Gwendolyn Giles, The Expert

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### Relatives

Lucy Egide (Cousin, Alive, Missing), Richie (Fiancée, Deceased), Debra Giles (Mother, Deceased)

## Moves

### Moves

I've Read About This Sort of Thing, Dark Past

## Appearance

**Features**: Small hands/long fingers, small feet, nose, and mouth. Big, brown doe eyes. Has two small marks on her neck. Large scar on her arm and leg. Fresh wound runs up the length of her calf, ankle to knee.

**Currently Wearing**: A thin-chained, silver necklace with a key. Pastel pink pajama set. Barefoot.

## Backstory

Gwendolyn, at the age of 17, began her studies about magic and monsters after the death of her boyfriend, Richard Nemoy, who was killed by a pre-outbreak Turned. The Mothman, Sterling Pleasant, was found eating his body as he lay dying. The traumatic shock caused Gwendolyn to completely repress the memory to the point where she did not remember Richie had died or that she had seen Mothman.

At 18, due to issues at home regarding Gwendolyn's life plans and the fact that her parents seemed to be hiding something about Richie, she ran from her parent's mansion in Richmond to their vacation home in Last Hope, West Virginia and continued her studies with more fervor. An injured hunter found her accidentally soon after her move and she began to include medical knowledge in her studies. She learned to make a living selling information on Cryptids and other monstrous beasts to the hunting initiative, which became easy to do as news about her offerings spread. Sheltered and almost always alone, buried in old grimoires, the years passed until breaking news about an outbreak of a violent and horrifying illness flashed across her television.

All signs pointed towards chaos if the disease could not be contained and treated, so she began trading and selling information publicly, going so far as to publish "The Onis-37 Mutation" to grow and support her work. Anxious from waiting at home and wracked with crippling guilt, she found a group of hunters to accompany and inform. She helped solve a serial-murder case and along the way, gained a sense of belonging and even fell in love. Compounding on her anxiety, a monster tore the group a part and now she's determined to find everyone, she hopes, alive and well.

## Relationships

### Cast One

***Donovan:*** When Donovan was 19, Gwendolyn traded information with him. She aided him in a research project for a monster of great importance and in exchange he taught her street smarts and some basic practical training in using weapons. Around Donovan, Giles feels both like a mother figure and a colleague. She wants very badly for him to succeed. A college tuition waits for him in a vault back at the Manor. She will keep a closer eye on him now that she's seen the results of his impulsiveness. She started thinking of him as her son.

***Lucy:*** Gwendolyn’s cousin. Lucy drives her a little crazy as she has a tendency to take actions that don’t always make sense to Gwendolyn. However, she has a lot of respect for her and her life is indebted to her. The circumstances in the cave has left Gwendolyn to believe Lucy is rash and manipulative. She is hopeful Lucy can learn since she agreed to not using magic to make people quiet.

***Sterling:*** An unpredictable and confusing affection lay between them. She finds him to be quite charming and uses scientific research as an outlet for her fascination. Not being one for hiding necessary truths nor wishing to play teenage games, she confessed her love. Though despite this, underlying concerns pull her back from fully expressing herself around him. It's been a long time since she's known what to do in intimate relationships.

***Ky:*** Their youthfulness allows Gwendolyn to connect with her inner child. However, she feels a need to protect Ky from danger as she asked Bill to let them come with and thusly, this makes the relationship teeter awkwardly between maternal and friendly. After learning Ky wanted to be a vampire, Gwendolyn is more convinced than ever that they are wildly impressionable and will try to keep them from seeing too much. After a failure to connect, Gwendolyn realizes she's too old and has accepted that she's just going to be like a temporary guardian.

### Cast Two

***Caleb***: She finds him charming and his artistic expression warms her. Now that he has shown himself to not only be trustworthy but also determined to help, she feels safe around him. The pat on her shoulder as he ran after Tara (who was responsible for Turned invading Joseki) was the end of her skepticism.

***Charles***:

***Donovan***: No longer missing. Gwendolyn loves Donovan very much. It's been joked that Gwendolyn is like his mom, but to Gwendolyn, that is no joke. Around him, Giles feels both like a mother figure and a colleague, wanting him to come work with her on researching Cryptids. When they were separated, she became extremely concerned about his mental health and now that they are reunited, she will be watching him with an observant eye.

***Nikolai***: He still hasn't told her his full name, so she's been calling him 'Nik', none the wiser. She thinks he's totally bizarre and airheaded, but she understands that she's only spent a small amount of time with him. He feels important somehow and that makes her nervous.

***Skylar***: Gwendolyn and Skylar were friends in high school. In pain over an aspect of her life, she sent a spontaneous letter to Skylar asking how things were in Virginia after over a decade of silence. She received both a horrifying and fascinating letter in response. She has a bizarre look in her eye when she talks to Prince.

***Sterling***: A missing person whose name is occasionally spoken by Gwendolyn.

***Theresa***: Gwendolyn quite likes Theresa, finding her spunky and passionate attitude empowering and fun. Gwendolyn finds solidarity with her new found friend and only connection with the party she came to call family. Not having the physical abilities to defend themselves, Theresa and Gwendolyn work as a team to cleverly overcome obstacles, hoping against hope that they'll be able to rest when they find their group again.

## Trivia

* She has an indent on her ring finger from wearing her deceased fiancée's engagement ring for 19 years, which was given to them by his paternal grandmother.
* When wanting to remain ignorant, she removes her glasses. If she's nervous, she'll click her thumb nails together.
* Used to play the piano at her mother's demands but switched to the cello.
* Has an apiary at her manor in Last Hope, West Virginia.
* Speaks with a neutral American accent, masking her Virginian drawl.