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Alright, I'll grab Uther, Gwaine and Gwen as well.. That will just leave Morgause to update

Done with Geoffrey's update and Grettir & The Fisher King entries. I sent them to pcdsa for proofing

Wrong Esther. I know him from Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Leprechaun movies, and most important, Labyrinth!!

dpebbleson wrote:

I'll take Morgana, Uther and Gaius updates. Maybe, as a project during the hiatus, we could assemble the entire encyclopedia for the first three seasons in an external pdf/doc file, together with flashy pictures from the show and without, references to external encyclopedias about magical creatures, and other cross-references? Like, Arthur in 'Merlin', but also Arthur in traditional legends, and so on and so forth. It's just an idea, and it could take long, but then again, the hiatus is really long.

The bolded part. We can start there and create a separate encyclopedia cross-referencing TRUE Arthurian legend. I love the idea, and am absolutely in for it. I have software that transcribes for me and can compile PDF's installed on my computer.

Alright everyone, well if that's everything then get busy! lol The next update will be posted shortly after 3x10 airs this week. That will keep us on schedule as far as an update every 4 episodes is concerned.

Sounds good to me giving some background to the entries, DaNko and it's something I can help with

Alright so this is where we stand.

First off, I need space. pcdsa and Esther, if you could delete your posts directly before and after my new **PLACEHOLDER** to free up room, that would be excellent. I already had to move entries down for today's update, they simply won't fit anymore.

Everyone EXCEPT Dagr, Ebor, Gwaine, and characters who appeared after "Love in the Time of Dragons" should be added. LizzyGlue is going to confirm this for me and send a list. I'll have her post it here as well. She has been credited for her contributions.

Other than that, a LOT of updating. Main characters and anyone appearing after "Goblin's Gold" needs updated. There are two points where the updates kinda stopped because I got behind; Cenred and a few others need updated as of "Goblin's Gold," the rest are updated through "The Eye of the Phoenix." Esther is great at giving background to the entries, so if anyone wants to just give an outline of the rest of a characters updates she can fill it in. AC, your Evoric information didn't make it through in the PM. Why don't you send me over some material on Morgause and Morgana along with his?

As far as the rest of you, pick something and go with it I guess! plenty of it left. PCDSA and Danko are great with proofing and filling in details (Danko especially!)

We've got four months. Let's finish this and do a final proofread so we can PDF it! HOO-AH!

And at my end. Happy to proof read anything that comes my way .

Thank you ladies! *nods*

Just waiting for some material on my end.

Eric, as I send you via pm, I'll be glad to take care of Morgana and Morgause, because I like them so much. I'm in a very busy schedule this week, so will be able to send them next week.

I'm up for any proofreading anyone wants to send. I just have trouble writing about something, since writing is all I do in the last couple of days, and my mind just can't work creatively any longer.

Thanks in advance

I got both of your PMs and yes D you can get started on Morgana and Morgause if you'd like. That would be great. Been uber busy myself but we'll get this thing updated yet!

Okay, Eric, I'm on a small holiday on weekend. I had planned to write it during the weekend, but will postpone it to Monday. I SHALL, however, write it on Monday, Tuesday the latest. There's no excuse for me know save for laziness, as I'm done with other obligations.

About mythical beings and their sources: I will start compiling the expansions for entries in here. Maybe we could start from letters A-K, e.g. ?

I think I'll do a couple of them myself, post it here, and if anyone finds it entertaining, they're free to join any time

I'm back! Unfortunately I'm still a bit backed up restoring my computer; then I have to sort through the other updates yet and proofread/post them. You still owe me an entry too, Danko! I'll get back to everyone on here when I get some more time.

Alright everyone...I know I have been away a long time and interest in this little side project of ours has waned quite a bit, but now that I am through fixing up my computer and working through the loads of backlog I had here at home with my personal work I feel like we could at least make an honest attempt at getting this thing complete up to Season 4's end. Wow, was that ever a run-on sentence! Give me a few days to drum up what updates I have and where we stand on everything, and I can start assigning updates again as we go along.

On a personal note, I was struggling hard with some pretty deep psychological issues that made it nigh impossible to get anything constructive done. Those of you who are on my Facebook may have noticed. While I would normally prefer to keep the work on this confined to the small group of us that have managed it thus far, we are so far behind that if there are any newcomers (such as you, IceDog!) who wish to help out I will take what I can get and credit you properly for the work you put forth.

I'd like to finish by adding that this project is a labor of love, and it just wouldn't be right to let it die after having already put SO much work into it. It's a nice outlet for my neuroses, while still putting it to practical use. I really want to get this updated so we can do incremental updates as we go along during Season 5, which as far as I've heard is still being planned as the final season. I certainly hope that's not true, but it is not our place to argue with TPTB. So what do you say everyone, shall we give this another go now that I'm back and intend to stick in it for the long haul?

Alright I told some of you I wouldn't have a master list of updates compiled until Thursday or so, but my neuroses kinda took over and I finished it tonight. It looks daunting, but if we take it in bits it shouldn't be too hard. Keep in mind that the master list of updates I'm am going to post below only concern what information needs to be added; there are a lot of other factors to take into consideration that I will take care of after the submissions come in. I am still on target for adding links, more emphasis on episode names, and converting it into PDF format once all the needed entries are complete, so it's not as if I'm not doing any work here either.

Esther has proposed we go about it like this; I will post the list, and you all can pick and choose what you want. While typing up the list I was thinking along the lines that if you choose a SUPPORTING character it will probably be easier if you take a member who also appears in many of the episodes as the one you choose, that way it is easier to keep track of things for you. As far as supporting cast members are concerned, I am not going to limit how many you choose to do at one time; however, for MAIN character please only submit ONE AT A TIME. They require a much larger commitment to accuracy and detail, and need much more complete entries. If you would like to do more than one MAIN character, you may do so, but complete your submission for one character before submitting another.

Since there is so much information to add at this time, I am going to institute a simple system for submitting your updates to keep things simple and streamlined. The rules for submissions are as follows:

1. Before starting any new updates, leave a post here telling everyone who you are working and which episodes you will be covering. You are certainly free to do all the updates for a given character, but please be clear about it either way. This will ensure that the same two people are not working on the same updates simultaneously. Once an update has been chosen by someone, it will be tagged with their name and the status will be updated to "compiling" to indicate as such.

2. Once an update has been chosen and the person choosing to do so posts here, anyone is free to request to proofread that update before it is submitted to me. This is not required, as I don't mind proofing the updates myself before adding them. If you do so choose to proof an update before final submission, quote the original post in which the update was chosen and state your intent to do so. I will update the master list to reflect this by updating the tag to include the name of the proofer.

3. If your update is chosen to be proofread before final submission, PM me when you send it off to the next person for proofing. I will change the status of the update from "pending" to "proofing" to indicate as such.

4. Once the entry is ready for final submission, please submit it via PM to me with a subject line that includes the characters/creatures name and which episodes the update includes. I will change the status of the update on the master list from "pending/proofing" to "submitted" to indicate as such.

5. Once I have proofed, formatted, and added the submission, the update will be removed from the master list to indicate completion.

I will keep a copy of the master list on my desktop in order to track overall progress. The master list will be added to the first post of this topic, along with who has opted to take which updates, and it will be updated any time a change is made to the list. The master list on the first post of this topic will ALWAYS be the most current one, so if you are unsure about the status of an update check there first before digging through post unnecessarily. I'll be adding it as soon as I finish posting this message. The list as it stands right now is posted below. A couple of the characters do not have names, these characters don't necessarily need to be added to the 'Pedia; but I put them on there just for the sake of completion.

Updates needed for Merlin Encyclopedia (AS OF 4-3-2012, will NOT be updated; please check the first post of this topic for the MOST CURRENT list)

Character - Needed updates - Who they're currently assigned to - Current status

EXISTING ENTRIES that need updated

Merlin - POST 3x04 "Gwaine", includes 3x05, 3x06, 3x07, 3x08, 3x09, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Arthur - POST 3x04 "Gwaine", includes 3x05, 3x06, 3x07, 3x08, 3x09, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Gaius - 3x04 "Gwaine" onwards, includes 3x05, 3x06, 3x07, 3x08, 3x09, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Morgana - POST 3x07 "The Castle of Fyrien", includes 3x08, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x09, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Gwen - S3 onwards, includes 3x05, 3x06, 3x07, 3x08, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Kilgharrah - S3 onwards, includes 3x06, 3x07, 3x08, 3x09, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Geoffrey of Monmouth - 4x02 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 2", 4x03 "The Wicked Day"
Cenred - POST 3x01/3x02 "The Tears of Uther Pendragon", includes 3x07, 3x12
Morgause - S3 onwards, includes 3x07, 3x08, 3x10, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01 (Dies)
Sir Lancelot - S3 onwards, includes 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x05, 4x09
Sir Gwaine - S3 onwards, includes 3x04, 3x08, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13 - LizzyGlue - Compiling
Sir Leon - POST 3x04 "Gwaine", includes 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
The Fisher King - reference 3x08 "The Eye of the Phoenix"
Freya - 3x13 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 2"
Uther - POST 3x04 "Gwaine", includes 3x05, 3x06, 3x07, 3x08, 3x09, 3x10, 3x11, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03 (Dies)
Hunith - 4x12 "The Sword in the Stone Pt. 1"

NEW ENTRIES that need added

Aithusa - 4x04 "Aithusa", 4x13
Alfhild - 3x08 "The Eye of the Phoenix"
Agravaine - 4x01 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 1" onwards, includes 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x07, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13 (Dies)
Taliesin - 3x05 "The Crystal Caves"
Sidhe Elder - 3x06 "The Changeling"
Princess Elena - 3x06 "The Changeling"
Grunhilda - 3x06 "The Changeling"
Lord Godwyn - 3x06 "The Changeling"
Sir Percival - 3x13 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 2" onwards, includes 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Sir Elyan - S3 onwards, includes 3x07, 3x12, 3x13, 4x01, 4x02, 4x03, 4x04, 4x05, 4x06, 4x08, 4x09, 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13
Evoric - 3x09, 3x11 - AC - Compiling
Fermin - 3x07 "The Castle of Fyrien"
Voice of the Manticore - 3x09
Sir Ethan - 3x04 "Gwaine" (Dies) - Esther - Submitted
Sir Oswald - 3x04 "Gwaine" (Dies) - Esther - Submitted
Cylferth - 3x04 "Gwaine" - Esther - Submitted
Dagr - 3x04 "Gwaine" - Esther - Submitted
Ebor - 3x04 "Gwaine" - Esther - Submitted
Mary - 3x04 "Gwaine" - Esther - Submitted
The Innkeeper - 3x04 "Gwaine"
Gilli - 3x11 "The Sorcerer's Shadow"
Tindr - 3x11 "The Sorcerer's Shadow"
Nollar - 3x11 "The Sorcerer's Shadow"
Iseldir - 3x12 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 1", 4x04
Jarl - 3x12 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 1"
Rider - 3x12 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 1"
Druid Boy - 3x12 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 1"
Bandit - 3x12 "The Coming of Arthur Pt. 1"
The Cailleach - 4x01 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 1", 4x02
Audrey - 4x01 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 1", 4x06 "A Servant of Two Masters"
Ferryman - 4x01 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 1", 4x02
Drea - 4x01 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 1"
Rescued Children - 4x01 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 1"
Vilia - 4x02 "The Darkest Hour Pt. 2"
The Gleeman - 4x03 "The Wicked Day"
Geldred - 4x03 "The Wicked Day"
Guard - 4x03 "The Wicked Day"
Julius Borden - 4x04 "Aithusa"
Queen Annis - 4x05 "His Father's Son"
Caerleon - 4x05 "His Father's Son"
Alator - 4x06 "The Secret Sharer"
Orn - 4x06 "The Secret Sharer"
Lamia - 4x08 "Lamia"
Mary Howden - 4x08"Lamia"
John Howden - 4x08 "Lamia"
The Dochraid - 4x09 "Lancelot du Lac"
Ghost of Druid Boy - 4x10 "A Herald of the New Age"
Helios - 4x11 "The Hunter's Heart", 4x12, 4x13 (Dies)
Princess Mithian - 4x11 "The Hunter's Heart"
Eoghan - 4x11 "The Hunter's Heart"
Helios' Servant - 4x11 "The Hunter's Heart"
Tristan - 4x12 "The Sword in the Stone Pt. 1", 4x13
Isolde - 4x12 "The Sword in the Stone Pt. 1", 4x13 (Dies)

As per my post #68

boom-moo wrote:

Done with Dagr, Ebor, Sir Oswald, Sir Ethan, Mary and Cylferth and sent to pcdsa for proofing.

If they got lost somewhere along the way I can resubmit them. Also, Sir Ethan and Sir Oswald die in 3x04 so there's no "onwards" to be done