Gilbarn Helmawr
Gilbarn Helmawr was a pale Noble of Necromunda's ruling House Helmawr and was also the 17th Trueborn son of Gerontius Helmawr, the Hive World's 137th Planetary Governor.[2]
History
In M42, his status became gravely important when the Great Darkness began on Necromunda, during which his father Gerontius was attacked by an assassin. While the Planetary Governor survived, Gerontius was left fatally wounded and had to be placed within a Stasis Casket in order to save his life. This left the Hive World without leadership, and fighting erupted between the Governor's Trueborn heirs who sought to succeed their Father. Gilbarn was among those who voiced that they should be the rightful successor and claimed this was due "knowing" the will of Necromunda's people like no other living Helmawr could[1a]. Many of his siblings were killed in the Great Darkness, but Gilbarn was among[2] the fourteen[1b] who still survived, when his sister Haera called for a meeting between the Trueborn. She claimed she wanted to put an end to the conflict between them and instead work towards declaring a new Planetary Governor for Necromunda. Gilbarn and five other siblings attended the meeting, but by then he no longer had any interest in succeeding his Father. Instead Gilbarn put his support behind his sister Yvetta, due to her being the Trueborn's eldest surviving sibling and that she had aided their Father in ruling the Hive World for many years. His brothers Horlun and Kartar did the same, but Yvetta refused to succeed Gerontius and stated they should wait for him to recover. Meanwhile his brother Nyco and sister Kyree, argued against both waiting and on Yvetta becoming Necromunda's next Planetary Governor.[2]
Haera did as well and it was at that moment she enacted her plot to succeed her Father, by killing her rival Trueborn heirs. The entire meeting had been a ruse for her to gather them all in one place and in the battle that followed, Gilbarn tried to escape as most of his siblings moved to attack their traitorous sister. He then downed a Camoelean Elixir, which allowed Gilbarn to blend into the chamber the meeting was being held in. As the fighting raged, Gilbarn used this to hide from the other Trueborn, as he slowly made his way to the chamber's door, which would allow him to escape. Before he could do so, though, Gilbarn was spotted by Haera and she soon stood over him. Panicking at the sight of her, Gilbarn tried to defend himself with a Holdout Stub Gun, but Haera bisected his skull with her Phase Sword before he could fire the weapon. The rest of the Trueborn in the meeting died soon afterwards[2] and with most[1b] of her siblings now gone, Haera was able to take command of House Helmawr and succeeded her Father as the new ruler of Necromunda.[2]
