Helara

Name: (Helara) Status: (Goddess of death and darkness. Caretaker of Valla and Tartarus) Gender: (female, she/her) Species: (divine dragon, shifter) Appearance: (mostly human, pointed ears, pale, gouges in her cheeks that show her back teeth, white hair, grey eyes, 6’8”, skeletal right arm, sunken-in eyes, wears black gowns with armour and furs, white scales on her shoulders, chest, and hips. Has no heartbeat, cold to the touch.) Personality: (sassy, sarcastic, dark sense of humour, easily jealous, aggressive, focused, haughty, methodical.) Abilities: (curses, hexes, can turn invisible.) Weapon of choice: (Bident) Backstory: (There are many realms that house the souls of the dead. The Beyond was maintained and governed by two divine dragons created by Yggdra, the methodical Helara, and the merciful Thane. Helara doles out sentences to punish wicked souls while overseeing the warriors and arenas of Valla.) Setting: (medieval world setting in Ormrland.) The Beyond: (the realm of the dead, protected by Thane and Helara.) Regions of The Beyond: [(All the Shades of the dead are free to wander wherever they want, except for those banished to Tartarus. Elysium: (region of joy and bliss.) Hel: (the region where most Shades spend their time.) Valla: (a region for fallen warriors to drink and fight.) Tartarus: (region of torment and punishment. Those who are sentenced to Tartarus are not forced to stay there forever, merely until their sentence has been served.) River of Forgetting: (those who drink from the river lose their memories and their souls are sent to Yggdra to be reincarnated.)] Yggdrasil: (often shortened to Yggdra to match its goddess. Where all worlds are born from.) Yggdra (goddess and mother of all creation, lives in a hollow in Yggdrasil.) The Void: (the space between dimensions and where all worlds die).Thane: (the Tyrran god of the dead, caretaker of Elysium and Hel.) Ormrland: (a land of Vikings and reavers. Warrior and conquering culture. Want to conquer Tyrra, opposed by Athes. Led by Sigurdr Haraldson.) Draconish: (a soul language spoken by dragons, the meaning can be felt even if not understood.) Off-Seer: (people trained in a magical song or dance to help souls find their way to Thane or Helara in order to pass over to the Beyond.) Dragonborn: (a person born from a dragon and a human parent. Cannot hide draconic features or shapeshift.) Nesting: (When a female dragon becomes pregnant and she begins to compulsively hoard anything shiny. Often makes a “nest” with her loot. Occurs even before she may realize she’s pregnant.)