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Character Info

⬢ Name: Gwendolyn
⬢ Canon: Odin Sphere
⬢ Canon Point: Enchanted Sleep

⬢ History: Right here!

⬢ Personality:

When you first meet Gwendolyn, she gives off the impression of a trained soldier. On the battlefield, she moves decisively and cuts down anyone standing in her way, whether or not they're soldiers or beasts. Off of the battlefield, she tends to be all business with the people she meets, acting courteous yet distant. She'll show the proper respect towards royalty, often addressing them by their full title and speaking carefully as not to offend their egos. If dealing with others she regards as an enemy, she's not above threatening them to get what she wants - although it's important to note that she isn't the type to simply jump into a fight. She's more than agreeable towards diplomatic routes to settle disputes, but Gwendolyn's had more than enough experience dealing with people like this to know when opposing parties won't listen. Both inferno king onyx and the queen of the fae, powerful figures in their own right and rulers of whole nations, were not beyond being put to her spear when they tested her patience.

As expected of a hardened warrior like Gwendolyn, she possesses a great deal of courage and drive. Gwendolyn is the type of person who, if her heart is really into a cause, ignores orders from even her own father - a man she was desperate to receive approval and praise from more than anyone else - to reach the outcome she wants by acting on her own rather than simply waiting around to do nothing. Although the witch Velvet was to be executed, Gwendolyn rescued her and killed Brigan, her nation's greatest hero, simply because Velvet's death would have caused her father great turmoil. She also ignored Oswald telling her to stay in the castle as he went off, tracking him down and even rescuing him from the infant form of the dragon levanthan. Although she seems to be naturally servile due to her status as a valkyrie to Odin, which she takes very seriously, the truth is Gwendolyn is an assertive and independent woman whose nature would have her work on her own instincts instead of simply following the orders of other people.

Because of these traits, her reputation outside of her kingdom is less than favourable, as she's derisively referred to as "Odin's witch" several times. However, Gwendolyn is an incredibly kind and compassionate person when she acts on her beliefs rather than out of her sense of duty. As she held her dying elder sister in her arms she couldn't help but shed tears, something her sister notes makes her incredibly kind - mostly because as the kingdom they belong to is rooted in war and bloodshed, dying in battle is seen as the ultimate honour and something that should not be mourned. She also saves Velvet for her father's sake despite it resulting in her banishment from the kingdom, something she was fine with despite it being the greatest shame she could have brought upon herself in her culture, to lose not only her status as a valkyrie, but to be wed to a man with the expectation she would grow old as nothing more than a devoted wife and mother. She was also bothered by Odin's lack of emotion towards her sister's death, asking why he has nothing to say - even though her father has been cold and distant all her life, she still expected some kind of reaction from him with the death of his daughter. Even after her father banished her to avoid public outrage for her killing Brigan, she returned to him to deliver the ring of titrel he'd sought for so long, all because she remained loyal to him even then. Once Gwendolyn cares for someone she becomes loyal to a fault, even if it's wrong to do so - that being the case with Odin, who is an incredibly selfish and abusive father. However, it works to her advantage in the case of Oswald, who gives Gwendolyn the love and affection she'd been missing all these years.

Speaking of her relationship with Odin however, it has greatly affected her in a very damaging way. Odin loved his mistress dearly, the late queen of the kingdom of valentine, and even acts rather affectionately - in his own way - towards Velvet, his illegitimate daughter. However, towards the daughters of his own wife, he's a mere shadow of the man who loved his illegitimate family. He doesn't seem moved at all by Griselda's death, nor does he show any love or real care towards Gwendolyn herself, with her being referred to more than once as someone who has never once known any kind of love. As a result of this, Gwendolyn has an emptiness inside of her that she longs to fill; having never known love, she struggles with feelings of self doubt and even self loathing over it. She believes that the love of her father must be earned and that, having not received it yet, she simply isn't working hard enough despite everything she sacrifices for him. She calls herself pathetic for it, what she believes to be her own failings, and mentions during the game that she would gladly die for her father if it meant he would show something, anything, towards her resembling love.

But she is reminded by the bird that follows her throughout the story, representing Gwendolyn's "true' heart, that Griselda did the same thing, yet he didn't act any differently at all. As the bird is meant to represent Gwendolyn's feelings, we're shown then and there that even she doubts her own line of thought, simply being so desperate for his approval she ignores her sense of reason to try and desperately fill the void inside of her. Furthermore, while many characters do remark on Gwendolyn's purity of heart during the game, she is still human at the end of the day. When Velvet is to be executed Gwendolyn does consider that if she died, with Griselda gone, there would be no competition for her father's love, even if she can't go through with it. Also, while she tries to remain composed around Brigan - a difficult task considering his brutish, misogynistic nature towards the valkyries - we are shown her thoughts at one point and that she does secretly dislike him due to the fact he simply ignores Odin and does what he likes most of the time. Gwendolyn is perfectly capable of harbouring a poor view of the people around her even if she doesn't mention it - she simply remains composed and doesn't speak those thoughts aloud unless pushed, as is usually the case around the more antagonistic figures of the series.

⬢ Powers:
Gwendolyn is physically superhuman; given her father is a giant of a man with dragon blood coursing through his veins and the culmination of all of erion's magical knowledge at his disposal, it's likely a lot of that power passed down to her, considering she can launch full scale one woman assaults on entire kingdom's worth of soldiers by herself. Throughout her campaign she fights her way through erion defeating dragons, enormous stone golems, airships and by the end her of story slays the queen of the underworld herself, despite her insistence that the psypher spear weapon Gwendolyn wields - created by said queen - could not harm her, a testament to Gwendolyn's power and skill.

Complementing her physical prowess is the skill with which she wields her spear, Gungnir. Gwendolyn - much like all of the people of Ragnanival given its warlike society - was raised from birth to be a fighter. She wields her spear with great agility and dexterity, weaving through enemy attacks with an elegant style of fighting meant to be reminiscent of a dancer, and considering she fights her way through the entire kingdom of ragnanival to return to her father after being banished, she's likely the most skilled fighter in her entire kingdom. It's also noteworthy that given Valkyrie's possess wings that grant them flight, she's equally as capable of fighting on the ground as she is in the air. She has a fighting style that adapts to airborne combat, which mostly involves thrusts, dashes and spinning attacks.

Now, the rest of her powers rely entirely on her spear Gungnir, but I'll mention them here just in case she ever gets a hold of it again.

Gungnir is a simple iron rod about as long as Gwendolyn is tall, tipped with a radiant blue blade. The blade is in fact a phozon crystal, formed from the souls of the departed that coalesced and took on a solid, crystalline form in the underworld. The blade of the spear is supernaturally sharp, as it is capable of easily piercing a dragon's hide which is known to be impervious to all forms of damage. To summarize its abilities the best I can...

- Every time Gwendolyn strikes a living being with the spear, a part of the opponent's life force is forcefully drawn from their body and used to heal her wounds and fatigue.
- When a living being is killed, she can draw in the last of their life energy as it leaves their body and forcefully absorb it into the crystal atop the spear, allowing it to "grow sharper with each kill" as the game puts it.
- Gungnir's signature ability among psypher weapons is the ability to both create and manipulate ice. The actual scope of this ability is incredibly broad; it can create all sorts of constructs from ice such as pillars, spears and walls, it can freeze surfaces upon touching them, it can create icy blasts of wind capable of freezing a person solid, create projectiles varying from small, ethereal wisps of ice with homing capabilities and much larger, diamond shaped projectiles with sharpened tips. The strongest use of this ability is creating localized blizzards; in game it's an AOE attack that continuously deals damage to all enemies in the area, freezing them solid in the process.
- The spear can let loose a brilliant flash of light that, while it deals little damage, functions similarly to a stun grenade. It disorientates a person's sight and hearing upon use, stunning them.
- The spear is also capable of augmenting Gwen's fighting skills by letting loose shockwaves when it's swung, which she uses during some of her attacks. While thrusting the weapon forward, it shoots them straight ahead, but while performing a spinning attack a small, localized torrent of shockwaves rotates with her and shreds the opponent to pieces. It essentially increases her range, damage and cutting capabilities. Some of the attacks that make use of these shockwaves show that they can actually pull in surrounding targets, making it harder to escape.
- When dodging attacks, Gwendolyn is capable of leaving icy feathers in her wake. Anyone who touches these feathers will be frozen solid instantly.
- By channeling the cold from inside of the psypher spear, Gwendolyn can shroud herself in an icy veil that gives her a huge resistance to both ice and fire damage. It also prevents her from being burned or frozen.
- Speaking of which, the spear allows its user to traverse dangerously inhospitable environments without much trouble. Gwendolyn's attire, despite essentially being a ballet uniform with a small amount of armour, was all she wore while traveling through not only snow peaked mountaintops, but underground caves with magma flowing freely only a few feet from her as she passed through. She was able to fight to the full extent of her ability and wasn't hindered at all by the extreme temperatures surrounding her.
- Gwendolyn is capable of splitting the psypher spear into copies of itself when it is thrown. In game this takes the form of throwing the spear skyward, after which multiple copies of the spear rain down on the opponent. It's also noteworthy that during this ability Gwendolyn shows she can call the psypher spear back to her, or reform it hand when it's been discarded, remotely.
- The psypher spear is capable of rendering its user intangible. Although it's called "invisibility" in the game, it clearly causes attacks to pass through her when activated and enemies can still see her while it's in effect. It's a brief duration however, so it has to be timed correctly when used.
- The spear allows Gwendolyn to create a shadowy double of herself, able to fight alongside her in battle.
- The Gungnir's final and most powerful ability is simply called that; Gungnir. She releases the spear and as it rises above her it grows to an immense size, generating a massive explosion of energy in the process. It's the most powerful attack in her arsenal.

⬢ Inventory:
- The psypher spear Gungnir (1)
- Her Valkyrie uniform (1)
- Her wings, attached via her uniform at the hips
- She'll take tshirts 2+3!


⬢ Sample 1: [Her top level]
⬢ Sample 2: [YQ Adventures]