Hellian

Hellian was a nineteen-year-old sergeant of the city guard in the Septarch District of the city of Kartool.The Bonehunters, Dramatis PersonaeThe Bonehunters, Prologue, US SFBC p.21 She harboured a deep and abiding phobia about spiders and as there were plenty of them in Kartool, maintained a more or less permanent state of inebriation to avoid going into hysterics over them. Upon first meeting her, Banaschar inferred to her that the lack of sobriety was probably the reason she had not been promoted to the vacant rank of captain in her district.The Bonehunters, Prologue
She was described as a soft-featured woman with bright always wet lips.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.633
==In The Bonehunters==
Hellian was called by Banaschar to investigate trouble at the Grand Temple of D'rek in Kartool. Upon breaking down the doors, they found everyone inside slaughtered. Banaschar then disappeared, leaving Hellian to predict to her corporal, Urb, that they would be in trouble over this and be sent off to some trouble spot.The Bonehunters, Prologue
Hellian was proved correct and found herself and the other witnesses transferred far away to the Malaz 14th Army,The Bonehunters, Chapter 5 via Malaz City, then Nap and Unta. They joined up with the 14th when the army was resupplied with troops on the way to Y'Ghatan.The Bonehunters, Chapter 6The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, UK MMPB p.242 Her undersized squad consisted of only Urb, Brethless, and Touchy.The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.200 Hellian kept her squad bivouacked by the rum wagon, but Cuttle commented that she never seemed so drunk she could not keep her eyes open and that she had a capable corporal.The Bonehunters, Chapter 6, US SFBC p.245-246 
Hellian was one of the group of soldiers who survived the Last Siege of Y'Ghatan by escaping through tunneling their way out from under the city.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, UK MMPB p.447 As she would not go underground due to her fear of spiders, her corporal Urb knocked her out and carried her into the tunnel.The Bonehunters, Chapter 7, UK MMPB p.399 By the time they escaped the smoldering ruins, the 14th Army had made its way to the coast of the Kokakal Sea to be removed to safety by Admiral Nok's fleet ahead of the plague spreading through Seven Cities. Hellian and the other Y'Ghatan survivors caught up to the 14th Army in time to join them.The Bonehunters, Chapter 16
The Malazan fleet brought the 14th Army to Malaz City where Empress Laseen waited to meet the Adjunct in Mock's Hold. Tavore ordered all but her escort ships to remain anchored in the harbour, but Hellian was so desperate for a drink that she jumped overboard fully armoured intending to swim to the docks. Touchy and Brethless were startled, but decided it was better she drown than they get in trouble for alerting anyone.The Bonehunters, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.851-853 Amidst the crowds, she was enraged to spot Banaschar, the priest who had ruined her life at Kartool and set her on the path into the army. She angrily dispatched Saygen Maral, the Claw assassin attempting to kill Banaschar, claiming the priest was hers to put under arrest. Then she dragged the priest past the city's violent mobs into Smiley's to answer questions and buy her a drink.The Bonehunters, Chapter 22, US SFBC p.864/870/872-874/879-880 The two eventually exited Smiley's in a drunken stupor just as Fiddler, Gesler, and Stormy passed on the street outside with Legana Breed. The 14th Army officers safely brought them back through the angry mobs on the waterfront to the 14th Army's ships.The Bonehunters, Chapter 23, US SFBC p.946
==In Reaper's Gale==
Adjunct Tavore clashed with Empress Laseen at Malaz City and took the Bonehunters rogue, following the Tiste Edur fleet that had ravaged Sepik back to Lether.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.356 Tavore invaded the Letherii Empire, burning her transport vessels on the shoreline and spreading the marines in isolated pairs of squads across thirty leagues of coast. The marines moved forward into the Letherii countryside towards Letheras, the capital, with orders to kill Edur by night and stir the occupied Letherii into rebellion. Each squad had a mage responsible for hiding their presence and confusing their enemies.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.361-365 Fist Keneb followed in their wake with six squads of marines, while Captain Faradan Sort and Beak attempted to keep lines of communication open between both groups.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.363-364
Hellian was put in charge of the newly reorganised 8th squad.Reaper's Gale, Dramatis Personae In her constant inebriated state she came to believe Touchy and Brethless were a single four-armed corporal named "Touchy Brethless".Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.363Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.795 Others like Maybe she had trouble remembering because of their "stupid" names.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.362
*Touchy, corporal #1
*Brethless, corporal #2
*Balgrid, squad mage
*Tavos Pond, marine
*Maybe, sapper
*Lutes, squad healer
Hellian's squad was paired with Urb's for the landings. When they assembled on the beach, Urb found her arranging casks of rum she had salvaged from the burning ships amongst her squad.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 13, US HC p.361-363 The two squads remained together and Bowl and Balgrid used magic to cover their tracks.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, UK BCA edition p.522 In their first action, they defeated a troop of Edur at Boaral Keep where Lutes had rested his crossbow on her back to fire as she vomited. They acquired the Edur's mounts at Hellian's suggestion and pushed hard inland for the capital, fighting from tavern to tavern.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.402-404 The two squads began taking trophies of ears and fingers and tying them to their belts.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.482
Contrary to the Adjunct's expectations, the Letherii soldiers did not use the Malazan invasion to turn against their Edur occupiers.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC p.410Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.481/486 When the two squads ambushed a mixed mounted troop of Letherii and Edur, the Letherii veterans recovered more quickly than expected and killed Hanno--the Malazans' first casualty.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.483-484 In the aftermath, an inebriated Hellian tried to bed a terrified Urb before being interrupted by the arrival of Faradan Sort and Beak. Hellian and Urb's mounted squads were well ahead of the others. Sort approved, but asked them to pace themselves while she got the other marines on horseback.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.484-487
As the marines neared Letheras fighting became more desperate, although Hellian earned the support of the Letherii slave and Indebted classes by changing tactics to slay the government officials, lawyers, moneylenders, and debt-holders in each village. Then they stayed in the village tavern--decorated with the severed heads of their victims--until it was dry before moving on to the next.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.632-633 Fiddler and Gesler's squads found them drinking and singing at a tavern a day's travel from the capital. Fiddler did not approve, but could not argue with Hellian's success where all the other squads had failed miserably.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.631-633
Almost as soon as the marines were reunited, a force of hundreds of Edur enveloped the village.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.633-636/650 During the fighting, Urb was an exhausted nervous wreck just trying to keep Hellian alive as she had somehow traded her shield for the lid of an ale cask. An Edur lance pinned his side as he tried to protect her. Only the healing magic of Mulvan Dreader saved his life.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.642/648-649 The Edur were repelled by the arrival of Badan Gruk, Sinter, and Primly's fresh squads.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.642-643/648-652 The new arrivals deferred to Fiddler's seniority, and the former Bridgeburner ordered the marines to hold their position in hopes they would be reinforced by Fist Keneb.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.652-653 
While they waited, Hellian became the object of Skulldeath's affection after drunkenly announcing that she was the "Queen of Kartool".Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.655-656 The notoriously celibate soldier, and last in his family line, was saving his seed for a woman of royalty.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 21, US HC p.648 From then on he was besotted with her, announcing he had given his heart to her and following her everywhere.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.678Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.748 Hellian returned the favour, forcing Primly to step in and pry them apart.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.686
By the time Keneb's forces arrived, thousands of Edur followed in their wake, pushing the gathered Malazans towards the city where the Imperial Brigade awaited.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.673-674 Caught between the two armies near Kravos Hill, the 800 remaining MalazansReaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.745 were forced to huddle under Beak's protective spell when the Letherii mages cast a deadly ritual of Chaos upon them and the Edur. The spell was broken, but the hair of all those under Beak's protection turned white.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.679/686-695 (Hellian had passed out during the event and awoke to think everyone was pulling an elaborate trick on her by bleaching their hair, but left her empty flask on Beak's barrow).Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.748 The Edur abandoned the field after their allies' betrayal, and the shaken Imperial Brigade withdrew to meet Adjunct Tavore's more threatening main force as it disembarked from the Lether River.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 22, US HC p.692-695
Keneb marched on Letheras thinking the marines deserved to be the first to enter the capital.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.778 After the marines found a hidden entrance beneath the wall, Hellian, Urb, Fiddler, and Gesler's squads were sent into the city to cause trouble while the remaining marines opened the city's west gate to Tavore's infantry. Hellian's squad quickly disappeared into a local tavern and Urb was tasked with finding them.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.779/792 He found her threatening to hang a Letherii barkeep unless he revealed the tavern's hidden stock.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.794-795 After the main force of Malazans entered the city, the City Garrison surrendered and the city fell.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 24, US HC p.779/800/812
Over the course of the Malazan series, Hellian developed a reputation as a sergeant whose troops survived battle.
==In Dust of Dreams==
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==In The Crippled God==
During the final battle of the Malazan marines and Hedge's Bridgeburners at which they defended the Crippled God, Urb at last confessed his love for Hellian,The Crippled God, Chapter 24, US HC p.835 to which she responded enthusiastically.The Crippled God, Chapter 24, US HC p.836 Both Hellian and Urb were amongst those who survived the battle.The Crippled God, Chapter 24, US HC p.885
==Fan art gallery==
Hellian by Corporal Nobbs.jpg|'The terrible, terrible dawn' - Interpretation of Hellian by Corporal Nobbs
Hellian by Coalhands.jpg|Hellian by Coalhands
Day 6 drooling by shadaan.jpg|Hellian by Shadaan
Day 19 - Dizzy by Shadaan.PNG|Hellian by Shadaan
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