Helba (.hack)
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Helba (ヘルバ; Heruba) is a fictional character from the .hack franchise that encompasses several video games, anime and manga. She provides help and information to some of the main characters in the storylines, though she usually works in the background.
Her avatar in the MMORPG The World is a level 99 Wavemaster outfitted in a white dress with purple triangular designs and what resembles a matching queen's helm, that hides her eyes behind a red visor trimmed by gold. She is quite infamous to other players and especially to system administrators, as she is a professional hacker of extraordinary skills both in and out of The World. The games classify her as an "Original Class" due to the fact that she edited her character to be beyond what a normal wavemaster is capable of.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Background
It is rumored amongst players of The World that her name may have come from the long lost net-distributed text, the Epitaph of Twilight. But other than that, little is truly known about the person behind the avatar, or what her true motivations are, but there is little doubt she knows more than she lets on. She is quite adept at finding information through hacking, and is sometimes willing to share it with others, making her a valuable asset to many. In .hack//MUTATION she gives Kite a copy of "The Epitaph of Twilight" and directions to the Net Slum.
Groups like the unsanctioned Crimson Knights and the CC Corporation's debug team the Cobalt Knights, as well as System Administrators feel quite opposing and would like nothing more than to bind and delete her. Unlike most other simple cheaters, Helba's mysterious actions may land her in more trouble than a deleted account.
Ever since the events of Deadly Flash and Pluto's Kiss, the World Network Council (WNC) of the United Nations, have passed harsh penalties for hacking or endangering computer systems. Briefly, some crimes were punishable by death, though this has been repealed. In any case, hacking in the series' world is still a serious offence, and Helba must take care in protecting her identity.
[edit] Net Slum
At some unknown point in time, between the beta test of Harald Hoerwick's Fragment and before the events in .hack//SIGN, Helba discovered a folder of unused and discarded data. Starting with a unused root town, she copy and pasted the data, creating a patchwork area which she named Net Slum. Balmung follows Kite to Net slum and shows the administrators were it is. They then try to delete all of the information but it then upsets Morganna and she summons the third phase.
Only a select few can get to Net Slum, mostly other hackers and those that have been invited. Because of its status, Net Slum has become a sanctum for trash data, and similar unwanted/illegal cyberstuff.
It is later revealed, that Net Slum has become a haven of Vagrant AI's, though many have become fragmented mostly due to the efforts of the System Administrators and the Cobalt Knights. There are rumors that fragmented character data have become AI's and seek sanctuary themselves there.
In .hack//QUARANTINE, after you beat the game you will get mail from Aura telling you to go to Delta Bursting passed over aqua field. Once you reach the bottom Aura will give you hacking abilities again. Once you go back to your desktop Helba will have e-mailed you giving you her member address, as well as Tsukasa's, Subaru's, and Sora's.
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| Video games: | INFECTION | MUTATION | OUTBREAK | QUARANTINE | frägment | G.U. |
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| Anime: | Liminality | SIGN | Legend of the Twilight | GIFT | Roots |
| Books: | AI buster | AI buster 2 | ZERO | Another Birth | Legend of the Twilight | .hack//XXXX | 4 Koma | G.U.: The World |
| Characters: | Albireo | Alkaid | Aura | Azure Kite | Balmung | BlackRose | Cubia | Elk | Emma Wielant | Harald Hoerwick | Haseo | Helba | Kite | Kuhn| Lycoris | Mia | Mimiru | Morganna | Orca | Ovan | Rena | Shugo | Skeith | Tri-Edge | Tsukasa | Zefie .hack//SIGN characters |
| Other: | Altimit Corporation | ALTIMIT OS | CC Corporation | Cubia | Data Drain | Eight Phases | GU Phases (.hack) | .hack//ENEMY | Epitaph of Twilight | Net Slum | Pluto's Kiss The World | .hack character classes |
