Helix

A magical construct design by renowned scientist Dr Marcus Ripley and used as an Arcane Intelligence designed to aid in nearly all facets of the more pronounced scientific and security divisions of Askaria, Helix appears in a great many locations across the continent and beyond.

Her presents aboard the Allura exists within a small safe of obsidian which contained the a bounty payment for the highly dangerous Red Devil, and paid out by Sir Morden Darkwood of the Darkwood Security Company operating out of the Cube II in the Silk Sand Stretch. Though her true abilities as an A.I. are not fully utilized as consciousness existing solely within the vault of the Allura, she does act as an additionally security system for the vault itself, as well as a companion for the ships helmsmen, Hemsworth the first hand to the ships many Golems.

The Crew of the Allura was first introduced to Helix during their trip to the Cube in the City of Stairs of Scholantis, where they were to interrogate an captive and utilize the arcane incinerators. Helix acted as a base reception front as well as an overseer of the prisons security systems. They came across her again in Cube II where they were exposed to her additional abilities as a security A.I. The facility was in a state of lockdown in reaction to the awakening of the Thrasher of The Silk Sand Stretch, at which time Helix was in control of all automated systems within. She was able to guide the crew through the facility, activating lifts and weapons systems to aid the crew.

Subsequent encounters with the construct are primarily made up of the crew's investigation of the many Ripley labs across Askaria. Like the Cubes, Helix exists within the labs as an aid and security system, though within these locations she is more present. She contains vast knowledge of Ripley's past as well as memories from the person she was built to emulate, Ripley's wife.

Helix's initial construction was to be that of an aid to Marcus Ripley in his work with unstable materials, but that purpose was expanded upon to that of a mother when the scientist became a father. She was to raise, educate and train Levi, the cloned baby of Marucs Ripley. As per the orders of the doctor she ensured that Levi would be raised as a perfect assassin, and she did her job well.