Haetae

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A Haetae.

“	Mago Halmi did not build the world in singularity. She made us all in eum and yang - in contradiction and equilibrium. Each of us is capable of more than you can imagine.	”
–Haetae speaking to Riley Oh mind-to-mind, The Last Fallen Star

The Haetae is the steed companion of Mago Halmi.

History

The goddesses ordered Haetae to bite the dark sun and moon. It immediately regrets doing so, and later says that it was a grave mistake. The haetae learned a valuable lesson in Mago Halmi's wisdom.

Afterwards, the haetae roamed the mortalrealm to protect the remaining stars from the goddesses. It brought a piece of the dark sun to a mortal, and caused Riley Oh to be born as the living fallen star. And, as revealed in the epilogue, it hid the dark moon piece in the spiritrealm.

The Gifted Clans series

The Last Fallen Star

The haetae appears to Riley Oh in the form of a bearded man, who finds her in the temple library. He interrogates her on why she was in the library. When she replies, he tells her that there are two sides to every story. The haetae mysteriously vanished. Seconds later he appears to her again and, after allowing the girl to pet it, shows her a vision of Sookhee Harrison fighting a group of Horangi.

During the fight with the Cave Bear Goddess, he hints at the fact that Riley is the last fallen star. After the goddess is defeated, he reveals both his forms. Haetae also shows her falling to Earth, and landing in her mother's womb. Haetae warns Riley that the other goddess will be after her for destroy their sister. He grants Riley a wish, which could undo anything from her past, and she chooses to resurrect Hattie. He obliges and leaves.

The Last Fallen Moon

He gives Riley a Mago Halmi Binyeo for her birthday, along with a note telling her about choosing fate. After Riley and Dahl cure the Spiritrealm of its poising, he visits them in the Gi Sanctuary at the Temple of the Gifted Community Los Angeles to congratulate them and inform them that the goddesses are planning to start a war. Before leaving, he tells Riley and Dahl they have yet to unlock the true potential of the key of keys.

The Last Fallen Realm

After the goddesses have Yeomra start to merge the realms and the mayor pushes Riley down a fissure, the Haetae catches the girl. As the Haetae carries Riley out of the fissure, she proclaims that Mago Halmi is a myth as she screams at the misfortune she experienced in the past day. However the Haetae tells her the creation story and says the first tear Mago Halmi shed was from joy rather then sadness. The Haetae goes on to say Riley is wrong about Mago Halmi as she was wrong on the Horangi being evil. As they emerge from the fissure, the Haetae says she can reverse the merging as Riley notices that the moon has returned and they hear Dahl's voice. Dahl reveals that, when he was killed, his soul returned the the moon and he explains how he is now a part of it as he once was. When Riley asks if he is upset that he cannot see all the places he wanted to visit, Dahl says he still can and thanks Riley for letting him be mortal. Before leaving, he says Taggy is hatching and, when they emerge as a butterfly, the Haetae addresses them as Mago Halmi.

The Haetae flies Riley to Las Vegas were the realms are almost completely merged and they find the mayor and goddesses facing protesting citizens from the Godrealm and Spiritream angry at the changes. As the goddess explain that it will take time for their promises to come to be, the Haetate lands by the goddesses and Yeomra cowers behind them. As Riley demands the key, the goddesses send her parents to attack her. As Riley tries to snap them out of their trance- David, Cosette, and Jennie arrive with a gummy to cure the brainwashing and Riley feeds two to her parents. After David says they befriended the moon rabbits and Tokki Pharmaceuticals, he and the others work to free everyone from mind control as Riley and the Haetae go after the mayor. They chase him to a river where Dahl summons a wave, shocking the mayor and the goddesses, as Bada and Daeyang emerge from the wave and attack the mayor, knocking the key of keys and the mum-pen out of his possession. However, the Three-Legged Crow Goddess grabs them before Riley can and escapes by drawing a door.

After the goddesses lure Riley into a trap in a theater, Namjoon, Boris, Hattie, Emmett, James, Eunha, Taeyo, Cosette, Noah, Jennie, Sahm, Charles, Maru, Okja, Sora, Austin, Emmett, the Haetae- with the mayor in its jaws, Phoebe, and two other members of RilOh arrive. As the goddesses are distracted, Riley destroys the key and gives a piece of Mago's Fire to everyone, including the goddesses, who revert to infant animals. As everyone takes in their victory, Emmett suggests the Yeomra be made a janitor as the mayor pleads for death instead. As everyone thinks of ways to separate the realms, Riley knows the only way is for her to become the new sun. The others try to talk Riley out of it, but she insists it is the only way. They say their goodbyes and Riley uses Emmett’s bracelet to link herself into her loved ones and the goddesses. The Haetae takes Riley to the stratosphere and she becomes the new sun, giving magic to everyone.

The Haetae would visit Riley and bring Mong with it, who has taken him on as it’s protégé.

Description

The haetae resembles a large reptilian lion with a mane and wings. It has a polished bronze bell around its neck to show others visions. As a man, he appears to be "well dressed and well built." He has a bushy beard.

Abilities

• Chronokinesis: The haetae is able to go into different time periods.
• Shapeshifting: The haetae was shown to be able to take on two different forms whenever it wishes.
• Immortality: Haetae lived since long ago, which suggests it is ageless and cannot die.