Initial Zora character document
With "fish month" being not too far off i've more or less developed several ideas for Zora. Feedback would be appreciated if anyone's got any though my goal is to get these characters fleshed out further by the end of may. Without a further ado here's my immediate list though I still need to develop location information further but also feel free to ask questions.
Morb, The aquatic grenadier
Height: 1.53m (5’) Age: 229 years old as of TOTK Gender: Male (Has the proportions of a zora though has large eyes one of which has an eye patch)
While at one point he was very bombastic he has since calmed down though still takes many risks and hasn't had his fearlessness leave him. He rather wishes stuff would stop happening so often though who could really blame him at this point.
He wields a claymore and a buckler shield but is lightly armored if armored at all like most Zora. He managed to acquire the explosive launcher from a Sheikah strider though such would be rendered inert years after BOTW as its energy would run out.
Morb is a black moor goldfish who about 112 years before the second calamity Morb was born in the Lanayru region of Hyrule. Morb would be raised in the Lanayru region around the general area of Zora’s domain though usually would travel about the southeast regions of Hyrule. While having a relatively stable childhood it became evident that the second calamity was going to take place which sent Hyrule into a building state of war to be ready for the impending crisis. He would be enlisted into the Zoran army and it was there he would see how woefully unprepared everyone was especially when the technology turned on them. While somewhat successful at first in an instant all of the sheikah teck that many elders rightly feared would backfire ran through every defense and fortification causing many casualties. Morb and his squad would be pushed to Tal Tal peak being pursued by the monstrous quadripods that are sheikah striders machines which he would grow to fear more than anything else. They lost interest in the squad and started pursuing fleeing ships trying to evacuate refugees from central Hyrule firing lasers at their masts and hulls. It was there that they would witness the last stand of the Terminan ironclad Thunderbird as it put itself between the striders and evacuees fighting to its bitter end, this would forever stick with him till his grave. Later back in Zora's domain a fracture would take place between those who sympathized and those who hated the Hylians and morb, having seen their sacrifice, would leave on his own accord and move on with things rather than fester in hatred like many of the elders did that day. He would find a lost Zoran child who he would take under his arm as it had turned out that her parents died during the war. During this time he would put aside his past and raise Glesies though he would be called to action once more when a strider woke up and started terrorizing the Faron region. He would face his fears though foolishly would try to fight the strider under equipped and was nearly killed in the process when a cloaked figure descended from a cliff and saved him. It would later turn out that this was Galuvier who he would later meet at lovers lake with one thing leading to another though it was their first mission together where he would return a favor and save her from the resurrected Sheikah construct.
Galuvier, The crimson reaper
Height: 3.1m (10’2’’) Age: 256 years old as of TOTK Gender: Female (best described as a zora with the physique of a gerudo wearing assassins robes)
While seeming silent or almost distant at first more so to non Zora she opens up more when you get to know her though it generally helps to be honest and personable as she would immediately pick up on if you were lying or not. As per her trade she knows how to read people and can sense tone and intention.
She dual wields customized Moonlight Scimitars that also have the ability to be linked together with a cable. Her electro receptors give almost a 6th sense allowing her to sense movement and direction in the air allowing her to respond accordingly to combatants. She fights for honor / tradition as according to her “Fighting for sport or entertainment is a clown's job and I'm not a circus act.”
Around 12 years before botw she would meet Morb after taking down the last Sheikah strider, Morbs courageousness in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds was intriguing even if she had to step in and save him after he was almost caught off guard. They wouldn't see each other again until seemingly by coincidence they found each other at lovers pond and would start to hit it off after the fact. Morb would be inducted into the guild after proving his worth to her and the other assassins. For their first mission they would head off to the Riliva salt flats though it was there that Morb would return the favor and save her from getting killed by the resurrected Sheikah construct. They would get married after they returned home and have co-existed since.
Galuvier is a crimson tiger shark Zora with a Zoran father and a Gerudo mother, having a build like that of a Gerudo. Unlike most zora she was raised in Gerudo town so is culturally more Gerudo and fights as such. For the longest time she was relegated to the city due to her biology though learned to thrive in the arid climate though the one thing that she couldn't change was the Zoras long life span so would be forced to see not only her mother die but all the people she grew up with. Having no further reason to stay she set out into Hyrule to carve out her own destiny as a skilled assassin, she would acquire a specialized Sheikah cloak that would not only increase stealth but also mitigate both hot and cold weather unlike conventional stealth armor. She would fight independently during the second calamity only joining a mercenaries guild some time after the war. Over the course of the 100 years she would improve her combat and magic skills becoming the leader after earning it in combat and gaining the favor of the other members.
Tontil Nimich, The Mistontian naturalist
Height: 2.77m (9’1’’) Age: 204 years old as of TOTK Gender: Male (He's a Portly or as some would say “big boned” redtail catfish)
He's pretty chill and laid back and generally likes to take life day by day and values friendship and unity. Also very naturalistic, believing himself to be one with nature and it shows in his work though try not to kill his flowers, that would make him pretty sad.
Tontil is a botanist/florist originating from Ichin, a territory located some 5,582 km west away from Hyrule characterized by thick rain forests and a river delta. Much like most large catfish he grew relatively fast and was at his full height by age 35, since he did not live in one of the major cities he adapted to the forest and became one with the environment. At age 50 he moved to Mistonia the capital city of Ichin and would become a florist having a passion for plant life and all things natural. After some time though he would develop an urge to travel and so emigrated from his homeland to Hyrule 26 years before the second calamity and would find himself in a different Hyrule then what he was told about. He would meet a couple and their at the time young child who had also moved from Ichin, they were Glesies original parents though they would occasionally meet for some time. Signs of the second calamity were becoming more apparent and people had been preparing for the inevitable to his confusion as nobody directly believed that the calamity or gannon was real in Ichin. Despite the desperate attempts of the Hyrulean and regional leadership the second calamity would take place and would result in the downfall of Hyrule. During the second calamity he would manage to avoid most of the conflict as it generally wasn't in his nature to fight but would indirectly witness the death of Glesies parents who he quite grew fond of. While the event would stick with him he would continue with what he did back in Ichin and develop a reputation for it. It would be 35 years before TOTK where he would meet Morb but also Glesies who he would almost immediately recognize and reconnect with after many years. With his more laid back character and personality he would begin to help Morb through becoming one of his better friends.
Glesies, The forest sage / guardian
Height: 2.25m (7’ 3.8”) Age: 138 years old as of TOTK Gender: Female (she’s a common Amazon Sailfin Pleco adorned in green with a dark green scarf marked with Farore’s crest. She also sometimes wears a leaf mask like a korok)
She has a disposition fairly similar to Mipha though has zero tolerance to that which “disturbs the natural order” which is anything that wishes to corrupt or destroy nature. She responds even harsher to those who try to hurt Koroks which stems from her drive to protect those who can't immediately themselves.
She possesses a magic staff gifted by the Deku tree which resembles twisted branches and at its end a sphere that resembles Farore's Pearl. It has the ability to create new life where there was once death though it can also move nature in a literal sense. She would acquire the fairy bow and an ocarina though it isn't apparent if it is magic to the extent of being able to control the weather, teleport, or manipulate time.
Glesies much like Tontil came from Ichin though would have been too young to remember the place though one thing that would stick was her propensity for nature. From a young age she would start to show signs of magical potential though was not able to fully grasp what it meant. She would lose her parents in the second calamity due to a guardian. This is where her hatred for Gannon would come from having resentment and hatred grow from the helplessness she felt then. To her it had seemed the world was cruel and that evil would always prevail crushing the helpless beneath an iron boot no matter how much the forces of good tried. She was overly nihilistic until meeting Tontil again where she would learn the ways of the world and nature over the span of 35 years. It was then she had her epiphany and would work on improving so she could protect others who couldn't and ensure balance in the world. Something then would internally awaken and she would realize she was gifted in the way of the forest and would pursue this destiny heading for the lost woods. Making her way through to the Korok forest she would meet with the great Deku tree who would present to her a destiny in becoming the guardian of the forest which she accepted. This however did not go without trial as one had to prove themselves worthy and pure to uphold such responsibility, she would descend into the great Deku tree and discover a passage that led to the long lost forest temple. After acquiring the fairy bow she would solve the dungeons trials and face down against the guilt of the past and premonitions of the future ultimately emerging victorious. For completing the trials she would receive not only the sage's attire but also Faroes staff which channels magic to create life where there was once death and the ability to move nature itself. She would continue on improving her prowess learning from the Deku tree until the upheaval happened and curiously enough Zelda would show up however something was off about her. It would be then that Glesies would realize that this was not Zelda but in fact a puppet of Gannon though she ultimately stood no chance against the demon king's servant. Due to her nature she would survive in a stasis preventing her from succumbing to gloom and it would be link after defeating phantom Gannon that would free her from it. After that experience she would leave the lost woods for a time and go around restoring Hyrule and training to get better.
Abalo, The Faronian dead eye
Height: 1.9m (6’4’’) Age: 197 years old as of TOTK Gender: Male ( He has the same consistent colors to that of a typical archer fish but darker gray.)
He is a Lot more relaxed fun going after the second calamity though while still being fully aware of the situation. He takes his job seriously any time he has to, though values the safety of his younger siblings sometimes even more than his own.
He has a modified version of the silver bow built for longer range that maintains good power.
Abalo was born as a quintuplet having another brother and three sisters in Zora's domain and would pick up on archery using his sight and depth perception to become one of the best archers in the domain on par with the likes of Revali. He would fight Gannon's forces in the same squad, Morb was using his skills to provide suppressive fire which would ensure the group's survival. Afterwards Abalo along with his brothers and sisters would leave after the second calamity. Abalo would go off on his own business freelancing archery along with the rest of his brothers and sisters for many years. Around 89 years after the second calamity he would join with the guild (Galuvier’s) though as a decent number of trained personnel would though as was a common theme after the second calamity. (need further ideas in developing this character & siblings)
The downfall of the Hylian monarchy led to the rise in smaller city states/territories that would govern themselves with the rest being left to anarchy up until Hyrule's reconstitution roughly a year after calamity Gannons defeat. The guild was able to step in and take on a bunch of new members this way as there were a plethora of skilled individuals roaming about and the guild offered them security in return for service. The guild docent have ill intent though it exists as a coordinated effort among independent individuals / mercenaries to ensure their freedom to operate under their own cause as they aren't affiliated with any world government.
Niosmin, The good witch of the north
Height: 2.36m (7’9’’) Age: 4284 years old as of TOTK (relatively typical proportions for a zora but the age does show in distinctive wrinkling seen in order zora. Has spots/splotches like that of a Greenland shark but is a darker brown. She wears robes from an era long before most today was around)
She is typically soft spoken and shows great hospitality to guests though Don't let the age be too deceiving, Niosmin is very well versed in different forms of magic that she's learned over many years of life. She has an amulet that negates most forms of damage crafted using various gems that possess elemental properties.
Niosmin comes from the northern territory of a fallen empire that existed on Moicrasia, the largest continent of the planet 10,987km north east of Hyrule. 9,998 years ago the Sheika would be forced to abandon their technology by the king of Hyrule and while some did and others formed the Yiga clan a good few would flee with their technology. Moicrasia was one of the main destinations during the Sheikah exodus and from their efforts they would unify the nations under one banner and create an empire that would grow to encompass the entire continent. Niosmin was born near a frozen island and would remain there until one day representatives from the capital city Nitraium would come offering a role in the city's library. She would accept and become a head librarian at the Nitraium library and served that job for nearly 1,800 years though this would only last so long. Ever since the beginning magic and technology users kept to their own though occasionally conflicts would rise for the magic users often feared technology due to its leveling of the playing field. A series of conflicts over the several thousand years would lead to a civil war between the two groups 2243 years before the second calamity with the technology users ultimately being victorious in the end. They would ban magic use and tighten their control over the various groups and peoples in the region which would lead to their demise. 2238 years before the second calamity the combined efforts of the member states would be used to topple the empire that was already in a vulnerable state after the civil war taking Nitraium using captured war beasts. The city would be pillaged and the library would burn down having been caught in the crossfire destroying thousands of years worth of history and knowledge setting development back several millennia. Niosmin along with other key library staff would take data stores with the libraries backup information with them and she would use an ornithopter just barely escaping and would fly off to Hyrule to hide out from any potential seekers. She would bury the ornithopter under deep snow and set up a homestead in the Hebra region distancing herself as far as she could from the past. Between 2238 and 5 years before the second calamity Niosmin would learn different forms of magic and would become pretty decent in that regard though when the second calamity struck she was able to fend for herself. Morb would come to her with his premonitions and while initially passing it off she would soon start to look into what he meant behind it. It wouldn't be until after calamity Gannon's defeat that Niosmin would travel to Kakariko village to reveal the contents of the data store along with who she was and what might come next. It would be evident that her predictions came true with the events of tears of the kingdom though she would learn more about the Zonai using clairvoyance to read the ruins. It was more or less there that her beliefs were reaffirmed of the cyclical nature of history though she wonders if the cycle will ever be broken.
Pentoni (Port) & Solfege (Starboard) The defenders of great bay
Heights: 7m (22’ 10”) & 6.98m (22’ 9”) Ages: 148 Genders: Male (Two Zorca who are immediately identifiable by their collapsed dorsal fins with Pentoni’s on the left and Solfege’s on the right. Petoni is a very dark red and Solfege a very dark green.)
Both show a general form of honor and courageousness with their actions helping others. First it was to avenge the fallen though they curiously enough found monster livers to be quite a delicacy with it being one of the most nutrient dense things immediately available.
Pentoni possesses the leviathan blade which is a large magic based great sword where Solfege possesses the titan bow which is a very large magic based Yumi bow that launches energy based arrows. Both weapons pack the punch needed to take down leviathans.
Pentoni and Solfege live off the coast of Termina which is a territory on the southern tip of the continent roughly 2,584 km south of Hyrule. They had pretty standard childhoods as it goes for a Zorca though during the calamity their pod was attacked by a Gyorg which had resulted in the death of one of the younger members. The pair would track down and kill the monster avenging their fallen pod member and from there they made a vow to rid the southern waters of all sea monsters. They split from the pod and would make good on their word hunting sea monsters though this isn't to say they didn't have any close calls. With every near death experience they learned from their mistakes and improved upon their skills though at some point their dorsal fins would collapse which is where their nicknames port and starboard would come from. Not much was known about them by the Terminans though one day sea monsters started washing ashore with their livers cut out and less ships were being attacked. It would be a Ikanin research vessel that would witness the truth when it was inadvertently rescued by the duo mid battle. From there they would gain a reputation with merchants and sailors alike for their deeds, even receiving honors from the chancellor of Termina where they would be referred to as the defenders of the great bay. Gannon would re-emerge in Hyrule (during TOTK) and its effects would be felt when Tentalus, a beast from ages long ago would be resurrected and would threaten sea travel grinding all ships to a halt. Seeing the danger the duo would formulate a plan with the Navy to take the beast down though before leaving they would be given weapons they had forged for their ancestors millennia ago and magic imbued armor to protect them from the dark influence of malice. Pentoni and Solfege would engage Tentalus alongside the navy where Pentoni would make the opening for Solfege to make the shot, downing the beast and ridding the bay of its dark corruption. For a while it was peaceful though about a year after the interlopers as they were called would return to Romani ranch as they do 3 days before the Carnival of Time aiming to take the famous cows the ranch was known for. The invaders were preceded by glowing lights which Solfege would aim for causing it to fully de-cloak revealing its true form which promptly engaged them. They would duke it out with the flying leviathan lasting roughly an hour before enough of its arms were taken out revealing the main body's weak point downing the creature before anyone could drop out of it. What effects this would have wouldn't be immediately made clear until later.
Zagt Ephali, The one from the twilight
Suit height: 3.05m (10’) Real Height: 1.2m (3’ 9”) Age: Unknown Gender: Unknown (It almost looks like you took a chimera and put it on the body of a Zora while giving it Zonai ears. Seen wearing armor that looks like if you tried making a space or pressure suit out of coral and with glowing orange eyes. The armor is believed to be an augmentation with the individual being much smaller)
Zagt Ephali is a scientist and a member of a group referred to as the Zorwili who come from another dimension tasked with bringing back a live specimen for study. They would descend down to Termina and would attempt to abduct one of Romani's cows, something that should have been standard procedure that was until they were attacked by two of the locals. They would battle for a while though would ultimately succumb when one drew their massive bow and struck the pulsing core causing the Hydra to crash roughly a kilometer away. Zagt would escape alongside a couple of their compatriots though would once more engage the natives in order to buy time for them to escape though ultimately would be incapacitated. When Zagt awoke they found themselves strapped to a metal table of sorts and before them were people dressed in uniform who were attempting to communicate. They would use telepathy, communicating with the locals which they didn't like too much though they underestimated the amount of restraints needed as Zagt would break out sensing the threat and would be rescued. It is unclear where Zagt is currently but this is one of the only cases of this happening though one must wonder how it effected Zorwili relations with Termina.
The Zorwili are a zora-like species that originate from an alternate dimension believed to be similar to the Twilight Realm though submerged in a deep ocean. Without fire the Zorwili were incapable of metallurgy so had to improvise using selective breeding and magic to develop advanced bio mechanical technology. One of their most notable developments was the “Zorwili Hydra” which is a 30m wide specialized siphonophore that resembles a starfish with 4 long arms and 8 short ones capable of flight using unknown magic. They travel from their home dimension to the world during night, often near or during winter solstice, observing the goings of the inhabitants, not often making any direct interactions. There are only a handful of documented cases of them walking on the surface where observers note there are several distinct variants that perform certain tasks. While regarded as aliens in almost every regard, pieces of evidence suggests they once shared a common ancestor with deep sea Zora. If you follow where the Fractured Monument points toward you will find at the bottom of an ocean trench a complex and at its center a ring like structure made out of runic stone. The locals who now inhabit this structure claim that eons ago the original inhabitants who were well versed in divine magic would open a portal to another world to escape the impending doom that was the demon king.