Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5899967-20141107212749/@comment-24674051-20141110191543

Well, Helga died. Not a central character death, but at least what I would call an important death in terms of defining characters (both for Ingrid and Gerda).

As to why she dies immediately, I think it's that Ingrid was coming full on against the Duke, and when Helga stepped in the way, she took it straight to the heart. With Hans, she deliberately froze him from an extremity, and with Marion, she used a slower form of the ice spell so that the effect was delayed (and was therefore stoappable, at least in terms of getting her heart out of harm's way at the last minute). My guess is that Ingrid can control whether or not her spells are fatal, and she generally prefers trapping to killing. and that would be consistent with her character based on how young Ingrid responded when she accidentally killed both the Kidnapper and Helga.