Grandma Gwyneth

* Current
* Wintertime
* Cub

**Story:**

* Ellie from *Ice Age*

* Grenier, Gable, Gemul, Graciela, Gemino, Georg, Gabriel, Greg, Genji-Liú Guān, Gunnar, multiple unnamed Griffons (adoptive/foster fraternal nephews/nieces)
* Gisella (adoptive niece-in-law)
* Gerson (adoptive nephew-in-law)
* Gallus, Gabby, Gerard, Greedy, Grainne, Giselle, Gaston, Gretchen, Gemma, Gigi, Greta, Griselda, Graff, Gracie, Gilda, Galena, Gavin, Gustave le Grand, Garner, Gunter (foster/adoptive fraternal grandnephews/grandnieces)

### Likes

Marine life, conch shells, jewelry making, braiding hair and headfeathers, pineapples, Gruncle Gonsod, Gonsod's sensitivity and bashfulness, water sports, sailing, hanging out with Grizel, fighting/roughhousing with her brothers, the Blue Moon Festival, children, collecting seashells, handicrafts, summer, swimming, Caviar, bubble baths, artistic gymnastics, puns, fruit juice, peach ice cream, caution, her catchphrases "Gwyneth's like a shark!" and "Sharp sharkfins!", vintage clothing, slushies

### Dislikes

Her loved ones threatened, being mistreated, being bullied by her brothers, being the "spare" princess

### Powers and abilities

* Swimming
* Acrobatics
* Physical strength
* Glyph magic

### Biggest Fears

Her loved ones not actually wanting her around

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Bracelet with shell-shaped beads on right foot, earring on right ear, scar on lower right foreleg

### Status

Active

**Grandma Gwyneth** is an old female Griffon from Griffinstone and one of the Senior Gals. She's the partner of Gruncle Gonsod, the younger adoptive sister of Grandpa Gruff and King Guto, the mother of Glyn andother cubs, and the grandmother of Garmon and his siblings. In her youth, she was the first female Griffon to join Griffinstone's royal guard and later the first drill sergeant, as well as a world-class Summer Equestria Games Swimmer.

## Personality

Grandma Gwyneth is a tough, confident, street-smart, and tomboyish woman. She is straight-talking, no-nonsense, and is extremely independent. A gentle soul, she seems to always go with the flow. Like the Senior Group and other members of the Senior Gals, Gwyneth is a brave and fierce Griffoness who is committed to defending and protecting the Griffon kingdom, using her experience and skills from previous occupations to his full advantage when in combat, facing a problem, or other situations. She is highly athletic, loves water sports, and is an incredibly skilled swimmer, which easily comes in handy several times during battle. She has a very outgoing and excitable side in her personality, is very kind, intelligent, and compassionate, and seems to care greatly about the well-being of endangered sea species.

Gwyneth is often self-conscious in regards to how she appears in front of others. She often dismisses things, activities, and certain mannerisms considered to be feminine, though this is at times merely a front. This is mostly shown when she's a youngster where she feels skeptical about expressing her enjoyment for the few things she likes that are considered "feminine" and only showed affection toward her friends when no one was looking. However, hanging out with Gonsod and Grizel has given her encouragement to fearlessly express herself, later heartening others into not being afraid to do the same. She has no reservations about getting dirty or messy or proper eating etiquette, although she tries to be careful with the latter. She's a strong believer in appreciating natural beauty and becomes offended when insulted for not wearing make-up and other cosmetics or simply for her appearance in general. Despite her disdain for "fancy" things, however, she crafts gifts for her loved ones on special occasions, some of them being heart-shaped, enjoys wearing a dress (as long as it's aerodynamically sound) and jewelry, and might wear a few small articles of make-up if needed.

In her youth, she was quite the opposite of her current personality; though despite being pretty unsure of herself, developing rather low-self esteem, as she got walked over by and practically lived in the shadows of her older brothers, she still did her best to be helpful and had proven to be very independent when left to her own devices. Although she initially had a rather strained relationship with her siblings, following both Gruff and Guto showing respect for her after she tried to take down a pair of moray eels, their bond slowly turns in a more caring light from that point on, with the boys becoming very protective of her and Gwyneth eagerly learning things from them. Over the years, Gwyneth gained more confidence in herself and her talents, proving to be an incredibly skilled and competent hunter, being able to stealthily catch prey and show incredible patience during hunts, especially in the water, and eventually rising in the ranks to become the drill sergeant of the Griffon kingdom's royal guard.

Although usually very friendly, she can lose her temper from time to time, such as when her loved ones are being mistreated or threatened. She won't hesitate to use brute force when standing up to someone, even for the most trivial of reasons. Although, at times she can be kind of overdramatic, often without realising it. She shows a very creative side when it comes to making jewelry, especially from the shells she collects.

Gwyneth is also an environmentalist; trash and pollution in the oceans and rivers anger her, and she shows sympathy for many aquatic elements, including fish, frogs, and all water creatures. She loves helping water creatures and wishes for the ocean to be clean.

Cheerful and playful, she likes making jokes a lot, most notably lightheartedly egging on her older brother Gruff. She's snarky and sassy but by no means needlessly rude and mean to those around her. She radiates confidence but she's also kind and silly and overall a very positive person filled with spunk and energy.

## Appearance

Grandma Gwyneth has a pale dark brownish pelt, darker colored wings, markings around her eyes, tail and underbelly, and brownish golden beak and talons. She has an athletic body type, coming from her past as an swimmer. She wears a bracelet with shell-shaped beads on her right hind foot and a golden earring on her right ear. She has three-tufted ears and long bangs that gradually change to dark brown along the ends, as well as greyish-sea-blue eyes. She also has a scar on her lower right foreleg from unknown circumstances.

Over the course of winter, Grandma Gwyneth's ensemble consists of a light blue scarf and matching fingerless gloves with a row of lighter-coloured embroidered patterns of currents and the embellishment of a dark blue starfish respectively. She also wears a small holly behind her ear.

In formal occasions, she usually wears a a long red sleeveless over-skirt dress stylized with matching coral gauze ruffle/flounces around the elastic neckline and on the side and bottom with an attached ivory-colored underskirt. Around her waist is a golden belt held in place with a golden buckle. Her outfit is complete with some golden jewelry, both of which Gonsod gave to her as gifts.

## Background

Gwyneth was lost in the sea as a cub, likely having survived a shipwreck that killed her biological family. After she was rescued by a fishergriff and brought into the castle, she was adopted by the queen, Glynis, making her the adoptive sister of Guto and recently-adopted Gruff.

Gwybeth and her siblings used to play by a creek as cubs.

During their mid-teens, when they began basic training, Gruff and Guto would tease Gwyneth (who joined them much later). They would demean her, trick her, prank her, and overall disrespect her. It was more or less just a phase, as they had only begun to tease Gwyneth during that particular time for some reason (though it's implied that them training as future king and member of the royal guard somewhat gave them a big head), while seemingly trying to impress their mother. After an attack of electric eels during a hunt nearly killed her, the boys realised how horribly they had been treating her and, after being called out by their sister, became more protective and nice towards Gwyneth as a way of apologising, showing her admiration for pulling it off and helping her with her training. From that point on, Gwyneth's relationship with her older brothers dramatically improved, along with her performance in training, eventually rising in the ranks to become the royal guard's drill sergeant.

During her adolescence, under unknown circumstances, Gwyneth became pregnant with her first-born daughter Glyn, due to which she began fighting alongside her allies less and less. She apparently didn't tell anyone outside of her friend group about it and only revealed it to Gruff and Guto a few days *after* her baby hatched. During the postpartum period, Gwyneth spent a few weeks in Cloudsdale with the Gals to recover and take care of Glyn, before and after shs hatched, before finally returning to the castle and introducing her brothers and their new niece. A few years after reaching adulthood, Gwyneth had a few more cubs, though as Gwyneth wasn't married at the time, it's unknown if it was another case of parthenogenesis (like her first pregnancy), if they were adopted, or if they were conceived through artificial insemination through a sperm donor.

When she was still a teenager, her mother’s, Glynis, health took a turn for the worse. During a hiking training session with her children, Glynis suddenly began feeling nauseous was sent back to the castle to rest and heal. While doing her x-rays, doctors discovered mysterious green spots scattered all over her body but couldn't make out what was up with her, but came to the conclusion that it was a case of an allergic shock. This confused the queen's children, as neither remembered their mother having any allergies. The royal doctors gave her mere months to live, and that was being generous. The sad news broke and the siblings each expressed their sadness differently.

For Gwyneth, she was stubborn and in complete denial.

A few weeks later, Glynis was placed into hospice and could no longer eat or drink. Gwyneth and her brothers rarely left their mother's side. The grieving process was a tough one to overcome for all three of Glynis' cubs.

At least in her late forties, to her surprise and delight, her eldest daughter had children of her own, and she became the grandmother of Garmon and numerous other cubs, who all refer to her as "Nana".

After King Guto's sudden disappearance, Gruff and Gwyneth had an anger-fueled argument due to Gwyneth blaming Gruff for the disappearance of their brother, even though Gruff and their friends desperately attempted to find him. The fight ended in them not speaking to each other for four years, until her brother eventually found the courage to call her. The two made an effort to reconnect with one another and later apologised to each other.

As Gruff and the rest of his friends formed the "Senior Group" during that time, retiring from their duties as royal guards and taking the roles of the leaders of Griffinstone, Gwyneth became part of a backup team with similar duties, also retiring from her sergeant duties. Subsequently, with the castle destroyed, Gwyneth moved in with Grizel and started working as a marine biologist and aquatic veterinarian, amongst other occupations.

At some point, she entered a romantic relationship with Gonsod and the two eventually got engaged, although the timing is unknown.

## Relationships

### **Gruncle Gonsod**

Although they began dating in middle-age, Gonsod and Gwyneth actually met when they were cubs. After getting acquainted, Gwyneth licked her sucker and stuck it to Gonsod's head. Initially, Gwyneth didn't really think much of Gonsod outside of being a friend of her brothers, until she once listened to his music. This causes her to become curious around him, asking questions, and wanting to know more about him and his interests. And in this effect, it causes her to unknowingly fall in love with him.

Even after she feel okay with her abilities and is on better terms with Gruff and Guto, Gwyneth still feels like she is not able to contribute much to the kingdom compared to her brothers and fears that her loved ones may not actually want her around, drawing parallels to Gonsod's experiences with his own family. This shared experience becomes a point of connection and bonding between Gwyneth and Gonsod.

In the present, Gwyneth is quite sweet and affectionate towards Gonsod and she isn't hesitant to comfort him. At first, she didn't want to admit being in love with him, but she soon found herself falling for his kindness and openhearted innocence. Although Gruff and Guto were initially a bit ambivalent with their friends and family mingling, they overall seem excited for their sister showing interest in someone. Furthermore, it's them that convince Gwyneth to try and pursue a relationship with Gonsod. Gruff even considers it sweet that Gwyneth and Gonsod exchange seashell Clawheart bracelets.

While her brothers were (eventually) the shoulders to support Gwyneth, Gonsod was the insight that Gwyneth needed to move forward with herself and understand that she shouldn't be a doormat for others to step all over. The two began to grow together, being each other's support with both their personal lives and careers, eventually falling in love, dating for some years, and getting engaged.

### **Grandpa Gruff**

Gruff is Gwyneth's oldest surrogate foster brother, until they were both eventually adopted by the royal family, making him Gwyneth's oldest adoptive brother. Ever since they were kids, Gruff and Gwyneth have had a friendly sibling rivalry with each other. They tend to tease one another, with Gruff messing with Gwyneth and her purposefully annoying and egging on him, respectively demonstrated by Gruff giving her "noogies" and how Gwyneth mentions how she "saves the caramel apple crisp bites from the likes of him" before starting to run and saying that she'll get them before him with a panicked Gruff chasing after her. Gwyneth likes to call him nicknames like "Fringehead" and "Seahorse."

At first, Gruff (and to a mild extent Guto) made fun of Gwyneth for not being able to train with them. However, despite this, he and Guto do genuinely care about her and are protective of her, as they're shown to be visibly worried when the wild boar throws Gwyneth on a small cliff. Even at the time Gwyneth was not on the best of terms with her brothers, they do sometimes refer to her affectionately as "sis". They soon show respect for their younger sister after she tries to take down a pair of moray eels (an event that nearly kills her) and compliment her for it. Subsequently, Gruff and Guto have had a much better relationship with Gwyneth, offering her to train with them, as "it's more fun competing with someone", and generally spending more time together, with the boys becoming very protective of her and Gwyneth being eager to learn from them. On occasion, he is shown to hit her in a playful manner, but it's shown as simple rough-housing and is pretty clear Gruff isn't actually trying to hurt Gwyneth. It is further shown that despite his own brotherly aggression towards Gwyneth, anyone other than himself actually hurting his sister will send him into a rage. Gruff and Guto are shown to be guiding their little sister to a somewhat the dark side when it comes to villains, shown where they told Gwyneth not to apologise for dropping Filchen Flimp, and Gwyneth obeyed.

Although she teases Gruff about his role of "being the leader" in the group, she still remains respectful to him and follows his orders with complete trust.

After Guto's sudden disappearance, Gruff and Gwyneth had an anger-fueled argument due to Gwyneth blaming Gruff for the disappearance of their brother, even though Gruff and their friends desperately attempted to find him. The fight ended in them not speaking to each other for years. Although she harbored resentment towards Gruff for years, deep down Gwyneth really missed her brother despite everything that happened between them. This lasted for almost four years until Gruff found Gallus as a young cub and eventually introduced him to Gabby, another cub his age that was under his guardianship. Seeing the two cubs developing their own (technical) sibling bond inspires Gruff to eventually find the courage to call his sister. The two make an effort to reconnect with one another and later apologise to each other. After that, the two are shown to have grown closer than ever. Gruff is shown to care beyond just protecting his siblings from harm and (along with Guto) will occasionally show a more sensitive side to provide comfort when Gwyneth is feeling down. Most of the time, they bond over their interest in gymnastics, teaching cubs about aquatic life amongst other things, and generally their similar interests showing that they're still capable of having fun together. She likes to tell others stories of her and Gruff as cubs, especially if it's one that will embarrass him.

Like most siblings, Gruff and Gwyneth argue and disagree with each other due to their opposite personalities. Gwyneth's more hyper personality either clashes with Gruff's seriousness or rivals his own energy. Despite this, they still get along and care for each other, and always find their way to the true meaning of family.

### **King Guto**

Guto is Gwyneth's second older surrogate foster brother, until she and Gruff were both eventually adopted by the royal family, making him Gwyneth's second older adoptive brother. Guto had been very lonely as an only child prior to Gruff and Gwyneth's adoption. Initially, Guto made fun of Gwyneth for not being able to train with them along with Gruff, though to a milder extent. However, despite this, he and Gruff do genuinely care about her, soon showing respect for their younger sister after she tries to take down a pair of moray eels (an event that nearly kills her) and compliment her for it. Subsequently, Guto and Gruff have had a much better relationship with Gwyneth, offering her to train with them, as "it's more fun competing with someone", and generally spending more time together, with the boys becoming very protective of her and Gwyneth being eager to learn from them. Gwyneth is very close to Guto and the two get along very well. While the two don't interact much, it's clear that Gwyneth thinks highly of Guto and cares about him. After Guto and Gruff apologise for their behaviour towards her and the three siblings become closer, Gwyneth becomes very close to Guto and is affectionate with him. On his coronation, Gwyneth lovingly made Guto a seashell necklace for him to wear. She also respects Guto as a ruler and leader, and Guto is usually concerned about Gwyneth's recklessness, often comparing him to Gilbert and especially Gruff whenever she's off patrolling the city on her own or when she's with at least one of them. Guto and Gruff are shown to be guiding their little sister to a somewhat the dark side when it comes to villains, shown where they told Gwyneth not to apologise for dropping Filchen Flimp, and Gwyneth obeyed. She misses him after his disappearance.

## Gallery

Promo picture of Gruncle Gonsod and Grandma GwynethGrandma Gwyneth and Grandma Grizel on a double date with Gruncle Gonsod and Grandpa GruffSenior Group and GalsGruncle Gonsod and Grandma GwynethGrandma Gwyneth and Grandma Grizel Promo ArtGrandma Gwyneth hanging out with Grandpa GruffGrandma Gwyneth and Grandpa Gruff as CubsGwyneth and her adopted family, Glynis, Gruff, and Guto
## Trivia

* The word "*Guillemot*", Gwyneth's birth name," is the name of a type of seabird. This could represent her love and connections for/with water and marine life.
	+ Despite sharing a last name (at least, partly) with Greg, one of Gruff's wards and Gabby's uncles, while they share an aunt-nephew bond, there is no familial connection between the two Griffons. It is explained that Gwyneth and Greg are (biologically) unrelated and "Guillemot" simply is the TGF equal to "Smith", being a common surname.
* Gwyneth's personality and interactions with Gonsod were inspired by various characters, such as Tina Russo from "*The Looney Tunes Show*", Peppermint Patty from the *Peanuts* comic strip, "*The Looney Tunes"'* 1996 edition of Lola Bunny, Roxy Roker from *Hannah Montana*, Nana from "*Nina Needs to Go*", and Grandpa Gruff and Smolder from "*My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*".
* Gwyneth is the only one in the Senior Gals to have a scar.
* She can easily slice pineapples with her bare hands.
* Before her design was finalised, her underbelly, wings, tail-tuft, and markings around her eyes were darker-coloured and she wore little to no accessories.
* Gwyneth has a fear that her loved ones may not actually want her around, which was influenced by her childhood and Gruff and Guto's teasing. This is, however, resolved in the end and her brothers apologise for their treatment.
* One of Gwyneth's underlying insecurities was being the "spare" princess, unimportant and not having a true purpose compared to Gruff and Guto, who are the guard's general and the heir and later king, respectively.