The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is an American historical fantasy television series created for DailyWire+, adapted from Stephen R. Lawhead\'s novels Taliesin and Merlin. Set in Sub-Roman Britain before King Arthur\'s birth, it follows Merlin—son of bard Taliesin and Atlantean princess Charis—through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, disappearance and eventual reappearance as he seeks to unite fractured kingdoms against Saxon invaders.