Yaretzi Vasquez

## Yaretzi Vasquez / Cure Feather

"The Sky Dragon, shepherd of the wind! Cure Feather!"

Esteban Vasquez (Father)

Nochehuatl Vasquez (Brother, 13)

Mateo Vasquez (Brother, 8)

Citlali Vasquez (Sister, 6)

Aztec

Shield Wings

Yaretzi Vasquez is a main character and a Pretty Cure on the team for **Roar! Mighty Dragon Precure**. Her theme color is green, with yellow and red as sub colors.

She is the reincarnation of the Elder One Quetzalcoatl. Instead of individual scales being her transformation item, she has several scales shaped into a cross-section of a conch shell.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Yaretzi is a chubby, average-height young woman, with shoulder-length black hair that is shaved on her right side. She has hazel eyes and wears triangular shaped glasses. She has a plain but cute appearance. Yaretzi has freckles on her shoulders and she doesn't wear makeup. She has a tendency to wear warm clothes, and is never seen without her necklace. She takes care of herself, but doesn't make it a point to make her appearance stand out.

### Cure Feather

As Cure Feather, her appearance changes. Her hair becomes shorter, wavy, with the ends curled in on themselves. The right side of her hair is still shaved.She keeps her glasses, which are able to transform into aviation goggles when she flies. Her ears also become longer and pointed. She has small, floating wings by her shoulders, which are able to turn into full-size, functional wings that let her fly. In her powered up form, she gets scales around her eyes and fangs.

## Personality

*"My resolve to protect her is not something the likes of you could break, Knight Paladin."*

Yaretzi is a shy, quiet girl who doesn't think very highly of herself. She keeps to herself outside of her house, and the only people she's comfortable being around are her fellow Cures. She has anxiety and is prone to panic attacks. She has low self esteem, and views being useful as the only way she can redeem herself. When she and **Fayre** first became friends, she learned that having friends was something she missed greatly, and decided she wouldn't give up friendship easily. She is defensive of her friends and would readily go to their aid, no matter how afraid she is. As Cure Feather, she becomes more calm and collected, soft-spoken, and proud. She is determined and steady, and knows how to deal with stressful situations.

She is a history buff and is very intelligent. She has a personal goal of learning as much as possible, and bettering herself through improving her self-esteem. She also enjoys reading, coding, insect collecting, and spending quiet time with her friends. She fluently speaks English, Spanish, and Nahuatl.

## History

Yaretzi grew up spoiled, the oldest child of four. Her family was well-off, and her grandmother owns the land the town of Freedom's Grove is built on. Because of this, she tended to lord it over her peers and could be manipulative and even bullied others at times. In the third grade, she had lost all friends and nobody wanted to be around her. She was told by the one person she considered a friend at the time that she was a bully, and that nobody liked her. Upon this revelation, and understanding that how she was acting was wrong, she apologized - but still, nobody listened or even talked to her. She became a recluse, and shut herself off from everyone, believing she was beyond redemption. She only ever spoke to her family, and even then, barely so. As a result, she developed social anxiety and had a tendency towards panic attacks.

Eventually, she decided to come out of her comfort zone when Fayre moved to Freedom's Grove at the end of her Sophomore year. She helped her move, and tried her best to interact with her, though it was a bit awkward at first. When Fayre became Cure Alchemy, it awakened Quetzalcoatl in her necklace, and he began speaking to her. She decided she needed to talk to Fayre about it, and after learning that she was the reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl, she felt overwhelmed. She wanted to help, but didn't think she was capable or worth anything. The two still became friends, however, and became close. Yaretzi really looked up to her, and thought she was everything she wanted to be. Finally, when realizing Fayre was in trouble, she decided to take the Oath and become Cure Feather to protect her first friend. Becoming a Cure made her relax, and finally feel like she was redeeming herself for how she acted in the past.

## Cure Feather

*"Roar, the heart of a Dragon! ... The Sky Dragon, Shepherd of the Wind! Cure Feather!"*

### Transformation

* **Transformation Item:** Sky Conch (several scales shaped like an *ehecailacocozcatl* - ancient Aztec talisman of Quetzalcoatl)
* **Transformation Call:** “Roar, the heart of a dragon!”
* **Tagline:** “The Sky Dragon, shepherd of the wind! Cure Feather!

### Powers

**Abilities**

* **Flight**: In her normal cure form, she has two small, floating wings. These are able to turn into full-size, attached wings with colorful feathers. These wings allow her to fly.
* **Air/Weather Manipulation:** When using her weapons, the fans, she is able to summon wind or storms. She can direct them to do as she wishes. She can summon anything from strong winds all the way to hurricanes or tornadoes, however these stronger storms are not accessible to her until near the end of the story.
* **Shields**: Her wings are able to turn into nearly impenetrable shields, protecting whatever she wraps them around.
* **Heightened Reflexes**: She is much more agile and can react in nearly double the time of a normal human. She is also able to sense things coming from the air.
* **Numen (Magic)**: Using the skills taught to her by Tarragon, she is able to use Numen, a source of magic for Dragons, to perform feats of magic throughout the series. It is able to be used like a physical force in order to jump higher or punch harder, but it can also be used to do things like locate other sources of Numen or make yourself invisible.

**Finishing Attacks**

* **Sky Squall** (1st Finisher)
	+ **Call:** "Drift on the Wind! Precure... Sky Squall!"
	+ Cure Feather summons a strong storm. Using her fans, she creates tears in the armor of her opponents, and the storm follows after her, tearing the rest of the monster (if a Panoply) or evil (if a Paladin) to shreds.
* **Sky Tempest** (Powerup Finisher)
	+ **Call**: "Drift on the Wind! Precure... Sky Tempest!"
	+ Using her fans, she is able to summon a strong storm filled with wind. She dances around, using the fans to gracefully guide the storm. Her wings spread out far, whipping up even more wind. They throw out razor-sharp feathers, and guided by the storm, the feathers slice through the enemy's armor and purify the monster or Paladin.

## Relationships

* **Fayre McCoy**: Fayre was Yaretzi's first real friend since her childhood. She greatly admires and respects her, and wishes to be as cool as her some day. She is attached to Fayre at the hip, and the two are rarely seen apart after she becomes Cure Feather. She feels a strong desire to protect Fayre, and would do anything to keep her safe.
* **Zhilan Ouyang**: Yaretzi views Zhilan as an interesting and strong person, who she looks up to. She is eager to learn everything she can about fighting from them, and views them as a valuable addition to the team, as well as a good friend. She was surprised about Zhilan's direct demeanor at first, but learns to understand them and gets along well. Yaretzi often goes to them for advice.
* **Charity Howell**: As two people with self esteem issues, she and Charity really understand each other. They get along well and enjoy spending quiet time together. Surprisingly, though their past lives didn't get along very well, they like each other a lot. Yaretzi views Charity as a big sister and wouldn't trade her for the world. She is, however, a bit intimidated by Cure Swell.
* **Josie Laghari**: She loves Josie a lot, and the two really get along. Yaretzi is very happy to have somebody that appreciates family as much as she does on the team. She doesn't always enjoy Josie's motherly side, however, believing that Josie shouldn't have to worry about her, and worries that she's causing her too much stress. Despite the constant back and forth worrying, the two are good friends and teammates.
* **Tarragon Drake**: She is at first a bit nervous around King Drake, but they soon learn to get along, realizing that he's just a teenager like them. She still sometimes calls him King, though, despite his insistence that she can call him Tarragon. She respects Tarragon immensely, and admires him for his strength in his position. She wants to be strong like him, and often goes to him for lessons on fighting, or just to talk about how to be more confident. After being around him for a while, she feels like she can really trust him and comes to greatly care for him.

## Trivia

* Yaretzi was originally going to have an "ojou-sama" personality. This was scrapped in order to have her mesh better with the team.
* Yaretzi speaks Nahuatl (language of the Nahua, previously the Aztecs), and her family is Nahua as well, though it isn't mentioned in the story. Her name means "you will always be loved" in Nahuatl.
* Cure Feather was originally going to have straight hair, and scales in her normal cure form. These were both scrapped, though the scales do appear in the powerup form.
* Several aspects of Cure Feather's design were inspired by the Aztec artistic depiction of Quetzalcoatl as a person.