Gwendis (Reign of Chaos)

Gwendis is a Bosmeri Vampire and a Countess in Rivenspire, she is introduced in Reign of Chaos as the person blamed for the Bloodfiend epidemic in Rivenspire.

Background
Gwendis took over as the Countess after her mentor, Verandis, was banished to Coldharbour. She continued to rule over the region, maturing greatly over the next one thousand years or so as she built up a safe haven for reforming vampires.

After losing Verandis, she was comforted by Verran Tira a member of the Daggerfall Covenant, who helped Verandis during his final hours on Nirn. Following his advice, she pushed on and became a mature leader, though found herself to be unable to move on.

During the next thousand years, she plotted to bring Verandis back and free him from his torment, she planned to bring the Lightless Remnant, the Relic that Verandis was banished with before the entirety of High Rock fell to the Bloodfiend curse, back to Nirn and take Verandis' place. However, something went wrong with the summoning of it, without a destination, the Remnant remained in limbo, trapped between the two realities. This meant that its effects were still felt throughout the region but it was no longer tangible, making it impossible to stop its influence without first bringing it through and sending it back to Coldharbour.

After Talin Warhaft II's group arrives at her manor house, she and her people begin work on freeing the Remnant, with the aid of the others. However, a cultist of vampires, by the name of Quatus, wished to undermine her efforts. As the group members pulled the Remnant through, Quatus appeared and attacked them. They appeared to be working on bringing the Remnant through themselves, for less honest purposes.

The group of vampires appeared to be working for an ancient vampire by the name of Dunlammus Tyreael, who wanted the Lightless Remnant for himself, so that he could create an army of bloodfiends to take Rivenspire with.

Quatus' necromancer skills proved to be useful in his fight against the Gwendis/Talin collaboration as he managed to manipulate Talin's mind, using a spell and controlled him just long enough to run Gwendis through. Realising that she was dying, Gwendis forced herself to stay alive long enough before being dragged through the Coldharbour.

Replacing herself with Verandis, Gwendis is now trapped in Molag Bal's realm, with the Remnant, it is unknown if she survived being ran through by Talin or if it led to her demise on the other side.

Appearances
Reign of Chaos: Chapter 1 - High Rock: Glenumbra V (Mentioned)

Reign of Chaos: Chapter 1 - High Rock: Rivenspire II

Reign of Chaos: Chapter 1 - High Rock Rivenspire III

Reign of Chaos: Chapter 1 - High Rock: Rivenspire IV

Reign of Chaos: Chapter 1 - High Rock: Rivenspire V (Mentioned)