Helsa

The wife of Laird, mother of Hildegard, sister-in-law to Heath and Mariana, and aunt to Daria.

## Appearance

Due to her excessive eating, Helsa is of a heavier figure. She usually wears a black and pink dress with a matching hat, black gloves, and black shoes. She has a large mole under the right side of her lip.

## Personality

Helsa is heavily involved with food and can often be seen eating anything she gets her hands on. She is also willing to join in her husband's plan to regain his birth right but showed great hesitation and care regarding her infant niece's well-being in the matter.

## Background

Prior to the start of the movie, Helsa married Laird and became a princess and next in line to be queen. While caring for Daria, she mentions how her mother had passed when she was young.

## The Princess and the Pea

After Heath was crowned king, Helsa wept as it meant she and Laird were now removed from the power and luxury she had become accustomed to. Although Heath placed them to rule over the pig kingdom, Helsa was not pleased to hear this. Several months into their new life, Helsa gave birth to a daughter that Laird saw as their way back to power.

With Heath's newborn daughter in need of a mother's care, Helsa followed Laird's instructions of claiming their own daughter did not survive the birth and she volunteered her services to care for the infant Daria. During the night, she cared for her niece and appeared to form a genuine caring bond with Daria as they both shared the tragedy of losing their mother's while still young. When Laird appeared, Helsa showed reluctance of going through with their plan since she is well aware that Daria is not the one to blame for Laird losing the throne. She ultimately decides to continue on with his plan but made Laird promise not to harm Daria and requested she be placed with a good family.

Over the next several years, Helsa raised Hildegard under the guise of being her aunt and Heath her father. She groomed Hildegard to be a combination of her parent's; being greedy, spoiled, proud, and to expect nothing but the best. One day, Hildegard becomes infatuated with Prince Rollo and quickly proclaims them to be engaged when she learned of his great wealth. Helsa had tried to talk Hildegard down since she was ignoring proper tradition but was ignored.

After Hildegard lost Rollo in the village, Helsa was instructed by Laird to tell Hildegard the truth of their family. Although Hildegard was furious at learning she was born in the pig kingdom, Helsa was able to convince her to join their plan of taking over the kingdom. One day, Helsa was spying on Heath and Sebastian when Heath revealed he would disinherit Hildegard and give his throne to Rollo. She quickly sent word of this to Laird, and they adapted their plan for the new development.

They nearly succeed in taking over the kingdom but are ultimately defeated and arrested.

## Relationships

* **Laird**: Helsa's husband. She shares in his goal and effort of ruling the kingdom but is not as greedy or insensitive as him in order to get what they want. She will help Laird however she can but is not afraid to admit when she doesn't feel right about what they are doing.

* **Hildegard**: Hela's only child and daughter. After switching the babies, Helsa heavily spoiled her daughter and rarely ever kept Hildegard from trying to have her way. While she had to pose as Hildegard's aunt throughout most of her young life, Helsa occasionally let her motherly side slip.

* **Daria**: Although they really only interacted when Daria was a baby, Helsa genuinely cared for her niece and knew she was not to blame for what happened between Heath and Laird. While she was still willing to go through with their plan, she still worried about Daria's safety and would not give her to Laird unless he promised not to harm her. Even after he promised not to hurt her, Helsa requested Daria be placed with a nice family.