Hestor Kedanza
Hishoko Xing ("Aunt")
Xiao Xing (Cousin)
Li Xing (Cousin)
Manuke Takida (First Cousin)
Tenshi Takida (First Cousin)
Hestor Adom Kedanza, widely known across the eastern sanctuaries by his elite moniker Starblade, is the Head Celestial of the White Sea mage guild, an elite High Priest of Anubis, a brilliant marine academic, and a legendary figure within modern cosmic chronicles. Wielding flawless, master-tier Celestial Summoning Magic, Hestor is a natural-born Venusian Treasure (male Dominant Omega) carrying the bound heritage of the Takida bloodline. Underneath a razor-sharp, protective exterior, he stands as a supreme metaphysical anchor for his guild and family, having successfully completed and locked the comprehensive Summoning Contract Set for the Hall.
Biography
Origins and the Destined Union
Hestor was born half-Boscan and half-Stellan, the son of the elite deep-sea diver Kiran Kedanza and the master Stellan Summoner Ming Kedanza. Inheriting his distinct, radiant pale-silver hair directly from his mother's Stellan heritage, his biological birth was marked by a profound, tragic event: Hestor is the identical twin brother of Damien Takida, though the two were separated at birth under deeply deceptive circumstances.
The very existence of his lineage is anchored to a legendary, destined encounter between his parents. His mother, Ming, was a formidable Stellan summoner, a former Priestess of Anubis, and historically the absolute last holder of the Hall of Two Truths. Long before Hestor's birth, a catastrophic extraplanar storm completely destroyed a seafaring vessel carrying Ming and her original family. Ming was the absolute sole survivor of the disaster, drifting unconscious through the volatile currents until she washed ashore upon the rocky banks of Eventide Bay.
She was discovered on the precipice of death by Kiran Kedanza, who successfully resuscitated her. Bound by cosmic alignment, the two fell deeply in love, recognizing instantly that Kiran was uniquely and unalterably Her One—a fated soulmate union that stabilized her shattered frequencies and birthed the next generation of the Takida line.
The Midwife's Deception
When Ming went into labor with the twins, a corrupt midwife deliberately orchestrated a high-stakes abduction. Following the delivery, the midwife falsely advised Ming and Kiran that the second twin, Damien, had been stillborn. Devastated by the tragic news, the parents raised Hestor in Eventide Bay completely unaware that his brother was alive.
Damien had actually been smuggled deep into the Kingdom of Pergrand to be raised under the absolute custody and shelter of the Pergrandian Royal Family. This absolute fabrication remained the ironclad truth for the family for over two decades. It was not until Hestor was well into his 20s that intelligence operatives from the White Sea guild uncovered the clandestine records of the abduction, finally exposing the truth of Damien's survival to the Kedanza household.
The Loss of the Armada, The Trials, and the True One
In the year 1768, when Hestor was a mere six years old, the original seafaring surface fleet of the Dolfeini Clan Armada went down in absolute catastrophe. Deeply distraught by the massive loss of his kinsmen, Hestor's latent cosmic vectors ignited. Driven by an intense need to master reality and reclaim his mother's sacred inheritance, the six-year-old child formally entered the gates of the sacred Hall of Two Truths. To attain the absolute mantle of High Priest, Hestor endured the harrowing Trials of Anubis, a brutal sequence of spiritual evaluations requiring a literal, agonizing form of death and resurrection for every contract threshold passed.
The grueling sequence began immediately at age six. By the time Hestor turned twelve and arrived to join White Sea, he had already successfully conquered four of these lethal trials. Upon crossing the guild’s threshold, Hestor locked eyes with Kaleb Pradesh and instantly recognized on first sight that Kaleb was uniquely and unalterably His One. This profound revelation ignited an absolute obsession; he became single-mindedly determined to push his mind and physical vessel harder than ever before to completely finish the final Hall of Two Truths Keyset.
Because of the volatile extraplanar currents radiating from the keys, Hestor swung massively in and out of a volatile dark shift for eight years, his psychological stability heavily strained by the dark cosmic entities. He finally completed and sealed the full Keyset shortly after Kaleb permanently assumed control of the guild, ascending as the absolute Master of White Sea at twenty years old.
The Stella Contracts and the Custody Pact
Throughout his years-long hunt for the artifacts, Hestor negotiated countless strategic contracts to secure his movement. With the direct legislative backing of Archduke Arman Pradesh, Hestor established temporary diplomatic parameters that left him entirely free to scour the continents for the missing keys. This included a critical, year-long deployment within the sovereign nation of Stella, which successfully culminated in his carrying and giving birth to his triplet sons: Jareth, Kuzu, and Tomo Takida.
Fully aware of the catastrophic death rate associated with the final keyset trials, Hestor proactively had Arman draft a highly specialized, airtight set of legal paperwork to dictate the absolute custody of his children. The parameters explicitly outlined that if Hestor failed to fully master the Hall before his twenty-third birthday (the projected threshold of his biological failure), custody of the triplets would immediately transfer to Kaleb. Crucially, Hestor framed this directive strictly around his absolute, unyielding trust in Kaleb as a man and a guildmaster—never revealing or hinting to anyone that Kaleb was actually his destined One.
The Grand Proposal and the Fall of Kurino
Hestor intentionally kept his fated bond completely hidden from Kaleb until the absolute moment he finalized and conquered the Hall. He chose to break his silence by executing a high-stakes, public marriage proposal to Kaleb at a grand high-society event. This act was not merely romantic, but a calculated, lethal geopolitical counter-strike executed directly in front of the Crown Princess of Bosco, Kurino Endivosh.
Princess Kurino had completely fallen into deep corruption and darkness, engineering a clandestine plot to forcefully consolidate Bosco's ultimate mages under the crown's heel. By proposing to Kaleb right before her eyes, Hestor's calculated play instantly pushed the unstable princess into a violent frenzy. Completely unravelling, Kurino openly exposed her horrific treasonous plans to the entire assembly: revealing her imminent operations to force the eldest brother, Farron Pradesh, into a mandatory marriage to her, while forcefully abducting and subjugating all of his brothers as her personal royal consorts. The public exposure triggered by Hestor's proposal completely broken her political leverage, ensuring the immediate defensive alignment of the Pradesh family line.
Academic Exploits and the Alderis Rivalry
Seeking a structured, elite education to refine his immense raw output, Hestor traveled to the central provinces to enlist directly within the recently established White Sea mage guild. His tactical prowess quickly earned him absolute guild sponsorship, granting him direct admission into the prestigious Academe Celestine inside the mountain city of Cellis.
During his tenure at the academy, Hestor became locked in a bitter, toxic academic and personal rivalry with the Whalen mage Lucielle Alderis. The escalating tension eventually boiled over into a flashpoint of extreme physical violence, forcing the academy administration to intervene. To maintain institutional safety, Hestor was placed on strict remote schooling protocols. Undeterred by his exile from the physical classrooms, and with the direct, dedicated assistance of two elite master Celestial Summoners within White Sea, Hestor triumphed over his curriculum. He graduated heavily ahead of his peers, earning a Master of Arts degree in Celestial Key Studies ahead of schedule.
Higher Academic Laurels
Driven by his Eventide Bay upbringing and deep oceanic affinities, Hestor expanded his education internationally. He enrolled within the prestigious University of Enca, conquering their advanced scientific tracks to attain a Master of Science in Coral Reef Preservation, followed immediately by a world-class Ph.D. in Marine Biology. Today, he effortlessly balances his duties as a high-tier cosmic vanguard with active, published scientific research in maritime ecology.
Personality and Appearance
Hestor is highly ambitious, fiercely driven to succeed, and possesses an ironclad, unyielding willpower. He is deeply sharp-tongued, carrying a devastating dry wit and a biting, sarcastic sense of humor native to his high priestly station. To the public, he protects his deep emotional vulnerabilities and his profound capacity for love behind a cold, waspish, and hyper-critical mask.
Physically, Hestor stands at 5'10" and weighs a dense, agile 170 lbs, carrying a lean, highly defined swimmer's build. He features striking, steel-blue eyes and flowing, pale-silver hair.
Physical Space Boundaries & Pediatric Soft Spot
Due to the trauma of his multiple death initiations and his high-intensity pheromonal Venusian Treasure biology, Hestor has an absolute, uncompromised psychological boundary regarding physical touch: **he completely dislikes adults entering his personal space and harbors zero tolerance for being touched without explicit permission**. He is instinctively predisposed to respond with instant, overwhelming violence against any adult who fails to respect his physical perimeter.
- The Pediatric Anomaly: Paradoxically, Hestor possesses a massive, deeply guarded soft spot for children. When interacting with children, his hostile boundaries entirely recede; he grants children immense freedom around his person, patiently tolerating their proximity. However, his nurturing is strictly balanced by high expectations—he firmly expects them to develop a sharp understanding of the world, respect boundaries, and grow up with absolute discipline. Driven by this passion, Hestor serves as the absolute Director and Head of **White Sea's Formal Education Program**, personally structuring the academic curricula, magical safety limits, and historical literacy paths for all young mages adopted into or training under the guild's banners.
Creative Enterprise & The House of Elluris
Beyond the battlefield and the laboratory, Hestor is a highly influential, silent capital partner within the luxury magical apparel conglomerate, the House of Elluris. Operating within the fashion industry under the cryptic business title 'H. Takida', he serves as a primary conceptual designer for elite, high-tier "Mage Wear."
Aranea's Stewardship
When she is not explicitly summoned for high-output tactical field combat, Hestor's high-tier Celestial Spirit, Aranea, resides permanently within the physical design studios of the Elluris fashion house. Operating as his personal administrative liaison, Aranea safely ferries Hestor's specialized sketches, blueprints, and material specifications directly to the master weaver, Dominic Elluris. Among his most celebrated and highly classified design blueprints is an exclusive, luxury line of undergarments. This specialized apparel is custom-engineered and woven with elastic essence threads specifically to support, insulate, and accommodate the highly muscled, chemically active contours of the Venusian Treasure physique.
Family Tree and Lineage Truths
Hestor is strictly Androsexual, harboring an absolute biological preference for male physiques and masculine features. Because of his rare status as a natural-born Venusian Treasure carrying a highly stabilized intersex internal anatomy, his body was capable of safely anchoring Kaleb Pradesh's volatile genetics, leading to the successful birth of his triplet sons: Jareth, Kuzu, and Tomo Takida.
- The Origin of the Animal Traits: It is a definitive, unalterable rule of the family’s genealogy that the distinct physical animal traits manifested by the triplets (including Jareth's Mau feline ears and tail) originate strictly and exclusively from Hestor's Stellan bloodline and his profound, high-priestly ties to the god Anubis. These animal phenotypes do not inherit or derive from Kaleb Pradesh's genetic template.
Through this profound biological alignment, Hestor also maintains a highly specialized, fiercely warm, and intimate co-surrogacy bond with Vander, Cristoff, and Presca Pradesh, valuing their safety above his own life.
Trivia and Personal Quirks
- Secret Softnesses: Despite his hostile physical boundaries on the battlefield, Hestor possesses an absolute, secret love for raw honey and harbors a deep, intensely guarded private enjoyment for cuddling when securely anchored to his chosen partners.
- Aesthetics: He is a dedicated appreciator of highly developed male chests, holding a distinct preference for heavily muscled, robust male peers ("pec man").
- Media Passions: Hestor possesses an absolute, well-documented fascination and love for the classic fantasy film, The Labyrinth.
