Nimue, Lady of the Lake
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Nimue, more frequently referred to by her title The Lady of the Lake, is an alternate reality version of Amy Rose encountered by Sonic during Sonic and the Black Knight. She is a skilled enchantress, and former guardian of the sacred sword Excalibur.
[edit] Overview
At Merlina's behest, Sonic and Caliburn journey to Nimue's home in Deep Woods in their quest to determine how to blunt the power of Exaclibur's scabbard. Sonic is predictably unnerved by the Lady's resemblance of Amy Rose, but Caliburn remonstrates the hedgehog and they enter the laketop pavilion.
Nimue blames herself in part for the present dire state of the Grand Kingdom, as she was the one who initially gave Excalibur to King Arthur, only for the power of the scabbard to corrupt the once-noble King. She agrees to help Sonic only if he can prove himself a true and honourable knight who will not be similarly bewitched, and assigns the blue blur three tasks to demonstrate his chivalry.
After Sonic has completed the first task, liberating King Arthur's prisoners in Camelot Castle, Nimue magically disguises herself as a distraught child whose fellow villagers have been kidnapped by a dragon. The hedgehog's heroism in saving the Arthurian folk convinces the Lady of Sonic's just intentions, and she divulges how to negate the scabbard's power using the sacred swords wielded by the Knights of the Round Table.
Later, during Sonic's battle against the Dark Queen in the Dark Hollow, Nimue's reflecting pool allows her and the Knights to communicate with Sonic and Caliburn.
[edit] Trivia
- In the King Arthur / Holy Grail legend, Nimue is the adopted mother of Lancelot.
- She is also noted to be the one who created Arondight out of stars and the one who gave it to Lancelot.
- Unlike the other Arthurian-reality-versions of Sonic's companions, Nimue is not playable in Sonic and the Black Knight's multiplayer mode (although Amy Rose is playable).
- Despite Sonic being unnerved by the Lady of the Lake's resemblance to Amy she still helped him out.
- Curiously when Sonic started to run away from the Lady when he first saw her, she did not seemed disturbed or insulted by this. Either that or she just kept it to herself. After Sonic realized that she wasn't Amy Rose, he is seen putting his arm around her (before Caliburn told him to get off, or let go), possibly meaning that Sonic has gotten used to having Amy around and is more comfortable hanging around her.
- In Arthurian legend, Nimue is usually described as a wicked and evil enchantress, in contrast to Amy supposed disposition of being sweet. Sonic may have known that about her from reading the storybook, which could be the reason he began to run away, rather than thinking she was Amy.
- In Arthurian legend Nimue is the one who killed Merlin the Wizard by tricking him into teaching her sorcery. As a result, she double crossed him and trapped him in a trunk of a tree.
| Secret Rings | Sonic | Ali Baba / Tails | Sinbad / Knuckles | Shahryār / Eggman | Shahra | Erazor | Uhu | Solomon | Captian Bemoth | Ifrit Golem | Amy | Shadow | Silver | Blaze | Omochao | Big | Darkspine |
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| Black Knight | Sonic | Merlina / Merlin | Black Knight / Arthur | Excalibur / Caliburn | Nimue / Amy | Blacksmith / Tails | Gawain / Knuckles | Lancelot / Shadow | Percival / Blaze | Galahad / Silver | Lamorak / Jet | Excalibur-Sonic |
