Jazzilia Bornitas

**Jazzilia Bornitas**, affectionately called **Zilia**, was a female Praeliorian from the planet Praelior, having served the Praeliorian Empire as an elite from a young age. Her twin sister was Jazzula Bornitas, who was also a Praeliorian elite. The twins were often accompanied by a Walrakian bodygard named Stompy. Gris Véridémi, their maternal uncle and an older elite, acted as their guardian until his untimely death in 5957 ASA.

Around the time her sister defected from the Praeliorian Empire with former High Elite Cirioma Thystamel and her Dremirian servant Petrolos, Jazzilia was placed under the tutelage of elite Inquisitors Shock Sattackite and Passion Sternsaphira.

## Biography

### Life as a Young Elite

In 5941 ASA, Jazzilia Bornitas and her twin Jazzula were born on the planet Praelior, the former shining capital of the Praeliorian Remnants. Their mother Cierna Véridémi-Bornitas was an elite officer and their father Soloca Bornitas was a highly-respected guardsman.

   For reasons unknown, Jazzilia and her sister were orphaned at a young age when both of their parents disappeared. Jazzilia and Jazzula had little to no recollection of their late parents because of how young they were when they lost them. Their maternal uncle Gris Véridémi, a Praeliorian Elite, took it upon himself to act as their guardian, having helped raise them for a majority of their lives and even helped them rise through the ranks of Praeliorian society.

With Gris' help, Jazzilia and her sister became some of the youngest elites in imperial history. By their side was Stompy, a Walrakian bodyguard that Jazzilia considered to be part of her family.

As she and her sister grew up, they were known to have been mean to Lemon Thystamel, whose parents gained a negative reputation for treason and fleeing the consequences.

### Anger and Grief

In 5957 ASA, Gris Véridémi died on a mission to the Borealan penal colony of Hailstorm at the hands of Jet Lignite, a Makhaian member of the Dawns. The three Praeliorian High Elites—Kyalonis Amillís, Pyrana Nirrót, and Cirioma Thystamel—personally broke the news to the twins.

When met with the news, Jazzilia was much angrier than her sister, who cried with grief. Jazzilia lashed out at the High Elites and accused them of disliking Gris the moment he "started doing good". When the twins' Walrakian bodyguard Stompy tried hugging Jazzilia to comfort her, Jazzilia pushed him away, not wanting comfort but revenge. Pyrana encouraged this anger and frustration, telling her to let her feelings fuel her into seeking vengeance against the Dawns and by extension the Dremirians. Jazzilia agreed that she wanted the Dawns dead, but that the Dremirians were second to that goal. Pyrana told her that her energy would make an excellent elite, much to Jazzilia's starstruck surprise and to Jazzula's confusion.

### The Halita Mission

Not even a month after the death of Gris, Jazzilia and Jazzula led their first hunt in the Dreamer Worlds without the guidance of their late adoptive uncle. Accompanying the twins were their own troop of Praeliorian soldiers, as well as a band of Walrakian warriors. Their targeted world was the planet Halita. The sisters initially disagreed on how best to start their hunt.

The Halitan people saw the imperial warship arrive from the distance and prepared accordingly, as best they could. A band of villagers united by a Dremirian woman named Eventide helped fight off the Praeliorians at their small settlement's front lines. The battle was messy and much blood having been spilled between the two parties, in a way that left Zilia more cold and murderous and her sister Zula mentally scarred. While the two sisters were considered prodigies, having Gris out of their lives threw off their synchronization and focus, as all they both could think about was his death.

While many Halitan Dremirians were killed, a good number of the twins' own soldiers were killed as well. The remaining Halitans who surrendered were taken by the Praeliorian Empire to be forced into imperial servitude. As a young human village child named Mesa—whose father Sandalwood was killed by imperial forces—was ignored by the Praeliorians and essentially released from capture, the Dremirian Eventide begged to be sparred so that she could stay with Mesa, as she believed that the boy would not survive on his own. The elite twins dismissively decided to let Eventide go, both because neither of the young women cared anymore for the hunt, in a decision that would anger some Praeliorian soldiers.

The only ones who remained at the Halitan settlement were Eventide and Mesa, with the Praeliorian hunting party returning to the Praeliorian Remnants. Jazzilia's experiences on Halita would reach her superiors, subsequently forcing her to work even harder to become a better huntress and killer.

## Personality and Traits

Jazzilia was a Praeliorian woman with white hair, white eyes, and white skin. As elites, she and her sister decorated their faces with cyan and magenta face paint.

Jazzilia and her sister were much alike in terms of personality. They both looked down upon non-elites, calling them "whities" for their lack of elite face paint and treated them with a condescending attitude. However, Jazzilia was different from her sister in how she handled grief. While her sister Jazzula immediately felt sadness when met with grief, Jazzilia felt anger and resentment. When their father figure Gris died, Jazzula despaired over his death and sought comfort whereas Jazzilia was fueled with disbelief, frustration, and vengeance.

After the death of Gris, all that Zilia cared for was getting the chance to kill the man who took her uncle away from her. She was eager to be taken under the tutelage of elite Inquisitors Shock Sattackite and Passion Sternsaphira in order to become an even more effective killer. She used the Dremirian hunts to unleash her emotions and frustrations in a volatile manner, finding the rush of hunting to be exciting. Zilia shut herself away from those she was once close with, like her sister and Stompy, in order to completely dedicate herself in her twisted mission for vengeance that manifested from her own immense grief. She harbored great disdain for her sister Zula after she defected from the Empire with Cirioma Thystamel and Petrolos. To Zilia, getting her revenge was the only way she could cope with the loss of Gris.

## Skills and Abilities

As a Praeliorian elite, Jazzilia and her sister were skilled in combat. They both knew basic self defense, hand-to-hand combat, and proper weapon wielding. They were both taught how to manifest weaponry out of thin air through the use of dark magic. Both Zilia and her sister were considered prodigies, with skills able to make them into elite officers at such early ages, but their synchronization was thrown out of balance once Gris died.

## Trivia

* Jazzilia and Jazzula derive both their names and original character concepts from the Solo Jazz design found on disposable cups. The Jazz design was featured on both twins' faces as imperial Elite face paint designs, until Zilia had her face paint styled differently after her sister fled and detached herself from the Empire.
	+ The surname Bornitas comes from the mineral bornite, which tarnishes into iridescent shades of blue and purple similar to that of the Jazz design.