Merlin's sarcophagus

Merlin's sarcophagus was hidden within the Guardian Knight's ship.

Fiction

The Last Knight film

Seeking the Staff of Merlin, Cade Yeager and Viviane Wembly travelled to the submerged Knight ship and discovered Merlin's sarcophagus within a hidden chamber. Removing the sarcophagus' lid, the pair discovered Merlin's remains along with the staff.

Notes

• Merlin's sarcophagus bears the phrase "chan fhaod neach a thae" in Gaelic and "namine erit" in Latin on the lid. Both are said to mean "No one shall have it." As for the accuracy of the Latin, "namine" isn't a Latin word. It is supposed to be nēmō and looks most like the ablative nēmine. Erit, from esse, means "[person] shall be". Esse does have a secondary meaning of "to have", but only in the construction "to [person] is [possession]", which requires the dative nēminī. There is no Latin word written here to represent "it", which is as possible-but-jarring in Latin as it is in English.
• Pre-viz images of the sarcophagus include the as-yet-untranslated Cybertronian alphabet designed by Ben Procter.
• Actress Laura Haddock, who portrays Viviane in the film, kept one of the skulls from Merlin's sarcophagus.

External links

• Merlin's sarcophagus via HeritageAuctions