

But there are visual hints to her story origins and her tragic future.

In Cursed, Nimue doesn't live in a lake - at least, not yet. Who's Nimue? You may know her from the Arthurian legend as the Lady of the Lake, the mysterious woman who raised Lancelot and gave Arthur his sword. Instead, the program follows a young fey girl named Nimue (played by 13 Reason Why's Katherine Langford) who takes on a journey of self-discovery while battling to stay alive and retrieve the Sword of Power. But while the series' first 10 episodes, which drops Friday, does feature iconic characters like Arthur and Merlin the Magician, the hero isn't either one of these men. Netflix's Cursed drops audiences back into the familiar medieval world of King Arthur, where one magical sword was once jammed into a big stubborn stone.
