Here are my newest Zora characters! They are based off of Spinner Sharks, and being a newly crafted species, have yet to be named.
The Zora to the left is Cascada, a beautiful Zora who bonded with a handsome lord. She is an aristocratic dancer who preformed for the passion of it and earned a reputation among the Zoras for her elegant ballads.
The Zora on her right is her daughter, Layali, and my central RP character for the Termina Empire from Zelda Amino. Layali is a sweet natured, often meek Zora born with weak magical properties as a consequence of her egg being removed from the exposure of sacred moonlight. It is a custom for royal Zoras coming from a line of chosen ones to settle their eggs in holy temples to receive the moon's powers for three nights. If a Zora is selected by Nayru, it will hatched with her holy sapphire inlaid on their fins and be enrolled as the next Champion of their clan.
However, the sacred ceremony consisiting Layali's egg was botched by the Mako King, Adelar, who removed it before the ritual was complete. Thus, Layali, although favor by Nayru out of her brood, had only absorb a fraction of the Moon's holy power, and the royal jewels on her fins appears bleaker and semi opaque, rather then radiant like her ancestors.
Because of her limited magic, she feels insecure around other Zoran Champions, for each royal clan had their own fully realized chosen ones who are fully blessed. Among them being Mikau and Lulu, the celebrity guardians of the Mako folk and Hammerhead people respectfully.
As such, she often receives special training from her Clan on a regular basis in hopes of awakening her dormant magic. She had even enrolled herself in the Sapphire Guard, a Zora police force renowned for their quality services. Despite her timid disposition, Layali has suprising streaks of valor and is a tenacious fighter when out in the line of duty. Even without her full magic, Layali is righteous and a sweet soul, demonstrating the potential she had as a chosen one and why she was eligible for the sacred holy Sapphires.