Gwaine

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| ~ • ~ | Character Basics | ~ • ~ |

.:Name of Character:. Gwaine
.:Nick Name:. Gwaine
.:Age:. 27
.:Race:. Gwentian by birth, Camelotian by heart
.:Status:. Nobility, Vagabond

| ~ • ~ | Appearance | ~ • ~ |

.:Physical Appearance:. Gwaine stands a good five foot, eleven inches tall, and has medium built owing to his active and flexible lifestyle. He sports wavy dark brown hair that reaches his shoulders. He has piercing eyes the shade of brown, and prominent facial hair which lends credence to his nomadic and carefree lifestyle. Secretly a noble though, Gwaine has the bearing of the upper class but often hides this with the devil-may-care swagger of a vagabond. He is quite handsome.
.:Height:. 5'11
.:Portrayed by:. Eoin Macken

| ~ • ~ | Personality | ~ • ~ |

.:Personality:. Gwaine initially appears to be funny and carefree, with a devil-may-care attitude, a typical vagabond who have no cares in the world except for ale and women. But as soon as one gets to know him well, one would find out that he is of noble upbringing, loyal and trustworthy, and respects honor and loyalty. He is, however, distrustful of all royalty and nobility after what the King of Caerleon did to him and his family. He has vowed never to trust or acknowledge nobility ever again, until he met Merlin and Arthur. Despite these, Gwaine is still the life of the party, and always knows when to have a good time. But when the going gets tough, he knows when to get down to business as well. He is quite a flirt, too, a ladies man, known infamously as “the Maidens’ Knight”.
.:Strengths:. an excellent swordsman with a skill and technique very unique to his own, loyalty, strength of character, trustworthy, and respectful.
.:Weaknesses:. happy-go-lucky, too loyal, too trusting, women
.:Magic Abilities:. None, but he seems to know about it after recognizing bits of magic here and there.
.:Special Skills:. A fighting style so unique that he can be identified by his skills even when wearing an armor.
.:Accents:. English, with hints of Irish

| ~ • ~ | History | ~ • ~ |

.:Birthplace:. Caerleon, a kingdom in Albion located near the Western Isles and to the northwest of Camelot.
.:Family:. Father- Gareth, Knight of Caerleon (deceased), Mother – Leonie (deceased)
.:Occupation:. None. Vagabond. Knight of Camelot, eventually.
.:Current Location of Residence:. No permanent residence whatsoever. Wandering the kingdoms, specifically the taverns.

.:History:. Gwaine is the son of Gareth, Knight of Caerleon, and Leonie. He grew up in the laws and lessons of nobility. His father even taught him the ways of the sword and of a Knight since he learned how to walk. Gwaine has been groomed to become one when he was old enough. Growing up, he was every inch a Knight, respectful, loyal, trustworthy. At a very young age, he has become very skilled with the sword and other fighting techniques, and is quite fearless. Until one fateful event changed his life forever.

During a war, his father died fighting for the army of Caerleon. When his mother sought help and support from the King, he ignored their plea and refused to offer them any help whatsoever, leaving them destitute and unfortunate. Since then, the young Gwaine had vowed to detest royalty or nobility of any kind, knowing them to be blinded only by power and greed. When his mother died of an illness they could not afford to treat, Gwaine left home, and had since then turned his back on his ancestry and history.

Armed only with his sword, attitude, and a couple of his family’s heirlooms (a ring and a necklace with their family crest), he ventured out of Caerleon, not caring where his feet would take him. Still he sought to practice and improve his skills as a fighter in reverence to his father. As a vagabond, he is a regular at taverns where he almost always figured in brawls, and he has also become quite the ladies’ man, enjoying the comforts of a woman’s bed during the cold, lonely nights.

He met Arthur and Merlin at a tavern where he helped them in a brawl against Drag. They won the scuffle, but Gwaine was badly injured while saving Arthur’s life. He was then brought to Camelot to be treated by Gauis, and was quite dismayed to find out he had just saved a prince, a noble, the very people he abhorred. Gwaine formed a bond with Merlin, and eventually got to know Arthur. He told Merlin that Arthur is not like the rest of the nobles, and he even went out to help him in the melee where Drag and a companion, disguised as knights, came to kill Arthur in revenge. While he was wrongly imprisoned for killing said “knights”, Gwaine was absolved when they found out that those knights weren’t knights after all. Uther still banished Gwaine, and even though Merlin tried to convince him to tell them about him being a noble, Gwaine refused to serve Uther, and told Merlin that someday he may return when Arthur is king.

Later, Gwaine met Merlin in another tavern brawl, and he helped Merlin save Arthur during his quest in search for the Golden Trident. He returns with them to Camelot only to see it taken over by Morgana, Morgause and Cenred’s immortal army. Gwaine stayed with them to help take Camelot back, and eventually became a Knight of Camelot.

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