Guinevere Pendragon/Relationships

== Romances ==
=== Arthur Pendragon ===
Husband
=== Lancelot ===
Former Lover
== Friends ==
=== Merlin ===
Best Friend
Gwen has been best friends with Merlin for at least ten years. She was very impressed with him and found the way he stood up to Arthur to being very brave. They were formally introduced the next day when Gwen saw him in the stocks and they quickly befriended each other. Though Gwen initially had implied romantic feelings for Merlin, such as giving him a purple flower and showing slight jealousy that he was showing interest in Cara, another girl. She even gave him a passionate kiss after Merlin woke up from his comatose state but quickly apologized because it was a spur of the moment. When she showed attraction to Lancelot and later Arthur, Gwen realized they were better off as friends. Overtime, Gwen and Merlin forged a friendship so strong that resembles a brother/sister relationship. He was also very supportive of Gwen's relationship with Arthur and she often confided in him, whether it's her romantic attraction to Arthur or personal matters such as rescuing her brother. Merlin has even saved Gwen several times. He proved her innocence when Gwen was accused of magic, saving her from execution. 
In Season 4, Gwen and Merlin remained best friends. She attempted to save him from the lamia creature before they were rescued by Arthur. In "The Heart of the Lonely Hunter," Merlin and Gwen were reunited after he helped Gwen when she was wounded by Arthur (during which she has been glamored to look like a deer by Morgana). When Gwen was banished from Camelot after being enchanted to fall in love with Lancelot, Merlin was the only one to see her off and felt partially responsible for not being able to prevent her affair with Lancelot. During "The Sword in the Stone," sometime during the second war to retake Camelot, Merlin telekinetically threw a depowered Morgana with the former queen had the intent to kill her former servant. In "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon, Merlin saved her from being burned alive after Uther's ghost rendered her unconscious and then her soul when Morgana brainwashed her into her service. 
Despite their close relationship, however, Merlin never told her he had magic in order to protect his friends and himself. However, Gwen figured it out on her own when she realized Merlin was always there for her when it counted. After Gwen became the queen, Merlin and her do not interact as much, but obviously care for her. 
=== Gaius ===
Father-Figure, Friend
Gwen's relationship with Gaius is similar to that of a father-daughter dynamic. When a plague threatened Camelot, Gwen's father fell ill to the sickness and begged Gaius to save him. Despite being the court physician, he was all but powerless to help Gwen and her father. He also scolded Merlin for curing Tom with a magical poultice that led to Gwen's arrest, showing his concern for her. Following The events in "The Poisoned Chaise," Gwen helped Gaius tend to a poisoned and dying Merlin. After he seemingly succinct to the poison, Gwen began crying and Gaius immediately comforted her in a fatherly embrace. During her father's arrest, both Gaius and Merlin allowed her to stay in their chambers until she recovered. 
During the events of "the last Dragonlord,"  Gaius warned Gwen not to leave the informer for fresh water due to Kilgharrah's attack on Camelot. She disobeyed Gaius as he shouted after her. Luckily, Arthur had saved her in time and helped each other back to the infirmary. It was here that Gaius noticed the love between Gwen and Arthur when he watched her tending to the wounded prince and simply smiled. After Merlin and Arthur departed, Gwen and Gaius spent time together worrying for the two. He told Gwen that he knew her feelings towards Arthur. Even though Gwen stated she and Arthur could never be, Gaius believed otherwise. He advised her to never underestimate the power of Love and asserted that the world was a strange place. 
After suspecting Morgana a traitor, are went to him for advise, because she didn't know who she could turn to. During the conversation, Gwen confirmed she sat Morgana using magic. Initially, Gaius tried convincing her otherwise. However, Gwen definitively stated she knew what she saw and told him her deep fear of Morgana not meaning well to them all. Realizing he could not lie to her, Gaius (forebodingly and sorrowfully) confirmed Gwen's suspicions of Morgana being a traitor were true. 
During Gwen's time as a queen, he was often her counsel, when both Arthur and Merlin were missing (Arthur's Bane). Three years after Gwen becomes Queen, she and Gaius are still good friends and he acts her council while Arthur is away. It was with Gaius, that Gwen discovers that Sefa, her maid, is in fact a traitor. He was somewhat in shock that Gwen sentenced Sefa to death. However, Gaius suspected Guinevere was thinking of the greater scope of the threat, and told her that it wasn't right for Sefa to pay for her father's doing. Gwen confirmed this to be true and all just a ploy to get the true culprit responsible for sending the knights of Camelot to their own deaths (Arthur's Bane).During the events of Diamond of the Day, Guinevere realized Merlin had magic and suspected Gaius knew all along. 
== Family ==
=== Thomas ===
=== Gwen's Mother ===
=== Elyan ===
== Enemies ==
=== Morgana ===
When Morgana returned to Camelot a year after her "abduction," Gwen began to suspect something was off with Morgana due to her more reclusive and secretive nature. In fact, Morgana started to treat her more like a servant than a friend. Eventually the girls grew apart, causing Gwen to spend more time with Arthur or Merlin. Despite their somewhat distant relationship, Gwen was grief stricken when Morgana was critically injured after falling down from the flight of steps and was fully delighted by her recovery.
==== The Changeling ====
Morgana also noticed the romantic relationship between Arthur and Gwen when she noticed them glancing at each other. Morgana finally got it out of Gwen during their conversation about how Uther was forcing Arthur to marry a princess from a neighboring Kingdom (The Changeling). It also made Morgana realize that she could use this to her advantage.
==== The Castle of Fyrien ====
Morgana used her newfound knowledge of Arthur and Gwen's relationship to her advantage. She helped Morgause and Cenred locate Elyan, Gwen's brother, and help capture him. Knowing Gwen would go to Arthur with the issue at hand and launch a rescue to save Elyan, Morgana knew her half-brother would do anything for Gwen. Both she and Morgause to capture and later lol Arthur in her plot to becoming the queen of Camelot.
==== Eye of the Phoenix ====
After a while Gwen started to suspect something was different about morgana in "Eye Of The Phoenix." An elderly peasant woman approached Morgana, apparently asking for help. Gwen didn't suspect anything until she saw Morgause's youthful reflection in a mirror, showing away at the Sorceress' Disguise. She asked Morgana about it out of worry, but when her best friend simply shrugged it off, Gwen began suspecting that Morgana changed. Later that day, Gwen grew more suspicious when Morgana yelled at Gwen to get out of her chambers after passing off a burning smell that Gwen was sensing. The fact that Morgana yelled at her caused Gwen to being shocked, bewildered and hurt, as Morgana rarely lost her temper with her.
The next day, when Gwen was helping Morgana dress, the woman "apologized" to Gwen and offered her some time off, which further shocked Gwen, who just accepted it with a smile while staying behind to make sure everything was ready for Morgana's return. After Morgana left, Gwen finally had enough and hid herself in the lady's chambers to see what Morgana was up to. After her mistress's return, Gwen watched through the screen, and saw Morgana using magic. It confirmed her suspicions that the Morgana she knew was no longer the woman she remembered.
At first Gwen didn't want to believe it, as she never imagined Morgana would hurt any one. This frightened Gwen, causing her to turn to Gaius for help and making her realize that Morgana was a threat to them all, much to her dismay. Even when Arthur returned, Gwen noticed Morgana acting dismayed he survived and simply just stared at her.