The end of Merlin is only a month away, and these gorgeous season 5 finale promotional stills depict what could be a massive final battle!

Following the announcement that Merlin will end after its current season, fans have been readying themselves for the end (although we still think it feels like a bad break-up!).

With only five episodes to go, can they wrap it all up in time? Hopefully they will, because from these promotional images showing Merlin, Morgana and Emrys (we expect more to be released soon), it looks like the 13th and final episode will focus on the final battle – in which Arthur may or may not die at Mordred’s hand.

Check out the gorgeous stills:

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What do you think? They’re definitely epic! We love the look of the Morgana images – but the ones showing Emrys make us worried. If Arthur dies, will Merlin permanently retreat into this state, left to wander the world as a bitter, angry old man?

We expect that similar sets of images will be released of Arthur, Gwen, Gaius and the knights, so stay tuned!

Read what the Merlin cast had to say about the end of the series – even Anthony Stewart Head has weighed in! A Hypable reader has shared their emotional reaction to the news, while the site staff penned an Open Letter to the BBC.

The next episode of Merlin airs Saturday at 20:00 GMT on BBC One. It is titled “With All My Heart,” and Arthur and Merlin will go head to head with Morgana in a battle which will hopefully end with Gwen being freed from the sorceress’ hold! You can watch a promo for the episode and listen to the predictions made by the hosts of Hypable’s Merlin podcast Talks of Camelot! What do you think is gonna happen?