Appearance

Physical Description

Standing taller than her human half-siblings she is considered tall amongst humans and elves alike.

Facial Features

Helaina can be quickly identified by the freckles that dust her face.

Identifying Characteristics

Other than her brightly colored hair her most identifiable feature are her eyes. Eyes that were once a hazel brown, now gleam a bright otherworldly green.

Physical quirks

Around the top of her shoulder and bicep is a barrier tattoo of protective vines and thorns. Her closest friend, Nahtali, gave her this after she killed the betrothed of a noble.

Apparel & Accessories

Helaina is typically seen in natural colors and usually wears a hood and a face covering to protect herself from the elements and her identity from enemies.

Mentality

Personal history

Helaina Hollow, formerly Helaina Sandpiper, grew up in Issyre [ih-see-r], a small but lively settlement outside one of the few remaining oasis's in Maelring. Her family was large and had been healers in the town since after the Dusting. But Helaina never took to healing... she didn't have the patience for it. Instead she found fascination in the abilities of potions and poisons. She would spend her time reading of the mages from the old world and would dream about one day having the powers that they once did. Although Helaina grew up with a family, she never knew her birth mother, and her father, Stenven Sandpiper, never spoke of her. When she was 16, her birth mother finally returned to Issyre. She was an elven wizard who had been traveling across the realm. They bonded immediately and Helaina was fascinated by this powerful woman. Her mother, Thessalia, told her stories of their ancestors: druids gifted with healing magic and the power of nature. Helaina was immediately enthralled, she wanted that power... She believed it was her birthright. Her mother did not stay long, and she would not reveal to Helaina why she had remained distant for so long, all Helaina knew was that Thessalia was on a mission for the realm. Before leaving her daughter Thessalia gave Helaina a stone of good luck that she had acquired on her travels. Her last words to her daughter were, "May this stone aid you in finding the power you seek and protect you from those who wish to take it away."
 
Then Thessalia was gone, leaving the desert oasis as nothing but a memory. And Helaina knew that she would soon do the same.

Employment

When she was 18, Helaina left Issyre and traveled north. She became a petty thief and would do anything to find information on the acquisition of power. She would eventually discover information on warlocks and a realm known as the feywilde. Once she was 20 she became a renowned criminal, stealing information, valuable treasures and blackmailing important community figures. Within this time she would also meet another criminal. Another half-elf by the name of Halfyr (Hal). They would eventually become partners professionally and romantically. But it wasn't meant to last. After another two years of nightly rituals Helaina would gain the attention of a patron from the feywilde.

Accomplishments & Achievements

At the age of 22 Helaina finally made contact with a powerful Archfey. He had taken interest in her keen abilities in the arena of deception and believed she would be a powerful ally to further his interests in Maelring. From Helaina's research on the feywilde she believed it to be a realm where nature flourished and where the ground was green once more. Hal warned her that no one had heard much of the feywilde since the dusting and it may not be as she imagined it to be. But she refused to listen and signed her life away to the Winter Prince and in return was given a dark shard amulet as a gift.
 
However, this was not the archfey Helaina had expected. Being a fey of an evil persuasion Helaina was tasked with filling the Prince's court of hollows with more discarded hearts.
 
Now a mercenary tasked with killing the lovers of important nobles and leaders and retrieving their hearts, Helaina left Hal and became a servant of the Court of Hollows.
 
Helaina Hollow was born.

Failures & Embarrassments

She has never forgiven herself for Hal's death.

Mental Trauma

For six years she has been in the court of the hollows' service. Her main purpose being to kill the loved ones of individuals who have attempted to restore the feywilde and send their hearts to the Winter Prince.
 
She is terrified of putting someone in danger.

Morality & Philosophy

She has been an indentured servant for the court of hollows for six years and has cut ties with many of those she once loved in an attempt to protect them. She hopes that somehow once she becomes powerful enough she will be able to end her pact with the Winter Prince and make a pact with an old archfey like Titania to help restore the feywilde as well as the ecosystems of Maelring.

Known Languages

Common, Elvish and Sylvan

Personality

Motivation

Her main goal is to make contact with Titania and to begin to fight to restore the world of Maelring and the Feywilde

Social

Birthplace

Issyre

Contacts & Relations

She has only maintained a couple contacts, some allies some rivals.
 
A Tiefling assassin named Nahtali who she helped blackmail a noble, and who gave her a barrier tattoo after a bounty was placed on her head.
 
Her mother Thessalia. Her mother is the one who has been helping Helaina attempt to contact with Titania.
 
The leader of Nehkesh, Dakario, has placed a bounty on Helaina's head for murdering his betrothed, Miryam. She was Helaina's first kill.
 
Helaina's oldest friend, Levi Segelen, a tiefling from a nearby settlement when she was growing up, is one of her longest running relationships. He was able to cast spells from a young age and Helaina was fascinated by it. Being an outcast in her own town, she and the tiefling outcast bonded and became close allies. After she ran away without a trace when she was 18 their relationship became a bit tumultuous, but after a couple years of continued contact they were able to rekindle their friendship.

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Her knack for poisons has gained her the nickname: The Cobra.

Family Ties

The only tie to her family is her brother, Cane, a healer who still lives in Issyre, and valued Helaina's free spirit and ambition.
 
Her "adopted" mother, Mathilde, resents her, especially after Helaina fled and left her father heartbroken. If she ever shows her face in Issyre again there will be hell to pay.

Religious Views

She'll say a prayer or two for Zella's sake.