Henka

Henka is an undead necromancer who is linked to Khraen's mysterious past. She is in love with Khraen, and wants to please him, but has her own goals and dark secrets.
== Description ==
Henka is initially described as a young woman with dark hair and pale skin, but because she is "dead" she has the need to remake herself by harvesting body parts. She seemingly changes her form to please Khraen, and is constantly changing physically as she gathers new parts. She has a scar on her chest, where her heart was. Nhil describes her as "ancient and powerful". She is scared of being buried, by earth or water.
== Abilities ==
Henka is a necromancer, and can command the dead to obey her commands. She needs to consume blood to make her body warm. She can endure extreme physical damage because of her inability to feel pain. When damaged, she can be rebuilt by harvesting new body parts.
== History ==
==== Black Stone Heart ====
In Black Stone Heart, Henka first meets Khraen on the road to Taramlae, just past Chorn. She commands her undead creatures to attack the caravan, and meets Khraen in the forest. She tells Khraen that her master has her heart and controls her. Khraen doesn't kill her, and then rejoins the caravan. She watches and follows Khraen from a distance. Khraen goes in search of her after learning he was a demonologist and seeks to become more powerful. She promises to help him regain more of his memories, and he promises to help find her heart. Each time Khraen gets more of his memories, Henka wants to know the details, and does not offer up any answers. They go east to a farming village, where Henka kills the other version of Khraen that lived there, but not before he accuses Henka of betraying Khraen in the past. Khraen continues to have fleeting memories of a woman, similar to Henka, but can't quite grasp them. She attempts to please Khraen at every turn. They decide to raise an army to combat the wizards. They need to collect some souls for binding to a Soul Stone, but Henka's body is almost entirely destroyed when a wizard intervenes. Khraen scoops up what is left of her body, and soon discovers that Henka has been harvesting new body parts on their journey, causing Khraen to struggle with the moral and ethical questions of her needs. Khraen has to kill townfolk to harvest body parts to remake Henka. They make their way south to Nachi, and Henka winds Khraen around her finger tighter and tighter. They decide to get on a ship to go to PalTaq, Khraen's home. In a visit to his floating castle in hell, Khraen learns from Nhil that Henka is his wife. He realizes that Henka has been withholding information from him about his past.
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