Gwenna (Reality Z-25 31-H)

Gwenna(Reality Z-25 31-H)
A.K.A.	Gwen Davis Little Sister Uchi
Character Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Residence	The Naked Jungle, Reality Z-25 31-H
Occupation	“Jungle protector”
Romantic Partner(s)	Kaza (husband) Jung-La Various other polyamorous partners
Parents	Miranda Davis (mother) Danielle Davis (stepmother) George Davis (father, deceased) Martha Elsworth (mother-in-law) The Black Owl (father-in-law, deceased)
Siblings	Allison Peters (maternal half-sister)
Behind the Scenes
First seen in	COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress'
Also seen in	See list
Copyright	Public Domain (originaly) Jay Epps (specific Kaza's Mate, Gwenna design/realisation)

In Reality Z-25 31-H, Gwen Davis, better known as Gwenna, was the wife of Kaza. The two acted as the protectors of the Naked Jungle in Buranda. Her friend Gana nicknamed her “Little Sister Uchi”.

Description

Physical appearance

Gwenna's appearance varied between accounts, but she was at any rate a beautiful, white woman with long, wavy hair. She was nearly a head shorter than Kaza or Gana. In the account depicting her battle against Nerlana, she was depicted with black hair (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress) similar to her counterpart in Jo-Jo the Congo King's universe (COMIC: Jo-Jo Congo King) as well as blue eyes, and she wore no visible jewelry. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress)

Personality

Gwenna was a generous, heroic individual. She was easy to get along with, and although she was committed to her nudist lifestyle, was entirely willing to wear clothes around other people for their own comfort. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress)

Powers & abilities

Though not visibly that muscular, she was physically accomplished, able to ride a zebra and to successfully tackle and disarm a man with a knife, albeit with the element of surprise. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress)

She additionally owned a Themiscyran Throwing Necklace made of kirbium, given to her by Jung-La. A metal crescent, it was easy to throw and returned to her hand even after hitting opponents. (COMIC: Situation on Earth-N)

Biography

Early life

Gwenna was originally the “bored socialite” Gwen Davis before finding a new life in the Naked Jungle as the “mate” of Kaza, who had already been “Jungle Lord” for some time by the time she joined him. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress)

Against the Serpent Cult

In 2010, Gwenna and Kaza received an email from the Commissioner warning them that the Serpent Cult, which Kaza had defeated ten years prior, before Gwenna married him, had been revived by the Serpent Priest's daughter Nerlana. While Kaza headed directly to the Temple of the Serpent God, Gwenna rode Zeb to the kraal near Buranda Pass to meet up with the Commissioner. There, she saved him and his new assistant Wimberly (who was rather startled by her state of undress) from an assassin sent by Nerlana.

A clothed Gwenna in the Commissioner's car. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress)

After the assassin let slip that Kaza was headed into a trap at the Temple, the three drove in the Commissioner's car to the Natari village, where Gwenna, reunited with her friend Gana, they learned that the Serpent Cult had already announced to the villagers that they would sacrifice Kaza to the Serpent Lord that very evening. Recruiting Gana's finest warriors, they surrounded the Temple, but the situation ended up being resolved with minimal bloodshed when the Serpent Lord was revealed to be a very real, but non-supernatural, giant snake whom Wimberly shot at reflexively, breaking Nerlana's telepathic control on it and causing it to eat her instead of Kaza. (COMIC: The Serpent Sorceress)

Later events

Gwenna and Kaza get a surprising visit from Jenny Everywhere. (COMIC: Whatever Happened to Jenny Everywhere?!)

At some point after leaving the Odds, Jenny Everywhere visited the Naked Jungle and met Kaza and Gwenna. She somehow managed to install a flat-screen TV in their jungle home. (COMIC: Whatever Happened to Jenny Everywhere?!)

Behind the scenes

Origins

Gwenna originated as an obscure public-domain character in the adventures of Jo-Jo, Jungle King. She appeared as Jo-Jo's love interest in the first story in the character's debut issue, where she was depicted as the Queen of the Bonangi. Notably, although she was coloured as white, nothing in the script indicated this. In the next story, Gwenna was replaced with the identically-drawn Geesha — likewise coloured as white, but outright depicted in the script as the daughter of a black man.

Gwenna names The Skull as an opponent that Kaza particularly dislikes.

Jay Epps paired a rebooted form of Gwenna with an unrelated public-domain “jungle king” character, Kaza, for his webcomic Kaza's Mate, Gwenna. Epps's Gwenna was officially Caucasian, being given a new backstory explaining her presence in the jungle, and eliminating the “queen” element. In her first outing, Epps's Gwenna shared her Golden Age counterpart's black hair. In the next story, Ruthless Ro-Man, this was changed to a dark, reddish brown and finally to outright red hair, which she retained throughout the rest of the webcomic.

External links

• Gwenna character profile on the Kaza's Mate, Gwenna website (NSFW)
• Gwenna RPG stat card on DeviantArt (NSFW)
• Gwenna on the Comic Fury Wiki

Notable elements of Kaza's Mate, Gwenna

Major Characters Gwenna • Kaza • Nula • Commissioner Smedley • George Wimberly Supporting Characters Centennia • Gana • Jung-La • Kiana • Lenore Peabody • Serena Peabody • Sierra • Uzai Villains Alice Muratta • General Muratta • Mitchell • Nerlana • The Serpent Priest • The Skull • Ro-Man • Medea Other characters Android #709 • Jenny Anywhere • The Black Owl • Danielle Davis • George Davis • Miranda Davis • Nick DeForrest • Andrea Doyle • Jenny Everywhere • Deena Hancock • Ernie MacGuffin • Fred “Junior” Hancock • The Giant Badger • Herbie Popnecker • Martha Elsworth • Myoka Nabato • Nerkash • Captain Noranga • Nyota • Safra • Van Horn • Vincent • Elizabeth Wimberly • Zeb the Zebra Groups Kovari tribe • League of Champions • Natari tribe • Serpent Cult • Sisterhood Locations The Adventurers Club • Africa • Bogana village • Buranda • Buranda Pass • Kogana • Kogana River • Koravi village • Macrobiana • The Naked Jungle • Natari village • Obelisk of Rangora • Port Victoria• Temple of the Serpent God • Zamunda Items Kooba Fruit Pies • Obelisk of Rangora • Solomon's Diamond • Themiscyran Throwing Necklace