Bronya Zaychik

*Armored Bunny*

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Bronya Zaychik is one of the three protagonists of *Honkai Impact 3rd*. She is the third iteration of the Herrscher of Reason in the Current Era.

## Battlesuits

* Valkyrie Chariot
* Yamabuki Armor - Drive Kometa
* Wolf's Dawn
* Dimension Breaker
* Black Nucleus
* Herrscher of Reason

## History

After Siberia was ravaged by the Second Honkai Eruption in 2000, many children were left orphaned and among them was Bronya herself. Bronya was born on August 18, 2000, and her mother presumably died during or shortly after childbirth, as she was taken in by one of the many warlords that took advantage of the massive power vacuum left in the wake of the Eruption. She was taught how to kill. Bronya proved to be exceedingly adept at the art of assassination, managing to kill at least 13 high-ranking officials from Siberia to Caucasus. Such feats earned her the moniker of ‘Silver Wolf of the Urals’.

At some point, Bronya was ordered to assassinate a woman named Cocolia. Cocolia managed to overpower Bronya however, and after knocking her out brought the girl back to her Orphanage. Bronya and Seele Vollerei meet for the first time here, before Bronya officially becomes one of the children under Cocolia’s care. Bronya and Seele become inseparable afterwards, despite Bronya being a newcomer.

At some point in early 2012, Seele is kidnapped. She is held in what appears to be some sort of warehouse near Lake Baikal. Upon Cocolia’s orders, Bronya manages to track her down, and easily kills the guard keeping watch outside the warehouse with nothing but a single stocking. She proceeds to steamroll the other guards in Seele’s room with similar ease. When she finally frees Seele, the other girl is terrified of Bronya and how she had killed those people with vicious efficiency. She believes that Seele calls her a demon out of fear (in reality, Seele's remark is directed towards Veliona, who had surfaced for the first time). From that point on, Bronya makes a promise to herself: she would never hurt another person for Seele’s sake.

Some time in the year 2013, Cocolia tests the children on their ability to manipulate matter. Bronya and another girl, Sin Mal, pass with flying colours. Seele enthusiastically praises Bronya for her success, much to the displeasure of Sin. After the test, Sin confronts Bronya at the top of a flight of stairs. Sin asks Bronya if she likes ‘the stupid little idiot’ Seele, to which Bronya replies that she and Seele will always be together. In a fit of anger, Sin pushes Bronya down the stairs, and once she reaches the bottom, ruthlessly stomps on her legs, severely breaking her right leg.

The next day, Bronya is attended to by Cocolia. When asked about how her leg managed to get into its current state, Bronya lies and tells Cocolia that she merely fell down the stairs. Cocolia doesn’t believe her, but doesn’t pry, instead telling Bronya to take better care of herself for the upcoming X-10 trials. When Bronya returns to her shared room with Seele, the other girl has locked herself inside a large chest. She apologises to Bronya when she opens it, claiming that it was her fault that Sin got mad at Bronya. Bronya dismisses Seele’s worries, and reassures her, telling Seele that as long as Seele is by her side, she can feel no pain.

In August of 2013, the X-10 experiment was finally about to be carried out. When Bronya wakes up, however, Seele is gone. Cocolia is nowhere to be found as well. The realisation that Seele took her place for the X-10 experiment greatly hurts Bronya. She remembers another promise she made to Seele, that being to one day take her to visit the sea. The thought of being unable to fulfill that promise saddens her. Suddenly, a hairclip falls into Bronya’s hands. She realises it belongs to Seele, and begins crying in earnest, likely realising that Seele had ‘perished’ in the X-10 experiment. Cocolia appears later to explain the situation to Bronya. She tells Bronya to give up trying to save Seele, as it would require her to actually succeed in the experiment, and given that Seele, who had higher Honkai resistance, failed, Bronya’s chances were even slimmer. However Bronya is not deterred so easily, and raises a knife to her throat and threatens to kill herself if Cocolia did not allow her to take the experiment. Reluctantly, Cocolia agrees.

Before Bronya begins the experiment, Cocolia warns her that she has a maximum of 5 minutes only. Any longer and she may develop a severe, life-threatening Honkai infection in her fractured leg. Cocolia asks Bronya to promise that she will survive, to which Bronya assents. However, Bronya had no intention of keeping such a promise if it would separate her from Seele. When she finds Seele in what appears to be a quantum world, Bronya immediately hugs Seele. She declares that she won’t ever leave Seele, and that they will always be together. Seele protests, and tells Bronya that she cannot stay; if she does, she will die, unlike Seele who was protected by her stigmata.

So instead, the two girls make a promise: one day, when Bronya is stronger, she will return and rescue Seele. Until that day, Seele will wait for Bronya, for as long as it may take. Seele then seals their promise with a kiss, and tells Bronya that she’ll be awaiting another one when Bronya comes to take her home. Before Bronya leaves the quantum world, Seele imparts to her one last gift that she says has the power to ‘rebuild’.

When Bronya leaves the quantum world her body is in terrible condition. The Honkai infection has rendered her legs useless and damaged her brain, making her incapable of feeling any higher-order emotions. However, the ‘last gift’ Seele gave to Bronya also manifested, in the form of a massive robotic creation. After this, Bronya and Cocolia made many attempts to rescue Seele. All of them failed, so they turned their attention to another individual with a natural stigmata: Raiden Mei. Cocolia set the stage for the Herrscher of Thunder’s awakening, and deployed Bronya to subdue and recover her. This plan was foiled however, by a certain girl named Kiana Kaslana, who managed to defeat the Herrscher before Bronya.

Afterwards, Bronya encounters Mei and Kiana in the ruined city of Nagazora. They team up to find a way out. At some point, they encounter a particularly strong Honkai beast that knocks Bronya far away from the rest of the group. The Herrscher of Thunder subsequently reawakens, but is then subdued just as quickly. In the midst of the chaos, Bronya had somehow managed to make her way into the Hyperion, where she hid until she was found by an executive officer of the battleship. She is then inducted into St. Freya Academy as a valkyrie-in-training, alongside Mei and Kiana.