Zavok

Robotnik Empire

Zavok the Hexi is the leader of the Deadly Seven. Serious and headstrong, she is possessed by the Deadly Sin of Wrath. Despite this, she does not hate many people and is not usually violent. She loves the members of her team very much, treating them like family. She also loves her home, the Lost Hex, and will protect it to the best of her ability.

## History

### Past

Zavok was born into the Sizzal tribe of Lava Mountain, and inherited their collective sin of Wrath. At a young age, she was taken under the wing of Zik the Hexi, who taught her everything from Hexi history to martial arts. Like all the other Hexis, she was enslaved by the Robotnik Empire upon their invasion of the Lost Hex with the Cacophonic Towers, devices that played the Mystic Melody (which is extremely harmful to Hexis). For the majority of her life, she was forced to serve the same empire she saw tearing down her home and people. Eventually, only she and six other Hexis remained, including her Master Zik. Zik trained them all to be the strongest they could be in body, mind and spirit so they could survive as long as possible under such horrible conditions. Zik raised them when nobody else was left to do so, and their bond is what formed the Deadly Seven.

### Sonic Runaways: HEXED

#### Overture

Zavok, under orders from Lord Robotnik, traveled to Windy Hill with the rest of the Deadly Seven to kill Sonic and Tails when they both crash landed on the Lost Hex. They come very close to succeeding. However, when Zoga the Hexi ends the fight to make a new episode in her reality show "Life Will Change", Robotnik angrily called them all back by sounding Windy Hill's Cacophonic Tower.

#### The Dark Battery

Zavok is overseeing the progress of the Dark Battery, a device created by Doctor Robotnik to siphon the Dark Gaia energy from the recently shattered Erius. Suddenly, Susie the Frog and Pico the Woolly Mammoth, Robotnik's new child proteges, begin to irritate her and inadvertently tamper with the Dark Battery. She quickly holds them away from the keyboard, only for Susie and Pico to walk off in attempts to "beat up" Sonic and Tails. Zavok is left with Zazz, who had just been returning to base after nearly murdering Sonic and Tails with her Moon Mech.

#### Who Got Us Into This Mess?

When Robotnik makes the announcement that someone has set the Dark Battery into overdrive, Zavok must leave her station in Sky Road to help undo this, and hopefully save both Erius and the Lost Hex.

#### Theory of Betrayal

Zavok gets a call from Master Zik atop the Dragon Mech, and notifies her that she is approaching her destination. However, when Zik starts to act strange, Zavok suspects that she is working with Sonic and Tails. After a call from Zor confirms this, Zavok turns around to intercept them before they can be spotted by Lord Robotnik.

## Relationships

### Zik the Hexi

Zik is Zavok's master and mentor. She took Zavok under her wing at a young age, and Zavok holds much respect for her. They are also very good friends.

## In the Original Series

In the original Sonic the Hedgehog series, Zavok is a male Zeti and the leader of the Deadly Six. He is pure evil, and has unbelievable strength to boot. Zavok enjoys destroying his enemies not only in body, but in mind and spirit as well. He does not take lightly to being controlled or defeated. Zavok holds a grudge against Sonic and Doctor Eggman especially, hoping to kill them both one day.

## Trivia

* Zavok's name, unlike her official counterpart, is pronounced Za-vuhk, similar to "havoc"

* Zavok is lesbian.

* Zavok is technically the first Sonic Runaways design to be created in the real world, in artwork made by Nat Quin on January 23rd, 2020. The drawing predates even the original idea for Sonic Runaways, and was created for a short-lived 2020 series of drawings called "Oops! All Sonja!" The artwork displays an early design for Sonic Runaways Zavok.
	+ "Oops! All Sonja!" is based on the character Sonja Orglace from Sonic's Hourglass, another fanfiction created by Nat Quin. The goal of the series was to redesign as many Sonic the Hedgehog characters as possible into human women in the likeness of Sonja. Mostly using aliens (Zeti, Wisps) and Badniks. The name of the series is also a reference to the "Oops! All Berries!" line of Cap'n Crunch cereal, which spawned an internet meme. The series was in reference to this meme primarily. Many other redesigns from this series are being considered for characters in the Sonic Runaways series.

* Zavok resembles the fan character and internet meme Bowsette, in the way that they are both female, humanoid versions of monsters that are villains in their series. Even some design features are shared such as the horns.
	+ Modern Zavok from the official Sonic the Hedgehog series has also recieved lots of criticism for being very similar to Bowser himself from the Super Mario series.
* Zavok's official art for her initial appearance, HEXED, has a visual goof where her tail, present in all previous drawings, is completely absent.
* Zavok used to be depicted wearing jean shorts, but this was also before her finalized design for Sonic Runaways.
* Zavok is one of the only human(oid) females ever designed by Nat Quin to have "detailed" eyebrows, whereas the vast majority of Nat's human woman designs have singular lines to display eyebrows. Further eyebrow detail is usually exclusive to male human characters.