ZaZa Royale

> "Aw, look at the cute rat-baby thing!"
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> Zaza making fun of Kitty

**ZaZa Royale** is the central antagonist, but as the series progresses, it's revealed that she's not as bad as she was formerly depicted as.

She is Kitty's main rival in their goal to become champion. She is the daughter of Angel Royale, a record-breaking warrior who almost became the first champion of Battle Island. Her squire is a robot named Merchin.

## History

### Early life

Zaza was raised to believe that she was destined to finish what her mother had started and become the champion of Battle Island. Merchin was left to protect her on Royale Island.

### Life at Battle Island

#### Meeting Kitty

When Kitty arrives at Warrior Beach to register, she is antagonistic to Kitty since they're the greatest threat to her goal. After facing the Glitch Witches with them, she becomes more friendly with Kitty and they tell her that they think her mom would be proud of her. When ZaZa and Kitty reach the arena of the final monster, Angel Royale reveals that she intends to become champion herself, and wants to use Zaza as a vessel to bring herself back to life, before going to possess ZaZa. She rebels against her mother and breaks from her controls with the help of Kitty and Merchin. Afterwards, she lets Kitty become the next champion of Battle Island, choosing to become a hero like she had always wanted to, instead of continuing to live the life her mother had chosen for her.

## Appearance

Zaza has light cyan skin, lilac eyes, and pink hair braided much like Angel Royale's hair, although ZaZa cuts her hair short in the episode "Ancient Ruins". She is usually seen in silver armor, but also has a golden suit of armor and a unicorn t-shirt with sweatpants and slippers.

## Personality

At the beginning of the show, ZaZa is egotistical, arrogant, and she acts like she is better than everyone else because she is Angel Royale's daughter. However, she tends to have some grudges against her mother as she feels like she has to be like her in order to get by, even though she doesn't want to be a Warrior. She is also shown to be impatient, expecting the journey to be easy (or just wanting it to be easy). By the end of "Ancient Ruins", she becomes more outspoken and genuinely confident in herself, as she decides to pursue her desired career of being a hero.

## Abilities

### Swordsmanship

Zaza is proficient with blue swords made of energy that she duel wields. She uses them to defeat many of the monsters she must battle.

## Weaknesses

Zaza fears failure, which can be used against her. She also hates being reminded of her past, which the Memory Monster uses to fight against her. She also has an intense inferiority complex when it comes to her mother, Angel Royale, whom she feels she cannot ever live up to the expectations of. This is why she reacts with such animosity towards Kitty because they are so relentlessly confident that she feels like it’s a threat to her.

## Relationships

### Merchin

Throughout the series, ZaZa is shown to be rude to Merchin, as she scolds him for making mistakes, hits him on multiple occasions, and much more. However, she seems to care about Merchin to some extent, as she comes close to thanking him for saving her and Kitty in the episode "Mount Spicy Ice", as well as the fact that she keeps every single one of the swan napkins that Merchin folds for her.

### Kitty

Throughout the series, ZaZa and Kitty are always trying to bring the other down and see each other as enemies. In the episode "Neon Cove", Kitty witnesses ZaZa's more vulnerable side, as she breaks down about not being able to be like her mom while Kitty is trying to retrieve the Power Bows that she stole from them. Kitty and ZaZa's rivalry towards each other officially ends when they try to fight the Glitch Witches (in the episode "Dark Web Woods") and Kitty defends ZaZa from the Glitch Witches' mean remarks and they both escape from the monsters' arena together. By the end of “Ancient Ruins”, the two are much friendlier towards each other.