Tanith Helicos
The cruel duchess
Tanith Helicos true name is unknown, she was once a noble in Tana's Empire, but as a higher vampire, she lived many lives.
With the vampire's ability to shapeshift, and their immortality, knowing the full extent of Tanith influence and life is an impossible task.
Characteristics
Physical features
Tanith bears the appearance of an elegant and majestic pale woman with red lips, amber eyes, and long wavy white hair. While disguise as a noble, Tanith always dons several long, elegant dark dresses and heels.Mental traits
Tanith is both seductive and manipulative. She is also selfish and will do anything to accomplish her goals. She proved very politically skilled. While cunning and cautious, Tanith tends to be arrogant and overconfident. She is both persistent and opportunistic and possesses a twisted and dark sense of humor with a penchant for violence, as is custom in Vampire culture. Tanith is a natural leader, charismatic and visionary. She is acknowledged as first among the council of the crimson court because she sees a future for the court and provides purpose. The execution of her vision falls to other council members or those she manipulates. She rarely engages in any dirty work herself. Being more into scheming, conniving, and underhanded tactics than leading from the front. Tanith has a pathological need to control and dominate her environment. A more kindhearted/tender side of Tanith's personality is shown during her interaction with her peers, as seen where she would warmly interact with them in a joking, lighthearted, familial manner, in stark contrast to her usual cold, condescending attitude she usually portrays to all others.History
Tanith Helicos was part of the council leading the crimson court, alongside Striga, Lenore Remington and Silver Remington and was known as the defacto leader. A group of advneturer appeared in the crimson court territory through a planar rift, attracting Tanith attention who venture herslf to welcome the adventurers, inviting them in the crimson court castle. The adventurers decide to hide their affiliation with Elise and introduce themselves as traveling adventurers. They explain they fought the Hedroforn in the depths of Toriel but had to flee in haste as they could not face the titan yet, jumping through a rift to cross into the Shadowfell. Tanith sees in these adventurers an opportunity. Their knowledge of planar travel could be beneficial for the Crimson Court, especially Tanith, who dreams of expanding the court's influence. The council extends an invitation, welcoming the adventurers for as long as they please. The night after their arrival, Tanith unites the council in secrecy, exposing her plan to use the adventurers' skills to exploit the chaos provoked by the titan and secure human cattle for their sustenance and the inermediate vampires of the court. Initially, the other council members express disbelief due to the lack of manpower to sustain a fight against a titan. Tanith quickly points out that the adventurers are hoping to defeat the titan and should serve as a useful distraction. Lenore offers herself to be the one to convince the adventurers to fight the titan again. Meanwhile, an organization of lycanthropes living within the Crimson Court's domain hears about the adventurers, especially about the painful death of the lower vampire by their blade. Using a network of spying ghosts within the castle, they learn of the curse bestowed upon the adventurers' blade and manage to steal Aelsthim's cursed weapon. Using the blade, they sneak inside the castle through secret pathways and kill one of the higher vampires, hoping to turn the vampires against each other, as it is rumored that only a vampire can kill another vampire. Immediately, the adventurers are suspected of the murder. Basil realizes that his missing blade was likely the cause of this death but chooses to conceal this information. As a result, the adventurers are imprisoned within the castle's dungeon. Lenore, with the help of her husband, Silver Remington, secures the adventurers' freedom, as other crimes have been committed by the lycanthropes during their imprisonment and the fact the adventurers lack the power to kill a higher vampire. To gain the Crimson Court's trust, the adventurers help uncover the lycanthropes' plan. Striga and Silver personally assist the adventurers in eradicating the lycanthropes. With the council now trusting the adventurers, they finally agree to fight the titan again, asking for the vampires' help with magical items and powers to combat the titans. However soon after, Lenore is found dead. The chaos provocked by this discovery allow the adventurers to flee, escaping the shadowfel while Silver Remington, is devastated. He tries to resurrect her but fails. Enraged, he vows to kill all the lycanthropes of the court, not suspecting the adventurers at all. It is only the day after that Tanith realize the adventurer disappearance, yet with Silver's gone on a rampage, Lenore's death, only Tanith and Striga are left to rule the crimson court. Tanith decide proceeding with her plan is a bad choice, and take some time off, visiting the Yuan ti and the material realm to hear new of the advneturers.Fight Against an Archmage
Over the years, Tanith Helicos took many appearances, Often preferring the shape of a tall human, with long white hair and dark yellow eyes. WHen hiding from the gaze of humans on the material plane, Tanith enjoy the company of the Yuan-ti, a realm she has seen evolve and change over the years, as the high priestress, tend to consider Tanith a friend of Chezucore, and an important guest, teh secret of Tanith's nature transmitted from a high priestress to another. During one of her visit to the snake people, rumors of a powerful wizard, Darvik Vilgefortz reached Tanith. COming in the hostile Calames Jungle, he was said to look for ancient scripture, rituals to become more powerful. The Yuan'ti did not appreciate his attitude, yet they knew better not to face an archmage, and asked for Tanith help. The vampire agreed, and a confrontation started between the two. Managing to attack the archmage under his blind eye, she grievously wounded him, as he started to set the jungle and the vampire ablaze to escape. Tanith, also wounded by this, decided not to pursue to wizard, who was never seen again by the yuan-ti. However, this sparked a distrust toward spellcaster within Tanith.Tanith Helicos
Tanith Helicos, heir of the Helicos family, was an invention of the vampire, her mind-influencing magic forcing the parents to believe she was their child. Enjoying the opulence of the noble life, Tanith was quickly known for her cruelty, numerous murders were related to her over the years, but as an important noble, nothing could be proven against the cruel woman. Her comportment was the sparkle of numerous legends that to this day, still plague the Helicos family. Common folks thinking the Helicos had tie with dark forces, with the yuan-ti, and other similar folk legends. Thankfully for the disguised vampire, Manael Tana was not one to be bothered by so little either, and her actions were left unchanged for as long as she pretended to be Tanith Helicos. But the vampire grows bored of this life, and with how short are humans lived, it was about time for Tanith to disappear anyway. But, due to the countless rumor on the cruel duchess, many believe, she is still alive. While this belief is true, it has nothing to do with the investigation skill of the common folk. Additionally, the childs that are supposed to be hers, are bastards, as she manipulated the mind of her husband to believe she had been carrying them. Tho, this secret was discovered for at least one of the child and is now kept among the family members.
by June Jenssen
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