Horlun Helmawr
Horlun Helmawr was a Noble of Necromunda's ruling House Helmawr and was also the 11th Trueborn son of Gerontius Helmawr, the Hive World's 137th Planetary Governor.[1]
History
He was known as Horlun the 'Obese' due to being a shameless glutton and his sister and fellow Trueborn, Haera thought he was a reflection of their Father's healthy girth. Horlun was also thought to look the most like Gerontius' from amongst the Governor's Trueborn heirs. Unlike his Father, however, Horlun had little ambition for gathering power and was instead more interested in feeding his appetites.[1]
In M42, Necromunda suffered under the Great Darkness, during which Gerontius was attacked by an assassin. While the Imperial Governor survived, he 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 Gerontius' Trueborn heirs who sought to succeed their Father. Many were killed in the Great Darkness, but Horlun was among[1] the fourteen[2] who still survived, when Haera called for a meeting between her siblings. She claimed she wanted to put an end to the conflict between them and instead work towards declaring a new Planetary Governor for Necromunda. Horlun and five other siblings attended the meeting, but he had little ambition in succeeding his Father. His brothers Gilbarn and Kartar felt the same and they put their support behind their eldest surviving sister Yvetta, who had aided their Father in ruling the Hive World. Yvetta refused to succeed Gerontius though and stated they should wait for him to recover. Their siblings Kyree and Nyco refused on both waiting and on Yvetta becoming the next Imperial Governor.[1]
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, Horlun hid under a table as most of his siblings were killed. He only emerged when Kyree and Haera still lived and he attempted to kill his traitorous sister with his Digi-Laser. To his shock and horror, though, Horlun missed and instead killed Kyree. Haera then locked eyes with Horlun and smiled, which caused him to run for his life. He almost reached the meeting room's door, when Horlun was impaled by Haera's thrown power spear and fell dead[1]. With most[2] of her Trueborn siblings now gone, Haera was able to take command of House Helmawr and succeed her Father as the new ruler of Necromunda.[1]
