| Gwen Tennyson | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Species | 3/4ths Human 1/4th Anodite |
| Age | 21 20 (Flashback) |
| Affiliations | The Plumbers |
| Occupations | Hero Sorceress |
| Aliases | Gwen Tennyson Gwendolyn Tennyson |
| Powers and Abilities | |
| Abilities | Mana Manipulation Anodite Transformation Astral Projection Spells Expert Martial Artistry |
| Equipment | Spellbook |
| Relationships | |
| Relatives | Frank Tennyson (father) Natalie Tennyson (mother) Ken Tennyson (older brother) Ben Tennyson (cousin) Max Tennyson (grandfather) Verdona (grandmother) Sunny (cousin) Lucy Mann (cousin-in-law) |
| Details | |
Appearance[]
Gwendolyn Tennyson (or Gwen Tennyson for short) has red hair, green eyes, pale skin, freckles and she's quite skinny, though she shows a lot of muscle definition due to being athletic. In Alienverse, she wears her OV clothes, with a ponytail. She had temporary eyesight loss, which is now cured.
Personality[]
She is mature, caring, and sympathetic. Gwen is willing to forgive villains for their wrongdoings, the most notable being Kevin, if she believes they have changed for the better.
Despite being far more mature and reasonable than Ben and Kevin, Gwen is somewhat hotheaded and can lose control of her mana if angered enough.
Gwen occasionally prioritizes things incorrectly, seen when she put more importance on Ben arriving to Julie's tennis match on time than stopping the Forever Knights' armed robbery of a museum.
Abilities[]
Gwen has the ability known as 'Mana Manipulation'.
She can create energy blasts, streams, waves and bolts, as well as energy force-fields, shields and barriers. Her powers are mainly used like energy constructs, allowing her to make many different types of structures like, hammers, protective helmets, battering rams, beams to grab and throw enemies, stepping stones/platforms to carry her and others though air, safety nets, magic weapons: swords, blades and punches, though there is a limit to the types of constructs she can create. It also turns out Gwen can also synchronize her martial arts styles with her energy manipulation abilities.
Gwen can transform into an Anodite, which greatly enhances her other powers and expands to include flight and size alteration. In addition, her Anodite powers get stronger over time. Because Anodites lack DNA, Gwen is immune to being reverted into human form by the Forever Knights' DNA Scanner, as well as the lethal effects the device has on hybrids.
Gwen is a capable gymnast and martial artist. Even in the original series, she was occasionally shown to be quite good in hand-to-hand combat fights against enemies who had normal strength levels. She was part of her school's Jujutsu team. By age fifteen, she has already received a black belt in Taekwondo.
Gwen is very intelligent and knowledgeable. Before discovering her dormant Anodite powers, she would often use her superior intellect to help Ben solve problems. She is shown to be a bit of computer and tech wiz as well. She has her own laptop which she uses to research enemies she meets.
Equipment[]
Gwen has the spellbook which previously belonged to Charmcaster. She can use it to manipulate Mana in many new ways.
Weaknesses[]
Although her intelligence and knowledge have only increased since her youth, Gwen is not completely free of her naivete. At times, she can become arrogant.
She can occasionally be too trusting with people who want to exploit her good will, leading her or others into harm's way. Unless she is wearing a protective metal helmet, Gwen is vulnerable to the mind-controlling abilities of Dagon and the Lucubra.
Gwen cannot use her Mana to track Ectonurites, as they have no Mana themselves. Likewise, her tracking does not work well with non-biological life forms such as robots and Galvanic Mechamorphs.
Gwen's Anodite energy can have trouble with technology and vice versa. For example, she can struggle to divine the location of someone in an area riddled with technology.
Certain teleportation spells exhaust Gwen the point of having to rest and recover. These spells can even make her faint if she is sick. The distance between her and the location she is teleporting to is a factor to this weakness.
Most of Gwen's Anodite powers can be neutralized by wearing a bracelet used by a member of the Synthroid race, as demonstrated with Verdona.
Gwen's raw mana attacks are useless and ineffective against certain species.
History[]
- In A Bright New But Terrible Beginning, Gwen is the secondary protagonist. She does not appear as much as Ben and Rook and is one of the people who doesn't help Ben break into Billion's tower. She, however does arrive at the final battle.
- In Sunny Side Up, Gwen is the main protagonist. She is the one whom Sunny almost kills in between the episode.
Trivia[]
- Gwen's parents are shown for the first time after Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.