Hypatia

"Jealous owner of an extensive private library in Chelsea, Hypatia hoards her information very carefully."

―in-game description

Hypatia (also known as The Librarian) is an exile in Chelsea, Downtown. She can be found specifically in the basement of Club Messiah (63, -6, -583). It is said that she is a member of the Archivist Society, thus being able to to bridge constructs and servers.

Mission	Notes
Past Due	Retrieve overdue books from The Book Club (led by Dobrovolsky), back to her (via her contact, Sean Vyse), by all means necessary.
Thieves in the Night	Steal the Coroner's journal (which involves the revival of bluepills)
The Wrong Hands	Steal a dangerous book from the Collector and replace it with a counterfeit book gained from an exile counterfeiting expert. Afterwards, kill everything in the site with the book, and destroy the dangerous book.
Pre-emptive Action	Disrupt a planned attack on Hypatia from 2 exile groups.
In Pursuit of Knowledge	Guide Alvarez to a meeting with Hypatia.

bio

4.2

• Owner of a vault that the Merovingian had the operative collect and place into the vault. Relocation Program (Episode 4.2)

Episode 6.3.3

She was sought after by the Merovingian, to obtain a kill code for the oracle, who previously sought out The Bartender, Hypatia, then The Network.

8.2.2 - 8.2.3

• The Exile Hypatia has given more direct assistance to the Merovingian. Although she claims her information-gathering activities are a harmless commercial venture, recently she has seen fit to offer unusually...sensitive material to the highest bidder. She has made offers to the Merovingian specifically, and we know that at other times in the past she has provided him with information he used to maintain his criminal empire.

Process of Elimination (Episode 8.2)

8.3.3

The Effectuator snuck a team of Merovingian operatives into a Machine detention block where they rescued Hypatia, returning her to the city for some scheme of the Merovingian's. Merovingian 8.3.3 (?)

8.3.5

Hypatia, to return the favor for her rescue from the Machines, put the Merovingian in touch with the Archivist Society, who could not find information on the specific incident recalled by Persephone, but were able to look up yet another similar incident, this one having occurred during the first version of the Matrix.

Chapter 9.1.1-9.1.2

Attempting to impress the stranger with displays of power and influence, the Merovingian introduced him to Cerulean, Malphas, Ookami, and Hypatia, but the intruder, while hinting at some familiarity with Exile programs and Matrix history, seemed only mildly interested.

9.2.4

Destroyed by Halborn, though she was defended by her Bookwyrms gang.

9.2.5

Imperfectly restored by her Bookwyrms. The Machinists decided to do the job properly and destroyed the exile.

Neutral quests

• In The Chef’s first mission, he wanted the operative to get an ancient Recipe from her. She would only give them the recipe if the operative could get rid of some nuisance exiles.
• Sister Margaret wanted the operative to steal some files from her.
• Hypatia stole The Coroner’s journal, and tasked the player in one of his Neutral missions to get it back for him.
• Silver tasks the player to go to Hypatia (in Downtown) and kill someone for her, and in exchange she helps Silver with some research on unusual code frags which has recently appeared.
• The Sculptress tasked the player to deliver a bust of Melvil Dewey to Hypatia, who requested it
• The Digger tasked the player to pass his research notes to Hypatia in exchange for access to some of her books. ‎ ‎
• Hypatia had a incantation (which unleashes the power of a certain gem) inside her archives, Madame T. Requested the player to obtain it and to give it to the redpill’s assistant.
• A painting was stolen by the Digger, upon Mockingbird’s request, and she traded it to Hypatia to Aquire the Circlet of Cernunnos. The Circlet would then be given to Man Kempner.

• Nicky G. ‎ ‎

Personality

• Her nemesis was the The Coroner.