Kodiak Zora

Kodiak Zora is one of the main characters in the series The Boy from the Bunker and is portrayed by Froy Gutierrez in the books. He is one of the three (S1-4; S5- has four) Sovereigns that are in command of the clan Basilisk.

## Kodiak Zora

### Aliases

Kodiak, Kodi,

Sovereign Kodiak,

Ammon Zontanós,

"The Great Sovereign Kodi" (by Izzy)

### Relatives

Elara Bell Zora (wife, found family), Isobel Kady Zora (adoptive daughter, found family),

Ares Zora (son),

Story Zora (daughter),

Hope Zora (daughter),

Dreea Taven (foster sister, Sovereigns, found family),

Sol Riverly (foster sister, Sovereigns, found family),

Eryx Riverly (foster parent, deceased),

Wynn Bell (Sovereigns, brother-in-law, found family),

Quill Bell (brother-in-law, found family),

Ares Bell (brother-in-law, found family),

Bas Blackwood (protector of, found family),

Harlow Blackwood (found family),

Atlantis Beckett (found family),

Chessca Jones (sister-in-law, found family),

Xander Zika (friend, confidant, deceased),

Aeryn Ives (found family),

Fenn Jakson (found family),

Liam Leighton (found family),

Eden Riverly Bell (niece),

Reign Riverly Bell (nephew),

Theo Bell (nephew),

Veer Bell (niece),

Courage Taven Jones (nephew),

Henry Blackwood (found family),

Haven Blackwood (family),

Brody Blackwood (family),

Zara Blackwood (family),

Ary Jakson-Leighton (family),

Gracie Jakson-Leighton (family),

Unnamed Mother (deceased)

Unnamed Father (deceased)

Sonia Zora (aunt, deceased),

### Affiliation

Basilisk (Sovereign), The City of Targo (hostage), Hannah's Clan (hostage), Neptunum (guard)

### Occupation

Sovereign, Level 2 Guard of Neptunum

Neptunum Medic

Basilisk Medic

## Biographical information

### Status

*Presumed dead*, missing (as of S7), Alive (as of S8)

## Appearances

### Last appearance

Never Let You Go (S7x07) For Always (S10xEpilogue)

Kodiak is a Sovereign alongside Sol Riverly and Dreea Taven, both of whom are members of his family as he grew up with them. He has two unnamed deceased parents who died when he was a child and was shortly raised by his aunt - Sonia Zora - until her death, and was instead taken care of by Sol and Dreea who essentially became older sisters to him. By being a Sovereign, this counts Sol Riverly, Dreea Taven and Wynn Bell as his family. He is married to Elara Bell (S8) with whom he has an adoptive daughter named Isobel Kady Zora who he co-parents alongside her. As of S8, Ares, Wynn and Quill are his brothers-in-law. After arriving back at Basilisk in Season 10 after a long series of events kept him from his home, Kodiak has three *more* children with Elara: Ares Zora (named after Elara's older brother, Ares Bell), Story Zora (named after Elara's infamous stories to Izzy and their niece and nephews), and Hope Zora - named after their unwavering hope in the face of all of their tragedies, and the one thing that always led them back to each other.

> **Half the fight of staying alive is wanting to.**
>
> - Kodiak to Wynn, in 'Small Sacrifices' (S8x04x01)

**Season 1**

Kodiak is competing alongside Dreea Taven and Sol Riverly in the running to become the Nobel Sovereign of Basilisk. When Sol's mission to recruit the people of a nearby bunker for her army against their enemy clan takes a series of sudden turns for the worst, Kodiak must choose between his own desires to become Nobel Sovereign and the deeply rooted instinct to help Sol - his best friend; *his family*.

**Season 2**

When Sol rescues another collective of people from a second bunker, long, hidden secrets come to life and threaten to jeopardise Sol's position as Nobel Sovereign of Basilisk. When Sol leaves camp and doesn't show up after several days, Kodiak begins to realise that something terrible has happened to her and has to work together with Dreea, Atlantis (Sol's newfound half-sister), and Wynn to find their Nobel and bring her home, *no matter what the cost*.

**Season 3**

With the arrival of a new clan known as The City of Targo, along with Kane Bell - the father of Elara, Wynn, Quill and Ares - Kodiak faces a terrifying set of challenges in trying to keep Elara safe - the girl he has grown inexplicably close with. When The City of Targo form an alliance with Blood Riders - who have announced a war on Basilisk, his role as a Sovereign becomes increasingly difficult with not only having to protect his people, but Elara - the so-called "prophet" that her father and the rest of The City of Targo are trying to steal away. In an all-or-nothing decision, Kodiak makes the choice to stay with Elara and allow The City of Targo to capture him alongside her. Kept as a prisoner and made to watch as Kane and Rhea force Elara through torturous and traumatic trials, Kodiak must figure out a way to escape and save Elara whilst their friends wage the war outside.

**Season 4**

Having being rescued with Elara by his friends and the rest of Basilisk, they return home hoping that the worst of their challenges are over, but it seems they have only just begun. Suffering withdrawals from the medicines used on her when they were held hostage, Elara's wellbeing begins to deteriorate and to make things worse, she is in denial about her own suffering; too afraid to open up to Kodiak and her brothers about what horrors she faces when used the phases of The Alteration. In a desperate attempt to save her, Kodiak forces himself through the same trials Elara faced, not knowing what affect it might have on him, *only* caring about getting the answers to help her.

**Season 5**
\*Contains spoilers\*

In a final attempt to save Elara from her father and The City of Targo, Kodiak works alongside her brothers to develop a plan to kill Kane and Rhea and eliminate the search for "Targo's Heir". When things take a sudden turn for the worse, Kodiak is left trying to comfort Elara through the loss of her big brother and parental figure, Ares Bell. Despite the grief seeming to consume every one of their friends, Kodiak is forced into believing - by Sol and Wynn - that Elara has been killed. When the truth of her safety comes to light and The City of Targo appear defeated, Kodiak finally allows himself to slow down and rest in the knowledge that no one is trying to take Elara away from him anymore. However, he faces another loss altogether... *One that no one could have seen coming...*
**Season 6**
\*Contains spoilers\*

Nine months after losing Sol to The City of Targo and Ares to the dams, Kodiak is continuing his attempts at finding his peace, hoping that one day, he won't feel like he is waiting for Sol to come back. But with most of Blood Riders having left with their Nobel Sovereign, Kodiak, Dreea and the new Nominated-Sovereign Wynn Bell, find that there is nothing left to protect their people from and as far as they can see, Basilisk don't have to survive anymore, *they can just live*. When Elara discovers her brother's plan to cross the DeadLands and venture out into The City of Targo to find Sol, Kodiak abandons all of the instincts his lifetime of training has taught him and assists Wynn in creating the plan. After establishing an alliance with the few remainders of Blood Riders, the three Sovereigns and a team from both clans make the dangerous trek to the other side of the DeadLands with the help of Chessca Jones - a girl inside The City who has become Sol's only family after she (Sol) lost all of her memories. Inside The City, the Sovereigns face defeat after defeat at trying to rescue their friend and restore her memories before the real danger kicks in: Rhea and Kane figuring out that Basilisk are back, and most dangerous of all, *that Elara is alive and with them*.

**Season 7**
\*Contains spoilers\*

Having returned home with Sol and the rest of his people, Kodiak assumes that the biggest concern of all is that their alliance with Blood Riders will soon break once they realise that Basilisk's numbers no longer outweigh theirs. However, problems arise in another direction as a series of earthquakes introduce the threat of an approaching flood coming and the lack of time - and shelter - to save all of their people. Just when he believes that things couldn't become any worse for him, Hannah Shayman - Quill's biological mother from The City of Targo - lures him outside of camp after holding Bas' younger brother, Harlow hostage - and injects him with an implant. With this new device in his head, Kodiak is controlled by Hannah and forced into doing things with the known result of his disobedience being death by torture. With Hannah's intentions being to target Quill's family and separate them from him, Kodiak has no other choice but to end his relationship with Elara after being warned that his refusal will lead to her injected with an implant. As Basilisk's alliance with Blood Riders eventually falls apart, it becomes a race against time for the Sovereigns to secure their people inside the two bunkers before the wave of death reaches their home and wipes them out, as well as ensure that Wynn and Elara don't have to lose another brother... Despite his best attempts, Kodiak is unable to save Elara from the loss she endures at the end of Season 7; a loss perhaps more unbearable than anything she has ever felt in her young life...

**Season 8**
\*Contains **major** spoilers\*

After having not made it inside a bunker when the flood arrived, Kodiak is **presumed dead** by everyone, along with Bas Blackwood who was also revealed to have one of Hannah's implants at the end of Season 7. However, Kodiak and Bas were rescued by an organisation residing on an old-Navy-ship known as Neptunum where they have spent the past six months on board, waiting for the day they would be able to see their families again. After his strength and resilience shined through to the leaders of Neptunum after being put through various mind trials, Kodiak is recruited as one of Neptunum's guards, allowing him access to vital information he needs to locate his people. Going under the identity of **Ammon Zontanós** (translates to "the hidden one", "I am alive"), Kodiak manages to convince Athena Archelaus (the founder of Neptunum) to raid the two bunkers they have been receiving 'SOS' signals from and use them as the harvest of people to undergo their trials. Once Basilisk are secured in cells inside the ship, Kodiak - who is still keeping his fate concealed for the most part - faces the pressures of trying to save his people on his own - usually having the support of three other Sovereigns beside him. However, when Kodiak is accidentally revealed to be alive to Elara, his entire plan is flipped upside down and in the euphoria of being reunited with her after six months apart - six months of her believing he was dead - the faults in his plan come to light and he finds himself struck by the sudden, devastating loss of someone he doesn't know if he can live without again...

**Season 9**

After merely escaping Neptunum, Kodiak clings onto the relief as he settles onto the island (where Basilisk arrived after fleeing the ship) along with Elara, Izzy, his fellow Sovereigns, and the rest of Basilisk. However, due to the severity of Elara's injuries and trauma she suffered on Neptunum, she is having a hard time healing and beginning her slow start to recovery. On top of that, Kodiak is suffering from his own trauma due to being separated from everyone for the past six months, having to mercy kill his close friend Xander, and watching Elara die on Neptunum and the agony that followed before he was able to revive her. Shortly after arriving on the island, Kodiak goes out on an exploratory mission with Sol and Dreea only for the three of them face a surprise ambush from an unknown clan. When Dreea is preoccupied with an attacker and Sol finds herself fighting for her life, Kodiak instinctively pulls out his gun to fight off Sol's antagonist when he suddenly falls into a state of shock - triggered by the gun in his hands and the traumatic reminders of both Xander *and* Elara dying. At the last second, Dreea manages to become free and save herself and Sol from harm's way, leading to them both approaching Kodiak and realising the extent of his PTSD. Once back at the shore - where they have temporarily set up camp - Sol is checked over by Aeryn and Fenn, meanwhile, Kodiak is pulled aside by Elara who can tell that something is troubling him. Alone, Kodiak confides in Elara about his PTSD and opens up to her about the moment he killed Xander - which Elara was present, but barely conscious for - and his newfound struggles with using guns. Elara shares in his fear over the weapon, but assures Kodiak that she is fine and repeatedly reminds him that he managed to save her. Thankfully, Kodiak manages to find a good distraction from his fears as his bond with Izzy continues to grow and their father/daughter bond develops even stronger - including plenty of private Sovereign training.

**Significant kills:**

* Diego Aiza (forced kill by Hannah Shayman)
* Xander Zika (mercy kill)

#### **Debts:**

**D.T** - As the Sovereigns are considered closer than family, Kodiak has Dreea's debt on his skin to remind him that she is a part of him and that his choices should honour her and be made with her. It also credits the countless times Dreea saved Kodiak's life in their childhood in their various challenges and training that put them in the running to be Sovereigns. Dreea was the first debt that Kodiak received.

**S.R** - Sol was the second debt that Kodiak received, and likewise to his debt for Dreea, it signifies how she is a part of him and involved in all of his choices as "the three Sovereigns are one" (as stated by the founding Basilisk rules). Sol has been known to save Kodiak's life on numerous occasions since they were children.

**J.P** - Kodiak has a debt for Joren Pilot because of an incident that occurred when he was seven and Sol was nine; they had wandered too far towards Blood Riders' territory and were seconds away from loosing their lives to the incoming attacks from King Rogue and his people, but Joren appeared and managed to whisk them away to safety.

**S.Z** - Kodiak has a debt for his aunt, Sonia Zora after she took over his parents' responsibility in raising him after they were killed when he was three. However, she died three years later and Kodiak was left without a guardian. In their absence, he leaned on Sol and Dreea - who was also orphaned - and the two of them took care of him as he is the youngest.

**P.R** - Kodiak has a debt for a man named Peter Robbins who was the primary doctor of Basilisk before Fenn and Aeryn took over for Peter when he died during an ambush outside of camp.

**A.I** - Kodiak got Aeryn's debt on his skin after she saved his life two years prior to him becoming a Sovereign when a wound he received during training became infected and life-threatening. She has continued to save his life on many occasions following.

**F.J** - Fenn became the seventh person Kodiak is in debt to after he saved his life when Blood Riders shot an Arrow of War (an arrow with carvings to announce a countdown to the start of war) into his stomach in an attempt to kill him.

**W.B** - Kodiak received his debt for Wynn when he became a Sovereign as a result of being Sol's Nominated and her leaving Basilisk (because she was captured by The City of Targo). It represents Wynn becoming a part of him and his family by being a Sovereign alongside him and Dreea (and later on, Sol). As well as Wynn having saved his life, it also becomes more meaningful when Kodiak marries Wynn's sister, Elara, thus, making them brothers-in-law.

**E.B.Z** - Although at the time of getting his debt for her, Elara hadn't physically saved his life, Kodiak felt compelled to get her initials tattooed onto his skin (right above his heart, to be specific) to signify their unbreakable bond and his immense love for her. It served as a badge-of-honour for him to let everyone know that Elara is his family.

**Q.B** - Kodiak decided to get a debt for Quill for multiple reasons, including how he took care of Elara for him when she was in the Bunker and believed he was dead, as well as for running back into Neptunum's burning ship to find him and Elara before they left on the vessel ships. He also wanted it to signify Quill becoming his family and brother-in-law when he married Elara.

**A.B** - Kodiak wanted to get a debt for Ares as a reminder to Elara that Ares was still considered family after his passing. He wanted to give Elara the assurance that her brother wouldn't be forgotten and that because she was a part of Kodiak's family, it meant that Ares was a part of his family, too. Although he got it before their marriage, it is stained onto him beside Quill's initials to remind him that Ares is his brother-in-law.

**B.B** - Kodiak has a debt for Bas Blackwood in homage to him for their unity when they were alone on Neptunum together. Bas and Kodiak only had each other for six months when they were separated from everyone else from Basilisk and had to depend on each other and protect one another in every way that they could. If it wasn't for having a familiar face around, Kodiak doesn't believe he would have survived Neptunum. Bas gave him a reason to believe in the hope he held onto.

**I.K.Z** - Kodiak has a debt for Izzy (on the skin above his heart, right under Elara's) to commemorate him and Elara adopting her into their family after they sealed their marriage. Although at the time of him becoming her adoptive father, they hadn't known each other for long, Izzy and Kodiak's bond was already extremely significant and deep-rooted in instincts of trust, love, and affection.

**A.Z** - Kodiak wanted to get a debt for Xander Zika (Alexander Zika) as a tribute for his unwavering help and friendship during their six months together on Neptunum. He credits not only his, but Elara and Wynn's survival on Neptunum to Xander as he sacrificed his life to save theirs.

**Fun Trivia:**

When Kodiak's parents died when he was young, his aunt - Sonia Zora - became the primary caregiver of him. When she was killed a year later, Kodiak was taken in by two of his classmates and competitors, Sol Riverly and Dreea Taven, and was secretly welcomed to live with them in the Sovereigns' Quarters. Sol and Dreea - who are several years older than him - helped him with his training and both became big-sister figures to him. When Sol's father and Nobel Sovereign - Eryx Riverly - learned that he was sharing a room with both girls, and *why* he had moved into the Quarters, he agreed to let Kodiak stay and gave him (and Dreea) a personal room in the lower level of the Quarters beside Sol's.

He doesn't have any biological siblings, but considers Sol and Dreea as his family because of their closeness growing up and their unbreakable bond. When Wynn becomes a Sovereign, he also becomes a part of their family. After Kodiak's marriage to Elara in Season 8, Quill and Ares (and Wynn) also become siblings(-in-law) to Kodiak, although, they had already been considered his family before that.

After learning that Elara had adopted Izzy during her time in the Bunker (when Kodiak was missing and held on Neptunum), Kodiak's bond with Izzy was instant and he vowed to protect her and keep her safe just like he had always done for Elara.

Due to his time on Neptunum and his role within the organisation, Kodiak is professionally trained in medical and to a close standard to Aeryn and Fenn. Similarly to Chessca, Kodiak helps out in the medic tent when they need extra hands, or if Basilisk is facing a lot off illness during winter, or wounds after a fight.

He has severe PTSD from Neptunum - specifically from what happened to Elara, and from having to kill Xander. His PTSD makes him easily triggered by guns and he finds it incredibly difficult in situations that require him to use one.

When the other children in Izzy's classes at Basilisk began their training on how to use guns, Kodiak wouldn't let Izzy use them and continually pulled her out of the class and instead, gave her one-on-one defence training. Elara was also hesitant to let Izzy use the weapon, but after Sol and Wynn talked with them about their fears, and agreed to be the ones to train Izzy on how to use a gun, Kodiak and Elara agreed to let her be taught.

Kodiak's role within Basilisk is a Sovereign. He is also a trained Medic due to his time on Neptunum, and often helps out Fenn and Aeryn in the medic tent during busy seasons, along with Chessca - who is also trained. His primary class to teach is Self Defence.

Kodiak's birthday is April 27th.