Nyco Helmawr
Nyco Helmawr was a Noble of Necromunda's ruling House Helmawr and was also the 13th Trueborn son of Gerontius Helmawr, the Hive World's 137th Planetary Governor.[1]
History
His Trueborn sister Haera considered Nyco to be her dark twin, due to how similar they were to each other. Because of this though, they never came close to being friends and when the two were in the same room together it was like watching a pair of Khimerix share a cage. He was known to delight in stirring up violent rivalries between his siblings.[1]
In M42, Necromunda suffered under the Great Darkness, during which Gerontius was attacked by an assassin. While the Planetary 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 Nyco 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. Nyco and five other siblings attended the meeting, but it soon broke down into arguments between the Trueborn. His brothers Kartar, Gilbarn and Horlun did not wish to rule and put their support behind their eldest surviving sibling 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. Meanwhile Nyco and his sister Kyree, argued against both waiting and on Yvetta becoming Necromunda's next Planetary 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, though she might not have acted against them, if Kyree had not planned on becoming Planetary Governor herself and Nyco did not enjoy turning his siblings against each other. Their presence led Haera to attack the six Trueborn and in the battle that followed, most moved to retaliate against their traitorous sister. However, as his brother Kartar moved past Nyco, he stabbed his sibling with the Haemophagic Blade he was armed with. This fatally poisoned Kartar, who then lost control of his body as the fighting continued. Nyco then moved on to attack Haera and struck at her, as she had distracted the others with a Mirror Aegis projection. The two then clashed, but as he was wearing Draconic Scale Armour, Haera's weapons could not harm her brother. This forced her to instead strangle Nyco to death with a wire from her corset. The rest of the trueborn in the meeting died soon afterward[1], and with most[2] of her siblings now gone, Haera was able to take command of House Helmawr and succeeded her Father as the new ruler of Necromunda.[1]
