Zakariah Darth

Zakariah Darth Thornhill (born 22nd December, 1984 [age 34]), better known online as Zackya, is a Belgian director and YouTube gamer. He rose to prominance after joining the YouTube network, The Obsidian Shovel in 2007. 
As of 2019, he has over 8 million subscribers on his main channel, with 2.5 million on his second channel.
==Early Life==
Zakariah is Belgian. HIs mother died when he was 1 years old from pneumonia, she was 31 years old. He has five siblings, four of whom are half-siblings. His half-sister, Zoe Thornhill, is a novelist.
He graduated from sports college in 2004 and became a personal trainer. However, in 2006 he's forced to quit his job after an injury to his leg in a motorbiking accident.
==YouTube History==
===2007-2010:===
Zakariah began his YouTube career in 2007 after suffering from a motorbike accident which led to his personal trainer career ending. He started by posting videos of him playing games online, along with tutorials and walkthroughs. 
Zakariah met Robert Dixon, also known as SauceGames, through Grand Theft Auto. He joined him, alongside others, to form a community that would later be known in the 2010s as The Obsidian Shovel. They collabed frequently, meeting up in 2010 ans creating an abundance of videos together. This is where Zakariah gained most of his subscribers.
===2011-2017:===
Zakariah helped with the creation of The Obsidian Shovel's first scripted gameplay show through Minecraft, acting mostly as a director. In 2013, this show "Kingdom Come" premiered on YouTube throughout the year. 
In 2016, Robert died of a stroke. This caused Zakariah to leave The Obsidian Shovel, stating he was taking a break for a brief amount of time. His hiatus caused him to lose almost 1 million subscribers, as he didn't post a video from February 2016 until December 2017.
Throughout 2017, Zakariah focused on his real life commitments. He directed a short film with was met with positive reviews from critics. He also lost weight throughout the year.
===2018-present:===
In January 2018, Zakariah returned to YouTube and began posting regularly again. He regained a chunk of his lost subscribers and returned to Minecraft, starring in The Obsidian Shovel's collab-show, Aquamarine.
==Personal Life==
In 2014, Zakariah married his wife Joann, who he had been dating since 2012. They have one son together, Derek (born 2015)
==Filmography==
*Gift of Boys (Director, 2017)
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