Queen Guinevere Pendragon

HISTORY

Guinevere (known by her friends as Gwen) grew up in Camelot with her father, mother and older brother.

Little has been revealed about her background. She is the only daughter and second child of a blacksmith named Tom, she has been the personal maidservant to the Lady Morgana since they were both young girls. According to Merlin, she is one of the best seamstresses in Camelot and has learned from her father Tom how to mend armor and work with weapons. Gwen has only mentioned her mother once, saying that she was a maid in Sir Leon’s household and that Gwen and her brother Elyan had grown up with Leon (The Coming of Arthur). It is implied that Gwen's mother had died before the main events, however, as Morgana mentions after Tom's death that "she is now an orphan."

PERSONALITY CONTINUED FROM THE RIGHT

As time goes on she becomes more and more confident in herself and in others. She becomes much more comfortable around Arthur clearly showing that she is able to see past certain aspects of personality and see the true person inside. She becomes more and more dedicated to her friend Morgana and gets extremely worried about her when her nightmares get worse. Her caring and once again loyal side is shown as she stays with Morgana, not leaving her side. She has a quick mind and will defend those who are unjustly treated even if that means standing up to someone with power and authority in the kingdom. She is extremely wise and mature despite her young age and she is also quite spontaneous and manages to surprise Arthur on more than one occasion.

Gwen shows great love for her only remaining family member, her brother Elyan. She shows a slightly resentful side towards him however due to the fact she hasn't seen him for four years and there was no sign of him at their father's death. However, her grief is just as prominent as it was at her father's death when his death was possible after he fell victim to Lamia's kiss showing she cares for him a great deal. To her friendships do not fade with time as evidenced by herself and Sir Leon. Her mother had been a maid in Sir Leon's household so the two had practically grown up together. Even though they did not see much of each other in later life due to their different duties she still shows her loyalty even after such a long time when she frees him from the dungeons.

APPEARANCE

Guinevere is a young woman in her early 20s

Her skin is a dark olive color and it's clear with only a few freckles scattering her face. Her hair is long reaching well past her shoulders and is dark brown in color. It's also naturally very curly and sits in long curls around her face. She usually keeps it back a little when she's working. Her eyes are also a very dark brown color.

She is physically quite fit and has a slim, well shaped body.

PERSONALITY

As the personal maidservant to the Lady Morgana Gwen is obviously a very trusted member of Castle’s staff. Throughout the whole of her time as maidservant she has proved herself to be extremely dedicated when it comes to her work. She is always there for the Lady Morgana and willing to work hard all day every day until she isn’t needed anymore. As a result she has proved to be a good friend to the Lady Morgana as well as others in Camelot such as Merlin. Above anything she is loyal to a fault and she proves her friendship more than once. She treats her friends like her family (probably since she doesn’t have much family to speak of only her father Tom and brother Elyan) and will do anything to help them.

When we are first introduced to Gwen it’s clear that she’s reserved and a little shy. She’s been used to having most contact with the Lady Morgana and other people seem to make her a little nervous. She’s always a little scared that she’s going to end up saying the wrong thing and in most cases that ends up being the reality no matter how hard she tries. Her interactions with Merlin, Arthur and Lancelot show this clearly. This might just show nervousness around young males or just new or important people in general.

Gwen finds it extremely difficult to admit to her feelings, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. This may have something to do with the way she perceives herself. She is simply a servant and in her mind she doesn’t think herself worthy for a prince or a knight. Although she is clearly a beautiful woman she is not vain in the slightest. For a while she also develops a crush for Merlin (the complete opposite of Arthur). This could show that Gwen can be too open with her feelings in the sense that she feels a connection to people with great ease. However, it’s possible this was simply to try and distract herself from her feelings for Arthur.

Although Gwen can be quiet and shy in some matters she’s shown to stand up for what she believes to be right even if it is not the general consensus. She is strong of will as well as of heart and she is stubborn, refusing to give up on something that she truly believes in. Being the daughter of a blacksmith she knows how to handle a sword and her determination to help those in trouble and need persuaded Arthur to let the woman fight. She is a strong believer that women are just as capable as men when it comes to these matters – to fight for their family and for those they love and is extremely brave. As mentioned before her family mean the world to her, clearly shown by her obvious distress when her father was ill and her grief when he died.

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STATS

NAME: Guinevere
NICKNAMES: Gwen
AGE: Early 20's
GENDER: Female
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Dark brown
HEIGHT: Height here
BUILD: Slim build

MARITAL STATUS: At current canon point (S1) single
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
OCCUPATION: Maidservant
RESIDENCE: Camelot

PLAYLIST

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INFO

LIKES: Spending time with her friends and family, music, nature
DISLIKES: Some of the rules of the kingdom..., false persecution
PARENTS: Tom and Yvaine
SIBLINGS: One older brother, Elyan
FRIENDS: Arthur, Merlin, Morgana, Gaius, Knights of Camelot, Mary and John Howden, Hunith
ENEMIES: Kanan, Hengist, Cenred, Morgause, Agravaine, Uther, Lamia, Helios

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