Nixie

**Nixie** is a fictional fan-made character and the main protagonist of Nixie, a fanfiction based on the 1998 TV miniseries, *Merlin*.

## Character Development

Nixie was first thought up as being the daughter of Jack and Briana from the spin-off series, where she would take over as the next Lady of the Lake before it was decided the fanfiction would take place in the 1998 mini-series

## *Nixie*

Nixie appears with her only appearance, *Nixie*, where she is the title character. Merlin reveals at the beginning that Nixie became the Lady of the Lake after her mother's disappearance. Later, she turned herself into a human again and found Nimue. However, both women did not see James or Merlin in years.

Nixie was born in a cottage near the lake. Her parents were Wilhelm and Vivienne du Lac. However, Vivienne returned to the lakes, leaving Wilhelm to raise their daughter on his own. However, Vortigern is tipped by Queen Mab of a cottage housing a powerful magic. He mistakes this to be Nixie's father, so he orders him executed. Nixie later runs after her father tells her to not look back.

With her mother's assistance, Nixie comes across the lake with her mother's boat waiting for her. One day, Nixie is found by a twelve-year-old boy by the name of Merlin. She says that she has nowhere to go and no family left. Merlin decides to take her to his house and trusted him so easily. Ambrosia takes pity on the girl and invited her into hers

and Merlin's home, with Nixie becoming part of their family. At some point during her life, she and Merlin became "brother and sister".

At some point, Nixie learns magic, controlling both water magic and non-water molds.

Four years later, Nixie and Merlin are hanging out in their spot in the woods they come across Nimue, a young noblewoman. At ten years old, Nixie and Merlin meet a teenaged girl named Nimue, whom Nixie calls "another rich heiress brat." This later confirms this when she learns that Lady Nimue is Lord Ardente's daughter. Nixie is a bit shocked that Nimue gives Merlin a kiss, but not before Nimue ridicules Merlin and dismisses it. Nixie later questions why her brother kissed Nimue, to which he responds that she was beautiful, with Nixie dismissing her brother, commenting on "young love". Later, while working on the road, Nixie overhears the screams of a woman and notices that its Nimue. She abandons all of her work, and runs to Merlin for help. He later follows Nimue to the spot where she found Lady Nimue. Nixie and Merlin later save Nimue by pulling an old branch, which Merlin later makes grow with his magic. Nimue, feeling grateful for Nixie, later hugs her, with Nixie believing not all high-class people were not all terrible.

Nixie later learns from Ambrosia that Merlin was not born from a mortal father, and that he must leave for Queen Mab's palace. She later goes to hug her brother, who says that she will always be his sister. Nixie watches him leave with a tear coming down her face. However, despite the hardships, Nixie vows to take care of their aunt.

Over the past months, Nixie grows worried for not seeing her brother and begins to have loneliness while watching over her dying aunt Ambrosia. However, Ambrosia tells Nixie to go think by the lake, which she normally did do. At the lake, Nixie learns that her mother is the Lady of the Lake, who shows her the same birthmark that Nixie has.