Gwaine

gwaine is a knight.

Her words, combined with Merlin's trust and Arthur's attempt to speak up on his behalf, convinced Gwaine that Arthur was indeed a noble man and he secretly returned to Camelot to protect him during the Mêlée. He fought alongside Arthur against his would-be assassins, and together they killed them both

.Uther initially had Gwaine arrested for what he'd done and intended to have him executed for the murder of two knights. However, Gaius was able to reveal Dagr and Ebor's true identities, and Uther rescinded his judgment. However, he still refused to lift Gwaine's banishment.

Arthur disagreed with his father's decision and told Gwaine that if it were up to him, he would be welcomed as a friend. Afterward, Merlin tried one last time to get Gwaine to reveal his nobility and receive a pardon, but Gwaine stood by his conviction that he could never serve under a man like Uther. He decided to try his luck in Mercia instead and bid Gwen farewell on his way out of town (Gwaine).

Despite this, Merlin found Gwaine's enjoyment of life amusing and refreshing and they got along well together, quickly establishing a rapport over the loss of their respective fathers and their desires to have known them better.

While attending to a pair of knights who were visiting Camelot for the upcoming Mêlée, Merlin discovered that they were armed with Stulorne Blades, magical swords that appeared blunt were actually dangerously sharp. After discussing the problem with Gwaine and Gaius and realising that they needed more proof, Merlin snuck into the knights' chambers during the night to steal one of the Blades as evidence. However, he was distracted by the discovery that Oswald and Ethan were actually Dagr and his goon Ebor in disguise. When Merlin failed to return to Gaius' chambers, Gwaine became worried and went to the knights' chambers to look for him. He arrived to find Oswald/Dagr throwing daggers at Merlin and quickly leapt to his defense. Gwaine easily defeated the two thugs, but was caught by Sir Leon and brought before the King for violating the Knight's Code.

Gwaine explained that he'd stepped in to protect Merlin, but Dagr claimed that he'd attacked them without cause, provoking a passionate response from Gwaine about the deeper meaning of nobility. Uther sided with the fake knights, but yielded to Arthur's please for him not to execute Gwaine and banished him from Camelot instead.

Gwaine accepted his sentence and prepared to leave Camelot immediately. Merlin tried to convince him to tell Uther that his father had been a knight, reasoning that Uther would likely pardon Gwaine if he knew he was a nobleman, but Gwaine refused, as he had no wish to serve a king such as Uther. He did, however, tell Merlin to look after Arthur before he left, remarking that, "Maybe that one's worth dying for."

Gwaine ran into Gwen on his way out of town, who praised his bravery and supported his impression of Arthur.

Gwaine was a Knight of the Round Table and close friend of Merlin. Born the son of a knight in Caerleon's kingdom, he rejected his family's noble heritage after the King refused to help them after his father's death. He wandered Albion as a vagabond until the Fall of Camelot, during which he pledged his allegiance to Arthur Pendragon and became a Knight of Camelot.

Gwaine served as a Knight for at least four years, during which he kept his noble blood a secret from his peers. He was killed by Morgana Pendragon in the aftermath of the Battle of Camlann.

Gwaine was born to a noble family in Caerleon's kingdom. His father served as a knight in Caerleon's army. When he died in battle, Gwaine's mother was left penniless and the King refused to come to the family's aid. Gwaine's opinion of the nobility was forever altered by this experience, and eventually led him to reject his family's noble heritage.

By the time Gwaine reached adulthood, he had left his home and family and began living a vagabond lifestyle, traveling the world with his sword

Gwaine met Merlin and Arthur when he came to their aid in a tavern brawl against Dagr and his thugs. They won, but Gwaine was badly injured when he took a knife to the thigh in defense of Arthur.

Merlin and Arthur took Gwaine back to Camelot so his wounds could be treated by Gaius. Arthur and his father were deeply grateful for what Gwaine had done, but Gwaine was privately dismayed to learn that he'd saved the life of the Prince of Camelot. He preferred to avoid the nobility when possible; though he didn't hate all nobleman, he had yet to meet one worth dying for.

During Gwaine's stay in Camelot, he attempted to charm Gwen in the marketplace (who politely turned him down) and caused trouble in the local tavern by buying drinks for all the other patrons when he had no money. Merlin covered the bill by charging the drinks to Arthur, who made them both shine the boots of Camelot's entire army to pay him back.