Zari

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Zari is a psychic Companion to the Campaign 3 party. She was saved from the Refracted Reformitorium and helped the party escape by eating the memories of the Illuminator guards.
== Description ==
=== Appearance ===
Zari is a 3'10" (117cm) young human girl. She has long, unkempt hair and a youthful face with freckles on her cheeks. When the party first encountered her, she was wearing an oversized and torn white t-shirt along with baggy and patched up brown pants. Zari has bandages covering her right eye, while her exposed left eye is clouded over. She was slightly malnourished due to the less-than-humane conditions of the Refracted Reformitorium and she wore a large locked collar around her neck. When Zari uses her psychic powers, they take a light purple color, typically coming from her hands in a spiky orb of energy.
=== Personality ===
As long as she can have fun and spend time with the party, Zari is content to walk the entirety of Xi'Shu. She loves pulling pranks with Echo and training alongside Callum, as well as learning from Walker. Cori is slowly earning her trust, which has been difficult due to Cori's prior affiliance with the Illuminators. Zari isn't afraid to speak her mind, either, often informing the party of danger or warnings without sugarcoating any details. She has to remind the party often that she is, in fact, blind.
== Story ==
While the circumstances for Zari's birth are unknown (to the party), she was rendered blind from an extremely young age due to her sensitivity to magic and the psychic energy around her. Later in life, Zari was captured by the Illuminators and sent to the Refracted Reformatorium to undergo corrective therapy to allow her to exist as a proper Xi'Shuian citizen without fear of her violence harming anyone.
Eventually, Zari was broken out of Prism by the party of Campaign 3 when they came to check on the status of Vish and found sympathy for the small child locked in a cell. She accompanied the party back to Astryd's temple, where she quickly became comfortable with the idea of freedom and playing with the party. 
Zari notably joined the group on their trip to Kuzubiro, where she assisted in expelling Nuku and the rest of the Long Talon pirates. It was here that she warned Walker of messing with the Tome of Tudogeni, saying the fire magic felt at war with their natural affinity for ice and storm magic.
When Tudogeni's Tome began to regenerate the body of the deceased Mane, Zari was the only one who wasn't exiled among the party but decided to leave with them anyways. This group headed south to The Dollhouse, where they currently reside.
== Abilities ==
=== As a Companion ===
Zari uses her psychic powers to hinder her opponents and see things other people can't see. Her Psychic Shock lowers her target's defenses so that her allies can land their attacks more easily. Zari also uses her Aura Sense to determine spell schools of magical effects, even as far as recognizing the individual who cast the spell if she has seen their magic before.
=== As a Sorcerer ===
In addition to psionic interference and recognition, Zari hungers for thoughts and can eat memories of humanoids. She also can describe inner auras of creatures in various physical terms, such as fire, light, or twin energies. Zari also has limited telepathy.
== Trivia ==
* Zari draws heavy inspiration from Avatar: The Last Airbender's Toph, who is a blind and chaotic young girl.
* When sensing their auras, Zari initially described Callum as "two spirited," Echo as "dim, but not gone," Walker as "fiery," and Cori as "radiant and confused".
* Multiple party members have expressed their interest in adopting Zari once the events of Campaign 3 are over.
Category:Companions