Heloise Menoit

Heloise Menoit is a Breton healer of the Shornhelm City Guard found assisting the wounded soldiers at Hinault Farm. In the midst of the chaos, she was assaulted by bloodfiends and turned into a vampire.
==Interactions==
===Under Siege===
==Dialogue==
===Under Siege===
When giving her the healing supplies:
"What do you want? Can't you see all these wounded, all this blood? I feel like I'll never be clean again, and I still have so much to do here."
:I brought you some healing supplies. "Divines be praised! Thank you so much. With these supplies, I can properly tend to the wounded."
::Anything else I can do to help? "If you're willing to help, I won't say no. I'm worried about the Hinault family. We haven't seen them since the battle started. I want to check on them, make sure they're all right, but I don't want to navigate a horde of Montclairs on my own."
:::I can accompany you. "That's what I was hoping you'd say. Lieutenant Fairfax doesn't want anyone to leave the tower, but I'm sure he'll agree to let me go if you accompany me. Give me a moment to finish tending to these soldiers and I'll meet you outside."
::::I'll meet you outside when you're ready. "I just ... I just need a moment. I'll meet you outside."
:::::How did you survive the initial attack? "Just because I'm a healer doesn't mean I don't know my way around a battlefield. I kept my head low, followed orders, and took care of the wounded. Thankfully, I had a few supplies, but what you brought me is a godsend!"
Outside:
"I'm ready when you are."
:Then let's go. "Follow me and stay close. It's not that far."
::Lead on.
After Gennove Hinault turns the Vestige away:
"One thing you can always count on after a battle—lots of extra weapons. I saw some of the soldiers tossing weapons into the barn. You should be able to find everything Gennove asked for in there."
:You're not coming with me? "You can handle this on your own. There's fresh blood inside the farmhouse. Can't you smell it? I need to collect my healing supplies from the tower so I can help Gennove and his family."
::Very well. I'll find weapons while you get your healing kit. We'll meet back here. "Right. Good. Whatever. The sooner we get this done, the sooner I can get something to eat. Suddenly I'm starving."
In the Hinault farmhouse:
"I'm not sure I can stand much more of this. The bodies ... the blood ... I wanted to save this family, but look what happened. It feels like everything has suddenly gone wrong."
:Tell me what happened. "I don't know! I came back and found that the door was open. Gennove must have sacrificed himself so the rest of the family could escape. But blessed Arkay, why did they open the door?"
::I collected the weapons Gennove asked for. "The weapons? Of course. It's just the enormity of it all. It's frazzled my nerves. But the rest of the Hinault family—you have to find them! Before you go, I have to tell you something. The dead ... they sometimes return as bloodfiends."
:::Bloodfiends? Is that what did this? "I'm not sure, but the lieutenant thinks the Montclairs are responsible. If any of the Hinaults were killed, you have to burn their bodies. Take this torch and start with Gennove. Then collect his ashes so his family can give him a proper burial."
When the Vestige finds her after discovering she's a Bloodfiend:
"Please, stay back! I'm so hungry and I don't want to hurt you!"
:Heloise, you need to talk to me. Tell me what happened. "I think ... I think Hinault's son is right. I think I did attack his father."
::Why do you think that? "I'm not sure. My memory comes back to me in flashes. I smell blood, so fresh and strong. I've just been so hungry! I think ... I think ... I think I consumed Gennove's blood! Why am I so hungry?"
:::When did this begin? "Begin? I don't know. Days ago? Weeks? No ... I was scratched. During the battle with the Montclairs ... I remember a snarl ... something touched my arm. I forgot about it until I noticed the deep scratch while I was tending to the wounded soldiers."
::::What does this have to do with a scratch? "Since then, I've been dreaming while I'm awake. I dream about teeth and blood. So much blood! I can smell it all around me. And I'm hungry ... so hungry."
:::What do you think we should do? "I'll go away. Far away. I'll find a place to hide, someplace where I can't hurt anyone. I don't trust myself. Stendarr help me! I'm so hungry!"
::::No, I can't let you go. You have to die. "Please, this isn't right! I've done ... terrible things. But I'm still me—most of the time, anyway. I think it's only when the hunger takes me that my mind goes ... somewhere else. Please. I ... I don't want to die."
:::::Do you really want to be responsible for more deaths? "You're right. It's the only safe path. I knew that all along. That's why ... well, a good healer can craft a poison as well as a poultice. When I dropped my kit, I held on to it. I knew this was how it had to end. Tell Fairfax I'm sorry."
::::All right. I'll let you go. "I can do this. I can control it. It's only when I get hungry that I lose control. I'll live in the wilderness, far from people. I'll survive on animals. Never people! Never! I'm sure I can control it."
::::: Then go. I'll tell the Lieutenant what happened. "Lieutenant Fairfax. Sometimes I thought he had a ... fondness for me. I hope he didn't. I really hope he hated me. I can't think about what might have been. Tell him not to look for me. I want him to hate me with all his heart."
==Conversations==
===Under Siege===
Mayla Hinault: "Divines protect us! It's the monster!"
Jowan Hinault: "Stay back, foul creature!"
Heloise Menoit: "Monster? What did I …?"
Jowan Hinault: "She's a bloodfiend! She entered our farmhouse and killed our father!"
Heloise Menoit: "No! That can't be true!"
==Quotes==
*"I'm here. Talk to me when you're ready to check on the Hinault family." – Outside the tower
*"This is the Hinault Farmhouse. Why don't you go up and see if anyone is home?" – Outside the farmhouse
*"Gennove makes a good point, but I think I can help. Come talk to me when you have a moment." – After Gennove Hinault turns the Vestige away
*"Oh, Stendarr! What's wrong with me?" – When approaching her after discovering she's a bloodfiend
==Appearances==
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