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Helena Britaine

Helena Britaine was a Sister Superior of the Order of the Bloody Rose. She led the Third Celestian Squad while working under Interrogator Edwin Savaul on the forge world Stygia XII.[1]

Stygia XII was the site of an abandoned chapter keep of the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter called Montgisard, which became the base of operations for a Chaos Cult on Stygia XII. There the cultists began conducting a ritual to open a gate to the warp, which brought them to the attention of Inquisitor Abraham Vinculus of the Ordo Hereticus. Interrogator Edwin Savaul was ordered by Vinculus to besiege the keep, supported by Inquisitorial Stormtroopers and Adepta Sororitas, led by Helena. If they were unable to stop the ritual then the planet would have be subjected to an exterminatus.[1]

They attacked the keep's doors for a week without making progress, and the end of each day brought the ritual closer to completion. However, Savaul and his men received unexpected assistance from Castellan Marius Reinhart of the Black Templars, who landed on the planet and met with the Interrogator. Reinhart came under orders from High Marshal Ludoldus to reclaim Montgisard, but after hearing of the ritual both sides agreed to work together to destroy the keep.[1]

Using a secret tunnel the Black Templars, Savaul and a group of Battle Sisters entered the keep while the Stormtroopers launched a diversionary attack. They fought their way through the traitor PDF that made up the majority of the cult and reached the grav lifts that would take them to the chapel. Here Reinhart told the truth to Savaul and the Sisters - the Black Templars would not join them in stopping the ritual as they had a mission to make their way to the catacombs, where they were to install a wounded Sword Brother into a Dreadnought sarcophagus to save his life. Shocked and angered, Savaul and Helena argued with Reinhart, but the Black Templar stood firm. Though the odds were against them, Savaul, Helena and her Sisters were still determined to stop the cult and ascended to the chapel. They fought their way to the entrance to the chapel, but faltered against the cult's superior numbers. Just then, Reinhart and Apollos appeared and destroyed the cult members guarding the entrance. Swayed by her words, Reinhart had sent the remainder of his group to complete their mission, while he and Apollus helped Helena and Savaul.[1]

Inside the chapel, the heretic priests were close to opening the warp gate. Unable to attack the priests because of a physic shield, Reinhart entered the shield and detonated a cluster of grenades in his arms as Helena and the rest of the group held the surging cult back near the entrance. The resulting explosion succeeded in stopping the ritual, though Helena was killed in the blast.[1]

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