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Lady Helena was the daughter of Queen Theia, the wife of Prince Pelias.
Biography[]
Helena entered Midgard from another world during the Crossing together with her mother and other Fae. She was one of several Fae back then with the Starborn power. She married Pelias, who was her mother's High General. It is unbeknownst to most that Pelias killed Helena's mother, Queen Theia and then forced Helena to marry him and raped her in the process to continue the lineage with the Starborn.
Personality[]
It was noted by her sister Silene that like her and unlike their mother, Helena did not harbor much ambition for power and conquest and while not shying away from the responsibilities of being a princes and heir to the throne of Prythian, she was otherwise content with what she had. However, when her mother Theia, made her plans to go to other worlds to conquer them, Helena was complaisant in her mother's ambitions and went along with it.
Helena was shown to have deeply loved her sister Silene, and when they were making their escape from Midgard back to their native world, Helena had decided to buy time for her to make her escape by holding off the Asteri's forces sent after them. Effectively sealing her fate of being captured by the Asteri and forcibly married to Pelias. As noted by Aidas, despite her circumstances, she never broke under them and continued to remain defiant against the Asteri. As she had continued to contact him and the other Princes of Hel as she made future plans to defeat the Asteri.
During the course of her marriage with Pelias and being forced to bear his children, Helena was noted to have mixed feelings towards her children, particularly her sons, as she soon realized that they took after her husband in personality and enjoyed the privilege and power granted to them by the Asteri. Never the less, Helena continued to harbor hope that some of her future descendants would be better and left several clues to aid them should they decide to fight back against the Asteri's tyranny.
Physical Description[]
She had night-colored hair and golden skin that poured starlight and shadows.[1]
Powers & Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Fae Physiology: As a Fae, Helena had enhanced senses and physical abilities than humans. She also healed from injuries much faster than a human. Moments of emotional intensity temporarily heightened her powers and abilities.
- Starlight: Helena inherited a third of her mother's Starborn powers. This gave her the ability to wield starlight. This is the light of a pure star. It seemed to have no other power beyond creating light itself and blinding others. It is passed down through the maternal line.
- Starfire: Helena inherited a third of her mother's Starborn powers. This gave her the ability to wield starfire, which acted like a laser.
- Shadow Manipulation: Helena could manipulate shadows. This included summoning and walking through them and cloaking herself and others in them.
- Telepathy: Helena could speak to others mind-to-mind, also known as mind-speaking. However, she couldn't actually read other's thoughts.
References[]
- ↑ House of Earth and Blood, Chapter 29