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Helena Glory

President of the Humanity League who arrives at Rossum's to stir a revolt, then stays to marry its manager and carry a private guilt about the Robots' souls.

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Also known as Helena, Miss Glory, Madame Helena, Madame Domin

First appearance: r u r

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Helena comes to the factory as an outsider with a cause, warning Domin that she intends to rouse the Robots, and ends up his wife ten years later in the same room. Haunted by the 'cruel strangeness' between humans and…

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  • Romantic
  • Friendship
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  • Professional

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  • Protagonist
  • Corporate and Scientific Founders
  • Human Survivors and Emotional Robots

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Alquist’s psychological peak is his frantic, desperate prayer for the secret of Robot reproduction, revealing…

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