Gwyneth Sunsword

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Gwyneth Sunsword
Name	Gwyneth Sunsword
Race	Elf
Stamina	Unknown
Affiliations	Spellblade
Abilities	Unknown
Equipment	Elven Daggers, Duskblade
Capable of Speech	Yes
Weakness	Unknown
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Roamin's Band of Thieves

Commander Gwyneth Sunsword is an Elf who is the leader of the Sunblades. She appears in the Roamin's Band of Thieves campaign and The Sunswords campaign.

History

The Sunswords

Gwyneth Sunsword is the leader of a group tasked with escorting a prison caravan to the Silver Mine Mountains. The group initially consists of Gwyneth, seven other elves and a gnome. One of Gwyneth's companions is her current boyfriend Kallark, and she also happens to be accompanied by two of her ex-boyfriends.

While battling through a canyon inhabited by Ytts, Gwyneth briefly falls under the control of a Ytt. Fortunately, she manages to break free from the Ytt through her own willpower before any major damage could be done. After clearing the canyon and scolding certain crew members for their incompetence, Gwyneth secretly informs Kallark that she is carrying his child. She insists that this should be kept a secret for the time being because she does not want the others to treat her differently. Shortly afterwards, however, Kallark blurts out to his crew mates about his future child. Furious at his actions, Gwyneth dissolves her relationship with Kallark before the group moves on.

When the caravan comes across a burning barn, Gwyneth is one of the first to burst through the rubble to reach the source of the crying voices inside. While inside, Gwyneth ignores two Kobold children in favor of the noises that turned out to be nothing more than a child's toy. After the group defeats the Flame Spooky, Gwyneth is confused as to why she was unwilling to rescue the young Kobolds. She believes that her emotions may be out of line due to her hormones. Because of this, Gwyneth relinquishes her command, leaving Kallark in charge of the team.

As the squad is coming up with a plan to deal with an Ogre blocking a bridge, one of Gwyneth's past boyfriends, Xavius, approaches Gwyneth. Xavius confesses that he still has feelings for her. Gwyneth dismisses these advances in order to carry on with the mission. During these events, leadership is passed back to Gwyneth.

Gwyneth and the party ultimately arrive at the outer gates of the Silver Mine Mountains prison. Oddly, the gate does not open for the caravan. Before Gwyneth can get a grasp of the situation, she is approached by the Porc prisoner, Jakelad, who had escaped the carriage by using his Charm spell on Kallark. The entire troop, except for Kallark, is then affected by Jake's Lullaby spell. To Jake's dismay, Kallark breaks free of the Charm and begins awakening his companions. Jakelad flees the scene but not before summoning his Porc allies to dispose of Gwyneth and company. As the battle ensues, Gwyneth and Kallark are trusted to force the gate open while the rest of the team (including the remaining prisoners) hold off the attackers. Luckily, Gwyneth's allies are able to turn the tides against the Porc ambushers. However, while everyone else was still caught up in combat, Rufio, a mentally unstable Elf ally who had been obsessing over his love for Gwyneth for some time now, sneaks up on Gwyneth and stabs her in the stomach, incapacitating Gwyneth and killing her unborn baby. The allies successfully repel the Porcs and Kallark is able to revitalize Gwyneth. Upon learning the fate of his child, Kallark furiously threatens to kill Rufio. Gwyneth, however, knows that Rufio isn't thinking clearly and decides that having him arrested along with the surviving Porc enemies will suffice as punishment. At the same time, Gwyneth allows the previous prisoners who aided her team in combat to go free. Finally, after an emotionally devastated Kallark somberly walked off on his own, Gwyneth is last seen taking Xavius back as her boyfriend.

Roamin's Band of Thieves

Gwyneth was first seen inside of her home with some of her fellow elves. Squinks, in disguise as a young elven girl, walked in on them. Squinks took this opportunity to backstab his comrades by ratting out their location. Gwyneth took the word of the girl and left to search out the Monkey Fish Grotto for the gnomes.

After finding nothing but the Monkey Fish King, Gwyneth returned to her town and found Dave, the elf she left in charge of the little girl, standing outside the town cell with an untransformed Squinks inside. Dave revealed that he was bewitched by the Keen Gnome while his compatriots attempted to steal the key.

Enraged, Gwyneth met up with the thieves inside of her home and began a final battle with her Duskblade. The battle concluded with Gracias and K-4 jumping down the well to the Monkey Fish Grotto and Yumi and Squinks running out of the village. The Elves did manage to capture the Kobold Paladin Philhipé, locking him up for several months with plans to have him publicly executed for his crimes against the Elves.

Porc Hunters

Gwyneth is referenced as the leader of the Alpha squad.

Characteristics

Personality

Gwyneth is a very strong warrior woman. She instills commands in all of her Sun Clerics, even to the point where Dave refused to be tricked until he was under the spell Charm. She is also very brutal to those who have wronged her. The Monkey Fish King even stated that if they have killed any of the elves under her command that she will kill them on the spot. Gwyneth further exhibited this trait by having Philhipé locked up for several months awaiting execution for damages against her village.

Trivia

• Gwyneth was the final boss of the Roamin's Band of Thieves campaign.
• Gwyneth's appearance is based on Kuvira, a similarly powerful character from the animated TV series The Legend of Korra.
• In The Sunswords campaign, Gwyneth mentions Chilly Wizzy, wishing he was present to help out with the burning barn. She also implies that the two may have been in a relationship together.
  • In The Sunswords campaign, Gwyneth reveals to Kallark that she is attracted to his hair. Even revealing that it negates her hate for Dwarves.