Helen Aglaja Troy

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HELEN AGLAJA TROY


Adaptable. Beautiful. Lonely.

BACK TO BASICS ' '

Full Name: Helen Aglaja Troy
Significance of Name:
Helen: Well Helen was her original name and it just made no sense to change that.
Aglaja: German for beauty and splendor.
Troy: Helen of Troy, therefore her last name is Troy.
Nickname(s): None
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
Grade: Freshman
Celeb you're using: Hayden Panettiere (sorry KC)
Deity: Helen of Troy - Greek
Title of your deity: The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships

STRIKE A POSE ' '

Physical Appearance:
Helen is beautiful. It's hard not to notice that and unfortunately for her it is the only thing people notice about her. She doesn't have the body of a model, in fact she is rather average in height. However what she lacks in long slim legs she makes up with curves that any woman would envy. Due to only being novice with gymnastics, she isn't completely flat and devoid of any curves like usual gymnasts. Instead her small body is nicely toned and only adds a fast metabolism to her diet. Helen knows how to carry herself in a way that makes her seem both stuck up and seductive. Especially around men, her mannerisms change entirely if she meets an object worthy of her attention. The teen always holds herself with an air of entitlement that should appear noble, but instead only comes across as if she thinks she is better than everyone else. Despite her young age she has a maturity to her body and face that allows her to blend well with older students.

One of her favorite features, besides her face of course, would easily be her hair. Just as the original Helen was known far and wide by her golden hair, Helen Troy sports long blonde hair that never seems to look bad. Always shiny and healthy, never a split end in sight, stray hairs don't even exist for this girl; most days Helen looks as if she just walked out of a Pantene commercial. Normally Helen leaves her hair down or if it's up then something adorns it to still draw attention to her hairstyle. Rarely she will ever put her hair into a braid since that was the style she was forced to wear everyday when she lived with her aunt. She associates braids with plainness and dullness, which is the last thing she wants people to think about her since a good part of her loves to be envied.

However, many would argue that her best feature is not her hair at all, but her face. Helen is nearly impossible to ignore just because of her aura of confidence and beauty. That's enough for most men, but the ones that manage to resist her past that often succumb to her features. Helen's face is perfectly symmetrical and her features are all tiny and proportioned. There is nothing physically wrong with her as odd as that sounds. At first glance the girl appears innocent, much like girls her age normally do appear. But with a closer look it's not hard to see the knowing look in her eyes and the hidden mask of seduction behind her perfect features. Helen's expressions may seem like an open invitation to any man, but she's hard to control and will often view things as how they could benefit her. So clearly, despite being a plastic surgeon's ideal view of how every person should look, beauty is only skin deep.

LET'S GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER ' '

Personality Description:
Adulteress. That's what her name tag would read if everyone had to be labeled. Helen had no idea what it is like to have a committed and monogamous relationship. Even at fifteen, there's few things she hasn't done and cheating is one of the many things she's experienced at. Not that anyone could call the teen a commitment phobe since she really isn't afraid of the concept. It's a little hard to be afraid of something you don't believe in. Helen is a complete cynic when it comes to love and has the firm belief that humans were not made to be lifetime mates. And she's honest in most relationships about her straying ways, most men put up with it and only add fuel to the fire. Or they blame the other guy for somehow corrupting Helen. Honestly, Helen probably wouldn't even put up with relationships in general if it weren't for her true phobia. Her love life would just be a string of one night stands and endless crushes. Being whimsical doesn't exactly help the whole romance department. Helen chases after whatever her hormones sets its sights on which leads to many an unfaithful night.

Speaking of her phobia, Helen is terrified of being alone. Which is the reason she must always have a man at her side or someone to do her bidding. She needs to feel wanted and needed, in other words she's very dependent and needy. Luckily there's quite a few guys willing to make her feel less lonely. Yet another reason Helen has a problem with love. No matter how many relationships she finds herself in she never seems to feel anything that isn't surface deep. Yes, she's young, but considering her track record you would think she would have felt something more than infatuation. However she doesn't really view herself as an active participant in any relationship and instead just a prize to hang on some guy's arm. One could even go so far as calling Helen hollow like when it comes to her feelings, her only form of escape is to be simply void of any emotion and detached. Most people don't bother to notice the blank expression she normally wears or even speculate on it. However, her emotional separation isn't a cry for help, but rather a tool of self preservation.

Helen is a pro at looking out for herself and only herself. She would betray her closest family member just to save her own skin. Many know of her treacherous side since she doesn't bother to hide it, though they find other reasons to doubt she would ever turn on them. However, Helen never does anything out of malice, she just feels as if she should take care of herself no matter what the cost. Some could even call her adaptable since she can find a way a excel in any environment. And as much as she teeters between believing her beauty is a gift or a curse, she knows how to use it and will not hesitate to do so. Even if that means taking her best friend's boyfriend to somehow help herself then she will do it. Most cases Helen sees it as saving her friends from future misery. Perhaps girls shouldn't be so naive when it comes to males. If you couldn't already tell Helen is pretty narcissistic. Her narcissism has led to a sense of entitlement when she views the world around her. Often she'll believe that she deserves something simply because she looks the way she does. It's hard not to get this mentality when you grew up practically worshiped by most boys you came in contact with. When Pantheon came to tell her she was a goddess it wasn't surprising in the least, it just made sense.

Believe it or not, there is an unlikely side to Helen that is deeper than just looks. Growing up with her two cousins, she developed a tomboy side in her early youth that she never quite got rid of. Her most famous escapade was when she decided to play a game that was widely accepted as a boy game in the community she grew up in. The boys would often go skinny dipping in the small lake near their farm, which was always kept from the parents. One day Helen went with her cousins and bared all before jumping off the rope that hung from the old oak. She or her cousins hadn't thought anything of it at the time, but the other boys told their parents and that was the end of that game. She also learned how to ride horses and even wrestle from her cousins. Helen was far from the domesticated little girl she should have been. She even taught herself some gymnastics though she really didn't have much of a clue as to what she was doing. Nevertheless Helen was able to show off her flexibility and tough exterior to all her friends during her early youth.

Likes:
-Marylin Monroe
-Attention, especially being the center of it
-Birds, mostly swans and geese
-Gymnastics
-Horseback riding
-Men and toying with them
Dislikes:
-Negative attention, it blows Helen's mind if people don't like her
-Being forced to do something
-Being alone
-Any type of commitment or responsibility
-Romance movies or novels, she finds them unrealistic
-Capital punishment, especially hangings
-Pushy men
Strength:
-Adaptive
-Manipulative
-Intelligent
-Beautiful, in some cases it's a strength
-Strong sense of self preservation
Weaknesses:
- Weak Willed
-Dependent
-Whimsical
-No Sense of Commitment
-Self Centered
-Narcissistic
-Treacherous
Fears: Being alone, unloved, unwanted, or hated.
Goal: Learn to be independent or at least stronger willed towards men.

Power/Ability: Superhuman Beauty. The ability to have hypnotizing beauty. In myth Helen of Troy was irresistible to every man and even caused wars over her beauty. When Menelaus went to kill her he dropped his sword awestruck by her beauty. Helen of Troy also tortured the soldiers within the Trojan Horse by imitating their wives' voices and making them long for home. Her power works without control on men and rarely has the wanted effect on women. Instead of admiring, women tend to turn ugly around Helen, hateful or envious. Helen cannot control her ability so the only way to stunt it is to cover up.

WELCOME TO MY LIFE ' '

Origin: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
History:
Helen's history begins of course with her birth and the set of actions that led her to live with her aunt. Though she had never met her real mother, whose name was Naomi Troy, Helen was able to hear all about her from her aunt Leda. Naomi and Leda had been raised in an Amish community, which turned out to be the perfect lifestyle for both sisters as they both loved the slow pace of life. Naomi was especially strict and never was tempted by the ways of outsiders, comfortable in her religion and peaceful home. Unfortunately Naomi was raped by an outsider when she was only seventeen. Leda was already married to her husband, Tynan, but she took in her sister as they worked through the traumatic experience. It didn't take long for them to realize Naomi was pregnant and she quickly took off once she found out. Leda feared for her sister and the unborn child, but she had no way of finding her. Naomi had left the community and therefore was shunned. Six months later Leda's sister returned though she never saw her. Instead she found a small baby in the barn with a note pinned to her blanket. Lucky enough the geese had decided to take pity on the baby and rest near her for the night, keeping her warm through the winter evening.

Leda took in her niece Helen and accepted her as one of her own. Naomi had pleaded in her note for her sister to try and understand, but she would not be returning home. For many years Helen never knew about her mother, instead she always figured she was Leda's and had one sister and two brothers. Even from an early age she was stunning. She had enchanting blue eyes and beautiful golden hair that made the prettiest baby the community had ever seen. However, her Amish neighbors took care to never dote on the child for her beauty, lest she should get a taste of pride. So Leda made sure Helen had the plainest dresses and always hid her hair. Though she was young Helen always felt as if she was being singled out but she didn't know why. When Helen was ten she had her own traumatic experience. She was helping her uncle at the farmers market when a man kidnapped her from an empty stand. Her brothers saw it happening though they were too late to save her, luckily they saw the license of the kidnappers car. Police found Helen that day but they weren't able to find her kidnapper since he took off as soon as he realized the police had found him. Helen was told she was lucky nothing had happened, but something had happened. As soon as the they got home Helen panicked and began wishing the man would leave her alone.

However the cops were quick to locate the kidnapper and arrive before anything happened to Helen. The man was arrested and she was sent to the police station for questioning. They later told her that they couldn't understand why he had took her. He was a model citizen; clean record, paid everything off, and even did volunteer work at the local hospital. He had never given any signs that showed he would do such a thing. After she learned that her brothers had been responsible for her rescue she became even closer to them. Despite joining her brothers in boyish activities Helen did get older and by the time she twelve she began to attract attention to the boys her age and even some a little older than her. She noticed that as soon as she walked into a room boys attention would be on her. Often she could even make them do things for her without much argument as if they were under some sort of trance. The young girl immediately changed as she thrived on this new attention and caused worry for her uncle Tynan.

So after eighth grade, which is the last year of school for the Amish, Tynan kept Helen at the farm and did not allow her to go past their property. Helen felt as if she was being punished and kept from all of the buggy rides numerous boys had proposed to her. Other girls her age were finding sweethearts and going on buggy rides with them. Everyone except her. Rebellious of her current situation, Helen escaped off the farm and met up with the girls during the afternoons. The teen had never been a favorite among the females of her community, but they were the only people she was allowed to hang out with. One girl, who she recognized from school, decided to tell Helen that Leda wasn't even her mother. At the time Helen dismissed it as silly spite since the girl's crush was fond of her, but as some time passed she confronted Leda. Helen was shocked and angry to learn the truth. She suddenly felt as if she had to get away from these liars. The next time she went to help with the farmers market she shocked her family by secretly leaving with an outsider. At the age of fourteen, Helen left behind her Amish lifestyle and accepted a new modernized life.

The boy she left with was seventeen, his name was Manuel and he lived on his own. To her he was perfect because she could use him. Helen learned how to use her body to get what she wanted and left behind her girlish ways to become a woman. For a while she stayed with Manuel as she learned a new lifestyle and began to live like a modern teenager. However, at a party one night she met Paris. He was gorgeous and everything she wanted. Helen didn't even say goodbye to Manuel and left that night. Paris was fifteen, but she felt what would be the closest to love she would ever get. Helen stayed with him for a few months before she got tired of him and moved onto the next guy. She kept up this pattern for a year, though she could never stay in one place too long. It wasn't long until she realized the incident with the kidnapper hadn't been divine intervention, but her. As crazy as it sounded she could control men somehow with her looks. It was harder to manipulate women and often they just disliked her rather than fawn over her. Helen could get whatever she wanted as long as she kept it small. Nothing drastic or personality changing, but she could make people give her favors whenever she asked for it.

Helen had moved on to yet another boy when Pantheon Academy found her. They explained who she was and why she had this power. Helen accepted the opportunity to come to the school so she could learn more about her past, though she would have to start at the freshman level since her education was only to eighth grade.

CONNECTION TO THE MYTH ' '

• Her name, Helen Troy is a reference to Helen of Troy.
  
• Her play by is gorgeous, just like Helen xD
  
• Helen has commitment issues, Aphrodite cursed Tyndarcus' daughters, Helen included, to be adulteresses.
  
• Helen doesn't like to be unliked or alone. During the Trojan War Helen claimed to be lonely because all of the Trojans hated her after Hector died.
  
• Helen detaches herself emotionally and many painters choose to depict Helen of Troy blank and emotionless. You can understand why given all the shit men put her through.
  
• Helen has a strong sense of self preservation. During the Trojan War Helen of Troy helped both the Trojans and the Spartans, probably to ensure her own safety.
  
• Helen has an air of entitlement since Helen of Troy was a princess, queen, and a goddess.
  
• Helen of Troy would carry weapons and wrestle with her brothers. One quote explains that she stood between them naked and showed no shame. Spartan lifestyle often taught their girls how to hunt and fight along with the boys.
  
• Helen dislikes capital punishment and hangings. Helen of Troy was hung after her and Menelaus left the Trojan War.
  
• Superhuman beauty ties to the fact that men wanted her and she was considered the most beautiful woman of her time. Throughout myth women tended to hate Helen and were resistant to her looks. A women even ended up hanging her. Therefore her power isn't that effective on females.
  
• Helen was raised by her aunt Leda and her uncle Tynan after she was born and abandoned by her mother Naomi because she was a product of rape. Helen of Troy was raised by Leda after Zeus raped Nemesis.
  
• Geese kept Helen warm the night her aunt found her. Helen was born out of a goose egg when Zeus and Nemesis mated as geese.
  
• At ten Helen was kidnapped and she was rescued because her brothers recognized the license plate. Helen of Troy was abducted and raped by Theseus. Her brothers rescued her from Theseus' mother.
  
• Tynan tried to control the suitors by keep Helen away. Tyndareus controlled the suitors when Helen was of marrying age by keeping them off by not giving them an answer.
  
• Helen ran off with Manuel. Helen of Troy was married to Menelaus.
  
• Helen then ran off with Paris. Helen of Troy cheated on Menelaus and ran off with Paris.
  

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