Zoella
Born in round 2287, Zoella was hidden in a pauper family at birth and has no knowledge of her heritage.
She is a gentle soul, with a caring and compassionate nature, highly geared towards animals with which she has a special affinity due to ‘the gift’.
She was left in a hall by Sandatch in some haste. She has no great ambition and is humbled and grateful for the opportunity to work as a maid in the Tiamoi household.
Zoella exhibits a high degree of empathy and understanding of others, often leaving herself open to exploitation and abuse as a result. She expects the best of others and is frequently disappointed by their behaviour.
She is slight in stature, with simple brown hair and brown eyes. Despite her vulnerability she has great reserves of strength and determination. She can be overly stubborn as a result.
She believes her morals and outlook the most important part of her make-up and seeks to make the best of all situations, even at great cost to herself.
She has a keen interest in music and poetry. She has a mannerism of holding her head in a hands and hiding behind her hair when she is thinking or in despair. As she matures she develops a mischievous and quirky sense of humour.
Zoella is the sister of Kiri, but neither of them are aware of this until they meet each other and discover who their mother, Myana was.
Zoella helps Liana when the priestesses first attack Viresia, but is forced to flee with Meru.
Furious and full of hatred at Kiri’s actions, Zoella suffers a mental breakdown and attacks the crew of the Mobilis. It takes them a long time to trust her again.
Ultimately reconciled with Kiri they face the priestesses of Drayden again at Viresia where she is ultimately victorious.
As a daughter of Queen Myana, Zoella is a princess and becomes Queen of Scalla in 2308 at age 21. She married her lover, Joachim, in 2310, but he died in a plague in 2320 and she never remarried. Zoella reigned until her death in 2372 at age 85.