#team hnsa

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Can’t believe I forgot to post this here but @sthefbooh drew the Team HNSA girls last month! It’s great to finally have them all together!

from l-r: Helia, Leyla, Alcyone, and Anthea

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Was very fortunate to be able to commission @sthefbooh again after the wonderful drawing they did of ZRCN.

Naturally, I just had to get the stunning Helia Vines - our resident Vytal winner, unofficial fifth member of ZRCN, mentor, warrior goddess, and all around great person.

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can I ask if you have any allusions for wlow or hnsa?

Hey, I sure do!

WLOW

Wren - Alludes to the Jenny Wren from ‘The Wedding of Robin Redbreast and Jenny Wren’ short story.

Lorelei - Based on the Germanic folklore character of the same name.

Olive - Alludes to the Greek titaness Theia.

Stanford - Alludes to Bernez from ‘The Stones of Plouhinec’ short story.

HNSA

Helia - Alludes to Helios, the god/personification of the sun in Greek myth. In myth he is said to be the son of Theia. Helia’s dual katanas also take their names from two of the horses who pulled Helios’s chariot.

Leyla - Alludes to Nyx, the goddess of the night in Greek myth.

Alcyone - Alludes to Bia, the personification of force, anger, and raw energy in Greek myth.

Anthea - Alludes to Alala, the personification of the war cry in Greek myth.

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team zrcn moodboards - helia vines

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what happened to the members of wlow and hnsa?

Figured I'll start with HNSA since they've been mentioned more times in the fic.

HNSA

We know how Helia is doing so I'll leave her out for now

Leyla and Anthea are recovering following the attack on Shizukana. Like Helia, they're still broken up about what happened to Alcyone but they have each other to lean on so that helps - discounting their brief relationship they were always close. Anthea has taken to looking after Leyla as she was in a better state following the attack due to you know...not having a broken arm.

WLOW

Much like Helia, we know what happened to Wren as she appears frequently in the fic.

Lorelei is currently the only deceased member of WLOW, having died back in 64 AV. She didn't exactly have a very notable life but remained a huntress up until her death. She was briefly in a proper relationship with Stanford which resulted in triplets (they're around the same age as Helia) but ultimately the relationship broke apart because Lorelei wasn't that interested in maintaining it to be honest.

We've seen Olive in the fic before but little is known about what happened to her after WLOW split. She enjoyed a mildly successful career as a huntress as all her teammates did. She eventually took early retirement to focus on building a family with Chen, and now does odd jobs around Apex or helps her husband with his artwork.

Stanford is the lesser-known member of WLOW. Like his teammates he enjoyed a successful career as a huntsman, somehow managing to balance raising three kids by himself at the same time. Currently, Stan works as a professor at a combat school.