Æþelswiþ

Æþelswiþ was a wīcing who teamed up with Gwurgi Garwluyd to depose Arthur of Gododdin and plunder his kingdom.

Biography
Arthur was fascinated by the existence of a female warrior in modern times. He even offered to let her go. But she refused, and was executed the next morning. She was beheaded.

Arthur asked for and arranged for her to be buried in the pagan custom, and buried with her collection of coins. Like this she could keep them in Hel. Her entire body was buried, rather than just her head like the other enemies slain at Tryfwryd.

Appearance
She had a plain and quite mannish face, with a big mouth with thick lips. Stern eyes and arching black eyebrows framed her face She also had a tattoo on her right hip and outer thigh.

She had dark brown curls wrapped around the ears and tumbling/cascading over her shoulders.

Her cheek was scarred in battle.

Personality
She thought it was wrong for Rome to have taken over other cultures and kingdoms' territories. Æþelswiþ abhorred authority, and always questioned it. That said, she found beauty in power, in the way people, even nobodies, could wield it. But she hated it. She enjoyed collecting coins of Roman Emperors she found in plunder.

She had a phobia of spiders.

Quotes
"Coins?" asked Arthur

"I collect them. One for/from each emperor."