the offspring of lucas rovas & catarina hilst, two operatives of the mutant supremacist organization known as cobalt, raised in patras, greece. heléne is a technopathic and cyberpathic mutant. heléne is not aware of her ture parentage, being adopted as a baby.at age 7, both of her parents are killed in combat and she's left to her grandparents care, moving to astoria, new york, usa as a safety measure. her mutant abilities would manifest at 15 and, barely a week after, she'd get an offer to join the Massachusetts Academy but, before she could accept the offer, heléne would be taken by cobalt and mind-controlled into joining & assimilating to their ideals.during her time at the cobalt, heléne gained the "envy" title, as the leader of the organization ── ludwig porada ── managed to gain control of heléne by using her envy towards others and exploiting it. along with the rigorous training, heléne was subjected to constant experimentation by mutant geneticist johanna graves, who went on to publish a thorough study of the x-gene due to her work at cobalt. the experimentations developed secondary mutations, such as organic steel skin, ferrokinesis & mild telepathy.from age 15 to age 20, heléne stays with the cobalt and acts as one of their agents, carrying out the message of mutant supremacy and human annihilation. those acts draw the attention of the x-men, who manage to take down the organization and rescue all mind-controlled mutants, including heléne. she stays with the x-men for as long as necessary to rebuild and heal her mind, building a close bond with emma frost, who ends up becoming a mentor figure to heléne. the young girl is unaware that the white queen is her biological mother.heléne attempts many times to have a normal life, going as far as attending the massachussetts institute of technology in an engineering bachelor's degree and pursuing academics in that field, gaining her masters and doctorate degrees by age 29. this attempt is not all failure, but she still returns constantly to the x-men's aid ── as well to the aid of other heroes. she learns to accept and cherish the balance as much as she can.currently, heléne lives in an apartment in astoria and has an auto shop, where she fixes vehicles of all kinds for very cheap, as well as offering other type of tech-related services. the rovas were a very well off family, so heléne is able to live comfortably with the generational wealth she gained.