Isobel Kady

"Izzy" Isobel Kady Zora (born Isobel Mariah Kady) is a major character (officially) introduced in the eighth season of The Boy from the Bunker (*although her character originally first appears* (unnamed) *in Season 6, Episode Seven 'Remember That I Love You'*). She is one of the children from The City of Targo that was brought back to Basilisk along with Sol Riverly and Hannah Shayman at the end of Season 6, making her a part of Hannah's Clan although, she is originally from West of The City Exile Allegiance. She is one of the 13 people to take shelter in Wynn's Bunker at the end of Season 7 when the flood arrives, thus, also making her a part of the First Bunker Clan.
She is the main character in the spin-off series to The Boy from the Bunker, entitled: 'Isobel Zora: The Chronicles of a Great Sovereign'.

Izzy is 8 years old when introduced at the beginning of Season 8 and the only child of Josiah Kady (member of Hannah's Clan, also from The City of Targo). Her father was killed at the end of Season 7. Her biological aunt is Hannah Shayman (Quill's biological mother). She also has a biological aunt named Lara Kady who is mentioned. Quill Bell is both her biological-cousin *and* her adopted uncle. Liam Leighton is a part of Hannah's Clan and was also one of the people who resided in the Bunker with her for 6 months. Inside the Bunker, she was adopted into the Bell family by Elara Bell Zora who took up a mother-role with her which included telling evening stories of the four Sovereigns, including Kodiak Zora who later became her adoptive father. She has three adoptive uncles: Wynnlow Bell, Quill Bell, and Ares Bell. She also has three siblings (from her adoptive parents, Elara and Kodiak) named Ares Zora, Story Zora, and Hope Zora.

**Season 6**

Izzy is one of the unnamed children present with Hannah and her clan as a deal is made for Sovereign Sol Riverly (former Commander of The City of Targo) to allow them to join their people at Basilisk.

**Season 7**

Izzy is selected as the child whom Fenn Jakson and Liam Leighton decide to try and remove the implant from, however, they are unable to bring her into the medic tent and instead try the procedure on a boy named Isaiah (from Hannah's Clan) who subsequently dies due to an error in the removal. When Hannah secures Wynn's Bunker in her possession, Izzy is one of the few people who is inside along with Quill Bell and her father, Josiah Kady. When Elara manages to convince Quill to open up the Bunker to let her inside, a fight takes place for possession of the Bunker and also claims the life of her father. She ends up safe inside the Bunker by the time the flood comes.

**Season 8**

\*Includes spoilers.\*

The beginning of Season 8 focuses on the relationship between Izzy and Elara and shows how their bond has helped each heal from the losses they both faced at the end of Season 7 (Josiah Kady (Izzy's father) and Kodiak Zora (Elara's boyfriend)). As they have spent 6 months sealed inside the Bunker, Elara tells Izzy stories every night about the adventures and heroic missions her friends got up to, including tales of Sovereign Sol Riverly, "Uncle Wynn", and Izzy's favourite, 'The Great Sovereign Kodi'. When their Bunker is invaded by an outside civilisation, Elara and Izzy are separated and must call upon their own, inner strengths to find their way back to one another and the family they have found in each other. Izzy spends the first few days on the ship away from Elara, but it soon reunited with her by a guard of Neptunum known as 'Ammon'. After speaking to Ammon alone who eased her fears about the ship, Izzy is taken back to the youth sector (the place she is being kept, along with Harlow and the other children from the Bunker) for the night when she hesitates and turns to face Ammon, asking him a question that has been lingering on her mind... 'Are you Kodiak? Elara's Kodiak?' Ammon confirms *that he is actually Kodiak Zora*, revealing his true identity for the first time in the Season. Despite Kodiak's confusion at how a young girl he has never met seems to have figured out who he is, he promises Izzy that they are going to get off of the ship soon and that he will make sure she and Elara are reunited again soon. When Elara is later shot and killed by the guards of Neptunum, Izzy is purposefully left unaware of her condition as Kodiak, Wynn and Quill race against time to bring Elara back. On their great escape from the ship, Quill manages to break into the youth sector and take Izzy and Harlow to safety (before the others) where they are promptly loaded onto vessel ships and carried to the nearby shore. With everyone managing to conceal the truth from her about what happened to Elara on Neptunum, Izzy is blissfully oblivious to everything and only knows that for the first time in a while, her and Elara are safe and that The Great Sovereign Kodi who she has idolised from all of her stories, is there with them.

> ***You never told me that bravery is just another word for being afraid. That it's really the hardest thing in the world to be. That you understand - when you're a little bit older - that it means saying goodbye to someone you love.***
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> - Izzy to Elara, in 'Eight' (S9x07x07)

**Significant kills:**

* Calvin Zain (to save Elara and Kodiak)

**Season 9**

**Fun Trivia:**

She is the main character in the spin-off series entitled ' Isobel Zora: The Chronicles of a Great Sovereign'.

Izzy is *technically* introduced at the ending of Season 6 in 'Remember that I Love You' (S6x07), and officially *named* in Season 7 - 'Implant' (S7x06). However, the first episode of Season 8 entitled 'The Invaders' (S8x01) is where her character is properly introduced and interacts with the other characters, including having dialogue.

She is both the biological cousin *and* adopted niece of Quill Bell. Her biological father (Josiah Kady) is the sibling of Quill's *biological* mother, Hannah Shayman.

She was supposed to be killed (accidentally) in Season 7 in Basilisk's attempts to remove the implants from the children in Hannah's Clan however, as she was preoccupied with Josiah, Liam Leighton couldn't bring her to the Sovereigns and had to chose a boy named Isaiah instead. The procedure ended up killing him which is a fate that would have initially been Izzy's.

Her first debt was for Elara. Her second was for Kodiak. Her third was for Josiah.

She suffers from mild PTSD after being taken hostage by Calvin Zain in Season 9 and being separated from Elara and Kodiak. She also experiences extreme separation anxiety - particularly when it comes to Elara.

During her time in the Bunker, Izzy decided on a pain scale to rate her pain as a way to help Elara understand how she was feeling after coping with the loss of her father, Josiah, and other uncertainties. She used a scale of 8 (with 8 being the highest) and when asked why by Elara, stated that it was because she was 8 years old when she lost her father, and that was the worst pain she had ever felt (and didn't believe anything could ever hurt as much). She has only been known to score a pain as 8 twice: first - when her dad died, and secondly - when she was taken away from Elara and Kodiak.

She shared a room with the other children in First Bunker Clan when they were living in the Bunker, though, she often snuck out of bed in the night and cuddled up to Elara in her bed, ending up staying there until morning. The room used to belong to the Blackwoods (Holden, Emlyn, Bas, Lyra, Hayzel, and Harlow).

She was the first person to discover that Kodiak was alive in Season 8 and going under the identity of 'Ammon Zontanós' despite never having met him before then.

She is portrayed by Chloe De Los Santos/Lola Flannery in The Boy from the Bunker books. In the spin-off series (Isobel Zora: The Chronicles of a Great Sovereign) which features her several years in the future, she is portrayed by Olivia Rodrigo.

She has one, younger brother named Ares Zora, and two younger sisters named Story Zora and Hope Zora. She was the inspiration behind both of her sisters' name. 'Story' - in homage to all of the stories that Elara told Izzy which ignited the beginning of their bond in the Bunker, and 'Hope' after a question Izzy asked Elara shortly after Story was born: 'what would you have named me if I didn't have a name when you found me?'. Elara said she would have named Izzy 'Hope' because that's what she became to her in the Bunker when she thought Kodiak was dead.