Helene Blackstone

Jess Blackstone, Asher Blackstone, Gerard Blackstone, Patrick Blackstone (paternal cousins)
Orelle Darkbloom, Triste Darkbloom (maternal aunts)
Unseelie King (maternal grandfather)
Umbra (maternal grandmother)
Abrielle Tinsdale (wife)
Peter Tinsdale (son)
Lunette Tinsdale (daughter)
Jules Tinsdale (daughter)
Ivoni Grace (sister-in-law)
Jake Blackstone (nephews)
Roxie Blackstone, Bloom Blackstone, Emma Blackstone (nieces)

## Additional Notes

### Model

Marie Avgeropoulos

Helene Blackstone is a barbarian and a member of the Stardust Caravan.

## Appearance

Helene is tall and slim with long brown hair and dark eyes that shimmer with black, blue, and purple. Her hair is always either braided away from her face and pulled into a bun. She likes wearing dark, worn clothing, nothing too different from what she wore when on the run from the unseelie fey.

## Personality

Helene is tough, rough around the edges, and the most intense of the Blackstones, and she's very dedicated and passionate. Years of living in the wilderness with nothing but her wits keeping her alive has left her with more than a few trust issues and she's very jaded and cynical. She doesn't really care about humanity all that much, just her family and friends. She's an extreme nihilist and survivalist.

## Biography

### Early Life

Helene is the eldest daughter of Aramis and Ellen Blackstone. She is two years older than her brother Nick and four years older than her sister Charlotte, and the family lived in a small cottage in Sleeping Bough, a small town. When she was eleven, faerie soldiers led by general Thordis the Destroyer ambushed the town and killed almost everyone in it, including her parents. Helene took initiative and took her siblings out of the house, but lost Nick. Believing him to be dead, she ran into the forest with Charlotte.

Helene had to grow up quickly and became the sole provider for herself and Charlotte. She learned how to forage food, then how to hunt game, and how to defend herself, while her sister became a cleric.

When she was nearly an adult, she and Charlotte were attacked by faerie soldiers, but were nearly overrun. Several people came and helped dispose of the faerie soldiers. One of them was revealed to be Nick, the brother who they thought was dead. The family reunited and Helene and Charlotte moved to live with Chase Ravenshade, Nick's friend.

### Lords of Shadows

Helene, along with her sister Charlotte, her brother's girlfriend Ivoni Grace, and Ivoni's friend Raysa Mendoza are gathered in the Grace house after reading notes left by Nick and Chase, who have left on revenge quests. They have summoned Gideon Grimborn, the trainer of dark knights, to talk to him about the quests. When he arrives, he apologizes for sending them off at midnight, as he had forgotten to account for the time differences. He also tells the girls about a dragon that needs killing, and connects them to two dragon slayers that can help.

Helene and the others first hit the Freeborn house and recruit Vincent Freeborn, then they find Abrielle Cobb. When alone, Helene tells Vincent and Abrielle that she will be the only one to help with the killing blow, as she doesn't want the others to be in danger.

## Abilities

* Physical Skills: Helene is the strongest of the Blackstone and can hold her own in a fight. She knows weak spots and pressure points and can knock someone out in a punch or two. Her favored weapons are a pair of long knives with knuckle guards.
* Survival Skills: Helene has honed her survival skills to a fine point and can live for months, even years out in the wilderness.

## Relationships

### Family

* Charlotte Blackstone: Helene is Charlotte's older sister and had been her primary caretaker since their parent's death and escape to the forests. While more concerned with surviving than actually living, Helene and Charlotte developed a close relationship and Helene is very protective of her sister, especially so since all the trauma they have been through.
* Nick Blackstone: Nick is Helene's younger brother who she recently found was still alive. They are both emotionally stinted and as a result, struggle to form a close, trusting relationship, but the two can fight well together and are both protective of their loved ones.