ASHFORD, Gwyneth

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NAME: Gwyneth "Gwen" Cassandra Ashford
AGE WHEN TURNED: 22
AGE: 367
GENDER: Female
BIRTHDAY: May 7th
STATUS: Fledgling
PLAYBY: Ksenia Solo

CREATOR: Emily Ashford
COVEN: Lareth

MOTHER: Emily Ashford
FATHER Victor Ashford
BROTHERS: N/A
SISTERS: Kaelyn Ashford (younger)
EXTENDED FAMILY: Amelia Ashford (aunt)
PETS: N/A

Gwen is not tall nor is she small either. She is average at height, standing at five foot three inches. She is not really muscular, but she's strong. Her long black hair and fringe frames her beautifully oval face. Gwen keeps her hair mostly open, a bit curled but is also seen in different hairdos. Most people first notice her ice blue eyes with a ”mysterious” gaze. Her olive skin has been tanned a bit while she was a human, but it has faded away in centuries.

Gwen is a person with style and elegance. She loves to wear dresses and high heeled shoes or boots – mostly stilettos. She's usually dressed up in expensive brands like Chanel, McQueen and Westwood. She also likes a bit darker style – gothic style is her guilty pleasure. She has many corsets and skirts in her wardrobe but wears them only occasionally.

Gwen is pretty feisty, strong-willed girl with ambitious personality and with her own mind. She isn't a big fan of subtlety and says mostly what's on her mind. She is bit snobby and obnoxious from time to time, but she's a sweet girl if you really get to know her. She is also witty and sarcasm would be her middle name if it'd be acceptable as one. She gets what she wants, one way or another. She can be very persuasive if she wants to. Gwen usually covers herself under a bossy and bitchy shell because she doesn't want to let anyone easily. She's a challenge to anyone and an opponent you should not underestimate. In a manner she is colder and more ruthless than her father, but not really violently cruel. Her patience is quite poor but she does understand that everything cannot happen right away. She gets pissed off pretty easily and even by small things. Usually she tries to control her anger via reading or playing violin. She's very musical person – she listens to music and plays and sings herself. Not that anyone's actually heard her sing. She's good at keeping secrets.

She has studied business in evening school and has master's degree from it. Gwen is incredibly smart even though it might not seem like it. She's not easily fooled and often she even surprises with her knowledge of things. Her pride doesn't usually allow her to ask help even if she'd need it. She is really independent and likes it that way. She might be considered a bit promiscuous and enjoys having fun with men, but love is only a distant term for her what comes to any person besides her family. She doesn't get attached easily and most likely will get bored. Do not get it wrong – she has friends, but spends most of her time supervising her father's company and traveling around the world. She doesn't have the luxury of having long time relationships with anyone or befriend anyone. She is a bit of a lone wolf but it doesn't really bother her.

BIRTH PLACE: India
CHANGED: 1645

Gwyneth Cassandra Ashford was born in 1623 as the first daughter to the young Ashfords. Although the family originated from England, she was born while they were in India as did her younger sister a few years later. Her family raised her with love and a little bit of pampering, but still managed to maintain good discipline. Gwen was really independent even as a little girl and liked to do things by herself. She didn't get into trouble often and usually the trouble she got in was just a minor one such as taking some toy or object from a shop without realising it was wrong. She just wanted it. And usually these little accidents were just talked through.

Gwen doesn't remember much from her childhood, but she does remember that it was a happy one. She had loving people around her and was eventually blessed with a younger sister. A tradegy struck the family when Gwen was five, but she didn't know about it until much later. Gwen spent her days mostly playing with her sister Kaelyn or with the kids from the neighbourhood – sometimes even with her grandparents. The people in India were really nice to her too – often offering her free toys or food if she walked by. No need to say Gwen was a little charmer as a kid. She did also enjoy time by herself, mostly painting or playing with dolls and stuffed animals.

As Gwen grew older she started to enjoy reading. Her beauty only grew everyday – or so she was told. She was not one to care too much about how she looked. Her girly games started to fade and eventually her style was changed – instead of playing, she enjoyed reading and learning new things. The local boys started to round up at their door asking her to hang out. Gwen had also a rebellious phase when she was in her early teens and often wandered off – usually with her aunt Amelia, who shared the same kind of adventurous personality. Gwen was more bold than her aunt though and Amelia had to slow her down more than once. Being a teenager wasn't Gwen's best time – due to the boys, mostly. She was in three relationships over a year, everyone ending in few months. Hearing over her friend's trouble in their relationships and her previous experience in short-term relationships, Gwen swore she'd never fall in love. And so she kept just having a little fun with them.

It was a little bit after Gwen's 22nd birthday when her mother approached her about a serious matter. She had noticed something odd before – small things, like the blinds being shut all time, never leaving the house in daytime and with different explanations... Gwen had dropped her ”investigation” a few days later she'd become suspicious because she loved her parents and thought that she was probably just out of her mind. At that time she didn't believe vampires existed. Not until her mother confirmed it to her. It took a while for Gwen to think it through when her mother offered her immortal life. She wouldn't be able to go out in daytime or enjoy sunlight or wear silver necklaces. But she'd be able to stay with her family. The later was more important to her as she didn't want to cause them the pain of losing her someday in the near or far in the future by natural causes. It took two days to complete the transformation. She couldn't tell a thing to her sister, naturally. She swore to keep it secret until she'd become the same age. Eventually her sister was turned too.

After turning the children of the family into vampires, the Ashfords relocated to America and laid low for a while during the witch burnings. Even Gwen agreed to carefulness and did not wander off by herself. She did not want to burn at stake that she was actually immortal. She always took care of her sister's safety too – she was pretty protective when it came to her family. The brighter times started to bloom soon and the family bought a plantation with slaves. Gwen never really understood the necessity of them but eventually became really bossy and learned that she could do everything easily and just lay off when the slaves did their work. Sometimes she tipped them a little extra though – and that was those times she pitied them.

The family was never short of money so Gwen could get basically anything she needed – and she sure used that opportunity everytime she felt like it. In the nineteenth century the family's circle among the vampires grew when Victor was chosen as the King of Lareth and her mother became the master of Texas. In the late 1970's Gwen decided to finish her school via evening classes and eventually she graduated with master's degree from business. Her father – who was also an oil lord – took her as an employee in the family industry and few years later made her to supervise company's branches and also the oil rig's. She took the job as an adventure for her and she got the chance to travel around America and also around the world. Gwen enjoys it and for now she's been doing well, keeping the business alive and bossing over lazy employees or organizing and prioritizing matters to make everything flow fluently.