Helena Averros
Helena Selina Averros (a.k.a. Black Helena)
Helena is a mercenary mage who sells her services to the highest bidder. She has worked her way up through a variety of mercenary bands, criminal organizations and solo ventures. She keeps on the move having done multiple circuits around the Windy Sea and up into the Spine, she's even said to have pulled off a job or two in Goutara. She has reputation for being tough, foul-mouthed and exceptionally clever. She has twin problems of having bad judgement about men and an over affection for gambling. Many who have played cards or dice with her claims she is a cheat who has no compunctions about running out on a debt.
Due to her talent for magic, Helena has made a lot of money and due to her bad judgement she has parted company with most of it. Although she will insist she has some stashed away hither and yon. In any case she is always looking for employment and opportunity.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Helena is in general good physical condition and has very fast reflexes.
Body Features
Helena is very attractive in a hard edged way with pale skin and a curvy build.
Facial Features
Helena has strong features with her bright green eyes drawing special attention.
Identifying Characteristics
With bright red hair, green eyes and very pale skin Helena stands out.
Special abilities
Helena is a powerful sorceress specializing in fire magic.
Apparel & Accessories
Helena habitually wears tight, black clothing favoring a leather bodice, high boots and skin tight breeches. She is very well built and likes lcothes that show this off.
Specialized Equipment
Helena had a number of magic items, mainly of the protective sort. She carries a magic dagger and usually has some sort of a wand.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Helena is the daughter of a fairly successful merchant family engaged in the over mountain trade. Developing a childhood interest in magic, Helena convinced her parents that if she was trained as a wizard she could become an effective guardian of the family's caravans through the mountains. After completing her training she did play this role for a couple of years, but increasingly used her talent for side jobs until she decided to walk away form her family and pursue mercenary work. She tumbled between success and disaster, but was able to build her skills and reputation as she did so. Twenty years later she's still playing the same game.
Gender Identity
Female
Sexuality
Heterosexual, but will pretty much do anything if it sounds fun. Now that she's at the Majaran imperial court she's reached the relaization that there are lots of available princesses, but only one prince and he's taken. She has tamped down her disappointment and thrown herself into the fray of courting princesses.
Education
As a child, Helena's father had her tutored primarily in reading and math while he endeavored to train her in the family's mercantile activities. By the time she turned twelve Helena was teaching herself magic from books and her father realized that formal training would be needed to both prevent disaster and fully take advantage of his duaghter's natural aptitude. Helena was apprenticed to the sorceress Sennara Vellos and wuickly developed an interest in fire magic.
Employment
Helena has been invited to join the Circle Arcanus and is currently working on behalf of the Majaran Empire.
Failures & Embarrassments
Helena periodically finds foolish ways to part company with all her money often when an attractive man convinces her to spend it on him, or maybe just steals. Durrana has had to extract her from difficult situations on more than one occasion.
Morality & Philosophy
Overall she's out for herself, but she doesn't forget a favor and will repay it if she can.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Self-advancement, self-promotion and having fun. An attrractive, rich spouse, a title, and a status position are things that she has rencently set her sights on.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
She is very strong on tactical thinking, particulalry how to get in and out of difficult places. She is very good at making extrmely dramtic and graphic threats and thus can be very intimidating. She is very willing to set something on fire to get people's attention or make a point. She's a very good dancer, both when dancing with a partner or simply jumping up on a tavern table and showing off.
Vices & Personality flaws
Helena is boastful and vein. She is well aware that she's good looking and has no problem telling people about it. She loves to tell stories of her most over-the top experiences whether these involve her profession, experiences at the gambling table or sexual exploits. In any sort of bragging contest she will try to do her opponent one better, even if it involves embroidering her already colorful past.
Hygiene
Usually pretty good.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Helena is best friends with Lady Durrana Kloss Majara, they are also business partners. Although a somewhat stronger mage than her friend, Helana is aware that Durrana has better judgement than she does and will let her talk her out of many of her rash decisions. She is aware that Durrana is sexually intested in her and often has her join in her adventures with men, but will rarely engage with her solo, usually there's a lto of liquor involved when she does. She likes that Durrana is fromt he nobility and has family connections with the Empress Atheneis and has emthusiastically gone along with her friend's idea of finding a place and a spouse at the Imperial Court.
Family Ties
Helena sends off the occasional letter to her family and maybe once every two years shows up to visit. She will generally bring her parents and siblings expensive gifts.
Religious Views
Helena is not so much interested in religion as a good religious festival, preferably the kind with lots of drinking and dancing. She has an affection for the Sect of Khanna and the Sect of Meleth, mainly because they has the most fun festivals and are strong on dancing.
Social Aptitude
Although she comes from a reasonably well-educated mercantile family she feels most comfortable with questionable types like mercenaries, rogues and prostitutes. She can pour on the charm when dealing with a potential employer or someone she needs to manipulate.
Mannerisms
Tends to laugh way to loud.
Speech
As needed she can talk like the well-educated daughter of a merchant (which she is) or comfortably slide into gutter speech.
Wealth & Financial state
Other than a few magic items and bag of coins of wildly varying size not much.
Alignment
Neutral
Ethnicity
Other Ethnicities/Cultures
Year of Birth
947
40 Years old
Birthplace
Lower Elden
Children
Sex
Female
Gender
Female
Eyes
Green
Hair
Bright Red worn in many small, long braids.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Very fair
Height
5', 6"
Quotes & Catchphrases
"What's in for me."
Other Affiliations
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