Helena – Helena Rosa Bertinelli aka The Huntress and Amanda Grayson
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Helena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntress_(Helena_Bertinelli)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Amanda_Grayson
Thank you to Ashley D. for her assistance this one.
Lady Helena, Praetor of the Justicaria, mother of Sparck and Ione, lost wife of Keras. She fights with your Wizard to liberate Empyria from the clutches of Vanitus.
The Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) is an antiheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the third DC character to bear the name Huntress, also assuming the names Batgirl and Matron. Originally introduced as a new interpretation of Helena Wayne, no longer depicted as the future daughter of Batman and Catwoman as part of DC’s post-Crisis on Infinite Earths relaunch, she was later established to be the modern-day equivalent, namesake, and predecessor of Helena Wayne.
Helena Bertinelli was introduced in The Huntress #1 (April 1989), written by Joey Cavalieri and drawn by Joe Staton, co-creator and long-time artist of the Helena Wayne Huntress. Staton recalled, “I think Paul [Levitz] realized that I felt my involvement with Helena had been abruptly cut short [by the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths], so I was always in line to be a part of any reworking of the character. I don’t recall how Joey Cavalieri came to be the writer on the Helena Bertinelli version, but I think we did some nice work on that run. Helena Bertinelli could never have the deep resonance of Helena Wayne, because she didn’t have the whole Batman/Catwoman backstory at her command, but Joey worked her into a different mythos, that of the mob, also dark, noirish”.
Amanda Grayson was a Human teacher from Earth. She was the first wife of Sarek, as well as the mother of Spock and the foster mother of Michael Burnham.
Amanda was born on Earth around the turn of the 23rd century. She was a descendant of Human author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Her family had a genetic predisposition to dyslexia.
During the late 2220s, Amanda met Sarek, the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. The two later married, and she returned to Vulcan with Sarek. In later years, in describing his parents’ relationship, Spock stated that his mother “considered herself a very fortunate Earth woman.”
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Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Helena image is from Wizard101, and copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Batman / Huntress comic book cover is borrowed from Amazon and is copyright DC Comincs.
Amanda Grayson image is borrowed Memory Alpha and is copyright Paramount Pictures
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