Gwynnifer Croft

**Gwynnifer Croft** is Sage Gaffney's first real friend. Her father is on the Mage Council.

## Physical Description

As a Gardnerian, Gwynnifer has black hair, green eyes, and pale skin with emerald shimmer. As a young teenager, Gwynn is slight in build with owlish, pale green eyes. Her black hair is a wild mess. "Her small, pointed nose and face are all delicate sharpness, like a fox." There's a focused intennsity to her stare that is unnerving. Her walk is more of a glide. After being fasted, her slender hands are marked with looping black fastlines swirling over her skin. She wears a black fitted tunic over a black long skirt that are chaste and not close-fitting as she is a member of the Styvian sect of Gardnerians.

## Personality

Gwynnifer is not interested in being popular, and she is self-assured and confident. She is kind and strives to be a good Gardnerian woman. As an adult, Gwynnifer finds a comforting sense of belonging in being part of Gardnerian society. She gets swept up in the fervor of those around her. She takes pride in being Gardnerian. She has the usual biases of her people, and views the other races as "heathens" and "Evil Ones."

## Biography

Gwynnifer's father is a skilled wandmaker for the military and in charge of the largest armory in Gardneria. She lives next door to the armory with her mother and father in Valgard. Her family is part of the Styvian sect of Gardnerians, which are the most strict adherents to the *Book of the Ancients*.

### Light Mage

Sage spends the night at Gwynnifer's house the night of her wandfasting. Gwynnifer is fasted to her best friend Geoffrey Sykes at the same ceremony. She steals the White Wand from her father's armory. She gives it to Sage, telling her that the Wand wants to go to her so she can take it out of Valgard.

### The Iron Flower

Gwynnifer attends a service being held in Valgard Cathedral that is led by High Mage Marcus Vogel. Her fastmate Geoffrey is also in attendance. When Vogel uses his wand, a dark, twisted tree suddenly shudders to life in the back of her mind. As the dark power from Vogel's wand begins to pull on her affinity lines, a sharp pull from the opposite direction pulls on her lines. A tree made of starlight with ivory birds nesting its branches drives out the shadow tree. Gwynn recalls giving Sage the White Wand when they were thirteen. Gwynn is frightened when she sees that the four envoys around Vogel have shadowy horns curling up from their heads. She also realizes that only she can see this. Gwynn also realizes that this means Sage does in fact have the real White Wand. She realizes that Vogel has the Shadow Wand.

## Relationships

### Geoffrey Sykes

Gwynn and Geoffrey have been best friends almost their entire lives. As they get older, their friendship changes into a romantic relationship. They truly do love each other, and are well-suited to being together. Gwynn finds him to be "wonderful and handsome." Geoffrey adores Gwynn, and his eyes light up every time he sees her.

### Sage Gaffney

Gwynn is Sage's first friend. Their friendship ends when Sage breaks with Gardneria and joins the Resistance. Gwynn feels guilty for once being Sage's friend.

## References

1. ↑ *The Rebel Mages*: page 301
2. ↑ *The Iron Flower*: page 228