What year. Oh, now that was tricky. Merlin didn't really have an answer for that. "I don't really now.. but it was probably around what people now call Dark Ages. I do know that it was Camelot. I was born in a village called Ealdor. But then my mother sent me to Camelot. Ended up being Arthur's manservant, doing chores, but.. half the time I use my powers to save his hide. A lot." He paused as he remembered only one other name he as called. "Just one. Emrys. It's what the Druids call me. One of them was a boy named Mordred who told me about it.. I'd thought he was nice first when I helped him, but turns out he's really bad news."