Born to miners in the Village of Gladstone, along the foothills of the Spine, Helena's childhood was rather unremarkable. And when the cave-in took her father, and most of the mining towns able bodied men, it became tinged with hungry desperation. Those who could left the doomed village, the local lord deeming it too costly to restore the mining operation, and those who remained were left to scrounge and struggle to make a life upon that craggy and barren landscape.

It was sheer kismet then that a pair of Knights of Anathaeum had heard word of the village's plea. Months later, to be sure, but their intervention saw the mine restored, and their Hortimancers helped create fertile soil, where in the townsfolk could grow the food they needed and sustain themselves. Indebted to the order, those townsfolk that remained pledged to aid the knights in any way they could, offering gifts of ores and harvest when winters allowed. The Knights were grateful, and promised to patrol their lands as further thanks.

They became a common sight as the months passed on, always they appeared in pairs. It fascinated the young Helena, and soon enough she asked her mother if she could join the order. Tears ran over her eyes, and she embraced her child, all that was left of their small family, and she gave her blessing.

From that day, Helena has lived with the Knights of Anathaeum, raised in their ranks, she earned Squirehood quickly, swore her oath soon after, and was chosen by a Knight Master to become a Pursuant only some years later. Now, she is the newest Captain of Dawn, responsible for overseeing the Sanctum of Dawn and all of the knights that belong there-in. Some older Knights take umbrage with one so young being given such responsibilities, but Helena has proved more than up to the task.

Still, she has much to learn, and the duties now hers lay heavy upon her mind. But, if ever there is a doubt, she thinks back to that time, where life felt so bleak and grey, to those Knights who had come to Gladstone, and breathed new life into the small town that still stands to this day. What more can she do for the world, she wonders, and those folk so desperately in need of aid.