Gwendolyn Archer

## Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Archer

* After 1989
* Before 1989

**Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Archer**, also known by the code-name ***'Vampire'***, is one of the founding members of **Baykok Bio-Security** and current commander of **Charlie Team**. She is the (mostly estranged) mother of Aiden Archer and Eliza Archer.

## Biography

Not much is known of Gwendolyn Archer's early history, mainly due to the fact that she has rarely spoken of it. The easily obtained details are that she was born in Bangor, the oldest city in Wales. Her father was an intelligence officer in the British Army's Intelligence Corps, before being moved to MI6 following the end of World War Two, and her mother had served as a military nurse during the war. Both were natives of Wales, and wished to have their daughter grow up in their native region. She was taught Welsh alongside English as she grew up, allowing her to be fluent in both languages.

As she entered high school, and eventually college, she developed a fascination with the microscopic world. It would eventually lead her down the path of Virology and Biochemistry as she progressed through college. With some aid from her father and his connections with the British government, she was able to enter into specialized programs and areas in order to further experiences and career goals until she reached the heights of her selected fields. In addition, he also directed her into programs specializing in viral and biological warfare, which she took to quite quickly.

At some point in the late 1970s/early 1980s, she met the pair of John and Elizabeth Williams. A friendship was formed with the pair, which lead to them inviting Gwendolyn to form Baykok Bio-Security alongside them. They pointed out the possible threats that the rapidly evolving world of bio-terror would bring about eventually, and wished to develop a group that could seek out, contain, and eliminate the biological threats that would soon appear. And there would be no better an asset to have than someone whom was as talented in the field of viral and biological research as Gwendolyn. She joined 'without hesitation', as they put it.

Other easily obtainable information would be that Gwendolyn has been married twice, and has two children. Aiden Archer, by her first husband, and Eliza Archer, by her second husband. Her first marriage ended in disaster, as she had begun to focus too much on her work and research to maintain a healthy, loving relationship with her husband in Scotland at the time. She did manage to keep Aiden in the divorce, who's last name she changed to her own. It wasn't long after when she married again, and soon had Eliza. This marriage lasted far longer, well into the late 1980s.

Then came one particular incident in 1989.

During an undercover operation in the then-Soviet Union, a particularly deadly bio-weapon was unleashed. Baykok Bio-Security intervened. Gwendolyn, part of Charlie Team, was involved. And almost all of Charlie Team was slaughtered, save for her and another by the name of Mike.

The incident changed Gwendolyn quite drastically. No longer was she the talkative, friendly scientist that everyone had come to know over the years. She grew cold. Emotionally detached from everyone, including her own husband and children. Another divorce came, a year after the incident, and again she maintained her claim on her children. But even that wouldn't keep them around. Eventually, when they were old enough, they left their mother for their fathers. Aiden returned to his father in Scotland, and Eliza returned to her American father in New York. Gwendolyn had driven everyone away... and she didn't seem to care. She immersed herself ever more into her work and research. Something she still seemed to enjoy after everything that had happened.

The 1990s brought about more war. More interventions, such as viral outbreaks in Africa/East Asia and weapons deployments in Eastern Europe/the Middle East. More involvement in activities on the ground. She found herself right in the thick of things, studying bio-weapons and weaponized viruses in real time where they were deployed. She often came back carrying syringes full of biological material. Bodily fluids, drawn from victims or the entities that they fought and killed. And each one she studied with near borderline obsession. Those that had fallen around her, attempting to contain these viruses or end the creatures born from them? Simple losses, but ones she accepted with ease. Death came to all eventually, and it appeared she had stopped caring about that too.

Over the years, to keep others off her back, she began to operate in a more professional manner around the others and pushed for more recruits. Those more knowledgeable in their respective fields, chiefly medical officers to allow for more bodies to survive the many ordeals the company plunged itself into. Regardless as to if she cared or not if someone lived or died, the others did. Andrew Jóźwiak (AKA Doc) is a notable recruit, as she personally pushed for and signed off on him. Another she had signed off on was her own daughter, Eliza. Eliza had been pushed by John, and his daughter Mary, to join Baykok in order to mend her relationship with her mother. And only time will tell if that act would offer anything resembling a good outcome.

## Trivia

* Gwendolyn earned her nickname/codename 'Vampire' from her fellow co-founders, thanks to her habit of gathering blood from both the dead and the living (usually without consent) using a case of syringes that she carries around with her. She has stated repeatedly that her gathering blood is purely for medical research, but it doesn't lessen the pain from the surprise jabs she tends to give to get that blood. Her daughter, Eliza, has gained the codename 'Dhampir' as a nod to Gwendolyn's.
* Gwendolyn's weapons training came from her father. He would often take her to military shooting ranges, teaching her how to use a variety of firearms. At Baykok Bio-Security, she maintains her status among the top handgun shooters of the company.
* Gwendolyn maintains a strict workout schedule, which is something else her father passed down to her. It has saved her life on more than one occasion, such as during the incident in 1989, and has been mostly passed along to both her children as well.
* Gwendolyn has a habit of recording her thoughts and ramblings into a tape recorder, which she usually keeps with her while she does her research. She runs through easily twenty or so tapes in a span of a week.
* Gwendolyn's favorite candy is dark chocolate, and often carries a bar of it with her on deployment.
* Gwendolyn is an avid jazz lover.