Helicent Loghire

**Helicent Loghire** is a woman from the Village in Redesca. She is the finest hunter in her village, with an uncanny ability to spot creatures as well as great skills with the bow. She is close friends with Meriel and Cad Mathe.

## Biography

Helicent was raised in the Village, a small settlement in northern Redesca, though she was born elsewhere. Her parents were Nicodus and Carrette Loghire. She had a horse named Ensha. In her childhood she was very close friends with Meriel, Cad Mathe and Ancie Bayren. The two often spent their days in the shade of an oak tree near the river. As she entered adulthood, Helicent found work as a hunter. She quickly became regarded as the finest huntress in the Village.

In 684 BA, Helicent heard rumours at the dice-table that there were sidhe in the woods outside the Village. Although she disbelieved it at first, she soon came to believe it wholeheartedly herself. Around this time, her friend Meriel left the Village in the company of the Magus Telis Heddorel. Helicent saw the pair leaving and, enlisting the help of her friend Cad Mathe, followed them. They were noticed by Telis, and while in Camistane were brought into Telis' riding company. Telis chastised Helicent for her carelessness in not making sure they didn't draw attention. The group's presence was known, however, and they had to flee quickly in the night. As they waited for the gates of Camistane to be opened to them, Helicent loosed an arrow into the darkness, claiming to see unfriendly men there.

In order to reach Falien, they had to take a road which briefly passed through the Salted Lands. During this period, Helicent took it upon herself to act as a sentry. She kept her bow and her dirk on hand at all times. She was the first to comment on the lack of life apparent in the Salted Lands. A short time later, though, she saw an ash-rat. She shot it with her bow before any of the others, even Telis, had seen the creature. To her shock, the ash-rat's blood dissolved the arrow before she could retrieve it. Although no other denizens of the Salted Lands appeared, Helicent was convinced that something sinister was watching the group, and she didn't rest easy. It proved impossible to get to Falien. The kingdom's border had been warded to prevent entry, forcing the group to take an alternative route through the Salted Lands.

During the group's first night encamped in the Salted Lands, Helicent insisted on taking a turn at keeping watch. She came to realise that she was enjoying life outside the Village. She began to consider whether she even wanted to return home. As the group rested in a ruined village, they were set upon by some sort of creature. Helicent did not hesitate to loose every one of her arrows into the creature, though they had no effect. When she had run out of arrows, she charged at the creature with her dirk. The dirk got stuck in its flesh, though, leaving her unarmed. She was in its firing line, and would have been badly wounded but for the intervention of Telis, who by means of magic pushed her away from danger.

## Personality

Helicent is steadfast and stubborn. Once she commits to doing something, she is the kind to see it through, even if it is likely to result in her death.

## Abilities

Helicent has a natural aptitude for hunting. She is considered the finest huntress in the Village, even at a comparatively young age. She also appears to have some sort of sensitivity to magic. She alone among Telis Heddorel's travelling companions noticed that Telis was enchanting the Camistane Guard Captain to persuade him to open the city gate, and Telis was curious to know how she had been able to see what was meant to be an invisible cast.

## Relationships

### Meriel

> I've come with you this far, and I plan to be with you until the end. No matter how far Magus Telis takes us.
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Helicent was good friends with Meriel, but had become exasperated with the way Meriel shut herself off. She longed to see her friend at the dice-table. They had a lightly banterous relationship, Helicent freely teasing Meriel. The pair were inseparable as children. While on the road to Falien, Meriel admitted that she used to wish she was a boy so she could kiss Helicent. Helicent's response was that Meriel didn't have to be a boy to kiss her.

### Cad

Helicent was very comfortable with Cad, and would often tease him. She enjoyed playing on Cad's distrust of the Magi, making up outlandish stories that he readily believed.

## Appearances

* The Forge of the Magus
	+ 2. A Village Without A Name
	+ 3. A Stone of Red
	+ 5. A Ride With A Magus (Mentioned)
	+ 6. Camistane
	+ 10. Midnight Flight
	+ 11. Heading For Falien
	+ 12. A Shadow in the Salted Lands

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.booksoflightness.com/helicent
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.scribblehub.com/read/521121-the-forge-of-the-magus/chapter/554253/

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