Hetta Valstar

Hetta Valstar is the main character and protagonist of the Stariel books.

Before the Books
Hetta is the second child of Lord Henry and his first wife. Her mother died during childbirth with Hetta. When Hetta was 7 years old, Lord Henry married his second wife, the 17-year old Lady Phoebe, and subsequently Hetta has three younger half-siblings: Gregory, Alexandra and Laurel.

She was raised on Stariel Estate alongside her siblings. During her childhood she befriended Wyn Tempest, who was at first the family's hall boy and then later butler. As a child, Hetta was a keen horsewoman, and recalls it as one of the only things she did that her father approved of.

Hetta's family disapproved of her natural gift for magic and independent nature. At the age of XX she left Stariel Estate to study magic at XXXXXX. She earned the rank of Master Illusionist and built a career in the theatre industry creating stage illusions. At the beginning of the Stariel series, she is employed at the Sun Theatre in the capital city of Meridon. She enjoys the freedom of her life in the southern city away from the constraints strict behavioural codes of Stariel.

Since leaving Stariel, Hetta has secretly corresponded with Wyn, through which means they have played chess.

The Lord of Stariel
Hetta receives a telegram notifying her that her father, Lord Henry, has died, and takes the sleeper train home to Stariel Estate for his funeral and the Choosing, the magical ceremony in which their ancestral homeland selects it's next ruler. Upon arriving at the station, she meets Lord Angus Penharrow, her childhood crush and ruler of the neighbouring estate. He gives her a ride to Stariel House in his kineticar. It is the first time Hetta has returned home in seven years.

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