Hellen Gravely

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“Guests! Welcome to The Last Resort! My name is Hellen Gravely, and I am the owner of this hotel. I am absolutely delighted that you decided to accept my invitation. You all must be very tired. Come! Allow me to show you to your rooms. Oh, no need to worry about your luggage! Our exceptional staff will take care of it for you... Ha ha ha... You're our VIPs, after all! We've prepared a first-rate experience for you. All the trappings of luxury! Shall we get going? Mario, Luigi, and Peach's rooms are over here. We've prepared rooms for you Toads as well! I hope you enjoy your stay! I daresay you'll remember it for the rest of your lives! Ha ha ha...”

—Hellen Gravely, Luigi's Mansion 3

Hellen Gravely is the owner of The Last Resort and one of the main antagonists in Luigi's Mansion 3. Her name is likely a reference to "Hell" and "graves." She owns a ghost cat named Polterkitty, and has a tendency to assume a haglike, disheveled form when upset, which she is greatly embarrassed about and suppresses using makeup.

Appearance

Hellen Gravely is a tall, slender woman with purple skin, blue hair in a beehive style, and yellow eyes. Being a ghost, she is transparent and glows. She has the face of an elderly woman, with visible creases near her lips and thin, dark blue eyebrows, though she does wear makeup, notably red lipstick, purple eyeshadow, and black eyelashes, as well as a good deal of jewelry, namely her necklace with a silver, hexagonal charm, and a similarly shaped purple glowing jewel embedded in it. She also wears two circular earrings that are also silver with jewels in them, as well as a pearl bracelet on her left wrist. She has a white dress with no sleeves or upper back that tapers near the bottom, before flaying out into a circle shape as it rests on the ground. It has a window on the chest shaped like the jewel in King Boo's crown, as well as a diagonal dark blue stripe below the waist, beneath which the dress becomes a lighter blue.

In the beginning of the game, she, like Steward, Chambrea, and the Goobs, does not glow, and has opaque skin, however instead of wearing a mask like the others, she instead wears black-framed shades with gold reflective lenses. When confronting Luigi to introduce him to King Boo, she additionally wears an open magenta cape covering her back, with a large collar, which ties together just above the gem on her necklace.

In the prelude to her boss battle, she reveals that her makeup, referred to as GheistPaint brand in the Guide, is actually a powder that masks her true appearance, which shows as she gets enraged before her battle. Her true form is much more bony, as she has very defined cheekbones, a larger, sharper chin that sticks forward more, a furrowed brow that has a more defined "socket" as her eyes are set in more, showing shadows underneath them, as well as having a larger, crooked nose. Her eyes turn red, and her hair gets messy, with the once solid, flowing shapes being replaced by smaller bangs the flay out in random directions, and have blocky spirals at the end instead of being straightened. Her dress is also messier, with more visible wrinkles, and the bottom of the dress being torn into somewhat neat triangles, showing some of her ghostly tail underneath.

History

Tricking Professor E. Gadd into coming to her hotel, Gravely released E. Gadd's collection of ghosts (including King Boo, whom she is infatuated with), leaving the professor to be captured inside a painting. She later invites Luigi, Mario, Princess Peach, and three Toads to her resort, with the intention of having them captured as well. When meeting the seven, she wore sunglasses during the occasion in order to disguise her true nature as a ghost, similar to the other ghosts wearing masks to disguise themselves. To her dismay, Luigi escapes and proceeds to hunt for his friends.

Throughout Luigi's adventure, Hellen grows more and more angry with Luigi's success and King Boo's disappointment as he captures the hotel staff. When Luigi reaches her office, she angrily blames him for her losing everything, unintentionally exposing her true face in the process. She then turns her office into a trap. When she is defeated, she briefly appears in her true form once again before applying makeup and then letting Luigi suck her in. Upon her defeat and capture, she and her Polterkitty are last seen staring at the captured King Boo in admiration.

Profile

Luigi's Mansion 3

In-game bios

• Light hotel: "The owner of The Last Resort hotel, Hellen Gravely invited Luigi and his friends to her hotel with the purpose of generous hospitality."
• Dark hotel: "The owner of The Last Resort hotel, Hellen Gravely invited Luigi and his friends to her hotel for her idol, King Boo. Her true form is shrouded in mystery."

Gallery

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  Artwork from Luigi's Mansion 3

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  Hellen Gravely's true form.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	パウダネス・コナー Paudanesu Kōna	"Paudanesu" is derived from "powder", while "Kōna" is derived from 「粉」 (kona) which means "powder".
Chinese (simplified)	贾素妍 Jiǎsùyán	"贾素妍" has the same pronunciation as "假素颜"(Jiǎsùyán) which means "Fake nature face".
Chinese (traditional)	賈素妍 Jiǎsùyán	"賈素妍" has the same pronunciation as "假素顏"(Jiǎsùyán) which means "Fake nature face".
Dutch	Cassie Weyle	Pun on "kassiewijle", a slang word which means "dead" or "gone"
French	Ambre Brusquade	Pun on "ambuscade" (ambush, trap) and "brusque" (blunt, abrupt)
German	Sarah Schreck	"Schreck" is German for "fright," and may be a reference to Max Schreck, who played Count Orlock in the German film Nosferatu
Italian	Malberta Crisantemi	"Malberta" is a portmanteau of "male" (evil) and "Alberta"; "Crisantemi" refers to the chrysantemum, a flower used in Europe to commemorate the deads in All Souls' Day
Korean	파우더네스 코너 Paudeoneseu Koneo	Transliterated from the Japanese name
Spanish (NOA)	Ceres Panteau	"Espanto" means "fright" in Spanish.
Spanish (NOE)	Vilma du Tel	"Vil" means "vile" or "despicable" in Spanish. It might also be a reference to Velma Dinkley from Scooby Doo, who is called Vilma in the Spanish translations.

Trivia

• Her large beehive hairstyle with a white stripe may be a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein, while the tapering of her dress may be a reference to Morticia Addams of The Addams Family.