Liza (Animal Jam)

Liza is a major character in Animal Jam and one of the seven main Alphas that protect Jamaa. She is the panda Alpha and somewhat of the game's secondary mascot (behind Kit), with her most prominent role being a tutor during adventures.
==Biography==
Liza was chosen and bestowed magic and the title of Alpha by Zios and Mira themselves. Along with the other chosen Alphas, she helped to defeat the Phantom Queen and cause the invading Phantoms to flee back through the portal they had come from. However, the Phantoms had taken Zios with them, and after Mira followed them to save him, the six Alphas were left to protect Jamaa on their own.
Liza first appears in the Training Grounds, the tutorial for the adventures, where she guides the player on how to defend themselves against the Phantoms.
She appears again in the first true adventure, Return of the Phantoms. She tells the player that the Phantoms had broken through the defenses and are now polluting the forest, asking them to undo the damage while she investigates where the Phantoms are coming from. Before she leaves, she advises the player to speak to the bunnies in the nearby village if they need help. She appears once again at the end, congratulating the player for healing the forest and freeing the trapped bunnies, giving them a reward and then telling them to return home through the portal she's standing next to.
In the second adventure, The Phantom Portal, she informs the player at the beginning that the Phantoms have captured a group of monkeys, wilted the Chomper Plants that are the only way to defeat them, and poisoned the river. She advises that they find a way to de-pollute the river, use it to water to Chomper Plants to purify them, trap the Phantoms, and lastly free the monkeys. Once that's done, a portal will activate and a Phantom King will attempt to come through. She urges the player to find three Portal Crystals to stop it. Once the Phantom King is stopped, she thanks the player once more, though adds that the Phantoms aren't going to give up yet, and that they must stay on guard. She once again gives them a reward, and tells them to return home through the portal.
She is absent until the end of Greely's Inferno, where she commends the player for helping to stop the volcano's eruption while mourning the supposed death of Greely.
During The Search for Greely, she appears at the end of the adventure alongside Cosmo and Graham, the three accusing Greely of working with the Phantoms after a search party discovered research about them in his den. Greely explains that he was merely a spy in order to study the Phantoms, before informing them of the Phantom Fortress; the place where Phantoms are created and the Phantom Kings meet to plan their attacks. Liza is in disbelief, saying that she's heard of the Phantom Fortress before but thought that it was only a story.
She speaks to the player at the beginning of The Forgotten Desert, telling them that the titular desert was once a lush an thriving land protected by the power of five magic crystals before the Phantoms arrived and destroyed said crystals, scattering the shards. She then asks the player to gather the shards within 17 or 15 minutes (depending on how many people the player is searching with) while the Phantoms guarding the area are switching guards. She tells them that with every crystal they manage to restore, she'll give them a special prize before wishing them luck.
At the beginning of Bubble Trouble, she tells the player that the Phantoms have invaded and begun polluting Jamaa's oceans as well as capturing the animals who live there. She urges them to explore the Phantom's area and report what they've seen, advising them to use Chomper Clams to defend themselves against Phantoms they same way they would use Chomper Plants, wishing them luck. At the end, Liza meets up with the player to find out what they've learned. After hearing about the underwater Phantom Factory, she grows distressed and says that the other Alphas must be notified of it immediately, adding that they'll need the player's help again soon before giving them a prize and telling them to return home through the portal like usual.
In the beginning of In Too Deep, Liza informs the player that the entrance to the Phantom Factory is through a large pipe below them, saying that their help is needed to defeat the Phantoms. She shows back up at the end, congratulating the player for their help before learning the the dolphin Alpha Tavie had been captured, concluding that the phantoms must have attacked her while she was exploring.
The six Alphas all greet the player and the now freed Tavie at the end of Turning the Tide, thanking the player for rescuing their fellow Alpha, with Liza herself telling the player how brave they are and recommending that Tavie get some rest.
In The Trials of Zios, she and Sir Gilbert search for a map in ancient ruins that a portal had sent them to, with the tiger Alpha wondering what purpose Zios had sent them there for. After the player enters the ruins themselves and completes all three trials there, Liza and Sir Gilbert meet up with them on the other side. They had been delayed while Liza had gotten lost in her studies, though she had made great strides in her discoveries in the meantime. She wonders who created the ruins and says that she'll be returning soon with more equipment. Sir Gilbert comments that they're heading in the right direction, as all the paths lead back to where they are, and Liza adds that the stones that had fallen from the pedestal must be what Zios had wanted them to find. Sir Gilbert wonders if said stones will help them find the map they had been seeking, and Liza says that they might, and should be taken back for further research. She then expresses her gratitude towards the player for their efforts, telling them that they're going to be an amazing adventurer one day.
After finding a large, mysterious pink stone, Liza, Cosmo, Graham and Sir Gilbert take it back to the Alpha Headquarters for further research. Greely however feel that it's wrong to take the stone and steals it, intending to take it back to where it was found. After the stone is returned, Liza tracks down Greely and the other Alphas confront him about his decision, with Peck defending him that the stone belonged where they had found it. They deny this until the rocks around the stone start to glow, revealing that it's a Heartstone, after which they apologize for assuming the worst.
==Appearance==
Liza is a bipedal giant panda with dark blue spots and purple eyes. She has long, braided black hair with short, even bangs and white swirls on her ears. The spots on her eyes are gray, and she has a vertical pale pink rectangle and a single white dot under each eye. She wears a turquoise dress with lighter swirls and light brown trimming, with white stitching on the front of the collar. she has dark blue fingerless gloves with purple swirls, a gold bracelet on her upper left arm, and a light brown ribbon tied around her left ankle. She also wears a light brown belt with two pouches and three green gems embedded into it - two small, upside-down triangle gems on the pouch flaps, and one larger, pentagon-shaped gem between those pouches.
==Trivia==
*She's named after Eliza Ruhama Scidmore, the first female board member in the National Geographic Society.
*Out of all the Alphas, she appears most during adventures.
*During beta testing and early 2011, there was a feature in The Daily Explorer called "Liza's Answers" in which players could submit questions for Liza to answer.
*She used to greet new players and teach them how to play they game. In 2015 however, she was replaced by Peck.
*Her profile page during beta testing revealed that her favorite color is pink.
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