With old age Nymphs will feel a call to return to Nature. This doesn't mean they will die, merely change to become part of a river, a tree, the wind, and continue their watch in this new form.
Misbehave, little child, misbehave. I shall call the Lord of Terrors and he will come from the darkness, bring all your fears along with him.
The Unknown is everything and nothing all at the same time. It is unreachable, unattainable. And thus it should remain.