Summer-Zariah

> “Create some kind of empire for himself. He’s spoiled, Cassian. That could be his downfall if we play our cards right.”
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> -**Summer** describing Leo to Cassian
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**Princess Summer-Zariah Justice Xena** is a main character in 𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼 and becomes the crown princess of Malovendra after her brother Eros's death. While she aims to stop Leo from conquering the four kingdoms, the two are very close and discuss the possibility of marrying in the future several times.

## Summer-Zariah

### Aliases

Crown Princess Summer-Zariah Justice Xena (full name)Summer

Child (by her father)

### Relatives

King Tarus Dario Jupiter (father)Queen Yasmine (mother)

Crown Prince Eros Tarus Jupiter † (brother)

## Background

### Original Concept

*Summer is an innocent girl who has spent all of her life trying to keep her reputation as Malovendra's princess afloat to earn better relations with the other three kingdoms. The princess has a close sibling-like relationship with the Lonaran Crown Prince, Cassian, and they often tease each other. She lives a rather quiet private life with her parents and elder brother Eros, until, at one of the Mano Auran Karastadts Prince Leonidas Kye Tolous takes an interest in befriending her. Choosing not to believe in the silenced rumors about Leo's political opinions (as she hates dragging a good name through the mud and understands how difficult building a good reputation is) she is more than disappointed when she learns the truth.*

*Leo brings out more of Summer's dangerous personality, proving that when she's emotional she often goes into defense mode. This is only made more deadly by the many sparring lessons she was given by the royal guard. But even as she struggles to grapple with her PTSD from her brother's death and Leo's betrayal, Summer cannot help but still become the same emotionally vulnerable, teasing girl that is first met in the early stages of HE WHO CONQUERS.*

-𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼 Character Concept

### Physical Description

#### He Who Conquers Inspiration

The author came up with the concept for 𝓗𝓮 𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓻𝓼 while creating dark fantasy-themed covers (using images from K-Pop MVs) and the original theming inspiration was the (G)I-DLE song LION. She continues to describe the project by commenting that she often imagines Summer to look something like the (G)I-DLE member Miyeon (who is featured as Summer on the original cover).

#### Official Description

Summer is the younger child of the Malovendran king and queen (about eighteen or nineteen years old), with green eyes, wavy brown hair, and a pale complexion. Along with this, both the Malovendran and Lonaran royal families both have hints of Asian heritage.

## Personality

Summer enjoys pointless banter although at times she does prefer to create good assumptions about others rather than negative ones. Similarly, she also hates ruining people's reputations and refuses to expose many people's flaws. Summer is also very afraid of losing people (particularly after losing her brother) and suffers from PTSD when she comes into contact with situations/noises/sounds similar to what was going on during that moment.

Surprisingly, the Malovendran princess has also proven to have a braver side. After taking years of sparring lessons from the royal guard she is quite handy with a sword. When she's emotionally vulnerable this skill can lead to bad choices and violent outbursts that she later wishes she could take back. She manages to be quite resilient while her kingdom is under attack, although during those fights she is often distracted by Leo.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Prince Eros Tarus Jupiter

Summer and Eros are quite close and have a caring brother-sister relationship, although Summer often teases him. Eros dies to protect her which leaves Summer heartbroken and constantly thinking about how her actions reflect what he died for.

### Friends

#### Prince Cassian Ori Atrius

Cassian and Summer also maintain a sibling-like relationship, particularly after Summer loses Eros. Although many speculate there is more behind their relationship and their fathers do not approve, the two are always there for each other.

#### Rhodes

Leo's silent bodyguard grew rather fond of Summer, although the two are often on opposite sides Rhodes wouldn't hurt her and often sides with Summer's perspective over Leo's.

### Romantic Interests

#### Leonidas Kye Tolous

Summer and Leo have trouble seeing eye to eye, and even after talking over their feelings for each other, they both refuse to stand down in the conflict Leo has created. Nevertheless, the two still care deeply for each other although they enjoy teasing and threatening each other's lives constantly.

## Trivia

* Although her full first name is Summer-Zariah, Leo is the only character who calls her this.
* The author has mentioned that she imagines that Summer looks something like Miyeon from (G)I-DLE.
* Summer's middle name **"Justice"** refers to her stance in the conflict and how she seeks justice for her brother's death.