Helen was a female human. She was the wife of Jeod. Their relationship was an mixed one: it was often disrupted due to Jeod's business problems and because of that, husband and wife were constantly arguing with each other. They eventually made up, however and decided to start anew when Roran and the rest of Carvahall arrived at Teirm. Together, they planned their journey to Surda to seek the Varden and escape the Broddring Empire. Helen also did still love Jeod and, when they first married, she implored him to spirit her away from Teirm, finding Jeod (who was at that time a young swordsman with a scar) dashing, showing that, before settling down, Helen had an eventually-discouraged rebellious spirit.
Helen's father was a businessman of some renown and had she not chosen to marry Jeod, she likely would have carried on the family business, as she had no siblings. Because Helen used to live richly, it was hard getting used to Jeod's poor ways and possessions. She was used to a comfortable life with servants and only reluctantly joined her husband in escaping the city of Teirm, doing so out of love for him. She found herself dissatisfied being the wife to a common swordsman amongst the Varden, but her prospects improved once she received a gift of a golden sphere from Eragon. Despite her initial disatisfaction, however, Helen and Jeod both still loved one another, with the latter wanting his wife to be happy.