Empress Zarkaia

Zarkaia is the current empress of The Empire of Glowstones, taking the throne after Ex Empress Azula's rein of terror.

## Zarkaia

Empress Zarkaia, Ruler of the Cavernvixes

### Relatives

Mira(Deceased mother), Kandu(Deceased father), Ex Princess Mikandi(Deceased sister), Ex Empress Obiski(Deceased adoptive mother), Ex Emperor Yahto(Deceased adoptive father), Ex Empress Azula(Deceased adoptive step sister), Prince Janda(Adoptive brother), Princess Alvita(Adoptive brother's spouse), Princess Ophilia(Deceased adoptive sister), Emperor Larimar(Husband), Prince Abner(Son), Princess Kiara(Daughter), Prince Remus(Adoptive Son), Princess Aiya(Adoptive Daughter),

## Physical description

### Height

Very tall, about 2 times taller than normal cavernvixes

## Appearance

Zarkaia is a massive, Dark brown vix with green markings on her face, ears, paws, back and tail tip. She has a dark green mane with lighter green areas in the mane, and a pale, light green color in her ears. Her eyes have been described to be a very dark grey with white pupils. She is canonically the largest living vix in LoTS, over two times bigger than the average cavernvix and four times larger than the average main kingdom vix. She often shows off her status by wearing overwhelming amounts of jewelry made of gemstones and materials from the surface, along with a royal wooden band carved to look like a main kingdom vix's queens royal band, which she will wear constantly, even into battle.

## Personality

Zarkaia was a very mellow, calm Empress before the war started, where she became less caring and more blood crazed. She is cunning and merciless, inflicting creative, horrifying and painful punishments upon those she feels deserve them. Despite her cruel ways, she does deep down care deeply about her subjects, and wants nothing but the best for them and her family.

## Story

Zarkaia was born in the Empire of Glowstones to a Tunneler names Kandu and a Shaman named Mira. Her father made a sapphire necklace for her upon her birth that as she grew, became more of a choker than a necklace. Her time with her true parents were cut short as she was stolen from them after a few months by an unknown cavernvix for unknown reasons, and thrown into a stream outside the tunnel entrance. She was found by a elderly earthvix and taken in, raised under the noses of the current earthvix royalty. She was eventually discovered at the age of 9 by the earthvixes and while she managed to escape, the earthvix who raised her was caught and executed, having believed by the warriors who caught them that Zarkaia was a hybrid, when she was instead a cavernvix. This event is speculated to have caused Zarkaia's slight grudge with earthvixes. She wandered for many years, not knowing anything about her kind, and helping other vixes in need (particularly hybrids) until she met Mikandi, who they later discovered to be long lost sisters. Mikandi and Zarkaia grew a strong bond in a very short amount of time, and she was broken when Mikandi had believed to have died by being attacked by wolves. Zarkaia found her way back to the caverns to tell the news about Mikandi's "passing", only to be instead adopted by Obiski, who was sickly and in need of a heir. After Obiski passed away, not before Zarkaia was insulted by Queen Vega on Starday, being called freaks after the Empire invited the skyvix royals to their Haja feast and starting the war between their kingdoms, Azula took over the Empire, having succeeded in a secret plan, killing Asteria, her father Yahto, and got Zarkaia kidnapped by the Tsunamis. In the Tsunami's prison is where she met Larimar, a cavern who had been born in the terrible place. At the time, he had no name, but after Zarkaia told him about the world above and the Empire, he chose to name himself that after Zarkaia had told him about different gem types, and that they could eat them. They were bought by the BBG, a gang that specialized in breeding cavernvixes, but Zarkaia killed them all and found Janda, Alvita and Ophilia, who had ran out of the caverns and got lost. They returned and Zarkaia took the throne, executing Azula by throwing her into lava. After that, her sanity started to turn for the worse as the war began. She became more cruel and sinister, causing many vixes to fear her and her strength as she transformed the clearing where court proceedings were held into a gladiator arena, where she forces prisoners from the war and caverns who have done wrong to fight to the death. After making alliances with the aqua, flame and peakvixes, she started leading patrols of sentries in the night, attacking earth and skyvixes using the element of surprise and either killing them or keeping them as prisoner for Zarkaia's new Arena. The arena was made for execution of prisoners and criminals, and her own entertainment. Zarkaia even used the arena to decide whether or not to ally with the carbonvixes, making Artemis fight in the life or death arena and agreeing to ally with them if she won. Zarkaia's dungeon walls are lined with the heads of vixes from the enemy side of the war, which she thinks as art.

## Relationships

### Emperor Larimar-

Larimar is Zarkaia's true love and husband. They have 2 biological children, Abner and Kiara, and 2 adoptive children, Remus and Aiya

### Prince Abner-

Abner, like his sister, is adored by his mother, and is given anything he could ever want by her, even if he doesn't really want or need anything

### Prince Janda-

Janda is loved very much by Zarkaia. They have a brother-sister relationship and Zarkaia often calls him "brother"

### Princess Kiara-

Kiara, like her brother, is adored by her mother. Unlike her brother, she soaks up all the attention she gives her.

### Princess Aiya-

Aiya may have been only very recently adopted, but Zarkaia already adores her as much as her other children.

### Prince Remus-

Remus, being Zarkaia's first son (though not biological) is probably her favorite out of all her children (though this has not been said by her). His recent disappearance made her furious and she has been searching everywhere for him

### Queen Zuri-

Queen Zuri is the first ally Zarkaia made, and a good friend. Zarkaia shows much fondness towards her even in her not so friendly state

### Ex Empress Obiski-

Zarkaia and Obiski’s time together were brief, but enough so that Zarkaia refers to her as her mother

### Ex Princess Mikandi-

Zarkaia and Mikandi had a strong bond, and she misses her dearly

### Ex Empress Azula-

Azula had an ok relationship till she murdered Asteria, Her own father, and attempted to murder Zarkaia only to fail and have her be kidnapped instead. Zarkaia hates Azula for what she did to the caverns in her short violent rule

### Queen Vega-

Zarkaia from the beginning never got along with Vega. Their first interaction was her terrorizing Vega with her height, and Vega called her and other hidden kingdom vixes who showed up to Starday “freaks“

### Queen Flo-

Flo and Zarakaia have a Neutral relationship. Their kingdoms are allies, but the two rulers are not friends

### Spectrolite-

Spectrolite is seen as just another one of her subjects in Zarkaia’s eyes, and doesn’t exactly take what she says seriously, even the ominous signs she has

### Abyss-

Abyss is very trusted by Zarkaia, and she often goes to her before anyone else for council.