“All that we have is to live what life brings. Die what death comes.”
Nimue deduces Mordred’s fate in accordance with Merlin’s prophecy regarding the betrayal that will befall King Arthur. In the assertion, Nimue attempts to explain that his fate is not a curse but rather the course of his life that happened to be foreseen. The prophecy is not unlike any other course of life henceforth should embrace life as it comes and death thereof. The lack of uncertainty in his future does not deter from the legitimacy of the life he has towards the fated truth.
“We have lived under the edge of doom, and feel ourselves now facing the long-threatened fate…fate is made by men, not gods.”
In this statement that Nimue directs at King Arthur regarding the prophecy perfectly accentuates the theme of fate in the narrative. Stewart puts an effort to humanize characters such as Mordred to show how their actions according to their fate is much more a spur-of-the-moment rather than designed. Even though their fate come to pass in accordance with the prophecy, Nimue emphasizes that despite this it is not controlled by a ‘greater’ entity.
