"Hails" is the simple present form of hail when set with the subject pronoun he/she/it. It is partly derived from the Welsh word "caill" which means "testicle".
/I think, today,/ he thought back, /the important fact is that I don't/ need /to be better than him. He can just be a person. And I... I can just be one too./ — Adolin (Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson)
