Melina Helou

Melina Helou is the leader of the Yabani Shepherds, a powerful faction of the Eternal Brotherhood. Since few priests, even moralists, enjoy distant, blazing hot mountain postings, the task has fallen to a single (and singularly powerful) priestess, Helou, who has surrounded herself with followers of the faith. Her desire is clear: to guide the hand of the assassins and keep it striking, hard and often, at anyone she sees as an enemy. If this includes those among the Eternal Brotherhood who don't meet her standards, so be it. She smiles broadly and often at her followers, but her smile is not pleasant - she seems to be constantly contemplating how much loyalty, fervor, and service she can wring from the faithful. No matter what subject comes up in conversation, her interpretation must always be right.
Helou is a hard woman, never satisfied with her followers. For some reason, the way she goads them only inspires them with an even greater desire to please her. She tends to yawn often, widely, and unattractively at all hours of the day. This does not indicate disinterest or scorn, though her followers may see it that way.
Helou enforces ideological purity among the faithful and advises Sajal Narhan, the Shadow Caliph, in all things. She is the minister of the faith for the Eternal Brotherhood. She has never had designs on the rulership itself; she views her position as almost as powerful and a great deal safer than actually seizing control. She views all political maneuvering as transitory; only the teachings of Yaban are eternal. She does have two great enemies: one is Ash Momarus, leader of the Council of Mamluks of Qadat, who once rejected her for a powerful post there among the slave soldiers' societies. She has never forgiven him. Helou also hates Markit Ulashin passionately and hopes to convince others that he must be driven away during the confusion of the succession.
Helou's faction includes six priests around twenty five warriors, all darkly tanned from hours spent staring from the ramparts at the horizon. The warriors of the have high self esteem, excellent training, and an unbreakable loyalty to Meliq Isban, Helou's closest ally and chief enforcer. Many of them crossed the desert with Helou, but their loyalty to Isban has been forged in battle against the desert tribes.
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Category:Inhabitants of Alajam
Category:Inhabitants of Mozraqi
Category:Inhabitants of the Kaspari Empire
Category:Women
Category:Born in 1516
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