The outcast archetype is a person who has either been rejected by society, left voluntary, or banished. “ Keep away from me after this, you {Merlin} devil’s brat. Do you hear me? Just keep away.” - Camlach
Merlin is an outcast archetype because he is born a bastard and is thought to be a devil’s child. Since Merlin does not know his father’s identity when he is young, everyone treated him poorly. He did not fit in with the other bastard children because he refused to fight. He did not have a “place” or a “group” he fit into. Merlin is forced to leave his home due to the fear of being killed after his servant is killed for murdering the king. Although Merlin’s father claims him, his outsider status does not change. At the end of the book,
