off along with some of his knights in search of the Sangreal, the "Holy Grail". As it turns out, this Sangreal was Merlin's anti-Ori weapon, taking on the form of a blood-red pendant which Merlin's Camelot hologram wore. (9.01 "Avalon Part 1", 9.20 "Camelot Part 2")

Because a local village girl pulled the sword from the stone to help Mitchell fight the holographic knight, the villagers of Camelot are enthusiastically awaiting Arthur's return with the Sangreal. Merlin's fate, however, remains a mystery. (9.20 "Camelot Part 2")

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--DeeKayP 15:43, 18 Jul 2005 (PDT)