Crown Princess Helena Wilem II

Crown Princess Helena Wilem II , formerly Princess Helena Wilem II, Crown Princess of Flowers was the second child of Empress Guinevere Wilem II and Emperor Consort Oliver Wilem. She was named heir apparent after her brother's assassination on the 27th Bor 176 CE despite Helena herself being imprisoned in Saltrock at the time. She would die in prison as the final member of the Wilem Imperial Family in 180 CE.
== Biography ==
Helena Wilem was born on the 34th of Avianja 156 CE near midnight. She was a healthy baby and much loved by her parents. Her birth was especially celebrated in Fleur where it was presumed she would eventually rule. She was presented to the public on the 9th of Vilja and brought from Isgerdia to Wilemberg in an elaborate procession, which ended in her anointment at Evermere as the new Crown Princess of Flowers, the first in fifty-eight years. Helena spent her first five years being educated with her family at Vitoria Palace before attending boarding school in 161 CE at the Royal Institute in Wilemberg, Fleur. Helena would study Fleurian history, language, culture, and policy there while also receiving a Korevnan style education through her tutors sent from home. She was much beloved by her parents and there was much potential in her future. When home, Helena would enjoy time with her older brother Roscoe or her young sister Chloe. 
In 174 CE she would graduate, taking residence in Willowview Manor in Skjol, Fleur. There she would begin to oversee administrative duties with Suzerain Lorelai Wilem who was expected to resign leadership to Helena in late 175 CE. During this time, Helena would be betrothed to Aleksandr Barretsov, a member of a lesser branch of Fleurian nobility. The elaborate wedding would take place on the 17th of Hor 174 CE in Wilemberg. For their honeymoon, the couple toured the countryside of the nation, endowing various small villages with great gifts. However, the cost of the ceremony would nearly bankrupt the country with the number of visitors to Wilemberg not meeting expected numbers. Growing tensions in the country led to The Winter Revolution, lasting from the 13th of Aedor 175 to the 7th of Caed 176 CE when Lorelai Wilem was killed. Helena would remain in Willowview despite her parents' insisting she return to Isgerdia. By then she felt tied to the country and its people, desperate to serve them and make peace with the revolutionaries. Her son Alexei Wilem was born on the 2nd of Cern in 175 CE. On the 18th of Vilja 176 CE, Heir Apparent Prince Roscoe Wilem was stabbed to death after peace negotiations with revolutionaries in Wilemberg. Panic ensued throughout the nation. When news reached Helena, she began packing to flee but was interrupted in the early morning of 19th of Vilja by revolutionary forces. They kidnapped her and her infant son Alexei, bringing them to Saltrock prison off the coast of Wilemberg via several roundabout trips. Her husband Aleksandr was allowed to stay in Skjol as a prisoner. Despite this, Empress Guinevere would establish her as Heir Apparent to the Wilemere Empire days after her kidnapping. 
Helena was horrifically treated at Saltrock. Her diary, which she was allowed to keep until 178, indicates she was assaulted regularly and raped on at least one occasion. Originally, she was kept in a furnished cell in the middle section of the prison with her son, though this changed sometime in 178 when she was separated from him and moved to a wet cell in the lower reaches of the spire. Her physical and mental health would rapidly decline and she would pass away from her treatment on 27th of Skjol 180 CE. She was the final member of the Imperial Family left at the time of her death. It is unclear if she was ever informed of her family's murder, though there is no mention of the event in her diary, indicating that she was ignorant of it throughout 178 CE.
== Appearance ==
Helena was considered the least attractive of her siblings. She was plain looking with a somewhat harsh chin. Her hair was light brown and her eyes blue. She became incredibly thin and sickly during her imprisonment.
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