Helna Vladinova

Helna Vladinova is a Knight of the Shadows and the savior of Gondegal, delivering him from a trio of vampires that had rendered him unconscious. He awoke, badly wounded, and being nursed by to health by the squire of a powerful knight named Helna Vladinova. She was a member of The Circle, a Knight of the Shadows, and a champion of the downtrodden. In the months it took for him to recover, in a small cabin in Lamordia, he spoke at length with her about her calling, and by the time he was well enough to leave her care, he had decided that his life had gone astray. He began to realize that there was important work to be done in this strange land and that people like Dame Helna were doing it. He resolved to join The Circle and become a Knight of the Shadows; he took the plight of the Falkovnians to heart and made their welfare the focus of his life. He has vowed not to give up on his war with Drakov until one or the other of them is destroyed.

Helna remains at Gondegal's side as his lover and close advisor in the Shadow Insurrection.