Changes: Helba

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Character Profile
Name	Helba
Gender	Female
Class	Wavemaster
Media Information
Japanese Voice	Yumi Touma
English Voice	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
First Appearance	.hack//SIGN
Offline
Name	?
Age	?
Gender	?

"There's an order that The World desires, then there's the order that you desire. Which one should it take, Balmung?"

— Helba —

Helba (ヘルバ, Heruba) is an infamous hacker that appears throughout the parts of the .hack series in The World R:1

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Appearance

Helba is a surprisingly tall female character that wears revealing clothing. She dons head-wear similar to a priest's cap that covers her eyes. Her normally masked face is revealed in the second volume of XXXX.

Personality

Helba is always calm, collected, and confident in what she does. She also puts on a mysterious persona and acts suspiciously around her so-called allies. She always seems to know more than she's revealing.

Offline

Basic Info

Nothing is known about Helba except for the fact that she is a professional hacker who takes her work very seriously. Though she uses a female persona, it is not known whether she is actually female, or even whether she is just one person. She is very active on the Japanese servers of The World however, leading many to believe that she is Japanese.

Hobbies

She enjoys playing mind games and hacking, and finds such things as deleted data particularly interesting. She also has some knowledge of the Epitaph of the Twilight.

History

.hack//SIGN

In SIGN, Helba gave information to the main characters by giving them hints to get into The Inverted Castle where AI Harald was located. At the later stage, Helba opened a Helba Gate, which gave them access to Net Slum. In Net Slum, they encountered copies of Tsukasa's data as well as Morganna's Guardians. After Aura was awakened by Tsukasa and the party encountered Skeith, Helba ordered them to retreat and deleted the field they were on.

.hack//Games

Helba plays a much larger role in the .hack//Games. She interrupts Skeith's attack, preventing him from Data Draining Kite. She later informs Kite about his Data Drain and Gate Hack abilities. Her role consisted of sending subtle hints as well as retrieving deleted data. As Kite defeated more Phases and the true enemy began to reveal itself, Helba would become more actively involved by developing a program to counter the enemy and creating a server in which the final battle would be fought.

.hack//Another Birth

AnotherBirthHelba — Helba in Another Birth

Helba's role in Another Birth is the same as in the Games. Near the end, when they're planning a .hackers get-together, she mentions the possibility of appearing.

.hack//XXXX

Helba makes several appearances throughout XXXX to aid Kite and Cubia in their quest. During a fight with Kite and Balmung against Corbenik, she is attacked and her mask is knocked off. Though not canon, this is the only time Helba's face is ever seen.

.hack//Unison

In celebration of the victory and the resulting rebirth of Aura, Helba programmed a fireworks celebration in Net Slum, showing a more fun side of herself. She invites characters from SIGN as well as a few of Kite's party. There, she turned down Lios's offer to turn Net Slum into an official Root Town. According to Analysis however, she later reconsiders and Net Slum becomes an official Root Town.

.hack//GIFT

In the opening, the "dancing lady" turns into Helba for reasons unknown. In the end of the special episode, she comes out naked and soothes Orca's and Bear's feelings, as well as tells everyone that she was the one who PKed BT, in order to make the plot more interesting.

.hack//Legend of the Twilight (manga)

Helba's role is significantly smaller in Legend of the Twilight. She only appears in the prologue chapter, in a single panel. Afterward, she never appears in person, only references to her are made. Kazu provides Shugo with a Helba Key to Net Slum, where he would meet with Balmung. Balmung would provide Shugo with the Virus Cores necessary to access the field Aura was in.

.hack//G.U. Games

Helba is mentioned in a message board post during Redemption, referring to her past role as Queen of Net Slum.

If Natsume is recruited through the Chaotic PK sidequest, she will mention Helba if Haseo sends her the Challenge greeting card.

In Reconnection, it is heavily implied that Helba was the creator of the Netslum, as in a conversation with Zelkova he will say that the Netslum was created by a lone super-hacker over ten years ago.

.hack//Link

See Helba (LINK)

Gallery

Trivia

Helba joins Kite's party at level 99 with a hacked level 93 weapon called 8 Wise Men after Quarantine has been cleared.
Helba is the only player that joins Kite with maxed out stats.
Helba is the only character that moves by hovering.
According to .hack//Archives_03 LIGHT EDITION her character model stands at 185 CM, or roughly 6'0, the same as Orca and Marlo.
Both the English and the Japanese VA also did the voices of Kaoru Asaba from Liminality and Emma Wielant in .hack//Games.
Helba shares her English VA with Bordeaux in .hack//G.U..
In the .hack//Game Music Best Collection a member of the sound team confirms that their director told them Helba is married to Lios and to make their music themes work together.

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+image=[[Image:Helbaface.jpg|250px]]|
 The World Name=Helba|
 The World Gender=Female|
-The World Class=[[WaveMaster]]|
+The World Class=[[Wavemaster]]|
-Real Name=Unknown|
+Real Name=?|
-Real Life Gender=Female|
+Real Life Gender=?|
 First Appearance=[[SIGN|.hack//SIGN]]|
-Age In First Appearance=Unknown|
+Age In First Appearance=?|
 English Voice Actor=Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|
 Japanese Voice Actor=Yumi Touma|
 }}
+{{quote|There's an order that The World desires, then there's the order that you desire. Which one should it take, [[Balmung]]?|Helba}}
+'''Helba''' (ヘルバ, ''Heruba'') is an infamous hacker that appears throughout the parts of the [[.hack]] series in [[The World|The World R:1]]
-{{quote|A friend... or perhaps a foe. A meddler with a warning.|Helba}}
-'''Helba''' is a hacker and is infamous throughout the .hack series.
+{{spoiler}}
 ==Online==
 ===Appearance===
+[[image:3DHelba.jpg|thumb|150px|Helba]]
-She's a surprisingly tall female character that wears clothing that's revieling.  She wears a head wear similar to a priest's cap that covers her eyes.
+Helba is a surprisingly tall female character that wears revealing clothing. She dons head-wear similar to a priest's cap that covers her eyes. Her normally masked face is revealed in the second volume of [[XXXX]].
 ===Personality===
+Helba is always calm, collected, and confident in what she does. She also puts on a mysterious persona and acts suspiciously around her so-called allies. She always seems to know more than she's revealing.
-Helba is always calm, collective, and confident in what she does.  She also puts on a mysterious persona and acts suspiciously around her "so called" allies.  She always seems to know more then she's revealing.
 ==Offline==
-The only things known so far about Helba in the real world is tha she is the woman in red dress that appears in .hack//SIGN´s opening and the fact that she is a hacker. (a good one at it too)
 ===Basic Info===
+Nothing is known about Helba except for the fact that she is a professional hacker who takes her work very seriously. Though she uses a female persona, it is not known whether she is actually female, or even whether she is just one person. She is very active on the Japanese servers of [[The World]] however, leading many to believe that she is Japanese.
 ===Hobbies===
+She enjoys playing mind games and hacking, and finds such things as deleted data particularly interesting. She also has some knowledge of the [[Epitaph of the Twilight]].
-She enjoys playing mind games and hacking.
-==Trivia==
-*Helba joins your team once you accomplish Quarantine.
-*Her level is at 99 when she first joins you.
-*Her weapon is called te 8 wise men, a level 99 wand. [Not sure about level]
-*Helba is the only player in the game that joins you that has 99 in all stats and 9999 HP.
-*Helba worked under Herald Horwick, Fragments creator, in the past.
-*She's the only character that moves by hovering.
 ==History==
 ===[[SIGN|.hack//SIGN]]===
+[[Image:Helba sign.jpg|thumb|left|Helba in SIGN]]
+In SIGN, Helba gave information to the main characters by giving them hints to get into [[The Inverted Castle]] where [[AI Harald]] was located. At the later stage, Helba opened a Helba Gate, which gave them access to [[Net Slum]]. In Net Slum, they encountered copies of [[Tsukasa]]'s data as well as [[Morganna]]'s [[Guardian]]s. After [[Aura]] was awakened by Tsukasa and the party encountered [[Skeith]], Helba ordered them to retreat and deleted the field they were on.
-===.hack//Games===
+===[[Games|.hack//Games]]===
+Helba plays a much larger role in the .hack//Games. She interrupts Skeith's attack, preventing him from [[Twilight Bracelet|Data Draining]] [[Kite]]. She later informs Kite about his Data Drain and Gate Hack abilities. Her role consisted of sending subtle hints as well as retrieving deleted data. As Kite defeated more Phases and the true enemy began to reveal itself, Helba would become more actively involved by developing a program to counter the enemy and creating a server in which the final battle would be fought.
+===[[Another Birth|.hack//Another Birth]]===
+[[Image:AnotherBirthHelba.jpg|thumb|150px|Helba in Another Birth]]
+Helba's role in Another Birth is the same as in the Games. Near the end, when they're planning a .hackers get-together, she mentions the possibility of appearing.
+===[[XXXX|.hack//XXXX]]===
+[[Image:Helba with out mask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Helba in XXXX]]
+Helba makes several appearances throughout XXXX to aid [[Kite]] and [[Cubia]] in their quest. During a fight with Kite and [[Balmung]] against [[Corbenik]], she is attacked and her mask is knocked off. Though not canon, this is the only time Helba's face is ever seen.
 ===[[Unison|.hack//Unison]]===
+In celebration of the victory and the resulting rebirth of [[Aura]], Helba programmed a fireworks celebration in Net Slum, showing a more fun side of herself. She invites characters from SIGN as well as a few of Kite's party. There, she turned down [[Lios|Lios's]] offer to turn Net Slum into an official [[Root Town]]. According to [[Analysis]] however, she later reconsiders and Net Slum becomes an official Root Town.
-===[[Legend of the Twilight|.hack//Legend of the Twilight]]===
+===[[GIFT|.hack//GIFT]]===
+In the opening, the "dancing lady" turns into Helba for reasons unknown. In the end of the special episode, she comes out naked and soothes [[Orca|Orca's]] and [[Bear|Bear's]] feelings, as well as tells everyone that she was the one who PKed [[BT]], in order to make the plot more interesting.
+===[[Legend of the Twilight|.hack//Legend of the Twilight (manga)]]===
-[[category: Game Characters]]
+Helba's role is significantly smaller in Legend of the Twilight. She only appears in the prologue chapter, in a single panel. Afterward, she never appears in person, only references to her are made. [[Kazu]] provides [[Shugo]] with a Helba Key to Net Slum, where he would meet with [[Balmung]]. Balmung would provide Shugo with the [[Virus Core]]s necessary to access the field Aura was in.
+===[[G.U. Games|.hack//G.U. Games]]===
+Helba is mentioned in a message board post during [[Redemption]], referring to her past role as Queen of [[Net Slum]].
+If [[Natsume]] is recruited through the Chaotic PK sidequest, she will mention Helba if Haseo sends her the Challenge greeting card.
+In [[Last Recode|Reconnection]], it is heavily implied that Helba was the creator of the [[Netslum]], as in a conversation with [[Zelkova]] he will say that the Netslum was created by a lone super-hacker over ten years ago.
+===[[Link|.hack//Link]]===
+''See'' [[Helba (LINK)]]
+==Gallery==
+<gallery captionalign="left">
+image:Xxxxhelbalios.jpg|Helba and Lios in XXXX.
+</gallery>
+==Trivia==
+*Helba joins Kite's party at level 99 with a hacked level 93 weapon called 8 Wise Men after Quarantine has been cleared.
+*Helba is the only player that joins Kite with maxed out stats.
+*Helba is the only character that moves by hovering.
+*According to .hack//Archives_03 LIGHT EDITION her character model stands at 185 CM, or roughly 6'0, the same as Orca and Marlo.
+*Both the English and the Japanese VA also did the voices of [[Kaoru Asaba]] from [[Liminality]] and [[Emma Wielant]] in [[Games|.hack//Games]].
+*Helba shares her English VA with [[Bordeaux]] in [[.hack//G.U.]].
+*In the .hack//Game Music Best Collection a member of the sound team confirms that their director told them Helba is married to Lios and to make their music themes work together.
+==See also==
+{{kitepartymembers}}
+[[Es:Helba]]
+[[category: Wavemasters]]
 [[category: SIGN Characters]]
+[[category: Game Characters]]
+[[category: GIFT Characters]]
 [[category: Legend of the Twilight Characters]]
-[[category: WaveMasters]]
+[[category: Hackers]]
+[[category: Another Birth Characters]]
+[[Category:XXXX Characters]]
+[[Category:Female Game Characters]]

Kite's party members.
Balmung	BlackRose	Elk	Gardenia	Helba
Marlo	Mia	Mistral	Moonstone	Natsume
Nuke Usagimaru	Orca	Piros	Rachel	Sanjuro
Sora	Subaru	Tsukasa	Terajima Ryoko	Wiseman