Zora Martin

**Zora Martin** is the wife to Booker Martin and the mother of Clara Martin.

## Personality

She expressed hesitancy in them dropping everything to moving to Ontario. After becoming sick, Zora seems to be less caring and rude, presumably from exhaustion. She still attempts at being a mother to Clara, complimenting her on her appearance and intelligence, and contemplating what the future might hold for her, but for the most part she seemed to just wish to be left in the dark and in solitude.

## Description

### Pre Dog

Zora is descries as wearing round glasses. After becoming sick she became pale, developing dark bags under her eyes, and lost enough weight that her veins became prominent from under her skin, and her skin became cold to the touch.

Her hair is described as being done in limp braids, done by Booker on presumed account of her being to weak to do her own.

### Post Dog

The monstrous dogs that Booker and Zora turn into after being exposed to the Black water are described as being large, black and distinctly canine with fur that bleeds into shadows and too many teeth and claws, yet still poses the eye's of the humans they once were, however tainted with the signature glowing fiery green that all creatures effected by the black water possess. Zora is specified as having too many mouths.

## History

Although not much is known about Zora, She sates that she'd recently gotten a promotion in whatever work field she was in immediately before the Back rains began. Booked said that he and Zora was a part of some form of riot, exactly which one is never specified, but with the context of the show it can be assumed that it was something anti-BotCo. She lived in another sate, though it is unknown which one, before moving with Booker and Clara to the Rathbone house in Ontario once the rains started.

### Season 1

Episode 2 - Dogs: Story takes place immediately after Booker and Zora have succumbed to the black water. Having lost all that remained of their humanities and sense of self, they attack Clara with intent to kill, who had gone unaffected from the rain for at the time of episode release unknown reasons. They chase her though the Rathbone House, till they reach the front lawn, where they are stalled by Dogsmell in time for Riot Maidstone to arrive and rescue Clara after she called her over the radio.

### Season 2

Episode 74 - Riots: Segment takes place shortly after the first rains. Zora is told by Booker that "*it's happening*" and that they had to leave. Zora asks him what he meant, and what '*it*' was. He tells her it's some form of chemical weapon. Zora points out that he was panicking, and that he never panicked. Zora asks him where they're going too, and Booker said that he had a house off grid that Zora didn't know about. On the way to get Clara, Zora gets into a one-sided argument with Booker about the suddenness that they were dropping everything, saying that they'd just gotten Clara into private school, but this is cut off when they run into what is assumed to be one of Irene Mend's creations, which spooks them and causes them to speed the rest of the way to Clara's kindergarten.

Episode 90 - Tests: After Clara found she was having problems reading, Booker took her to Zora to see if Clara could have her glasses. They quickly find that the glasses were effective. Zora tells Clara that she was proud of her, that she had her spirit and her fathers brains, and she knew she would use them for more they they had. Booker says that he wasn't sure about her going further then them, because they'd gone far, but maybe if they could find a school to send her to. Zora warns Clara that the glasses would strain her eyes should she wear them for to long, and Booker begins to leave. Zora tells Clara that the glasses looked good on her, and Clara asks if she was feeling okay. She responds that she was feeling 'the usual', and requests that they keep it quiet outside and close the door on their way out.

## Relationships

### Booker Martin

Booker Martin was Zora's Husband. After they moved Ontario, their relationship degraded, though prior to the move they seemed to have had a healthy marriage with that relied heavily on trust. Booker is described by Clara as emotionally distant. Booker seems to actually be quite an emotional person, but is displayed as cold and calculating, thinking of scenarios mathematically.

### Clara Martin

Little is known about Zora's relationship with Clara before they moved to Ontario. It seems to have been neutral to positive, with an implication of Zora being proud of Clara's academic ability, despite her only being a toddler at the time. After they moved, similar to Booker Zora's relationship with Clara degraded on account of the emotional strain the Black rains were having on her.

## Trivia

* The glasses that Clara Martin wears were Zora's.

## References

All references taken from The official Hello from the Hallowoods website or official Patreon account.