HELKE

One of the six Life Wardens,

Helke is the Warden of Fauna. She is attuned to animal life.

Guiding & Guarding the cycle of life energy from its source, through the Fauna, and back again.

This life energy, called Nemore, is tangible to Helke, and she wields to defend the wild creatures of Aldwer.

passion - protection - loyalty - instinct - independence

Helke is wildness incarnate. Her human-features appear to be that of a young woman, but the intense depth behind her eyes hints at centuries of strife. The expanse of years don’t show on her face, but they do in her disposition. She would have had a normal human lifespan, if not for an incident deep in the forest long ago, wherein she became imbued/emeshed with the Nemorence/Great Green Grove.

She is nomad, exploring the corners of the continent. As a companion & champion of animals, she vastly prefers their company to humans, actively avoiding their settlements and cities. She will endlessly defend those she deems her clan, including all inhabitants of the wilderness, even killing to protect them, if necessary. Fables of monsters in the forests may well be from her.

A cold, crude, ruthless exterior masks a soft underbelly.

She wants to topple the Peldrim Dominion by any means necessary, and is willing to let humanity go extinct in the process.

provoking fear and superstition in “would be adventurers”, colonists, settlers, conquerors, hunters, and other humans who found themselves in this forest.