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Princess Elena
I'LL HERP, AND I'LL DERP, AND I'LL TRIP YOUR HOUSE IN.
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Character Princess Elena
Fandom Merlin
Title Elena of Gawant
Age 21. Elena was born around the same time as Arthur so, while it isn't stated outright, they are either close to or are the same age. I'm going with the same.
Portrayer In the series, Elena is played by Georgia King.
Journal maldestre (Feminine plural form of maldestro, which means clumsy in Italian.)
Canon Post Season 3, Episode 6 (The Changeling)
Room 1915 in The Gaudium Tower. As there are two rooms to a floor, she shares her floor with Robert Chase. As she is currently living in City Royale with Arthur Pendragon and company, her room will be used rarely if ever.
Loss Her grace. While she was a Changeling, she was the clumsiest thing ever and frequently tripped over her own two feet. Considering she is a princess, that kind of behavior is frowned upon as princesses are supposed to be the epitome of perfection and grace. Once the creature was removed from her body and killed, Elena went back to being the picture perfect princess and remembered nothing of the experience. Losing that again would really, really suck.
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Elena is the daughter of Lord and Lady Godwyn who was welcomed into the world to two very loving parents, one of which she lost the day she was born. Lady Godwyn, much like Arthur's mother, died during childbirth leaving Elena to be raised by her father. Unknown to him, his newborn daughter became part of a plot devised by the sidhe elder to put a Sidhe Queen on the throne. Shortly after her birth, the elder had his pixie servant smuggled into the castle so that the first part of the plan could be implemented. After the initial spell was placed upon her, Grunhilda would sprinkle Sidhe dust on her as she slept. This would continue for several years until Elena reached the age of twenty, which is when the marriage between her and Arthur Pendragon were to be wed. The news came as a surprise to Arthur who, by this time, had grown to love Guinevere but accepted the arrangement to please his father.
While princesses are foretold to be beautiful, graceful and poised the sidhe growing within Elena caused her to be awkward, clumsy and generally strange. The traits might be endearing to some but Arthur was generally weirded out by her. Because of the creature she was a tomboy for most of her life who always had a sort of unkempt appearance and she had a fondness for horseback riding. Her mother also enjoyed this, which might explain why Elena took to it so readily and devoted time to becoming the best at it. It was through horseback riding that her and Arthur almost seemed to bond, as she raced ahead of him into the forest leaving him surprised. She is not like most of the women in Camelot but that isn't entirely her fault. As they part ways after the ride, she hugs Arthur and rests her head against his chest -- as if listening to his heartbeat. That's just one of the many strange things she does while there and her table manners are completely unattractive.
Once Merlin found out what she was and about the plot to put a sidhe on Camelot's throne, he did everything in his power to stop the plot as the sidhe would take over the second the marriage ceremony concluded. Gaius and Merlin manage to create a potion to kill the sidhe. Once the sidhe was removed from her, Elena appeared as an almost completely different person. She was beautiful, graceful and had even lost all of her more appalling habits but she was still a playful soul. Still, in the end, as they were halfway through the ceremony Arthur called it off much to the relief of Elena -- who also did not love Arthur. Her father told Uther, who was still displeased about the marriage being called off, that his son had the makings of a great king. Before leaving Camelot to return home, Elena told Arthur that if he felt like being beaten in a horse race again that he knew where to find her. This hints at while they may not be in love with each other, there is a budding friendship there.
That aside, Elena is a rather unique individual as a whole. She is somewhat adventurous, competitive and seems to have a good head on her shoulders even despite her earlier possession. Elena is considerate of others feelings and, even if she didn't feel anything for Arthur, she was willing to go along with it because she trusted her father's judgment. He is all she has left in the world and you can tell that he means the world to her, they have a very good relationship with one another. Their kingdom, judging by what Uther said, has an admirable strength so they could make for great allies in the future if something ever befell Camelot. She is a far cry from a fighter but if it ever came down to it, she would protect those she cared for to the best of her ability.
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- Grunhilda
- Lord Godwyn
