Zara Maraoui

## History

Kitsune in the literal sense is the Japanese word for fox. Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore; in English. Stories depict legendary foxes as intelligent beings and as possessing paranormal abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Nera was a Thunder Fox, a Kitsune. Zarif always knew he was a shapeshifter, he thought he was a werefox, unbeknownst to him he was a Spirit Fox, a Seishin, he knew all about magical beings in the mortal world. He went to Olympus Academy, he had nymph girlfriends and he even had a couple of different species of baby mama. He was a philanderer, he was also a writer and aspiring actor doing a pitch for a television show. It tested poorly in commercial appeal when geared toward adults aged aged 18 to 34 or over. His show was perfect from a marketing standpoint as an animated show for adults, but mainly for young children. Nera became his muse, and their daughter Zara became his main character.

Her father detailed the events of her life from birth until she was fourteen in a massive collection of elaborately hand drawn sketches, story boards and paintings. He was inspired by all the pictures and videos that he and Nera had taken of Zara while she was still growing inside of her mother. Zarif had never stuck around in a relationship long enough to see his child grow so quickly, Nera and Zara were pivotal to him like no other mother or child in his past had been. He and Nera stayed together, he strayed infrequently as was expected, he always returned to Nera and Zara, he never turned and left them. His family was different with Nera because they were all the same species. Even when he felt frustrated with his life and what it had become he felt more comfortable with his family than anyone else. Zara became the same way, she was possessive of her parents, Zarif illustrated it as being shy. Her tendency to keep people away from her and one or both of her parents was workable angle.

She thinks she began attending the academy accidentally. Her family met a nymph halfling, Zarif and Zara assumed she was Kitsune like they are. She was not, she is not. She was an experiment gone wrong. Nera could recognize that immediately, the girl was deranged and tried to attack them. Nera fought her and it traumatized Zarif and Zara to see their mother use her abilities to kill someone. Their life had been so simple, so peaceful, so easy. The body of the girl was discovered by the Nymph Council and Nera was implicated for the murder. Near was imprisoned, the girl was sick mentally and recovering from her own traumatic ordeals when she encountered the Maraoui family. With their family torn apart, Nera imprisoned by Parliament, Zarif unstable from grief left Zara alone in the world for the first time. Months prior to her father's total descent into a spiral of madness from which he would never return the Maraoui girl was assigned to and subsequently enrolled in Olympus Academy.

## Personality

She is curious and fearless. She touches things everywhere she goes, not unlike the popular tv show with the unusual detective. She claims to have know what each item that she touches feels like, no one except her father believes that excuse. Much like her father she has the drive to do the impossible. She is playful, and has a tendency to do crazy things regardless of the consequences. She loves nothing more than she loves to have fun. She does not let anything get her down, she does not like to see people crying even happy tear. She likes to laugh, and she is always smiling. She is disturbingly affectionate, and frustratingly kind. She is a self admitted Hugger, she has tackle hugged more than a handful of people. She has been told to 'Hug Herself' by people who are desperate for more space than she has allowed them to get from her. Positive and bubbly, she can always see the bright side of anything and find the good in absolutely anyone. While she is almost too much like her mother, in the sense she always has to be moving even if she is only tapping her foot to the natural beat of the universe.