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Ceirdwyn is an Immortal who was born a Celt in Britannia in AD 29.
Biography[]
She became a warrior in her tribe and fought against the Romans. In AD 60, she was killed while fighting the Romans in a small skirmish, and revived as an Immortal. She soon met her first teacher, Roman General Marcus Constantine, who taught her about her Immortality.
Marcus fell for the beautiful warrior woman, and convinced her to come with him to Rome. The two lived together until AD 73, when Ceirdwyn decided to follow her own path. She later returned to her native Britain and met her first pupil, Alex Raven, in AD 75.
After suffering his first death in AD 570 during a hunt, Ailell of Kells was found by Ceirdwyn.
In 1255, she met her second student, Matthew of Salisbury, also known as Matthew McCormick.
Flora MacDonald[]
Ceirdwyn as Flora Macdonald in 1746
In 1746, Ceirdwyn, under the alias Flora MacDonald was in Scotland. While there she met Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who was in the company of Duncan MacLeod.
After seeing the Prince to freedom, MacLeod went on a rampage of his own against the English, until Ceirdwyn managed to talk him out of his blood lust. It did not last long, however, when MacLeod learned of Richard Dunbar and went after him.
Roles Reversed[]
Ceirdwyn, 1995
In the 1980s, she met a mortal man named Steven Jarmel, with whom she fell in love. She told him about her Immortality, and the two married in 1983.
Ceidwyn goes on the hunt.
In 1995, Ceirdwyn and Steven were in Paris and were having dinner out, during which they had a disagreement. She was reluctant to go to Madrid because of their life in Paris. Annoyed, Steven said they would finish the discussion at home, and went to get the car.
After leaving the restaurant, Ceirdwyn saw Steven get shot by Gaston, the leader of a group of five thugs, who then turned and shot her. When she revived, Steven was dead, and the muggers had gone. After burying her husband, she donned her Celtic warpaint, and carrying her Celtic sword, she went after the men who had killed Steven.
Ceirdwyn killed Gaston first, and then went after the rest. Duncan MacLeod, however, managed to find her and convince her to let go of her blood lust just as she told him for do many years ago. She reluctantly agreed, but the terrified thugs planned to kill her before she could kill them. They broke into her house, but she and MacLeod fought them off without fatalities. The gang was taken into police custody.
Fighting style[]
- Ceirdwyn's weapon was a Celtic "Anthropoid" sword of the late Iron Age.
- The heavy bronze hilt is carved in the shape of a standing man with the stylized arms and legs providing minimal protection for the hand. It was believed the anthropomorphic figures carved into the grip could increase the power of the blade and offer a magic charm to protect the wielder.
- It was pattern-welded by folding and hammering together layers of iron and steel alloys to form the blade. Greater carbon content keeps the edge hard and sharp while the softer iron-rich core absorbs the shock of the blows. Short bladed and hefty, this gladius-shaped blade widens towards the tip before narrowing to a centered point for thrusting. The thickness of the metal prevents bending and adds sufficient weight to the cutting stroke to easily sever an arm or a head. In addition to being a formidable "limb lopper," Ceirdwyn's sword is ideally suited for devastatingly effective infighting. This is a battle weapon of the first order when you want to get up close and personal with your opponent.
- The heavy bronze hilt is carved in the shape of a standing man with the stylized arms and legs providing minimal protection for the hand. It was believed the anthropomorphic figures carved into the grip could increase the power of the blade and offer a magic charm to protect the wielder.
Trivia[]
- Flora MacDonald is best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her family had generally backed the government during the 1745 Rising, and MacDonald later claimed to have assisted Charles out of sympathy for his situation.
Arrested and held in the Tower of London, she was released under a general amnesty in June 1747. She later married Allan MacDonald and the couple emigrated to North Carolina in 1773. Their support for the British government during the American War of Independence meant the loss of their American estates and they returned to Scotland, where she died in 1790.