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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. ![]() ![]() Roy returned to Delhi, where she obtained a position with the National Institute of Urban Affairs. They married in 1978 and lived together in Delhi, and then Goa, before they separated and divorced in 1982. ![]() She then studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, where she met architect Gerard da Cunha. Roy attended school at Corpus Christi, Kottayam, followed by the Lawrence School, Lovedale, in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. 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