sometimes comical, is an important foil to Hal, and leader of the rebel forces, in Henry IV, Part 1. See also Hal, Bolingbroke. See also "Henry". Hastings: Hastings Pursuivant is a minor character who meets his namesake, Lord Hastings, in Richard III. Lord Hastings (hist) is the prime minister, beheaded on Richard's orders in Richard III. For Hecat see Hecate. Hecate is a leader of the witches in Macbeth. Hector (myth), son of Priam, is the Trojans' champion in Troilus and Cressida. Helen: Helen (myth), the mythological Helen of Troy, is the wife of Menelaus who has been stolen away by Paris, and is thefore the cause of the wars fought in Troilus and Cressida. Helen is a lady attending on Imogen in Cymbeline. See also Nell. See also Helena. Helena: Helena, the ward of the Countess of Rousillon, is the central character of All's Well That Ends Well. She is married to Bertram against his will, but she eventually wins his love. Helena, formerly loved by Demetrius, has been rejected by him at the start of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Helenus (myth) is a priest, and brother of Hector and Troilus. He is a minor character in Troilus and Cressida. Helicanus is a lord in Pericles, trusted with the government of Tyre during Pericles' absences. Henry: Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV (hist) leads a revolt against King Richard in Richard II. He is the title character of Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, which chart the rebellions against him by the Percy faction, and his difficult relationship with his eldest son, Hal. Hal, later King Henry V (sometimes called The Prince of Wales, Prince Henry or just Harry) (hist) is a central character in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 and is the title character of Henry V. King Henry VI (hist), the title character of Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3, is a weak and ineffectual king, and the plays chart the rebellions against him, leading to his overthrow and murder. The Earl of Richmond, later King Henry VII (hist) leads the rebellion against the cruel rule of Richard III, and eventually succeeds him as king. King Henry VIII (hist) is the central character of the play Henry VIII, portrayed as a wise and strong ruler. The Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy, (hist) is an