Zelde Sewick

**Zelde Sewick** is a student from Atlas Academy and the leader of Team ZRCN, as well as a main protagonist of ZRCN. Her team consists of Xanthos Ravindra, Cordovan Radcliff and Neela Oxford.

Zelde's weapon of choice is "Järnpigor" a selective-fire machine pistol capable of using dust infused rounds.

## Appearance

Zelde is of average height with pale skin and grey eyes. Her silvery hair is style into squared-off bangs with a slight parting on the right, with a small ponytail at the center-back of her head, with the rest left to fall down her back.

Zelde wears a white dress shirt under a loosely buttoned grey waistcoat and a grey-blue bolero jacket with blue trim and bracers. Over her jacket she wears a cape secured over her shoulders which fades from white to blue. She wears a pair of trousers which form seamlessly into boots; much like her cape the colour has a gradient, but this time from a darker blue to a lighter blue. The soles of her boots are blue and have a slight block heel, and she secures her trousers with a blue belt with a diamond buckle.

## Character

Zelde is a calm, stoic, and reserved individual. She tends to keep her emotions under wraps, a habit from her youth when she was encouraged by her overbearing mother to be seen and not heard. Whilst she can engage in a conversation well enough, Zelde appears to be quite introverted, even around her own teammates.

Zelde is intelligent and well-read. She possesses a keen strategic mind, her skills sharpened from watching and playing "Remnant: The Game" with her father and brother.

## Abilities and Powers

Although the leader of her team, Zelde is ironically one of the weaker members, due to her lack of formal training prior to Atlas Academy. Her strategic prowess more than makes up for lack of physical ability.

Like the majority of her team, Zelde has a mid-range to close-quarters combat style. She is more comfortable keeping her distance and using her environment to her advantage but will get closer to an opponent when necessary.

### Semblance

Zelde's semblance, "Forethought", allows her to get a "sense" or "feeling" of when something bad is going to happen her. She does not seem to be able to control this ability and it appears to flare up randomly, usually prior to battles.

Whilst this semblance provides little in the way of physically aiding her in battle, she has been known to make sudden changes to plans purely based on this sense.

### Weaknesses

Zelde lags behind some of her fellow students due to her lack of formal training prior to Atlas Academy. She is physically weaker than the rest of her team and struggles with larger, heavy-hitting opponents.

Another weakness comes in the form of her semblance. In part due to the random nature of how it can flare up and how debilitating it can be, Zelde can often be left shaken by the experience, and as such the brief distraction could serve as the perfect opportunity for an enemy to close in.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Zelde alludes to Antevorta, a member of the Camenae in Roman Mythology.
	+ Her semblance allowing her to sense incoming danger to herself, is reflective of how Antevorta was described as the goddess of the future.
	+ Her brother Callaway alludes to Postverta, another member of the Camenae who was described as a goddess of the past.

### Colour Naming Rule

* "Zelde" is derived from the Germanic *Griselda* which means "grey battle maid".
* Her surname comes from the Ukrainian word for "grey".