Helios, Heaven’s Sight

## Background

The Angelic Champion known as Helios was not always who he was, as he very often informs those who ask about his heritage. Yet, he prefers to remain quiet about his past, saying that "He left it behind, my new life is who I am now". His face is covered by a helmet, and wears an armor that is golden, just like the leaves that he saw within the Dream of the Angels. The underneath of the armor is a teal blue, almost a green even, as the two colors clash against each other upon the armor. The two most common insignias are that of the vines of grapes upon both sides of his breast plate, and the leaf, which adorn his cauldrons and gauntlets, surrounding the vines that also display prominently on those three areas.

## Origin

On January 23rd, 2023, Helios began his day within the Library by going about what he normally did, finding information about the past and studying general information about topics that had interested him. Following a morning of uneventful activities, Helios used his anomalous sight to look down into the halls, finding books that may be fascinating amongst the endless shelves of the Wanderer's Library. With this powerful sight, Helios was able to see something that immediately caught his eyes, a book that glowed with a faint white light, seemingly made of pure gold, encrusted with jewels and other ornate carvings of strange beings that Helios had never seen before in his life. Opening the book, the vision within his mind was clouded in pure white, as he heard a voice beckon from above, speaking into the deepest parts of his own soul.

**"You are worthy"** The voice had told him, before Helios felt himself being pulled into the book, falling between the spaces amonsgt the pages itself into a pocket dimension, trapped inside. When Helios came to his senses, he found himself in an orchard, with trees of bright golden yellow leaves, falling gently onto the ground beneath him. Ahead of Helios, was a large cottage and getting the feeling that he was invited within to the cottage home, Helios walked up to the door calmly, and simply let himself inside. Sitting at a table by the fireplace, was an elderly man with grey robes, face somewhat concealed by a long hood. With a tea set in front of him, he motioned for Helios to sit before him. The man explained to Helios that it had been centuries since a human had last been able to visit this domain, and that he would be best known to someone like Helios as a Primordial Angel.

Explaining that Helios's body would be unable to be here for long, but wished to give him a parting gift before he left. White light appeared in front of Helios's eyes, the power that was gifted to him was the ability to summon a heavenly armor to counter demonic abilities and many attacks that would be thrown his way. With this new strength in mind, Helios immediately searched for an Archivist to ask where to find a specific book; he needed more information on Angels and Demons. And yet, when the Archivists brought him to a book on the subject, it turned into a monster, sprouting teeth and a tongue from the pages which tried to wrap around him, and devour him whole. Yet, as it's teeth bit down into the armor, it began to burn and recoil in fear, something Helios instinctively recognized as a demonic reaction to the new armor that he had been given to ward against evil just like this.

Bodvar Bjarki, a fellow inhabitant of the Wanderer's Library, was walking through a section where Helios was resting, and noticed that he had some strange and regal looking armor. Fascinated, the Unkillable Bear inquired more about what exactly happened to Helios and where he got it from. Helios then in turn responded that he only got it from a Primordial Angel and was very confused about the whole encounter. Bodvar in turn, was fascinated, explaining that he had only read of Primordial Angels and their strength but had never seen one with his eyes nor had ever heard of one impacting the world directly. Helios asked if they were truly as powerful as the myths he had come to gather seemed to indicate, of which Bodvar explained that they existed before the very spark of creation itself, and thus cannot enter the mortal realm. Resolving to study more about Angels, Bodvar turned to say goodbye to his new friend, Helios stood up and shook his hand, offering to accompany the Unkillable Bear on his search to learn about Angels. Bodvar agreed, mentioning that he had taken students before in the past, and was willing to help Helios understand what had happened to him, and navigate his role as a chosen of the Primordial Angels and a Heavenly Champion. The two set off, as master and student in order to learn more about the Angels and continuing to chase the fragments of wisdom within the Wandering Library.

## Extra Info (Lore)

Both Bodvar and Helios have made their origins unknown to the rest of the curious beholders of the Wanderer's Library, but Helios has confirmed a few things about his own origins. He seemingly speaks with a different tone and cadence than those within the 21st century and uses out of date slang quite often. What this means for the origins and birthplace of the Heaven's Sight is unknown, but few have even gotten close enough to ask.

Though he is not an angel, he is a champion of the Angels and has wings of pure white feathers on his back. After testing the abilities of these wings with Bodvar, they seem completely for show, and offer no anomalous ability as of now.

## Stats

Strength: 7 (Bodybuilder)

Speed: 7 (Marathon Runner)

IQ: 4+1 (Slower)

Senses: 6 (Experienced)

Aim: 5 (Average)

Personality: Selfless (Can help others but hurt yourself)

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