Helayne's build is one on the average side. She is taller than most women, her body lean but muscular. Years of physical labor and poverty have made her strong. Her skin seems to hold a permanent tan from long hours outside, a light dusting of sun painted freckles adorn the bridge of her nose and under her cheeks. Helia bears brilliant blue eyes, a marker of her father and her family line. Her face is lean and narrow, generally baring a stoic expression. Long blonde hair, near white, falls to just about her waist. It often has some sort of braidwork. Standing out against the slender lines of her throat is a striking intricate black ink tattoo. Down her slender forearms are similarly made tattoos. Hel is often found in clothing meant more function then flair, with little adornment to them. Her only requirement is they must hide the risen scars along her back created by the lashings of a whip, and marring the dark ink of a previous tattoo. Her only consistent accessories are a rather old but beautiful bow and quiver pair that belonged to her father and a silver half moon around her neck. Despite her status as a traveler and hunter, she rarely is found wearing shoes since she has left the colder lands of the north where she was born. Though rarely worn, she does have a few traditional pieces of jewelry that belonged to her mother.

Helia is a strong minded and determined young woman. She is steadfast in her beliefs, but open to challenging them when necessary. She has shown immense bravery in her past, not without fear, but with an ability to overcome and continue to push on even in the face of the most extreme circumstances. Helia grew up without her father, and thus knows him only through stories and legends told to her by her mother and older brothers. She grew up idolizing him, determined to seek justice for his murder and to somehow make him proud. She has been known to have a rather barbed tongue at times, easily speaking her mind and standing up for those she feels are not being treated fairly. Things hidden can often be a source of unease for her. She has a thirst for knowledge and learning. She has a severe distrust to those who seem they have things to hide. She is very fact based, strategic, and almost painfully realistic.

• Born the youngest and the only daughter of five children to River and Calida. River was their village leader, Calida their healer, outside of Klewyth. Her parents were well loved, known for being willing to get their hands dirty.
• The week before Helayne's birth, her father would go missing suddenly. There were many rumors of infidelity, of him abandoning his people, and other cursed whispers. Calida was steadfast that something had happened to him and was determined they search the mountainside for him. Within a few days they found River's body, mutilated and drained of blood. It was evident his attacker had to be a Vampire.
• Growing up with the stories of the kind of good and strong man her father was and being cheated of his care, Hel would grow to hate the Vampires. It also made her determined to learn to fight. She wanted to be able to defend herself and her village. At least that's what she tells herself and her brothers. She yearns to track down the Vampire who took her father away.
• Helia's ties to her family are incredibly strong, but not without their issues. She grew up worshiping a ghost who could not scold and discipline her, leaving much of these tasks to her mother. Though they were incredibly close, it also caused a rift between them that her mother tried desperately to close. Helia's relationship with her brothers became very tight knit, especially to the one bore right before her. Thomas was a few years old, haunted by his memories of his father. Her older two brother's manged much of their training, taking their roles very seriously within the village. Helayne learned the bow from her brother's, eventually her eldest gifting her the one she still carries that belonged to River.
• Life for the most part after that was uneventful in many ways. She experienced many typicals of youth. A first love, Elana, who became many firsts and all things to her. A woman who would break her heart to marry another. A proposal from a man she thought she loved, Levi, who she would later break apart and disappoint her family with her refusal.
• Things changed suddenly in her 25th year. The small mountain village was woken late into the night by fire and war drums. A raid upon her village sent most of the people scattering for weapons. Their smaller size was easily overwhelmed, despite their years of training and knowledge of their rugged land, they were no match against the power of the Vampires that had once again returned to bleed her home. Helia stood with her youngest brother for what felt like hours, firing her bow until the muscles in her arms and back burned. In the end they were forced to flee. Somehow in the chaos she was separated from Thomas and was forced to run into the wilderness alone. She would never discover what became of her mother or brothers.
• She made it a few days run away from the village, foolishly believing she was safe. She traveled for a few more weeks alone, struggling with urge to turn back and see what was left of her home. Weak, starving and close to death she discovered a small hawk injured in the deep snow. Carefully lifting him up, she used the small whiff of her magic to keep them warm as she made her way back to the edge of the village. Finding it empty, she hunkered down in the ruble of what used to be her home and tended to the injured bird. As he regained his strength, she slowly began to lose hers. The reserves of dried food began to run out, leaving her withering away. It was then this strange creature began to repay her. He returned each night with his hunt, enough to feed them both.
• Living in the hollows of her decimated home, terrors would return again to clear out any that had returned. Sometime in the night, curled alone in the darkness, she was found by a Vampire who took her as prisoner for the next few years of her life. To him she suffered an innumerable amount of tortures and anguish.
• Hel became close to another within her captors walls. A young man who would one day lead to their escape. In the chaos they became separated, but she was free in the wilds outside the great city where she wanders now, lost and eager to taste the blood of those that have crossed her.

Mostly some notes for myself ^^
Halfdan: An old blacksmith of the settlement, still alive due to traveling at the time of the attack. A peg leg and a massive scar across his right eye, resulting in blindness and a moon eye. The other is blue. Dark black hair and tan skin. Missing a couple fingers. Was her father's closest friend and watched over the Ilirium kiddos after his death. He currently lives and works as a blacksmith in Kaisermont. Helayne regularly takes animals hides and dried meat to him to both gift and also for him to sell.

Henry: A boy she escaped with as a captive. They were separated almost immediately after and she's never found him again.

Kerigan: A boy her mother tried to betroth her to, especially after the death of her father. Strong and bold, he was kind but overly confident. Brown hair and dark eyes. They'd been close as children and shared a romp or two as young lovers, but she'd not dared to think of him as more then that. Died bravely in the second attack on their village, trying to protect Hel and her mother.

Freya: a dapple bay mare with a rather aggressive temperament. Her father was known for breeding horses and she is one of the last of his line. A gift from her brother as a foal.
Sif: A silver hawk, mild tempered, who follows Hel since they saved one another.
Ghost: A white direwolf. Highly prophetic from her past, a direwolf chooses it's master they believed, a gift of the goddess. When chosen, the bond is unbreakable. He is a loyal companion, protector and friend.

Heimdall - Oldest brother
Bjorn - second eldest brother
Eskel - Third oldest brother
Leif - fourth oldest brother.