Gwenllian Arwyn

Mortal Days

Gwenllian was a girl from a no-name village in East Anglia. She possessed courage and cunning, however, and when the Romans came, only Gwenllian survived the massacre. She stumbled into the forest where a druid found her. The druid taught Gwenllian the ways of the trees, of quiet growth and patiently waiting for the sun. When the Romans came a second time though, Gwenllian discovered that silence and patience did not suit her. She took up arms, and would have died alongside the rest of Boudica’s rebellion, had her spirit not drawn the attention of a fledgling Brujah named Lannosea.

Kindred Nights

Nearly two centuries Gwenllian fought alongside her sire – until Mithras arrived with the second Roman invasion. He slew Lannosea without thought, and stood poised to destroy Gwenllian had she not seen the truth of her old mentor’s words: grow silently, and wait. Resolving all things would pass – even the might of Rome – she bowed down before Mithras.

Gwenllian, assuming the surname Ferch Arwyn (and dropping the Ferch in modern nights), served Mithras dutifully. She recognized he would accept nothing less, and she lacked the skill to deceive the ancient vampire. Decades turned into centuries, and Mithras remained invincible even as Rome’s might waxed and waned. Servitude once intended to wait him out grew into admiration, and then dedication and loyalty. Gwenllian finally learned the value of patience in her service to Mithras, rising to prominence as one of the cult’s strongest diplomats.

It wasn’t until the Victorian era, when Mithras' own mind slipped, that Arwyn could conceive of independence again. Mithras’ mind returned before she could act, however, and Arwyn once more fell in step behind him. She rose to Pater in in the Mithraic Mysteries, while first Valerius and then Anne Bowesley governed Mithras’ secular kingdom in London.

Fall of London

During Operation Antigen, Arwyn has no choice but to remain in London, bound by the ward in the British Museum, her haven. However, once the Mithraic sorcery keeping her imprisoned fails, she is unwilling to yield the city to either Mithras, Antigen, or Queen Anne. If the characters haven't alienated her too badly she can fight alongside them against any of these, before leaving or spectacularly expiring.