Bayard led a delegation of the Mercian court to Camelot to meet with Uther and sign the treaty. The peace was threatened soon after when, during a celebratory feast, Merlin accused Bayard of attempting to assassinate Prince Arthur Pendragon. However, the handmaiden in Bayard's entourage who had informed Merlin of the poison was in fact the sorceress Nimueh, who was plotting to kill the young warlock, not the prince.