Helen Elpida

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**Helen Elpida** (ヘレン エルーピダ *Heren Eruupida*) is a wandering mage and the new comrade of Dean Ktinos and Serena Biblos. She utilizes Sword Magic and after joining the Black Bull squad, she became a team with Dean and Serena. She is the illegitimate daughter of Regina Dacier and John Elpida, with latter ending up raising her.

## Biography

Not much is known for Helen's past except that she is the daughter of a blacksmith and a noble woman's that after giving birth to her, abandoned her and her father whom she ruined the life of because he kept and raised Helen instead of disposing her.

## Appearance

Helen has the appearance of a voluptuous and beautiful girl with long blond hair that reach her rear and tends to braid and put a blue ribbon on, and she possesses blue that are almost amethyst like eyes. She wears a white dress whose white skirt covers her knees and the dress itself is covered by a white jacket, white shoes and a blue pendant. After her clothes were ruined, she would have for normal clothes a white t-shirt with a short blue tie, short blue shorts, blue leggings, brown shoes and a blue blazer with a silver trim. After joining the Black Bulls and when going on missions, she would wear a white battle-dress consisting of steel gauntlets, greaves with wooly stockings and a headress while the dress part is white with blue outlines and exposes her back.

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## Personality

Helen is a very cute, outgoing and social person, a girl brimming with hope and positivity, loving to visit new places and interact with new people, with those being the reasons she left on a journey and desiring to join the Magic Knights. Generally, she won't openly show when she is sad or hurt in order to not worry others, but she will talk about what she truly is feeling if asked or pressed enough. She has fallen for Dean Ktinos, with her feelings becoming stronger and purer by the day and she always flirts with him ever so subtly, with his silence and stance only encouraging her while she is the eternal rival of Serena Biblos in that regard, with both exchanging insults but in a more classy manner. Much to her embarassment, she isn't that much organized for a girl, needing to be reminded to clean the house and do other chores, but she tries hard to change so she can become an ideal housewife in the future. Finally, she hates her mother, not for abanding her, but because she was the one that made her father's life a living hell just because he kept Helen alive, wishing to find and ridicule her in a fight regardless of her noble status.

## Battle Prowess

### Natural Abilities

**Expert Swordswoman**: Ever since she could walk, Helen practised with the sword and managed to become quite adept at its use. When she sparred with Dean, her moves were polished and fast, with her repelling his attacks and even managing to pin him on a tree.

**Great Speed**: Because of her sword training, Helen managed to end up with great speed, with her being able to somewhat keep up with Dean who was using a speed enhancing spell.

**Immense Magic Power**: Thanks to her part noble heritage, Helen possesses outstanding reserves of mana. She can maintain her swords for an hour and even use most of her spells without exhausting herself much.

### Magic

* Sword Magic: Helen uses this magic attribute to generate swords.

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* **Sperans Lucem** (点灯したい *Tentō Shitai mean Light of Hope*): A gold broadsword with three emerald gems on the hilt. It's Helen's trademark sword and can unleash light in the form of various spells.
	+ **Roaring Light** (轟音の光 *Gōon no Hikari*): With an open grimoire, Helen summons Sperans Lucem and brings it down, releasing an explosive wave of light.
	+ **Orion Blade** (オリオンブレード *Orion Burēdo*): With an open grimoire, Helen summons Sperans Lucem and swings it horizontally, unleashing numerous flying slashes of light.

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* **Blooming Fire** (咲く火 *Saku Hi*): A normal appearing sword with a bracelet on the hilt and guard with a closed flower bud as a pommel. This sword has the power to unleash fire and Helen can use some spells with it.
	+ **Dancing Fire** (ダンス火災 *Dansu Kasai*): With an open grimoire, Helen summons Blooming Fire and swings it horizontally, unleashing a vortex of fire that entraps targets.
	+ **Explosion Slash** (爆発スラッシュ *Bakuhatsu Surasshu*): With an open grimoire, Helen summons Blooming Fire and clads it in fire and upon physically attacking an enemy, an explosion of fire occurs.

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* **Chaos Sword** (カオスブレード *Kaosu Burēdo*): A pitch black sword with red markings from the guard to the blade's end that according to Helen, was born in a moment of intense hate and confusion, with it having the power to modify itself.
	+ **Titanic War** (タイタニック戦争 *Taitanikku Sensō*): With an open grimoire, Helen summons Chaos Sword and raises it up, increasing its size up to five times and brings it down, causing great damage on the point of impact.
	+ **Eternal War** (永遠戦争 *Eien Sensō*): With an open grimoire, Helen summons Chaos Sword and throws it up in the air, with it breaking and becoming a rain of flying blades. It is considered her strongest spell.

* Reinforcement Magic: Helen uses this form of magic to increase her physical abilities.

* Leg Strength Boost: Helen concentrates magic in her legs and increases her leg strength, boosting her running speed and jumping distance. When she first used it against Dean, she managed to outspeed him while he was using speed enchancing spell, with him needing his all to barely avoid her attacks.

## Equipment

* Grimoire:Helen possesses a three-leaf clover grimoire that contains various sword-based magic spells. The grimoire has an ornate design with a small sword symbol on the middle.

## Trivia

* Helen's appearance is based on Ruler Jeanne D'arc from *Fate/Apocrypha*.
* Helen is a Greek female name meaning Shining and Elpida means Hope, with the full name meaning Shining Hope.
* Helen's Blooming Fire sword and its power are based on the La Pucelle sword of Jeanne D'arc from *Fate/Apocrypha*.