Gwendolyn Shadowwalker (Attempt One)

## Gwen Shadowwalker

"My own family, my FAMILY, tried to murder me out of fear, so I murdered them." **- Gwen describing her past to Cynthia and Artamiss**

**Gwendolyn Shadowwalker** was an omnipotent immortal witch who was the primary antagonist of attempt one of the **Ethereal Academy** discord roleplay in **The Friends We Made Along The Way** server. Gwen disguised herself as Mary Mertle after transferring from an unknown school, her full identity was revealed when she took **Cynthia Norwood** and attempted to manipulate her into doing her bidding.

She was created by Charlie Tapper.

## Early Life

Gwen was born in Salem in 1460, she led a normal childhood with her many siblings and it is noted she showed dark potential from a young age. By the time she was 20, she used the death of her siblings in order to perfom the **Immortality Ritual** in which she will be immune to death of all forms except for during a Lunar Eclipse in which she becomes mortal and killable.

At some point in time, she was stabbed with the **Immobilization Dagger** by **Caroline Shadowwalker**, her older sister who was the only sibling she let live during her massacre. The immortality ritual also took effect on her and she wanted to break it which required the sacrifice of a Shadowwalker Witch, an innocent life and another dark witch.

Caroline kept Gwen's body at Ethereal Academy and began the ritual with the assistance of the roleplay's protagonists ancestors. She was going to use **Helena Norwood** as the innocent sacrifice, and **Esmerelda Starlight** as the dark sacrifice. However unbeknownst to Caroline, **Blair Axar** removed the dagger from Gwen's corpse minutes earlier, which gave Gwen the time she needed to escape and slaughter the entire group of ancestors (except for Blair) and dagger her sister Caroline until she needed her for the ritual at Ethereal Academy decades later.

Gwen went into hiding until assuming the identity of Mary Mertle.

## Ethereal Academy

Under the identity of Mary Mertle, Gwen successfully snuck into Ethereal Academy as a transfer student. Her goal was to find an innocent and a dark witch to use in the upcoming **Lunar Eclipse Ritual**. Whilst on her mission, Gwen befriended many of the protagonists, most notably, **Cynthia Norwood.** Gwen was successfully able to manipulate her into doing several tasks for her around the school.

Gwen (Mary) was also searching for a specific **grimoire** that was at Ethereal Academy. One copy belonged to **Kastor Axar** and the other was kept in the schools library, Together with Caroline, who was working with Gwen, they managed to steal the copy of Kastors book however the spell they required was not in there. Later on, Gwen succesfully got two students, Cynthia and her girlfriend **Artamiss Rochan**, to find the copy of the other grimoire for her, which they did and delivered to her, giving Gwen everything she needed to complete the ritual.

Mid-school year, Gwen revealed her identity to Cynthia in order to convince her that her friends didn't trust her and were plotting against her. After managing to do so, Gwen attempted to lead Cynthia out of the school to assist her with her plan. However while doing so, she was interrupted by **Xenos White** and Artamiss, Gwen instructed Cynthia to leave and fought the pair. However she was knocked out by **Aura Starlight** which led to her being locked in the dungeons.

## The Ritual

Gwen was locked in the dungeon where the door was sealed and magic was unusable, she was interrogated by Artamiss and Xenos. After refusing to tell them anything, Gwen simply requests wine and the grimoire she stole from the library. Which she was denied. After some careful manipulation and clever words, Gwen manages to lure Artamiss into the barrier where she stabs her leg and threatens to kill her unless she was given what she requested.

After some time, Gwen was given her book and wine which she accepted. However, under the impression she could still trust Gwen, Cynthia went into the dungeon leading Gwen threatening to kill them both unless the dungeon barrier was taken down. After some discussion which involved Gwen telling Cynthia and Artamiss her backstory, it turns out the wine that was given to Gwen was actually poison and gave Aura enough time to take down the barrier which allowed the pair to escape, however while attempting to close the barrier again, Gwen threw the knife at Aura, allowing her to gain her magic back and exit the dungeon.

Over the next few weeks, Gwen would relentlessly torture the protagonists via many means including burning down Aura's room to receive the grimoire, possessing Cynthia to manipulate Artamiss, made countless attempts to kill school staff and successfully killed the nurse, and linked herself to Cynthia to continue manipulating Artamiss.

Gwen's story ends there as Attempt One was halted and Attempt Two began.

## Powers & Abilities

### **Spellcasting**

Gwen was shown to be extremely skilled at spellcasting, most notably, the Lunar Eclipse Ritual Spell, the memory wiping spell and the life linking spell, all of which she perfectly performed with no failure.

### **Telekinesis**

Gwen was exceptional and multiple forms of telekinesis where she was able to move and manipulate solid matter with her mind.

### **Dark Magic**

Dark magic, which included energy blasts, mind control and many other key abilities were her strongest source of magic as she was born with it and it grew stronger and stronger over time, eventually earning her the title of the strongest witch to ever live.

### **Immortality**

Another notable power of Gwen is her immortality which makes her immune to all forms of death except for on the Lunar Eclipses, while she is immortal she also does not age.

### **Super Strength**

Gwen displayed several feats of abnormal strength which she used a lot whilst fighting where she could easily kick/punch with extreme force.

### **Combat**

Gwen was exceptionally talented at hand to hand combat with her hands and weapons such as knives, spears, staffs and swords.