Izzy

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## Izzy

### Relatives

Iris (mother) • Lethal (brother) • Unknown father\*

### Affiliation

Guild of Hope • Team Aqua Sphere • Team Hope in Friends

## Appearances

### Debut

Hope in Friends (Chapter 1)

**Izzy** (real name **Sofia**) is one of the main characters in Hope in Friends, and currently part of Team Hope in Friends, a team with Neon, Zander, Volty, and Akiko. She was formerly a part of Team Aqua Sphere, however it was disbanded following the deaths of her teammates Fleck and Dan, and violently falling out with the other remaining one, Lucky.

## History

### Early Life

Izzy was likely born to Iris and an unnamed father in Nordaska in 1994. It's most likely that Iris raised her as a single mother, in spite of her musical fame. It's unknown if she ran away or if something happened to her (and possibly her brother, Lethal), but she left home at around 10 years old.

### Team Aqua Sphere era

Izzy joined Team Aqua Sphere around this time. Up until now, the team was a duo consisting of Fleck, a Mienfoo, and Dan, a Poochyena. Not too long later, Lucky, a presumably lonely Riolu, had stumbled across the trio, and was offered to join, which he accepted. For several years, the team explored the lands, independent from any guild. Around 2009(?), however, Oxide approached the team, disguising himself as a curious Pikachu. After Lucky noticed an extreme dark aura radiating from the Pikachu, he showed his true self. He locked all four in telekinetic paralysis, and shoved Fleck and Dan off of a nearby cliff, killing them. Izzy and Lucky were also nearly killed, when another Mew (possibly Newt or Andy) saved them by teleporting to a waterfall.

#### Post-Attack

Izzy was in contact with her mother again, so she called her to update her, causing her to freak out. Izzy assured her mother that she was fine, however she began to tear up shortly afterwards. Lucky would constantly comfort her, however several weeks later, Lucky announced to Izzy that he would quit being an explorer entirely and subsequently disband the remaining duo of Team Aqua Sphere. This angered Izzy, which caused Lucky to punch and insult her. This enraged Izzy even more, who used a water gun to shoot Lucky away. She ran to a waterfall and jumped into the lake, approaching a Riolu, Shell, claiming that an "aura-user" was looking for her and that she needed to hide. Shell had dinner with her by a campfire, however she did not fully believe Izzy's story and said that she should've calmed both down. Shell, and her partner Tempest, were not interested in becoming explorers.

### Team Hope in Friends era

Izzy spent months looking for new companions, and she ended up finding them on May 15, 2010. She overheard Neon, a human turned Pikachu, freaking out over just finding out such, and Zander the Riolu attempting to calm him down. Izzy hugged Neon, which calmed him down immediately, however Zander thought that Izzy was crazy (as he thought Neon was too). They ended up uniting and traveling to the Guild of Hope, where Usha officially listed them as a team.

## Character and personality

Izzy can be described as overly cheerful, wild, and hyperactive. She is always willing to help people, even if she does so in unusual ways. She may not seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed, most likely due to her detachment from home at around 10 and subsequently becoming an explorer. Despite her usually cheerful attitude, she can become extremely emotional pretty easily when placed in a stressful environment. The loss of all her old friends, either by death or by hatred, definitely has not helped that fact. She also is very independent-minded, which is why she often runs ahead of the rest of the team, and partially why Team Aqua Sphere was independent of any guild (along with the fact that her and the rest of the team members did not like guilds). Physically, she is much stronger than she looks. Not only are her water attacks pretty severe, but her melee attacks can potentially lead to death (as shown by how she was able to make the ground crumble by punching it).

## Trivia

* She often breaks the fourth wall, referencing chapter lengths, the distance between the release of two individual pages, the length at which the chapters are completed, among more unusual things, such as making a stage appear in the first chapter.
* She cannot cook.
* She likely is unaware of her brother's current status at the current point in the comic.

### Note regarding her father and old canon (\*)

In old canon, Izzy's father was a homeless Dewott named "Tailor", who allegedly committed suicide immediately after finding out Iris was pregnant with her. In the referenced story, Zanick thinks Iris's telling of the event is suspicious, yet doesn't say anything. The story as a whole was labelled "Not canon" later on by Zander-The-Artist, potentially overriding this piece of information.