Zhaleska

-Valkira Acoria (tabaxi rogue)

**Zhaleska** is a yuan-ti monk who is among the adventurers of Wildtrace. She is played by Aryn Rozelle.

## Description

### **Appearance**

She has greyish-blue skin with scales, yellow/lime green eyes, and purple hair. She wears reddish-orange monk robes and baggy pants and hand wraps around her hands. The face patches and eyebrows are scales.

### **Personality**

Zhaleska is a free spirit in the sense that she follows her beliefs, and that includes following orders from her master. She won't do anything she doesn't believe in and is not afraid to question authority and reach a compromise. She doesn't care if her actions hurt others as long as they accomplish a greater goal. She will also resort to what she's good at to get what she wants.

## Journey

### **Chapter 1 (Episodes 1 - Present)**

Zhaleska is seen to be on a ship, covered by a hood along with Mathias, Nerida, and Valkira. However, she is seen to be sitting at a distance from the group.

As the group meets Giy, they are given very little detail about the job, but they see a heavily chained, bagged humanoid. They are given the mission to take the being to a monastery, but not much more details are given. Eager to get the job done, Zhaleska persuades Giy to try to handle the chained humanoid, much to her success. Later on, she catches Giy in a lie. She attempts to flirt and seduce him to get more information about the job, but with little success.

At the campsite, Zhaleska joins a card game run by Valkira. She loses both rounds, but seems to enjoy the game. Nothing eventful happens during her shift, except the thoughts of helping the figure go through her head before deciding that she needs to get the job done. The next morning, they all walk through the forest, only for Giy to trigger a trap. Mathias then sees a blue light and is nearly attacked by a mysterious construct.

During the battle, she deals the most damage to the stone construct with her monk abilities, leaving the party (especially Mathias) impressed with her skills. After the battle, she heals Mathias with a potion after he is knocked unconscious.

On their way to the monastery, Nerida reveals her encounter with the bagged creature, whose name is revealed to be Lungar. Zhaleska is shown to be skeptical and questions Lunegar on what he would do if the group set him free. A small quarrel ensues with Valkira and Mathias taking the reins.

After escaping from the monastery, Zhaleska learns more about Minu and the Materiai.

As the group makes it the Slope Inn, Nerida, Mathias, and Zhaleska are prompted to try a particular drink called Herald's Edge. She and Mathias temporarily gain a fire breath attack. She, along with Valkira, go over to the gambling table to play cards. She wins the first round and earns 20 gold pieces. However, the wager changes. In an attempt to win, Zhaleska attempts to cheat by making a sleight of hand check and sneaking a card. However, it backfires when everyone else folds.

Regardless, Zhaleska gets information about the Materiai and how they caused destruction in certain areas as well as strange events including an incident where a village was sucked into a black void. She then asks if this is related to a fish and an island, but then retracts it.