Selen

**Selen** is one of the female characters of *Dark Moon: The Blood Altar*. She was the princess of an Ancient Kingdom who was known for possessing special and extremely powerful Shaman powers. After her death in Episode 43, she reincarnated several centuries later into Sooha, a human girl who would be born with her supernatural abilities.

## Personality & Background

Selen is an intelligent, kind-hearted and selfless character who is very expressive with her opinions and puts others before herself. This is shown in Episode 40 of the WEBTOON adaptation of the series when she was not ecstatic about a marriage proposal from a prince of a neighbouring Kingdom, but was able to persuade the Queen (her mother) to allow her to decline the proposal respectfully. A serious and valiant side of her is shown in Episode 41 when she was making it clear to Dardan that she dislikes him greatly.

As a child, Selen's health was very frail and she was often bedridden because of that. According to her mother, their family had been blessed with Shaman powers which had been passed down through generations. Selen was the most powerful the Kingdom had ever seen, because her powers kept getting stronger as she was growing up. However, Selen’s physical health began to deteriorate because of her powers. She often had dizzy spells that sometimes lead to her passing out. In order to save Selen, her mother decided to use the Kingdom’s treasure which was the blood of the Ancient Wolf God, Vargr. Upon drinking Vargr’s blood, Selen’s powers were stabilised and she became the first Vampire Lord to possess both Shaman powers, and the power of Vargr.

When her Kingdom was attacked by Dardan (who became an incomplete vampire after consuming the remainder of Vargr’s blood) and his minions, the Queen became incredibly weak from her efforts to protect the Kingdom. On her deathbed, she informed Selen that she had sealed the rest of her powers at the ‘Blood Altar’ and Selen will inherit them once she ascends the throne. In another attempt to protect the Kingdom from Dardan, they had also transfused Selen’s blood into her knights and her tutor Marge in order to create new Vampire Lords. Before the Queen could explain to Selen on how to carry out the ceremony, Dardan barged in and started attacking them.

Selen watched helplessly as Dardan easily and brutally injured her knights, and Marge tries to urge her to head to the ‘Blood Altar’ to acquire the powers in order to defeat Dardan. When Dardan attempts to attack them, Selen manages to grab her tutor and teleport her to outside the castle. Selen firmly tells Marge that she will not sacrifice anyone just to make herself queen, and Dardan will kill everyone before she even reaches the ‘Blood Altar’. Instead, Selen asks Marge to grant her one last favour. She then teleports back to confront Dardan just as Heli (who had survived his injuries) impales him with his sword. When Dardan attempts to attack Heli in retaliation, Selen teleports herself between them, causing Dardan to fatally impale her instead.

As she is dying, Selen confesses her feelings to Heli and she finally tells him that she hopes they will be more honest with each other in their next lives. She then uses her final strength to share her powers with her knights and they all disappear alongside her. It is then revealed that Selen told Marge that she will share her powers with the seven knights and have them teleported to a distant future. The final favour she wanted Marge to grant her was; to look for the seven knights once the time of the distant future comes, and to protect them until she is reincarnated.

Several centuries later, Selen reincarnates into Sooha who would possess her supernatural abilities. According to Marge, Selen’s powers within Sooha would not increase to its original strength after Episode 27. This was due to the fact that she had shared almost all of her powers with the seven knights before sending them to the distant future.

## Appearance

Selen is a beautiful and graceful young woman. She has waist-length brown hair that is wavy at the ends with bangs. Her hair is usually tied up into a high ponytail with a thick white ribbon. Her large eyes are a bright blue colour and her skin is a fair complexion. Her height is average and is shorter than her male peers.

Her main outfit consists of a large white off-shoulder layered corset dress with flowing sleeves that reach her elbows. She sometimes wears gold accessories along with this outfit.

Another outfit she has been seen in consists of a long-sleeved blue dress with a white neck collar decorated in silver and gold. She wears a silver hairband-like ornament with long dark blue ribbons that tangle with her brown hair which is completely down for this look.

## Relationships

### Heli

***“My duty is… to protect you.”***

-Heli to Selen, Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Ep. 40: “Fates and Missions”

Heli first met Selen when they were children. He was assigned as her playmate and the two grew closer to one another while they were growing up. He eventually fell in-love with Selen, but had to suppress his feelings due to their social standings. At some point, he was appointed as one of her knights to protect her and was very loyal to her. This is shown in Episode 41 when he defended Selen from Dardan by warning him of the consequences if he catches him harassing her again. In Episode 42, Dardan took advantage of Heli’s feelings towards Selen as his weakness to brutally attack him. In Episode 43, Heli was horrified when Selen shielded him from Dardan’s attack which resulted in her death. During their final moments, Selen told Heli that she was privileged to have had him as one of her protectors. She also confesses that she knew what he had been keeping from her, because she also felt the same way towards him. Selen finally told Heli that she hopes they will be more honest with each other in their next lives before using her final strength to share her powers with him and the knights. She then teleports them to the distant future.

Heli lost all his memories of Selen until he met Sooha (who was Selen’s reincarnation) whom he became mysteriously attracted to. In Automnal, Trisha returned to Heli the sword that once belonged to him. Upon touching the sword, his memories of his previous life with Selen instantly came back.

### Marge

***“…Marge… when the distant future comes… please find them. And look after them. Please look after them… until I am reincarnated!”***

-Selen to Marge, Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Ep. 43: “A Favour”

Marge was Selen’s most trusted tutor who had raised her as well. She was very loyal to Selen and was prepared to do anything to protect her, thus earning the privilege to have Selen’s blood transfused into her along with the knights. Selen's trust in Marge is proven in Episode 43 when she asked her grant her one last favour; which was to look for the seven knights when the distant future comes and to protect them and the ancient powers until she is reincarnated.

In Episode 26 and 27, Marge fulfilled Selen’s request when she explained to the boys her reasons for ‘confining’ them at Vamfield House. After learning that Sooha is Selen’s reincarnation, she tried to approach Sooha in Episode 31 during the Night Ball game at Decelis Academy to warn her of Dardan and the danger she is in. However, the pair of them were captured by Dardan’s minions before she could explain everything to her.

### Dardan

***“You do not understand why I do not like you!”***

-Selen to Dardan, Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Ep. 41: “Dardan”

Dardan was madly infatuated and obsessed with Selen which creeped her out. He was extremely jealous of her closeness to Heli and sought every opportunity to try and win her heart. While Selen respected him as a competent Chancellor, she felt that his irreverence was getting out of hand. This is shown in Episode 41 when Dardan deliberately eavesdropped on her conversation with her mother to decline the marriage proposal from a prince of a neighbouring Kingdom. He deluded himself into believing that she did for his sake, but it offended Selen who slapped him after he accused her of being a classist. She told him that he really does not understand why she despises him so much, but he remained unfazed by stubbornly refusing to acknowledge her rejection as he asked her what does he need to do to win her over. His obsession with Selen eventually lead him to commit treason by stealing the remaining drops of Vargr’s blood in order to acquire power - but it turned him into an incomplete vampire in Episode 42. He then decided to deprive Selen of everything she loves (and to steal her powers) in retaliation to her constant rejections. In Episode 43, he ended up killing Selen when she shielded Heli from his attack which shocked him.

When Selen reincarnated into Sooha, he sought out to capture Sooha in order to steal the ‘essence’ of the princess’ powers for himself. He even went as far as to gain her trust by pretending to be her childhood friend Chris whom he coincidentally resembled.

## Trivia

* The name ‘Selen’ is Greek for ‘Moon’.
* Despite her ability to teleport, Selen cannot teleport physically herself.
	+ She will remain in a different place for a certain period of time and then return to her original location.
	+ She can teleport people and objects physically by holding onto them.
	+ According to Heli, she can turn into fog and travel anywhere in an instant.

## Reference

1. ↑ [Limited release] ‘DARK MOON : THE BLOOD ALTAR’ Special Episodes Ep. 4 (weverse.io)
2. ↑ [Limited release] ‘DARK MOON : THE BLOOD ALTAR’ Special Episodes Ep. 4 (weverse.io)