Stina Destry Heks (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

Stina Destry Heks (pronounced Stee-nuh Des-tree Hec-ks) is a female elf, and the daughter of Timkin and Vika Heks. In the earlier books, she and Sophie had a strong rivalry and Stina was constantly taunting her and trying to bully her. In *Neverseen*, she is willing to change her view on Sophie if Sophie can heal the gnomes. In *Lodestar*, it is revealed she is an Empath, like her mother. In *Flashback*, she assists her mother Vika in delivering the alicorn twins. In *Legacy*, she becomes a member of Team Valiant, and helps Sophie in many ways, proving that she is not as mean as she once was, however she is still a jerk.

## Appearance

Stina is often described as having a "bean-pole" body, meaning she is tall and skinny. Her arms are bony. Stina's brown hair is curly and similar to a bird’s nest. Her eyes are navy blue- almost violet- in a certain light. When Stina smirks it's like a "cat trapping a helpless bird."

## Relationships

**TIMKIN**

* **(Father)**

He was in Exillium for faking a talent so he could get in the elite levels but has earned his way back. He works with unicorns, trying to earn a way into the Nobility, and he works with the Black Swan as Coiffe.

**VIKA**

* **(Mother)**

She works with unicorns and assists with the baby alicorns. In Legacy, when Stina was made a regent, her mother said, "You will make us all proud."

**SOPHIE**

* **(Leader of team valiant/Former enemy/Friend/Possible love interest)**

Stina isn't very kind to Sophie, believing Sophie is of lower social status. In Book 1: *Keeper of the Lost Cities*, she makes bets about how long Sophie will last at Foxfire (among other things) and often mocked her. She tells Biana that her and Fitz being friends with Sophie is ruining the Vacker name. In Book 1: *Keeper of the Lost Cities*, Stina is the first to tell Sophie that Biana first befriended her because Alden forced her to. In *Neverseen*, Stina becomes somewhat less hostile and tells Sophie that if anyone could fix things, it would be her. Stina also confesses that part of the reason why she treated Sophie the way she did was because Sophie laughed at her the first day, she saw her in Slurps and Burps without knowing much about her. Dex had given her a potion that gave her a beard because Dex and Stina were in a feud. She becomes closer to Sophie in Legacy, and the two share a healthy friendship.

**DEX**

* **(Member of team Valiant/Friend/Former enemy/Possible love interest)**

Dex and Stina have a long-running battle of mean pranks on each other that started Pre-Keeper. Dex made Stina bald and in return, Stina put a muskog in Dex's locker. Dex also gave Stina a beard, which was added as an extra pranking feature for her in the hairoids. Stina constantly holds the fact that Dex's parents are a bad match over his head. In Legacy, they began their partnership on Team Valiant together and started to like each other more.

**MARELLA**

* **(Friend/Former enemy/Possible love interest)**

Marella used to hate Stina in Book 1: *Keeper of the Lost Cities* and Book 2: *Exile* books of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series but eventually became friends with her during *Everblaze* when Sophie didn't really pay attention to her. However, in *Lodestar*, Marella is envious of her when Stina manifests as an Empath, an ability that Marella wanted to manifest in to help her mother and pulls away from Stina as a result.

**MARUCA**

* **(Friend/Possible love interest)**

Maruca and Stina became friends after Biana started hanging out with Sophie as Maruca felt abandoned by Biana. She was also the one that told Stina the real reason Biana became friends with Sophie, which caused Sophie to temporarily break her friendship with Biana as she was very upset that Biana had lied to her about them being friends.

**BIANA**

* **(Member of team Valiant/Friend/Former enemy/Possible love interest)**

Biana and Stina used to dislike each other in earlier books. Stina was the one who told Sophie that Biana was only friends with her because Alden forced her to. Later in Legacy, Stina and Biana work together to help Sophie find out who her biological parents are. It is also observed by Sophie in Legacy that Biana looked "less uncomfortable" about the fact that Stina was right. These two have formed a healthy friendship through Legacy since they are both on Team Valiant.

**KEEFE**

* **(Friend/Possible love interest)**

Keefe and Stina used to dislike each other in earlier books, mostly because he thought she was mean to Sophie. But some people ship them together because they are both empaths.

## References

Information sourced from the Keeper of the Lost Cities Wiki