Ziria Kadis

**Ziria Kadis** was a female Human missionary who helped found the Kaleido Alcove settlement on the planet Iaawe, representing the Children of the Origin Star. Kadis was a member of the Iaawe Denomination, attending to the needs of Kaleido Alcove with fellow town founders and missionaries Alabas Jenian, Hotaru Bowers, and Chyrune Vaughn.

## Biography

### Early Life: A Test Subject

At a very early age, Ziria was taken from her original home—the memory of which was long forgotten by her—to a corrupt urban world somewhere in the western reaches of the Cassiopeia Galaxy. On this city world, Ziria was kept in a clandestine lab facility, where she lived as a test subject for most of her childhood. The scientists that worked with her committed terrible atrocities in the name of science and research, outside of the lawful confines of polities like the United Cassiopeian Republic. Ziria was subjected to a variety of behavioural experiments in an attempt to turn her into a perfect super-soldier to be weaponized by the people in power on the city world.

One day, the facility was attacked by an enemy faction on the city planet, giving Ziria the opportunity to escape and flee off-world. While Ziria managed to gain her freedom by the time she was in her adolescence, the trauma she endured whilst treated as a test subject for war was forever a part of her.

### Adulthood: Reputation and Religion

Ziria eventually found a home for herself on a medieval world a few dozen parsecs away from the city world she spent the remainder of her childhood on. Here, she gained a reputation as a blacksmith and as an artisan of sorts, since she had extensive knowledge on modern technology since lost to the people of the medieval world. Continuing her skills as a fighter for her own protection, Ziria would often practice wielding the swords she created herself.

At some point in her adulthood, Ziria was approached by members of a religion she was previously unfamiliar with: the Children of the Origin Star. These followers of the Ouronovic faith promised her and the medieval society community, love, and prosperity in exchange for learning the ways of their religion. Having converted many of the medieval world's inhabitants to the Ouronovic faith, Ziria subsequently became a devout follower of the Children of the Origin Star. Ziria was happy to be welcomed with open arms to a community that seemed to work for the betterment of the galaxy, rather than for war and destruction.

### Mission on Iaawe

In her late 20s, Ziria accompanied fellow missionaries Hotaru Bowers, Alabas Jenian, and Chyrune Vaughn to the planet Iaawe, situated by the outer western edge of the galactic Central Expanse region. The four missionaries were tasked with establishing a religious colony, with the hope of spreading the Ouronovic faith to others on the backwater world.

Throughout the course of their efforts on Iaawe, multiple people from around the planet came to Kaleido Alcove and eventually converted as members of the Children of the Origin Star. The first new follower was Aika Nina Tears, who came to the colony after leaving her nation of Dabandio and converted from her previous religion to the Ouronovic faith. The second new follower was Braca Black, who initially attempted a raid on the settlement but failed, later offered a forgiving hand and a place within the community, in exchange for learning the ways of the Ouronovists' religion. The third new follower was Diana Wade, who attempted to spy on the colony for her pirate allies but later changed her ways and became an Ouronovist.

Kaleido Alcove saw considerably growth over the years. Ziria witnessed many of her fellow missionaries fall in love, including Hotaru Bowers, who married both Alabas Jenian and Chyrune Vaughn. Ziria was present for the birth of the religious colony's first child: Sonia Vaughn-Bowers, the biological daughter of Hotaru and Vaughn and the stepdaughter of Jenian.

## Personality and Traits

Ziria was a Human woman with long black hair, narrow dark brown eyes, and light-toned skin. Many noted how Ziria was often unexpressive and taciturn.

Many knew Ziria as a measured and determined woman with a genuinely kind heart. She was deeply empathetic, compassionate, thoughtful, and strong-willed. Her experiences in life made her an organized individual who considered all the options and choices in front of her, as a result of her having many of her choices stripped away as a child. While some may have viewed Ziria was rather introverted or reserved, those who were close to her knew that she was an acceptionally understanding, cooperative, and sympathetic person capable of diligence and gratitude.

Unlike her friends and neighbors, Ziria was quite the night owl, often preferring to work under the safety of moonlight rather than during the daytime. In her adulthood, Ziria developed a hobby in crafting and cooking, as such practices made her feel more connected and dutiful to others around her. In terms of romance, Ziria was capable of loving anyone regardless of gender.

## Skills and Abilities

As someone who was trained to be a super-soldier at an early age, Ziria was an expert in combat, able to fend for herself in both hand-to-hand combat and in long-ranged combat through the use of firearms. Outside of these combat capabilities, Ziria was also a skilled cook, crafter, and artisan.

## Trivia

* Ziria is based off of a randomly generated colonist character from the sandbox video game *RimWorld*.
	+ Originally, Ziria's randomly generated name was "Zriatt".