Hestaby

+ Following the public release of Dunkelzahn's Will and the return of Ghostwalker to the world, Hestaby is made a prince of Tir Tairngire, despite Lofwyr's continued influence in the elven state.

### Runner Havens (4e)

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	+ As of 2070, Hestaby is still a major player in Tir politics, even with the recent dissolution of the Council of Princes following Crash 2.0. She is rumored to be cooperating with the Horizon Group to stabilize the country and prevent any more violence.

### Running Wild (4e)

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	+ Hestaby, along with a few other dragons, has come forward with her gender. As of now, it is impossible for metahumans to determine the gender of a dragon outside of necropsy.
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	+ Hestaby is a female western great dragon primarily lairing in Mount Shasta, California Free State. Her scales are of a bronze/copper coloring.
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	+ Since Dunkelzahn's death, Hestaby has become the primary "metahuman-friendly" face of dragonkind due to her media and online presence and previous involvement in stopping the Tir invasion of California.
	+ Hestaby played a major role in opening the borders and instituting free elections in the new Tir state. As such, she is one of the only princes that still plays a major role in the nation's politics. She is also credited for helping out with the nation's recent economic recovery.
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	+ According to rumors, Rhonabwy mated with The Sea Dragon under false pretenses (and presumably more than a few spells) and stole the subsequent eggs once the situation got hairy. The Draco Foundation believes that he then entrusted the eggs to Hestaby, as for why, that's anyone's guess.

### Seattle 2072 (4e)

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	+ Hestaby is stated to hold fast against Tir invasion of California, playing a major role in Tir politics.

### Corporate Enclaves (4e)

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	+ It is believed that Hestaby and a few other princes were cooperating with the Horizon Group to stabilize and rebrand the Tir government during the takeover.

### Sixth World Almanac (4e)

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	+ Hestaby awoke in 2053.
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	+ According to the Jackpointers, Hestaby does not have a public mouthpiece, or at least they don't know of one.
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	+ Hestaby awoke on May 28th, 2053 in the California Free State, subsequently stopping the ongoing Tir invasion of California.
	+ She stopped the Shasta Shamans from picking a fight with the local Wintu Shamans. Jackpointers are divided on why.
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	+ Hestaby lairs in Mount Shasta. Her presence is believed to be the only deterrent to Tir invasion.
	+ The Shasta Dam, a major source of water to the California Free State, is considered to also be her property. Despite her lairing nearby, the dam has been a repeated target for more daring corps and their runners, for one reason or another.
	+ The Shasta region is incredibly magical (aspected towards nature), even more so since the passing of Halley's Comet, and is home to both free spirits and the unusual Shasta Deer. Respectful tourism is accepted, but telesma hunters and other defilers are consumed by the forest, taken by esoteric spirits or hostile paracritters in the night.
	+ Legal telesma harvested from the Shasta region can be purchased in Mount Shasta City.

### War! (4e)

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	+ Following Sirrurg's attacks in Managua and Monterrey, rumors circulate that Hestaby will speak to the UN and publicly condemn the actions of the destroyer, offering her blessing to metahumanity to indict Sirrurg on war crimes. The jackpointers find this idea laughable, as great dragons never speak ill of their kind, at least not publicly, and certainly never after Dzitbalchen.

### Spy Games (4e)

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	+ According to the Jackpoint new board, Hestaby's UN speech has been confirmed.
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	+ Hestaby is concerned with the actions of Ghostwalker. Whether this is due to her position as a prince in the newly democratic Tir, her interests on a dracopolitical level, or a combination of both, is unknown.

### Conspiracy Theories (4e)

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	+ Hestaby gives her speech to the UN council on July 23, 2073. She calls the nations of metahumanity to war against Sirrurg, condemning his actions as a terrorist. The Shasta Shamans react with a range of emotions and acknowledge that their lady's statement will likely make them the target of hostile attacks.
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	+ Unknown to metahumanity, Hestaby's public declaration of a feud is a grave violation of dragon cultural norms. Some believe this is an origin of major division in dragon society, which leads to factionism and ultimately culminates in the Dragon Civil War.
	+ Elliot Eyes-Of-Wyrm, head of the Shasta Shamans, is assassinated by a german-made sniper shortly after Hestaby's speech concludes.
	+ A week later, 6 major S-K assets in the Middle East are targeted. Offices and factories of S-K subsidiaries explode and Hestaby herself appears at the final attack on S-K Middle East headquarters in Dubai. Hestaby gave each of the facilities advance warning before the attacks, so there were only a handful of casualties.
	+ Jackpointer Plan 9 believes that both the sniper rifle and the attacks in the Middle East are both part of a long con by Hestaby and Lofwyr to create a facade of mutual hostility.
	+ Since Hestaby's attacks in Dubai, dragons have begun taking sides between her and Loffy. Rhonabwy and Masaru are believed to support the Orange Queen while Lofwyr has been rumored to be consulting with Lung and Ghostwalker.
	+ Lofwyr issues an edict forbidding evacuations from buildings under terrorist threat. Some believe this is to prevent further attacks from Hestaby, as she has been astoundingly humanitarian, using magic and spirits to keep people safe during her demolition of S-K Middle East.
	+ Jackpointers are divided, to say the least, about whether Lofwyr and Hestaby are colluding and, if so, to what ends.
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	+ Matrix site Hestaby's Host claims to be run by the son of Hestaby birthed from a human woman, along with a number of other wild and wacky facts about dracoform biology and reproduction. The Jackpointers find the stories on the site laughable at best, one even expressing confusion as to how the host is even allowed to exist.
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	+ Hestaby and Ghostwalker are present during the closing of the Watergate Rift along with a suspicious number of Tir princes.
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	+ Nadja Davair of the Draco Foundation reportedly met with Hestaby and a number of former Tir princes around the time of the closing of the rift.
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	+ Hestaby is still opposed to Sirrurg and is one of many individuals seeking to keep The Sextant of Worlds, an item of great power, from him, since it is speculated that it may enhance his entropic powers, allowing him to twist fate.

### Street Legends (4e)

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	+ Hestaby appears as a female human in her late 30s/early 40s with auburn hair and brown eyes. There is no definite information on how old Hestaby is, but she's believed to be over 3,000 years old.
	+ Hestaby spoke out against General Saito's atrocities in the California Free State and publicly voiced her support for child Emperor Yasuhito, who had begun a series of radical reforms to the conventionally conservative Japanese Imperial State.
	+ Her pro-metahuman stance brought her into conflict Humanis, Alamos 20k, and The Human Nation.
	+ Her UN speech catapulted her into the international spotlight of both metahuman and draconic politics. A few weeks after her speech, Sirrurg was officially indicted by metahuman authorities as a war criminal. She advocated for the development of stronger relationships between draconic and metahumankind and warned the weaker metahumans about the growing threat of dragonkind, which had been steadily increasing since the execution of Dzitbalchen by Aztlan.
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	+ Shamans and those following a variety of mentor spirits have begun having visions of widespread violence and bloodshed, typically involving Hestaby or Lofwyr.
	+ During her attacks in the Middle East, Hestaby notably caused no fatalities, even to armed guards defending S-K facilities, and prevented collateral damage to surrounding structures.
	+ Humanis-sympathetic media outlets claim that Hestaby and her minions used dark mind magics to evacuate the S-K facilities, and that the individuals affected may never recover. The jackpointers are skeptical, but point out that it is still a possibility.
	+ Hestaby is known to have allies among the Gypsy peoples of the Northern California Crescent, a group of 350-500 survivors displaced by Tir Peacekeeping Forces and residing on Mount Shasta. Some believe they help patrol and secure the area, along with acting as an intelligence network that keeps Hestaby apprised of local politics.
	+ There were rumors that Hestaby utilized a tribe of otaku called The Clutch to maintain and secure matrix connections in the Mount Shasta area. Whether they faded away or were converted into technomancers, is unknown.
	+ Shasta Forest is, itself, awakened and rumored to be home to both a large number of paracritters and awakened defenses to discourage intrusion.
	+ Hestaby is noted to be one of the foremost ritual magicians in the world, even among great dragons.
	+ Hestaby publicly aligns herself with the Draco Foundation and Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research, but, due to previous disagreements over the direction of the Astral Space Preservation Society, DF and DIMR evidently do not do the same.
	+ Hestaby is a supporter of the United Talismonger's Association, American Association for the Advancement of Thaumaturgy, John Timmons Memorial Fund, Starfield Botanical Engineering, Harburgh Detox Labs, and Phoenix Biotechnologies. Many of these interests are focused on the preservation of magical and natural resources.
	+ It is believed that since her awakening, Hestaby has used her influence to infiltrate over 25 A and AA rated corps and shut them down so they could never hurt the environment every again, even going so far as to erase whatever little data about those corps survived Crash 2.0.
	+ She is believed to support or have supported a number of eco-terrorist groups, some even linking back to Sirrirg.

### Hazard Pay (4e)

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	+ Ibu Air, free spirit Executive Director of the Astral Space Preservation Society, brings in Hestaby as a patron, quickly multiplying their funding. Soon after, the organization votes to become independent of both the Draco Foundation and Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research. Despite amicable public relations, DF and DIMR began sponsoring runs to obtain ASPS paydata and research materials they believed were rightfully theirs.
	+ Due to their ties to Hestaby, the ASPS was kicked out of Denver by Ghostwalker following her UN speech.
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	+ Hestaby has been pursuing the deescalation of tensions between the Tir and the gypsies and homesteaders of Northern California, but due to the increase in tensions on a dracopolitical level and her recent renunciation of princeship, conflict in the region is beginning to brew again.
	+ Hestaby appoints Sarah Heart-of-the-Dragons, a dragon shaman, as the new leader of the Shasta Shamans, overturning the preliminary vote taken by the shamans in attendance.
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	+ Hestaby is believed to be in possession of some of The Sea Dragon's eggs. Why she has them or what she intends to do with them, is anyone's guess, but it's speculated that she intends to keep the resulting young and raise them as her own. Some now believe that some of the eggs were taken by Lofwyr and given back to their mother in exchange for her cooperation with S-K underwater operations (possibly putting more orichalcum and artifacts into circulation).
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	+ Following her attacks in Dubai, corps in the Middle East attempt to carve out their own chunks of S-K Middle East's clients. Much to their dismay, a few well-placed explosions made it clear that S-K was not to be trifled with.