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One day the Heartless invaded [[Radiant Garden]], prompting Merlin to flee to [[Traverse Town]]. Finding an a rundown house in the abandoned Zero District, Merlin decides to turn it into his new home. Merlin eventually welcomes [[Fairy Godmother]] as a fellow resident following the destruction of [[Castle of Dreams]]. Ten years later, both were approached by [[King Mickey]], who asks them to assist his vassals Donald and Goofy in their journey to find another Keyblade wielder to stop the Heartless. Like the rest of the former residents of Radiant Garden, Merlin eventually forgets the true name of the world and only remembers the name of the castle: [[Hollow Bastion]].

After an entire decade, the ''Winnie the Pooh'' book begins to fall apart, to the point the cover title had faded away. Merlin leaves the book with [[Cid]], hoping he could repair it; he was still holding onto the book for [[Terra]]. Shortly afterwards, Merlin goes on a trip to explore the worlds and find out how much danger the [[Heartless]] posed.

Sometime later, Merlin has Chip and Dale contact Sora, Donald, and Goofy to meet him at [[Le Grand Bistrot]] after discovering that Sora is no longer on the cover of the ''Winnie the Pooh'' book. Although initially confused as to why he summoned them, Merlin instructs Sora to venture into the 100 Acre Wood to reconnect with Pooh and his friends. Upon Sora's return, Merlin tells Sora that there are always new paths between hearts for him to discover and traverse.

In [[San Fransokyo]], [[Dark Riku]] alludes to Merlin, mentioning “a certain wizard” that Sora knows whose method of time travel does not follow the same rules as that used by Xehanort's vessels in the Organization, who must cast off their bodies and travel from the past as hearts.

==Appearance==

Merlin is an elderly man with pale skin and thin arms and legs. His nose is a bit large and his black eyes are rather small and close-set. He wears spectacles with circular lenses. He seems to be balding and has short, white hair on the sides and back of his head. He also has bushy eyebrows, a walrus mustache, and a long, floor-length beard, all of which are white. Merlin dresses in a sky blue cloak that stops just above his ankles and has large, hanging sleeves. He wears pointed slippers and a tall, floppy, conical hat, both of which are the same sky blue color as his cloak. Merlin's wand is a very long, featureless, brown rod with a small bump on one end.  

Merlin's first was in the 1963 film, ''{{w|The Sword in the Stone (film)|The Sword in the Stone}}''. In the film, Merlin teaches the young King Arthur some life lessons and prepares him for a life as the ruler of England. He also has a rivalry with {{w|Madame Mim|Madam Mim}}, but this rivalry has yet to manifest in ''Kingdom Hearts''. Merlin also has a pet owl named Archimedes, who has not yet been seen in ''Kingdom Hearts'', although his birdhouse is seen hanging in Merlin's house in ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. Also, Archimedes can be heard calling outside of Merlin's house in ''Kingdom Hearts''.