Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140630220202/@comment-5102537-20140806100722

Machairodus wrote: If we agree with Fimber that Nimueh knew who would be the price but didn't tell Uther, then it's important to know her reasons. In worst case scenario she deliberataly started the Great Purge - WHY? What was she going to do? And how is she going to do it without creating Arthur. On the other hand, Uther may decline but why would Nimueh listen to him?

That's the million dollar question. Gaius and Merlin clearly said that Nimueh chose Igraine, and if the viewers were supposed to question this, Nimueh would have objected or we would have seen something else that demonstrated that Gaius and Merlin were wrong. Instead, Nimueh accepted both allegations. Why?

Even if the writers hadn't stated out that Nimueh was the one who chose Igraine and if she had been unaware, she could at least have warned Uther that the price will be the life of someone very close to him. All she told him was that he had to pay a price. She probably didn't even tell him that the price would be the life of someone else.

As a High Priestess she should have been aware of the prophecy, so she should have known what Igraine's death would cause.