Hel

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Hel (Japanese: ヘル Hel) is a character appearing in Fire Emblem Heroes. She is the primary antagonist of Book III and ruler of the Zenith underworld, known as Hel, luring those who have died and are unworthy of greater reward into her realm.

Hel Artwork of Hel from Heroes. Sovereign of Hel, the realm of the dead. Her power increases as the ranks of the dead grow. She aims for all the living to enter her realm.

Gender Female Race Unknown Family Eir (daughter) Nationality Hel Title(s) Death Sovereign Voiced by Barbara Goodson (English, Heroes) Mami Koyama (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) Heroes

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Hel first appeared in Xenologue 4, welcoming Surtr into her realm and stating her intentions to take his power for herself. She also states her intention to bring the Order of Heroes into her realm in due time, after Surtr claims that they could potentially have the strength to provide opposition.

In Book III, Hel gives Eir the order to infiltrate the surface world and kill its inhabitants when the time is right. She also sends her generals, Líf and Thrasir, in order to battle the Order of Heroes. Later, Hel ventures to the surface world to battle the Order personally, alongside Tibarn, Nailah, and Leanne. After her defeat, Hel places a curse on Alfonse that would kill him in nine days.

After nine days have passed, Hel appears before Alfonse to deliver her judgment, but his father, Gustav, takes the blow meant for him, as the curse was tied to the victim's bloodline, and dies as a result. She revives Gustav as a general for her army and forces him to fight against the Order against his will. After Gustav's second demise, Hel attempts to curse Alfonse again, but this time, Alfonse shows no fear by declaring that he would use the nine days to find Hel's weakness. When Eir is on her own, Hel appears to Eir to remind her of her mission, then departs.

As a playable character

Hel had information as a playable unit added in a dedicated Mythic Hero update, making her the game's thirteenth Mythic Hero; she was made available for summoning as part of a summoning event released on July 30, 2020.

Hel is notably the first former enemy-exclusive unit whose personal weapon skill from their time as an enemy-exclusive unit did not make the transition to their playable skill kit; instead of her Hel Scythe from earlier, she instead has the new Hel's Reaper.

Starting stats

Hel: Death Sovereign is only available at 5★ rarity.

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type Mythic Hero

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 17/18/19 Attack 9/10/11 Speed 10/11/12 Defense 7/8/9 Resistance 2/3/4 Maximum HP 36/40/43 Attack 35/38/41 Speed 38/41/45 Defense 26/30/33 Resistance 15/18/21 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Hel's Reaper -- New Moon

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Unlock	Auto-unlock	SP cost
	Iron Axe	★★★★★	★★★★★	50
	Steel Axe	★★★★★	★★★★★	100
	Silver Axe	★★★★★	★★★★★	200
	Hel's Reaper	★★★★★	★★★★★	400
	New Moon	★★★★★	★★★★★	100
	Luna	★★★★★	—	200
A	Distant Counter	★★★★★	—	300
A	Distant Pressure	★★★★★	—	300
B	Guard Bearing 1	★★★★★	—	60
B	Guard Bearing 2	★★★★★	—	120
B	Guard Bearing 3	★★★★★	—	240
C	Inevitable Death	★★★★★	—	300
C	Inevitable Death+	★★★★★	—	300

Personality

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Quotes

Main article: Hel/Quotes (Heroes)

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	Sovereign of Hel, the realm of the dead. Her power increases as the ranks of the dead grow. She aims for all the living to enter her realm.	死の王国ヘルの王。人の死によって己の力を増す。 すべての生者を死者とすることが望み。

Meet some of the Heroes entries

Hel: Death Sovereign
She curses the living and sends them helplessly into the embrace of death. She is Hel, sovereign of the realm of the dead…which is also called Hel!	Hel's power is nourished by death, and her goal is to claim all who still live and breathe for her realm. After raising up the fallen Heroes Líf and Thrasir to be her servants, she began an invasion of Askr.	Hel carried out horrible acts to grow her power. She repeatedly executed Eir, a Hero who had been granted many lives, and used the strength that she gained to spread death throughout a number of other worlds. Askr was no exception to this terror, and our people began to succumb to her curse…	In another world, Hel succeeded in destroying Askr and Embla, and she even took the life of my very own father. Yet, I'm told that when she once embraced Eir as her own daughter, she gave off a tender warmth… Where did things go so wrong?
Closely Associated Characters
Eir Líf Thrasir {{{Related_name4}}} {{{Related_name5}}} Princess of Hel, the realm of the dead. Dearly loves her mother, Hel, who rules it. She finds Hel's increasing mercilessness toward the living disquieting. It later transpires that Hel is not her real mother, and that Eir had been deliberately misled. General of the realm of the dead. At his queen's command, this dark swordsman fights in hopes that all the living will join the ranks of the dead. General of the realm of the dead. At her queen's command, this witch uses her powers to swell the ranks of the dead. {{{Related_blurb4}}} {{{Related_blurb5}}}

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 3 (2019)

68

Hel Heroes

3,964

CYL 4 (2020)

127 (+54)

Hel Heroes

1,287 (−2,677)

CYL 5 (2021)

405 (+278)

Hel Heroes

193 (−1,094)

CYL 6 (2022)

415 (+8)

Hel Heroes

192 (−1)

CYL 7 (2023)

467 (+52)

Hel Heroes

108 (−84)

CYL 8 (2024)

596 (+129)

Hel Heroes

69 (−39)

Total results		This character has 6 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	5,813

Trivia

• Hel shares her Japanese name with Pain, a boss appearing in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Hel	Both the name of a location in Norse mythology and its ruler.
Japanese	ヘル	Hel; as above. The internal files romanize her name as "Hell" and is also listed as ヘル影 "hel shadow".
Spanish	Hel	As above
French	Hel	As above
German	Hel	As above
Italian	Hel	As above
Portuguese (Brazil)	Hel	As above
Traditional Chinese	赫爾	Hel

Gallery

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

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  Artwork of Hel: Death Sovereign.

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  Hel in artwork of Eir: Life Ascendant.

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  Hel in artwork of Ganglöt: Death Anew.

Concept artwork

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  Concept artwork of Hel.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.