Gaius: A creature of magic. Gaius: I have given them the same compound that cured the villagers, Sire. Gaius: The girl escaped and killed them all but him. Guinevere is with them. Gwen goes to Merlin, but he pushes her in the opposite direction and they take off running as the lamia comes around the corner. Gwen nods to his instructions. Gwen: So why haven't you fallen under her spell? In their wars with the ancient kings, the High Priestesses of the Old Religion took the blood from a girl and mingled it with that of a serpent. It's all right. King Arthur: It's Guinevere's. LONGSTEAD - DAY
Gwen, Merlin, and the knights ride out. Merlin and Gwen look over. Merlin turns to the knights. Merlin: Arthur's our only hope now. Merlin: The knights are like brothers. Our village...we are blighted by a sickness. She is blasted away. Why not us as well?
Plan: A: the menfolk; Q: Who does Guinevere's home village fall victim to a mysterious illness? A: Guinevere's home village fall victim; Q: What village does Merlin go to to cure? A: Gaius; Q: Who heals the knights and the villagers? A: the Knights; Q: Who falls under Lamia's spell? A: Lamia; Q: Who is the waif-like girl that the knights fall under? A: Only Merlin and Guinevere suspect; Q: Who suspects Lamia is responsible for the illness? A: Arthur; Q: Who kills the creature and prevents Merlin from revealing his powers? A: the girl's secret; Q: What does Gaius discover about Lamia? A: the same sickness; Q: What do the Knights succumb to as Arthur rides out with Gaius? A: Merlin's magic; Q: What protects Merlin while he and Gwen fight Lamia? A: Arthur's timely arrival; Q: What prevents Merlin from revealing his powers? Summary: When the menfolk of Guinevere's home village fall victim to a mysterious illness, Gaius sends Merlin, along with Guinevere and the Knights, to cure them, but they are side-tracked by a waif-like girl, Lamia. Only Merlin and Guinevere suspect, rightly, that she is responsible, and soon the Knights fall under her spell, fighting each other. As Arthur rides out with Gaius, who has realised the girl's secret, the Knights succumb, one by one, to the same sickness. Merlin's magic protects him while he and Gwen fight her, but it is Arthur's timely arrival which kills the creature and prevents Merlin from revealing his powers. Gaius heals the knights as well as the villagers.