Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2010 20:55:46 GMT -5
| ~ • ~ | Character Basics | ~ • ~ |
.:Name of Character:. Nimueh Ó Liatháin
.:Nick Name:. nicknames? She’d probably kill you if you thought on up!
.:Age:. true age is unknown, appears about 25
.:Race:. Priestess Of The Old Religion
.:Status:. Nomad
| ~ • ~ | Appearance | ~ • ~ |
.:Physical Appearance:. Nimueh has chocolate brown hair she usually wears in an intricate pattern of several braids of various length and thickness. Her eyes are blue and can either appear innocent like the blue sky or hard and unforgiving like steel. Never trust those eyes when they smile at you, because what lies behind them is her secret alone.
Figure-wise Nimueh is slender on the edge of well-proportioned and she knows well how to make use of this fact, especially getting men to do what she wants. Beauty of course lies in the eye of the beholder, but many certainly would give Nimueh a second glance, with her pale skin and slightly alien looking gowns she wears when not posing as someone else.
Just like her eyes, her whole appearance can vary if she wants it, it is easy for her to either stick out or fit in, almost go unnoticed. If she acts as High Priestess of the Old Religion, she usually appears in a woolen pink dress, plain but extraordinary and in brown strap sandals almost up to her calves. When she posed as Cara to trick Merlin her hair she wore servant’s clothes of course, in the colors of Mercia.
So, she can come across you in many shapes and faces, most likely you won’t recognize her until she wants you to see her for who she is – and then you might not live to tell anyway.
.:Height:. 5’7’’
.:Portrayed by:. Michelle Ryan
| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |
.:Personality:. Nimueh could be described in many ways, because she is excellent in putting on acts. But most of her personality is taken up by a certain bitterness and cruelty. This bitterness might make her appear heartless in what she inflicts on others. If someone stands in the way of the path she wants to take, she will not hestitate in taking him or her down. Her bitterness is mostly fuelled by her hatred for Uther and his reign, having to witness the Great Purge, seeing so many of her fellow sorcerers die, for what was not even her mistake. She still believes she did the right thing, a life had to be taken.
Nimueh is cunning and can disguise herself well. With her female wiles she can especially lure men to do what she wants. She played the damsel in distress for Arthur and she made Merlin poison himself through a fake act of fearing for Arthur’s life. She likes those little games and thrives on the various roles she takes up. When she shows her true face though, you can witness an air of arrogance around her as well. She knows she is powerful and she tends to look down on others because of that. That might have also lead to her underestimating Merlin in the beginning. But one thing is certain: Nimueh is clever, she most likely won’t make this mistake ever again.
But beneath all this layer you can also find a woman that is painstricken, clinging to a glorious time for her kind that she wants to restore. She is a creature of the Old Religion forced to hide away on the Isle of the Blessed. Uther is the cause of this in her eyes and so all her pain and hatred focuses on him and also on Merlin for protecting him (not to mention that he is a serious competition to her). She feels betrayed but instead of backing down it has hardened her heart, making her fight with said cruelty and disregard for others. Despite this closing up, her emotions are quite strong when they break through, like natural forces and as dangerous.
Being on Nimueh’s bad side is definitely dangerous, because her wrath seems to be everlasting. She has much time and many abilities at hand so she might not strike at once but plot your downfall in secrecy and meticulously, maybe even still smiling in your face all the time. You can never be sure how she really feels about you, so beware!
.:Strengths:.
[+] Anything magical
[+] Disguising herself
[+] Tricking others into believing she’s harmless
[+] Plotting
.:Weaknesses:.
[-] her arrogance blinds her sometimes
[-] she hates without mercy
[-] pride makes her underestimate others
[-] to achieve her goal, restoring the Old Ways, she would stop at nothing
.:Magic Abilities:. Nimueh is pretty powerful as High Priestess of the Old Religion. She has powers over the elements and therefore also controls the weather. Since she was able to give life to Arthur, she masters the ultimate power of Life and Death, though she is of course bound by the rules of the Old Religion. Furthermore, she is a Seer, being able to foresee things in her stone scrying fount. It is also suspected she can communicate with people over great distance, sending only her voice, that she did once with Uther.
However great her powers are though, she could not kill Merlin like she wanted to, and all her powers of foresight didn’t warn her about the amount of his abilities.
.:Special Skills:. she excels in playing the damsel in distress
.:Accents:.
None, only that you might notice a slightly rolling ‘r’ whenever she speaks or a very breathy almost inaudible 'th', from the frequent use of the Old Language.
| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |
.:Birthplace:. Isle of the Blessed
.:Family:. mother: Eimhir Ó Liatháin, former High Priestess, died in the Great Purge
father: Cynric de Fearlor, former knight of Camelot, long since dead
.:Occupation:. High Priestess of the Old Religion, constantly plotting to end Uther’s reign
.:Current Location of Residence:. Sometimes found on the Isle of the Blessed, sometimes in and around Camelot to work some of her schemes.
.:History:.
Nimueh is a High Priestess of the Old Religion and has seemingly be around for a while, at least much longer than her youthful appearance suggests.
She was born many many years ago on the Isle of the Blessed to Eimhir Ó Liatháin, High Priestess of the Old Religion. She had been conceived in the Beltaine rites, the only night in the year when the High Priestess was allowed to lie with a man. The man of choice was Cynric de Fealor, a dashing young knight of pure ancestry with strong blood – just what Eimhir needed to conceive her heir, a daughter that would follow her up as High Priestess once she became of age.
So Nimueh grew up on the Isle, but occasionally accompanied her mother to Camelot, when her help was needed in any way. As she grew older, she saw Uther Pendragon taking up the throne of Camelot and she soon learned to respect his determined character and his fierceness in everything he did. Soon Eimhir saw fit to step down from her role of High Priestess and Nimueh was iniciated, having passed all ordeals with flying colors. She would excel her mother in greatness, that much was rumored from the start.
Nimueh had always liked court life, the constant pomp and the hidden treachery, and so while Eimhir retreated to the Isle of the Blessed to end her days in peace, Nimueh stayed at Camelot, soon forming a friendship with Gaius and also the King Uther Pendragon.
She quickly became a valued member of the Court of Camelot and if people were brave enough they could ask for her help. This happened as well in the ‘incident’, as Nimueh calls it. Of course it hadn’t slipped anyones’ attention that the wife of King Uther Pendragon, Igraine, was unable to bear a child, more important, an heir to the kingdom. As magic was still held in high esteem by everyone, even Uther, for Nimueh it seemed only natural to be approached in a request, even if this one was almost outrageous. But Nimueh had the power over Life and Death, and so was asked to create a new life, a son for Uther Pendragon.
She obliged, but she had to abide by the rules of the Old Religion. A life cannot be created without taking one in return, to restore the balance of the world. Gaius had known the risk and had tried to warn Uther, but he didn’t want to hear. He would have never expected WHICH life was to be taken, Igraine’s, she died soon after Arthur was born. If Nimueh, who HAS in fact the power over life and death, deliberatly chose Igraine to be the victim to somehow punish Uther for his selfish request, will always remain a mystery to be revealed. But even if she did, her time to gloat was over soon, because Igraine’s death triggered a horrid chain reaction. In Uther’s eyes, magic was to blame for everything, so magic was bad and a threat to him and therefore it needed to be wiped out entirely.
Terrible events unfurled, now called The Great Purge. Sorcerors, witches and magical creatures of any kind were hunted down and either burnt on the stake or drowned. Men, woman, even children who had inherited the magic through blood. Even Eimhir, unfortunately visiting Nimueh in the times Uther’s rage arose, fell victim to the purge and as much as she tried, Nimueh could not save her. Magical actions of any kind was declared High Treason against Uther and the kingdom. Those who could flee, hid away, either in remote places in the woods, or chose to go to Avalon, the Isle of the Blessed, like Nimueh did after she was banished from court in disgrace.
Nimueh stayed on the Isle, but kept contact to the world outside through an enchanted bassin, the water some kind of magic mirror. She watched the following 20 years, waiting patiently for an opportunity to strike against Camelot and Uther in particular. This opprtunity seemed to come shortly after Merlin came to Camelot. Nimueh poisoned the water supplies of Camelot by creating an Afanc, a beast made of clay and water. Many people died but before the disease catched onto Arthur or Uther, Merlin was able to defeat the Afanc, using complementary elements, fire and wind. The High Priestess was furious and decided to crush Merlin like an ant.
For this she disguised herself as a common servant in the party of Lord Bayrard of Mercia, flirting with Merlin to get his attention. Making him believe Lord Bayard wants to poison Arthur she made him drink the poison himself. Through this she achieved two goals at once: Getting rid of Merlin and crashing the peace treaty. However, she miscalculated again, this time not counting on Arthur’s sense of honor and already growing grumpy affection towards Merlin. Nimueh tried to stop Arthur, cutting off his route back through the cave, but even on the deathbed, Merlin helped Arthur back to Camelot and so he was saved in time.
Again Nimueh tried to endamage Camelot, once through reviving Uther’s brother-in-law who swore vengeance for Igraine’s death. Uther is nearly killed and the emphasize is on nearly. Especially Merlin is always around to save the day. That is why Nimueh is not totally unpleased as Merlin offers himself for Arthur’s life. On the other hand, she still thinks his great abilities, when joining forces with her, could be of much use. However as he refuses, she tries to destroy him, again miscalculating his abilities. It will be her last mistake, because Merlin turns her own magic against her and destroys her with a lightening bolt of enegergy.
Still…, a being so powerful as Nimueh can’t just be vanquished like that. Enough of her remains to be ressurected, and that’s just what Morgause and Morgana did. Now, the war is on again: Merlin vs. Nimueh, magic against magic.
It is only a matter of time before the storm rises, but everyone needs to be wary, because he or she could easily become a tool in some of Nimueh’s schemes.
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