Helena Morozova grew up on a farm in the fertile region held by the Empire of Man. Her family is Haeseni in origin, and as such, her family bears considerable resentment towards the Empire of Man. Helena's maternal grandfather was killed during the original conflict between the Empire of Man and the Kingdom of Haense, and her mother, Anna, frequently engaged in risky anti-Church discussions with other Haeseni families. Helena is the eldest of 4 siblings. She was meant to marry a man named Andrey who was set to inherit a stable and farm near her family's own, but Andrey disappeared a few months before their wedding with all of his belongings, leaving the stables & farm to his younger brother. Helena's parents planned to simply marry her to the younger brother instead, but Helena didn't find the idea especially appealing, so she took a page out of Andrey's book and disappeared, intending to build her own farm independent of marriage contracts and inheritance clauses.
