Helen

Helen


Identity :

Name : Helen
Home : Hellenic Free Cities (Faiytale Land)
Age : 56 when she disappeared
Species : Half-God
Gender : Female
Hair : Light Blond
Eyes : Blue
Relatives : Leda (Mother), Tyndareus (Adoptive Father), Pollux (Twin Brother), Castor & Clytemnestra (Half-Siblings), Zeus (Alleged Father), Menelaus (Husband), Hermione (Daughter), Paris (Lover)
Based on : Illiad, Greek Mythology, A Midsummer Night's Dream.


Abridged History :

When Helen's mother was pregnant, she married the King Tyndareus of Sparta. The twins Helen and Pollux were born the same year. Less than a year later, Leda and Tyndareus had their first (officially third) child, Castor and a few years later a daughter Clytemnestra. Growing up, she turn out to be the most beautiful women of Fairytale Land but, for long, refuses to marry. After the death of her two brothers, she became the heir of her father and had to chose an husband. She chose the young, strong and handsome Menelaus. The first years of their wedding was quite correct, but this time, it became quite chaotic, especially when Menelaus grew up older and Helen stayed as young as ever, thanks to her divine blood. Nevertheless, they managed to have a daughter together, who was her proud and joy. One day, the young Prince Paris of Troy came to Sparta, and Helen fell in love for him. Reluctant at first, because she was already married, he eventually return her love, thanks to Puck, a friend of Helen. The two lovers choose to run away from Sparta, but in their precipitation, they couldn't take Hermione with them. They get to Paris' homeland and both of them were warmly welcomed by the King Priam, but far more coldly by his queen Hecube. This events lead to the ten years of the famous Trojan War. With the end of the war, and the destruction of the city of Troy, Helen was forced to return to her legitimate husband. In despair, she wrecked the boat which carry them all, making it sink in high sea.  


Notes :
- I try to give Helen and her siblings a more realistic birth than the one in the myths.
- Not sure yet, but she may be Tarzan's mother, making Tarzan the son of Paris and Helen.