Description:
Hiaté is the younger sibling to her brother Haren. A quiet bookworm curious about the world, Hiaté was trained in the sword by her father, who knew that one day she would desire to leave Tomed's borders and learn more of the outside world. When her grandfather deemed Haren unworthy of possessing the Rod of Ulzis, he instead denied tradition and taught Hiaté the art of summoning rather than passing the role to her brother. Named the heir to the Rod, Hiaté escaped the country with it when the Urakait rose up and invaded Tomed's borders, and sometime after met Hickory and started working on his wagon as she fled from the country to sort her thoughts.
Having never been especially social and growing up in a highly conservative society, the hamster mannerisms Hiaté found herself surrounded by upon meeting J'Aime and Sam resulted in a fair amount of culture shock she is continually adapting to, but also gave her the first true pair of friends she's had in her life. While dealing with differences in societies she is further burdened by her call to save the world from the Urakait, as well as the general confusion of growing up away from home. On top of this, J'Aime seems wise to Hiaté's crush on Sam, and keeps prompting her to act on it beyond her comfort.
When leaving the HamstaPowah concert in Crosond, the Rod was stolen by the thief Tenla Lemen. Seeking to recover it, the group meets up with Zenith, who claims to know where the Colliseum is that the Rod is supposedly going to be a prize in. Before they can learn this information, however, the town falls under attack from spider-like robots that proceed to take citizens hostage. Priorities fall on saving Crosond, and thus Hiaté abandons Zenith to lend aid to Sam, who left the group earlier and was in town when the attack began. Together, Sam and Hiaté strike the center of the attack, but not before being confronted by a mysterious human who swears to reclaim the Earth for his race.
That danger for the time being having passed, the group sets their sights on the city's underground, seeking to recover the lost artifact.