Isolation Area

The Isolation Area, also known as the Zohar Room, is a high-security enclosure in the Xenosaga series. It is located onboard the Durandal in Sector D and exists as a quarantine chamber for items that the Kukai Foundation deems especially dangerous. The main chamber holds the 12 Zohar Emulators, secured by an Attract Inhibitor, and the sub-chamber is a holding area for Gnosis samples.
==Story==
===Episode I===
Jr. decides to show Shion, Allen, KOS-MOS, MOMO, and Ziggy the Isolation Area soon after they first board the Durandal. When they see the seals containing the Zohar Emulators, they read out the names written on them, each one representing an Apostle of Jesus as written in the Bible. The 13th seal, which is empty, reads "Marienkind" (German for "child of Mary"). When MOMO asks what lies in the room across from their current position, Jr. warns them of the room's contents, claiming that it's something they don't want to see. However, Shion presses further and Jr. lets them inside. Within is a chamber of gnosified human remains held behind protective glass. At the end of the chamber lies , the remains of a woman who appears to be half-Gnosis. Jr. goes on to explain the process of whitening and the nature of the Gnosis.
===Episode III===
The party confronts Dmitri Yuriev in the Isolation Area after he and his Salvator Faction take control of the Durandal, but are unable to stop him from releasing the seals on the Zohar Emulators. There, Yuriev explains his true motives to the party; being unable to destroy U-DO during the Miltian Conflict, he decided to overcome his fear of it and become a god himself by using the Emulators, the Original Zohar, and Ω Res Novae. The Isolation Area is later destroyed when Yuriev crashes the Durandal into Abel's Ark.
==Lore==
* The seals used to contain the Zohars in the Isolation Area are named after Jesus's twelve Apostles from the Bible; the names given are:
** Peter, referencing the Apostle Peter, originally known as Simon.
** Andrew, referencing the Apostle Andrew, Peter's brother.
** Boanerges, referencing the Apostle James, as "Boanerges" (meaning "Sons of Thunder") was a title given by Jesus to him and his brother John.
** Thomas, referencing the Apostle Thomas, also known as Didymus.
** John, referencing the Apostle John, James' (Boanerges in Xenosaga) brother.
** Philip, referencing the Apostle Philip.
** Matthew, referencing the Apostle Matthew.
** Bartholemew, referencing the Apostle Bartholemew, also referred to as Nathanael.
** James, referencing the Apostle James, not to be confused with the other Apostle by the same name (Boanerges in Xenosaga).
** Thaddaeus, referencing the Apostle Thaddaeus, also referred to as Jude.
** Simon, referencing the Apostle Simon, not to be confused with Peter, who was also referred to as Simon.
** Judas, referencing the Apostle Judas, known for having betrayed Jesus. Not to be confused with Thaddaeus, who was also referred to as Judas.
**The last seal, Marienkind is reserved for the Original . Because "Marienkind" is German for "child of Mary", it can be inferred that this seal is meant to reference Jesus himself.
==Database==
==Trivia==
* The name on the Original Zohar's seal, "Marienkind" references the German folktale by the same name written by the Brothers Grimm, known in English as simply "Mary's Child". In the folktale, the Virgin Mary gives a child keys that can open 13 doors, the thirteenth of which is forbidden to open. Behind the first 12 doors are the Apostles of Jesus. Behind the 13th door is the Trinity.
==Gallery==
===Episode I===
====Screenshots====
Zohar Emulators.png|The Zohar Emulators unveiled in the Isolation Area.
Isolation Area Sub Chamber.png|Gnosis samples held in the Isolation Area's sub-chamber.
===Episode III===
====Screenshots====
Dmitri and the Emulators.png|"Behold this glorious picture!"
===Xenosaga I & II===
====CG images====
XS1&2 scene11.png|Shion and Betty in the Isolation Area's sub-chamber.
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