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{{character
|image=Hesho by Jillustrations.PNG
|titles=Your Normalness,{{book ref|sky2|25}} Unexalted One Who Is Not King,{{book ref|sky2|26}} Unexalted One{{book ref|sky2|26}}
|aliases=Darkshadow
|groups=[[Flowers of Night's Last Kiss Flight]]
|species=Kitsen
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|universe=[[Cytoverse]]
|books=[[Skyward (series)]]
}}
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{{quote
|I have been . . . overruled. What a curious experience.
}}
'''Hesho''' is a [[kitsen]] captain and the former king of an absolute monarchy of his species. Working upon a ship training in the [[Superiority]] fleet, he was transferred to the [[nowhere]] in a [[delver]] attack and joined with the [[Cannonade Faction]], becoming the pirate champion for a short time.{{book ref|sky3|28}}{{book ref|sky3|29}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
{{quote
|Though you have fought admirably, I will defeat you, and compose poetry for your funeral[...]for your retirement party.
|Hesho during his duel with Spensa{{book ref|sky3|29}}
}}
Hesho has white fur with a pattern in red on his snout and ears.{{book ref|sky2|16}} He often wears formal-looking silk clothing, like others in the kitsen government.{{book ref|sky2|13}}{{book ref|sky2|16}}{{book ref|sky2|26}} His voice, at least as rendered by a translator pin, is surprisingly deep for such a small being and sounds aristocratic and regal.{{book ref|sky2|13}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
{{quote | All people must accept that we have the potential to do terrible things. It is part of seeing our place in the universe, our heritage, and our natures. But in that acceptance, we gain strength, for potential can be refused. Any hero who could have been a monster is more heroic for the choices he or she made to walk another road. | Hesho {{book ref | sky3 | 40}} }}
Hesho has skill in poetry. He introduces himself as a humble poet and claims that he would have been a poet in another life.{{book ref|sky2|15}}{{book ref|sky2|20}} His poetic background shows up in the elaborate names he bestows on things, such as ''[[Flowers of Night's Last Kiss Flight|Flowers of Night's Last Kiss]]'' (for what the Superiority dubbed Flight Fifteen){{book ref|sky2|20}} or ''The Wind That Mingles with a Man's Dying Breath'' (for [[Vapor]]).{{book ref|sky2|21}}
=== Leader of the kitsen ===
As the former king of a considerable portion of his entire home planet, he continues to command great loyalty and influence within the nation
He spent most of his life preparing to become the monarch of his nation,{{book ref|sky2|26}} and that history very much shows in the way he and the kitsen around him behave. Even though he is officially just one member of a democratic government by the time he travels to the [[Superiority]]'s pilot recruitment program,{{book ref|sky2|13}} he is still treated specially by the other kitsen. In spite of that, he seems to genuinely believe that it will be best for his people to move away from a monarchy, at least given the Superiority's rules on the matter, and he makes efforts accordingly to help the process along. For example, he tries to encourage Senator [[Aria]] to make a policy decision on her own, but she is confused and unable to come up with any ideas that don't involve just doing what he wants.{{book ref|sky2|26}}
=== Captain Hesho ===
Hesho travels to Starsight with a contingent of around fifty of his former subjects, including his shieldbearer, [[Kauri]], and a senator, [[Aria]], to prove that their race is worthy of primary citizenship within the [[Superiority]].{{book ref|sky2|13}}{{book ref|sky2|15}} He forms a friendship with Spensa, which eventually morphs into an alliance. This alliance survives past Hesho's death at the hands of [[Brade]] during [[Winzik]]'s attack on [[Detritus]]. Kauri takes command of the [[Swims Against the Current in a Stream Reflecting the Sun]] following his death, though it is unclear whether she was formally designated as his successor as the kitsen's captain or if she simply temporarily took command until the end of the battle.{{book ref|sky2|42}}
=== Rescue from the nowhere ===
To Spensa's surprise, he is revealed to have survived in his apparent death and was sucked in the nowhere, where he lost his memory. He became a starfighter for Cannonade, one of the pirate organizations of the nowhere, but later aided Spensa after she told him who he was. He successfully escapes from the nowhere with Spensa and Doomslug to Detritus.
== Relationships ==
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