She professes her willingness to kill her own son's fairy godmother if it means she can make the curse and prevent him from facing the great evil and dying at this person's hands. (' Nimue')Īfter Tiger Lily stops Fiona from creating a Dark Curse, a desperate Fiona rips out the fairy's heart.
This act of darkness changes her entire being and makes her into the first Dark One. Unable to let go of her grudge against Vortigan, she rips out his heart and crushes it. Nimue seemingly dies, but then, she comes back to life, because she previously drank from the Holy Grail without Merlin's notice. Once Merlin forges the grail into a sword with the Flame of Prometheus, Vortigan holds Nimue hostage and eventually kills her when she attacks him. Wanting a future with Nimue, one in which he can age and die with her, he plans to remove his immortality and magic by infusing the Holy Grail with his powers. Five-hundred years after gaining immortality and becoming a healer, Merlin meets and falls in love with a refugee named Nimue, whose village was destroyed by the power-hungry Vortigan.
