Gerda

**Gerda** was a minor character who featured in the first *Living Legends* game, Ice Rose.

One of the original townspeople to defeat The Ice Queen, Gerda succumbed to the deathly cold that fell over Rosemount and lingered in spirit only in the hopes of finding her daughter.

Gerda is based on the character of the same name from the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale, The Snow Queen.

## Appearance and Personality

In life, Gerda was a pretty woman with short curly red hair and pale blue eyes. She wore a dark purple jacket over a white shirt, a light green skirt and a wide-brimmed white hat with a large white feather.

Gerda's full personality is largely unknown but it is evidently from her encounter with Edward Grand's lover that she deeply loved her family and it was her determination to find her missing daughter that led her to fall into the Ice Queen's icy trap.

## History

Gerda's early life is largely unknown except that she lived under the icy rule of The Ice Queen for many years. As a young woman, she fell in love with a man named Kai and journeyed to Castle Le Roy to save him from repairing The Ice Queen's shattered mirror. After defeating The Ice Queen, Gerda and Kai made the decision to break her frozen heart in two and to hid the final shard of the mirror in a safe place.

Gerda and Kai were married shortly after and settled down in the newly dubbed town of Rosemount. Eventually Gerda gave birth to hers and Kai's only child, a daughter that they named Rose. The family of three lived happily for many years in Rosemount, running the only hotel of the town. Rose learned about her parents' defeat of the Ice Queen through stories told by her father and begged to be allowed to see the Ice Queen, but Gerda and Kai always insisted that it was too dangerous.

One day, Gerda and Kai decided to take her daughter on holiday to see the flower festival at Castle Le Roy but unbeknowst to them, the Alchemist had approached Rose and convinced her to enter the dungeons under the castle and release the Ice Queen from her prison. Upon a massive blizzard covering the town of Rosemount, Gerda realised that the Ice Queen had returned and hurried to find her daughter - however, while riding the gondola, Gerda succumbed to the intense cold and passed away.

For many years, Gerda's frozen body remained in the gondola, until the day a man named Edward Grand came to Rosemount and was captured by the Ice Queen. Not long after, Edward's beloved came seeking him and found Gerda's body.

## Relationships

* Kai (husband, deceased)
* Rose (daughter, deceased)
* The Ice Queen (enemy, fate unclear)
* Edward Grand's lover (liberator)

## Quotes

### Quotes by Gerda

* "I am Gerda. We townspeople once stopped the Ice Queen. But now she has returned and taken our lives and loves."
* "I see you have love in your heart. You can help me, and I'll help you."
* "Find the locket that holds the memories of my daughter. It's all I have left of her."
* "The locket! You found it! I feel my blood warm and rush through me ... the Ice Queen's frosty curse is lifting ..."
* "I've seen the man you're looking for, in the city. Hurry, now! The Ice Queen's power grows stronger ..."

### Quotes about Gerda

* "Gerda's love for her family was her weakness." - Narrator
* "Now, Gerda's one wish is to see her beloved daughter again." - Narrator
* "Oh, poor Gerda - I must help her!" - Edward Grand's lover
* "But Gerda saved me. The warmth of her love broke the spell, and I shattered the mirror and scattered the shards, including the Ice Queen's fragmented heart ..." - Kai

## Galleries

* Character
* Depictions
* Artifacts
* Other images

Her frozen body in the gondolaHer ghost speaking to Edward Grand's lover

A vision of Gerda and Kai hiding The Ice Queen's Frozen Heart, *Ice Rose*A vision of Gerda and Kai in the spring, *Ice Rose*A vision of Gerda and Kai with their newborn daughter Rose, *Ice Rose*

Gerda's locketGerda's purse

Gerda concept artFriendly Fox Collector's Edition banner (remastered)Gerda wallpaper #1Gerda wallpaper #2