The Herta
The Herta is a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail and the true form of Herta, member #83 of the Genius Society and owner of the Herta Space Station. One mind controls two playable bodies: the small Herta puppet that players meet first, and The Herta, her real de-aged body. She is voiced by PJ Mattson in English and Yamazaki Haruka in Japanese.
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Other names | Herta, Madam Herta, HertA (Genius Society ID) |
Age | Not stated; she lived into old age, then de-aged herself |
Species | Human (the small Herta is a puppet) |
Affiliation | Genius Society; Herta Space Station |
Home world | The Blue |
Path and type | Erudition, Ice |
Voice actor (EN) | PJ Mattson |
Voice actor (JP) | Yamazaki Haruka |
Playable since | Herta puppet: April 26, 2023; The Herta: January 15, 2025 (version 3.0) |
Appearance
The Herta has knee-length ash-brown hair that fades to purple, deep purple eyes, and a huge witch hat decorated with lilies and black hand motifs. She wears an open-backed corset dress with coattails and sheer black tights, and carries a key-shaped scepter. The small Herta puppet has thigh-length ash-brown hair, a black beret with a purple flower, a white frilled dress and a black and purple coat with a gold lock and chain.
Personality
Bored and blunt: she drops projects the moment they bore her and gives fans, investors and the press one-word answers.
Smug genius: she is full of self-praise and treats most people as test subjects.
Vain and playful: she adores her hat, owns a wardrobe she thinks is twice the size of her station, and takes selfies with fans who don't recognize her.
Kinder than she shows: she leaves manuscripts lying around for researchers and relies on Asta and Himeko.
Hungry for a challenge: she believes running out of problems is the worst problem of all.
Background
Herta is a prodigy from the Blue who solved major proofs as a child and joined the Genius Society. In middle age she wrote a paper on de-aging, and in her later years she reversed her own age. She sealed a Stellaron, saved her home planet many times, and founded the Herta Space Station with money from the Interastral Peace Corporation, leaving its running to Asta. Puppets handle her daily chores, and she withdrew to a Clock Tower at the edge of the cosmos.
Spoiler warning: the rest of this section covers the Amphoreus story.
During the Amphoreus arc, The Herta shut down her station to contact the Aeon Nous, captured a Memosnatcher, and projected herself onto Amphoreus with Screwllum. She led the fight against Irontomb and bound herself to a Scepter. She looked straight at Nous, which left her in the IPC's care for a time. She is an Emanator of Erudition.
Abilities
Genius intellect: as a member of the Genius Society, she is one of the greatest minds in the cosmos.
Puppets: she controls hundreds of puppets of herself, 281 of them on the station alone.
Emanator of Erudition: she draws on the power of the Aeon Nous.
Simulated Universe: she co-built this simulation, which the Trailblazer tests for her.
Relationships
Trailblazer: she makes them her Simulated Universe tester. She says they always show her something new just as she is losing interest.
Silver Wolf: the hacker who broke into her station. Herta froze 76 of her accounts in return.
Blade: she calls him "Bandage Guy".
March 7th: she calls her "Little Miss Pink".
Ruan Mei: a fellow Genius and her rival-friend.
Screwllum: her equal and tea partner.
Asta: the manager of her space station.
Likes and dislikes
Likes:
Her hat and her clothes
Curios
Tea with plum pastry
Dislikes:
Chores
Interruptions
Writing papers
The Intelligentsia Guild
Trivia
Her spinning puppets inspired the "kuru kuru" meme.
Her fans are called the "Heritors".
She gives people a "Herta Number". The Trailblazer is #345.
Her text messages often end in an auto-reply saying she is unavailable.
Her proofs often say only "obviously", "evidently" or "naturally".
Frequently asked questions
Is The Herta a puppet?
No. The small Herta is a puppet, modeled about 70% on her child self. The Herta is her real body, which she de-aged.
How old is The Herta?
The game does not give a number. She lived into old age, then reversed her own aging.
What is the difference between Herta and The Herta?
They share one mind. Herta is a remote-controlled puppet, released in 2023. The Herta is her true form, released in 2025.
Who voices The Herta?
PJ Mattson in English and Yamazaki Haruka in Japanese, for both the puppet and The Herta.
Also known as Herta, Madam Herta, Genius Society #83
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