Bio: Gwendolyn came to the Lands Between with the same goal as every Tarnished, to become the new Elden Lord. Eventually, after getting nowhere, she gave up and chose to become a Combat teacher instead. She built a nice little hut in the middle of Limgrave, selling Ashes of War to other Tarnished warriors on their way to greatness.
Description:
●Physical - Gwendolyn wears black armor with an intricate design molded on the chest plate. Connected to her armor is a red cape, torn from countless battles in the Lands Between. She carries dual swords with golden handles, each enhanced using an Ash of War. Her eyes are green and don't have the shine to it, signifying her lost Grace. Her hair is long and black, tied into a large flowing ponytail behind her.
●Personality - Gwendolyn is quite a serious person, but does enjoy a good laugh every now and then. She cares deeply for her customers, but will not hesitate to end those who wrong her. She is a skilled swordfighter, but also enjoys dabbling into sorcery to spice things up. Gwendolyn is also highly intelligent, and can tell you many things about the Lands Between. When you have to travel everywhere to restock your wares, you learn a thing or two.
NPC Behavior: When the player buys out all of Gwendolyn's stock, she can randomly be found wandering the Lands Between, just out of reach of the player. Depending on the player's choices when interacting with Gwendolyn and her shop, one of three things can happen.
●Kill Gwendolyn upon meeting her - Those whose bloodlust is unsated may choose to attempt and kill Gwendolyn. This will trigger a mini bossfight and upon killing her, the player can pick up her weapons and armor set. But if the player dies, she'll reset and a dialog option will appear where she tells the player it wouldn't be wise to attack her.
●Burn Gwendolyn's shop while she's away - If the player rests at a Site of Grace after burning the shop, they can find Gwendolyn sitting in front of the shop. When the player gets close enough she'll create a smoke cloud and disappear. Later, in the Volcano Manor, she'll be found in the room right before Rhykard's fight. A cutscene will play, where she talks talking about how the player doesn't deserve the Elden Ring since all they do is kill and destroy. And that to save the Lands Between from the player, she'll have to kill them. Then she draws her two swords and gets ready to fight. She herself will be a boss with two phases. In the first phase, it's pretty much how she'd fight if you'd tried to kill her before. When she gets to her last bit of health a cutscene plays, where she uses a healing spell and throws down her swords, pulling out a staff and whip instead. She begins talking about how the player is only proving her point, before flipping behind the player and staring at them. In this phase, she becomes quicker and more versatile in her attacks, while also using spells that she learned while traveling the Lands Between. When the fight is finished, the player can pick up her armor set and items, while also getting a decent amount of Runes. When the player tries to upgrade her swords in the Roundtable Hold, the blacksmith will become sad and ask where they got the swords. If the player tells him the truth, he becomes
●Talk to her - If the player talks to Gwendolyn enough, she'll tell them about her travels. When the player mentions the Roundtable Hold, Gwendolyn asks about the blacksmith there. Apparently, the two are friends, since he himself was responsible for the creation of her blades.
