Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn is the daughter of Alexander and Cassima, grand daughter of Graham and Valanice, and great granddaughter of Hereward of Daventry in the upcoming KQ9. She is the cousin of Gart, and niece of Rosella and Edgar.

Background
King Graham, revered as the greatest adventurer to ever live shares his life's adventures with his curious granddaughter, Gwendolyn. It is through these tales that Gwendolyn discovers the true greatness of her grandfather.

Gwendoly vists Daventry every summer from the Green Isles, and spends much of her time in her grandfather's bedchamber listening to and learning from him his stories.

Gwendolyn has signed up for a fencing tournamnent with her cousin Gart (son of Rosella and Edgar). Gwendolyn has doubts about her ability to succeed - doubts that Gart encourages. So Graham tells Gwendolyn about how he overcame the odds to become a knight.

Gwendolyn is listening to Graham tells the stories of his great adventures (which he maybe ebellishing a little as he tells them), Gwendolyn has problems of her own that she faces in the castle (things typically faced growing up). She goes to Graham for advice, and Graham tells her his stories to influence her choices, and way of facing her problems. The way Graham tells his story influences his impressionable granddaughter, and her character develops. .

Behind the scenes
The game appears to take several years after KQ8. It may take up to a decade after the previous game depending on Gwendolyn's age. Concept art of the game appears to show Graham around the age of King Edward in the first game, as a heavily bearded elderly king.

As a re-imagining the game may even be parallel to the original KQ universe (though it is stated that old games are canon to the new).

Gwendoline is also the name of a princess that appears in the fairy tale; The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land as collected or written by Richard Doyle and Andrew Lang (author and editor of the colored fairy books).

Gwennie is a shortened version of the name Gwendoline.

Perhaps 'Gwendolyn' is intentional name chosen, inspired by Gwydion, Alexander's second name. Variant of Gwendolen which means "white ring", derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and dolen "ring". This was the name of a mythical queen of the Britons who defeated her husband in battle, as told by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

Another Gwendolyn is a fairy tale princess in the game Ceville.