Helen Powell

Helen Powell was a powerful crime lord and the head of the Syndicate network that dominated organized crime throughout the galaxy following the end of the . Groomed to lead the organization by her father, Helen seized control of the Syndicate shortly before the end of the war. Under her leadership, the organization spread its reach throughout not only human territory but the territories of former Covenant races as well.
Much of Helen's success at building the Syndicate stemmed from a series of backroom deals cut with the and the enigmatic AI collective known as the Assembly. Both organizations helped abet the Syndicate's expansion in exchange for Helen's assistance with their own agendas. She proved instrumental in laying the groundwork for the , devoting large portions of the Syndicate's resources to assisting the Created in exchange for what she hoped would be a leading role in the new galactic order. To her dismay, Helen discovered that the Created had little use for humans in positions of power. Rather than yield control of the Syndicate to the Created and their surrogates she instead did everything she could to undermine the organization she had spent her life building. She then committed suicide by self-destructing one of the Created's key shipyards with herself aboard.
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