Helena Wellsmith is a demonologist and practioner of the occult in service of good (and her coin purse).
Background: Helena was born and raised in Freeport, by loving parents Vilda and Konar Wellsmith. Her parents had her late and are now elderly (in 70s-80s) and living a quiet life in Freeport (Note from Andrew to other DMs: I'd prefer not to have a "parents in danger" storyline. Leave the old folks alone. They can know things, or have friends in danger, but that's it.) Helena's mother is a witch of low power, and taught Helena the basics of the arcane. Her father was a master swordsman, and taught her swordplay.Neither her mother nor father manifested any of the family's lineage, though it was known that there is some "strange blood" in the family, on Vilda's side - - dating back before to before the cataclysm. But as long as anyone could remember, everyone has been "mostly human", with occasional magical gifts.
From an early age, Helena's gifts were more pronounced than her mother's, and occasionally broke through uncontrollably. Helena embraced her power, wanting to control it, and to learn more about. This set her out to travel the continent, hoping to learn more. She learned to fend for herself, and sell her knowledge of the occult and magical talents to get by. She never discovered the nature of her heritage - concluding only that there was once a celestial in her bloodline. Her search for knowledge brought her face to face with many a fiend, and she came to dally with darker magics - always confident that the power was worth the risk.