Helge's Backstory

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**Helge's Backstory** is the ninth episode of the first season of Arden's Apocalypse. As its name suggests, it focuses on how Helge survived Arden.

## Plot

Lee knocks on Maccus' door. The latter answers, and asks what Lee wants. Lee says he wants to talk to Helge, which Maccus allows. Lee then asks what Helge's backstory is, which causes a flashback to December 30, 2022. Arden calls Helge in the middle of the night, waking him up. Helge angrily answers the phone, while Arden tells him about his scientific breakthrough and that he wants to take over the world. Once Helge says he doesn't approve of this, Arden's excitement turns to hidden anger. He says that Helge will approve soon, before hanging up.

Maccus then questions how in Boat Trip, Helge reportedly said he lost his memory, and thus he would not remember his backstory. Helge then explains that he was pushed into a wall with extreme force by Macshift, which brought back most of his memories.

Helge then decides to talk about the Battle of Tromsø. He explains that he was with his brothers, Ketil and Halvor, when they stumbled upon Paul. However, Paul suddenly gets attacked by a latex beast, commanding the others to retreat without him. While the three are retreating, they are spotted by Hans, who Helge waits for, despite Ketil's protests. Rory then comes out of the water, and presumably knocks out Helge, giving him amnesia.

After listing the few things he remembered, Helge talked about his experience with Ardenian Industries. As soon as he woke up, Arden confronted him, explaining that he was now a test subject. He was thrown into a cell with Nile, who comes up with an escape plan. One hour later, while leaving a test which presumably saw both Helge and Nile infected temporarily, the latter steals a map of the building.

On February 27, 2023, more than a month after they were imprisoned, Nile wakes up from a nightmare and discovers that the door to the duo's cell was left slightly open. He wakes up Helge, and the two crawl under the door. Nile then pushes out a weak window, and throws the solid pillows below. The duo manage to land safely, with Helge even saying he felt no injuries. The duo then decide to get a boat and retreat to Canada, as they heard there are many survivors there. A guard from the front then checks what the noise was, before realizing that the two had escaped. A day later, after making it to Canada, Helge and Nile decide to split up.

Lee then mentions how his story is much less exciting than Helge's explaining that it was basically just him and Blue escaping to Coranfaync. Helge tells him that escaping Arden is still an impressive feat. Lee then admits that Helge is right, before leaving.

## Characters

* Helge
* Maccus
* Lee
* Arden
* Macshift
* Aden
* Ketil (debut)
* Halvor (debut)
* Paul (debut)
* Hans (debut)
* Rory
* Nile (debut)
* Yoatan (mentioned)
* Amir (mentioned)
* Ruslan (mentioned)
* Blue (mentioned)
* Unnamed latex beasts

## Trivia

* This episode has the most costumes so far, with 50.
	+ This does not include animated scenes.
* This episode has the most characters, having 12 of them. This number jumps to 16 if mentioned characters are included.
* This is the first episode to have unnamed characters.
* This is also the first episode to show latex beasts.