Jezalyn Helios

**Jezalyn Helios** was a minor character in *Challenge of The Shadows*. She was the mother of Locaster Helios, the wife of Damion Halloreen, and the creator of the Orsella spell-book. In her youth, Jezalyn was one of many contributors in defeating the Blood Moon, a terrorist militia that colonized her home of Emeraldine and stole their magic supply in order to fuel their empire. However, Jezalyn managed to secure a Helio gem and loaded it with the magic left and placing it on a book, resulting in the creation of her spellbook and defeating the Blood Moon's admiral, Loid.

After declaring Emeraldine's independence, Jezalyn became a renowned sorceress and started aiding those affected by the Blood Moon and began assessing damages with the aid of the Elverian army, where she then met Damion Halloreen, the lieutenant colonel of Elveria's army, marrying him soon after and having Locaster.

## History

Not much is known about Jezalyn's personal life: As she is a minor character, she does not make much appearances within the series, but is frequently mentioned by Locaster or her husband.

Jezalyn was born somewhere in Emeraldine during their stages of developing as a village. Jezalyn was described to be a rather bright and optimistic girl, always having a smile on her face and always wanting to learn new things, and was curious about the other kingdoms cultures and magic. She was educated mainly by her mother and multiple tutors, leading her to grow and be a very keen intellect when she entered her teenage years.

Though one morning, a military army known as the Blood Moon had invaded the village after the discovery of Emeraldine having powerful magic: At first, they had stated they wanted to assist in the growth of the village, easing the people's worry and welcoming them with open arms before they had taken over the village and had the main general, Loid, as their sole dictator. Jezalyn had went into hiding along with many other individuals after the soldiers begun taking away the magic from other users to fuel their army, even taking away one of the most powerful users magic without difficulty, and were willing to target more of the magic users in her area.

The Blood Moon started to enforced strict rules on the village and whoever had fallen out of line would be killed, or if any of them had magic it would be removed from their body system. The Blood Moon had then took away the people's will to express themselves freely, To which was a big belief in the village at the time, meaning that if they ever spoke out against them, they would die.

As this continued for many years, a resistance had formed with Jezalyn in its center after she had formed it for the remaining magic users in the area. She had made sure every member of hers was fed and started to grow more mature and serious throughout, though she had still remained optimistic and kind. The resistance had begun scrapping the last bits of magic there was to spare from the magic tree for survival. Though, when searching for magic to store, she had found a helio gem that could trap in large amounts of magic and stores it in for a long time. After it was filled up with enough magic, she decided to place it on a book, leading to the creation of the orsella spellbook.

When realizing the magic was able to function and work as a spellbook, Jezalyn begun practicing the spells from the book until she was fluent at maneuvering and activating the spells, before making the big decision to fight the general Loid in order to try and allow Emeraldine to gain its independence from military rule, something she was planning to do for a long time but was held back due to the risks. After months of deciding and careful planning, Jezalyn took this risk and decided to face off Loid, having the risk of ending up dead or coming back alive, but with the cost of losing her spell-book and natural magic.

After sneaking outside and intentionally causing a distraction for the guards by dropping the book to create a loud noise, she had managed to defeat them with ease, catching the eyes of the unimpressionable, yet boastful Loid. As she begun taking down more of the guards, Loid too had joined in after she managed to get rid of the back-up to prevent any interference.

Though, the fight began turning brutal as Jezalyn's injuries began to multiply, starting minor at first, but became more severe as the fight went on due to both Loid and her having the same amount of strength and magic. As Jezalyn was nearly defeated, Loid was going to take away her spell-book, she had murmured a spell that had pierced him with multiple shadow vines, killing him. Jezalyn then went inside the headquarters to release the magic stolen from those who had lost their own after a long time, and the soldiers from the Blood Moon attempted to fight back, but were futile and retreated.

After the successful defeat of the Blood Moon, Emeraldine was now independent again and began to grow as a village, never being involved in conflict whatsoever due to its already developing state. Jezalyn, after creating her spell-book, began to improve her usage of magic and started to learn more spells she would use in the future and became rather well known within the community, being known as one of the most powerful sorceresses in the village as many other beginner magic users started to come to her for advice and she started to do more heavy work for the population.

As the community began to grow and the population began to increase, the military was in the stages of being formed, as they were in need of a form of protection that was not reliant on their magic, as many of the villagers had no experience in combat. Multiple kingdoms had taken interest in Emeraldine and sent troops to form the army, one of them being Damion Halloreen, a lieutenant colonel from the Elverian navy after meeting him at the front gates of the villages, immediately becoming fascinated with him. Both of them matched in strengths, Jezalyn for her intelligence and Damion with his skills from the military.

The two of them started speaking to each-other and even worked together well due to their similar interests and high intelligence, and the both of them had an unusually good relationship and were sometimes seen doing partner-work with one another and constantly spending time watching the sunset or the sunrise: As their bond continued to grow, they begun having a romantic relationship with one another after Damion had confessed his feelings for her while walking with her in the fields by saying he always had warm feelings for Jezalyn due to her caring for him and Damion doing the same.

After their confession, the both of them started to work together much more frequently and started to get more intimate with one another and after many years, the two of them had gotten married and were very happy to be by each-others side. According to Damion, Jezalyn and him had many traits in common, such as her intelligence, wit and views on the world. Eventually, Damion and Jezalyn had gotten married after he proposed to her and they had a child together, Locaster. During her time raising him, she was both his teacher and his mother and took an interest in teaching him about magic. However, Damion was in a conflict with another soldier and had to separate from Jezalyn for a long period of time in order to protect her and Locaster.

## Appearance

Jezalyn was a tall, slender woman with dark skin, purple eyes and beige-white hair extending to her lower back, She is sometimes seen with light blue markings around her face and arms, indicating she could have been a faerie. On her left ear, she has two golden double hooped earrings, to which she never had taken off.

Jezalyn wore a dark purple hat with a lighter purple rimming that situated on the top of her head, slightly leaning to the left side. Around her neck is layers of purple scarves that had some gold designing on them to cover the rest of her body and a light purple coat that hanged on to her back, donning a long, purple dress with frilled sleeves and a detailed skirt, white socks and strapped brown shoes.

During her teenager years, Jezalyn had waist-length hair with a minor scratch on her face. she wore a simple shirt and pants with a black cloak wrapped around her.

## Personality

Not much of Jezalyn is seen throughout the role-play despite being frequently mentioned by Locaster. Though, according to Damion, she was a very hardworking, kind yet understanding woman, listening to others who talked to her and always offered advice. Despite her kind nature, she has demonstrated to be very intelligent and serious: She usually puts her family first before anything else, including her son and her husband whom she loves dearly. She has been seen in flashbacks as a loving and educated woman, teaching her son about magic and skills he would need to ensure his survival and worked hard alongside her husband to live comfortably in Emeraldine.

According to Damion, despite her kind demeanor, she has shown to be very determined about something she wants to achieve, either for herself or someone else in her life. She has shown to have a good bond with Locaster and enjoyed teaching him magic and other spells.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilites**: Since Jezalyn was never mentioned or seen in flashbacks frequently, it is unknown what her abilities were like: However, according to Damion, he had said that Jezalyn was an extremely powerful sorceress that was able to take on many advanced military agents and successfully get them out of Emeraldine if anyone had tried to conquer with above average physical prowess and extreme endurance when having deadly wounds by Loid and his men.

**Leadership Skills:** Jezalyn, despite being young when the Blood Moon had taken over, has demonstrated to have extreme leadership skills, having the capability to lead thousands of people without difficulty by using an assertive and calm voice to sway those around her without trying to entice fear in others. She has shown to have the capability to lead a crowd of people without having to use fear or her position.

## Magic Abilities

**Orsella Spellbook:** After creating it through a single helio gem and a large book she had in her hideout, Jezalyn was the first owner of the Orsella Spellbook, passing the spellbook onto her son, Locaster. Jezalyn has demonstrated to have mastered most spells, being able to control large spells without much difficulty and is able to carry it without it having to drag down her body due to the amount of pages, around over fourteen million pages that contain powerful and dangerous spells alike. Even when she was younger, she had managed to use large spells without difficulty.

**Faerie Markings:** Similar to her son, Jezalyn is implied to have Faerie markings on her arm. When activated, she is able to turn into a wolf or deer. Unlike Locaster, she is able to stay in these forms for prolonged times.

## Weaknesses

**Overuse:** Despite Jezalyn not being a demon, her main weakness was overusing her spellbook, which can cause her to have fatigue-like symptoms whenever overusing her magic abilities. If she were to over use it to a certain extent, she, like a demon, can fall asleep for multiple days or weeks.

## Relationships

### Damion Halloreen

Damion was Jezalyn's then husband before her death and met him when being assigned as his partner to clear debris with after the Blood Moon's defeat. As seen in flashbacks, both of them were fond of each other when first meeting and exchanged back and forth conversations while assessing debris in Emeraldine. Damion became enamored with her when first meeting, aiding her in rebuilding Emeraldine and becoming close with her.