Zaios I of Neo Terra

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> ### Full name
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> Zaios II Aynokion
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> ### Alias
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> * Zaios the Conqueror
> * Zaios the Great
> * The Great Dragon
> * Butcher of (\*&\*) (used by the Aesiran)
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> ### Title(s)
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> * HM, King Zaios I of Neo Terra (formerly; until death)
> * Lord of Nygardi (formerly)
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> ### Birth
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> in the Old Aynokion Castle, Nygardi, Neo Terra
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> ### Age
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> * 67 (at death)
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> ### Death
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> in Nygardi, Neo Terra
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> ### Species
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> Vanerian
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> ### Gender
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> Male
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> Platinum
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> Purple
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> ### Height
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> Tall
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> Deceased
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> ### Family member(s)
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> * Zaios Aynokion (father) †
> * Laena Shiruva (mother) †
> * Aymilion III Aynokion (oldest son) †
> * Roxana II Aynokion (oldest granddaughter) †
> * Zaios III Aynokion (oldest grandson) †
> * Vanitas Aynokion (second grandson) †
> * Jacen Aynokion (youngest grandson) †
> * Elaenor Aynokion (second granddaughter) †
> * Vashti Aynokion (third granddaughter) †
> * Balder Aynokion (second son) †
> * Rhyana Aynokion (oldest daughter) †
> * Markios Aynokion (youngest son) †
> * Haera Aynokion (youngest granddaughter and great-granddaughter) †
> * Laena Aynokion (second daughter) †
> * Dyana Aynokion (third daughter) †
> * Zaiada Aynokion (youngest daughter) †
> * Daimon Aynokion (oldest brother) †
> * Vespera Aynokion (niece) †
> * Roxana Aynokion (niece) †
> * Aenor II Aynokion (nephew) †
> * Aymie Aynokion (niece) †
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> ### Significant other(s)
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> * Vespera Aynokion (1st wife)
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> * Silene Gorgonio (3rd wife)
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> “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."
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> ― Alexander the Great
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**King Zaios I of Neo Terra (**born *Zaios II Aynokion***)** is the youngest son and child between Zaios Aynokion and Laena Shiruva and is the much younger brother of Daimon.

He married his nieces Vespera and Roxana, despite being engaged to only Vespera and through these women he has two sons named Aymilion and Markios. Through his legal third wife Silene Gorgonio, he had five children named Balder, Rhyana, Laena, Dyana and Zaiada.

## Description

### Personality

He is remembered as a strong commander someone with a high intellect by that is based on other's description of him as his journals and any personal things of him that he wrote his thoughts were destroyed by Silene despite his requests to have them published after his death, instead Silene burned them all.

But even to the most well-informed contemporaries, Zaios I is remembered as an enigma. From what is known is that he was a solitary person whose only friend was (\*&\*-\*&\*), who was widely believed to be his bastard half-brother. Zaios was also a great warrior, but he only fought when needed and when it was unnecessary, he didn't see the need.

Zaios was also fiercely faithful to his wives and even when his advisers told him he should put one of them aside due to the struggle for an heir in the beginning of his reign, he refused to put them aside. But his favorite and most beloved wife was Roxana, though he respected and gave the proper honors to Vespera and Silene. For example, he often left governance in their hands and only took command when necessary. While he was harsh with those who defied him, he was generous to those that submitted to him and his rule.

### Appearance

In surviving portraits of Zaios I, he is described as "powerful" with board shoulders, platinum hair that held more gold than silver that as cut short almost like a buzzcut, and intense purple eyes with the typical Vanerian rings around the eyes that made his eyes look even more intimidating.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Vanerian Physiology** - Zaios was of pure Vanerian descent and had no Human DNA within his system, with the typical platinum hair and purple eyes, pointed ears and teeth and prefect skin. In the history books, Zaios is considered the prefect Vanerian men and many of his descendants struggle to live up to his memory and legacy.
	+ **Mana Manipulation** - Zaios was born with an immense pool of mana, and he was well trained in how to do it as he was trained in *Mana Manipulatio*n via the Ancient Vanerian scripts alongside his niece Vespera though she took more to it than he did.
		- **Resonance** -
* **Familiar Contract** - Zaios was the third known rider of the dragon Baelorius who was known to be a couple hundred years old and was a very powerful dragon that helped shaped the Alpheratz Quadrant.

## Etymology

* Zaios is the rhyming variant of Gaius which is possibly derived from Latin *gaudere* "to rejoice", though it may be of unknown Etruscan origin. This was a very common Roman praenomen, the most famous bearers being Gaius Julius Caesar, the great leader of the Roman Republic, and his adopted son Gaius Octavius (later known as Augustus), the first Roman emperor.
* Aynokion comes from *Aenocyon* which means "dreadful, terrible" in Latin.
	+ Aynokion means "skeleton horn" in Old Vanerian.

## Trivia

* He accepted the Christian faith, but he wasn't pious as he only accepted being a Christian for political reasons and still held the faith of his ancestors.