Zemira

**Zemira** is a Witcher of the School of the Viper and a traveller of the world. She specializes in fast combat and is an expert of many styles of fighting many different monsters.

## Zemira Hispida

Zemira as she appeared during a ball held by the Duchess of Toussaint.

### Aliases

Zemmy (Called by her romantic interest, Varla )Zemira of the Southern Wilds

### Relatives

Unknown Mother (Deceased)Unknown Father (Deceased)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Unknown (Thought to be Ofier or Zerrikania due to her ethnicity.)

## Physical description

### Species

Half Elf (Appears to be mostly human, other then her Witcher mutations)

## History

Zemira can't remember much of her life before the trials. The only thing she remembers is a woman with a mane of thick black curls and a voice as sweet as honey, that sang like the angels. She remembers her gentle touch and soft fingertips wiping away her tears, though she knew not why she cried. Zemira would assume that was the day she was taken away by the Witcher, she had to be at least eight. The next thing she would remember is agony, pure fire tearing her body apart and putting it back together and instead of singing the air was filled with her own voice screaming until her throat became raw. The traumatic days that followed, changing her body and making her anew into a yellow eyed beast like that which took her.  Throughout her witcher training, she was never told of the memories she could not recall. It was often said that it was better off that she didn't, to only focus on who she was now. What her purpose was and not to stray from it. The emotional attachments of her past life would only weaken her. She often had dreams of the woman she thought to be her mother, never seeing her face, but hearing her sweet voice that lulled her to sleep. This is the only thing she can hold onto her "mother" and will usually write these dreams down in a personal small journal. During her time at the Viper School she learned to cut off and refuse any emotional attachments so as to not weigh her down or distract her from what she was. Those small dreams she kept written away were the only sorts of attachment she ever held, and even that was limited to just a dream journal. Within her training she was recognized as one of the most agile in her class, the way of which she moved was almost like a dance. This earned her the childish nickname "ballerina" amongst her peers to which she ignored.

Being one of the only females to have survived the trials, as it was a rarity to even have them performed on young girls, she was subjected to a fair amount of bullying over the years though it later subsided as the young witchers entered their teenage years. Regardless, it still taught Zemira many things and had its effects, such as the moment she was found with a blade to her scalp and bloody clumps of hair on the ground around her. A gruesome self shave of her head that had to be tended to by her teacher. From then on she kept her head cleanly shaven, the longest it had ever grown was an inch of thick black curls during a long winter.

After receiving her medallion in the last trial, signifying her initiation/graduation as a full fledged witcher, the Older Witcher who had brought her to the School through the law of surprise, gifted her something: a large onyx coin with runes carved into it. When it was handed to her, her medallion trembled upon her chest and she questioned what it was. To which he replied, *"A charm per say, given to infants as hope for good fortune. Said to be blessed by the love of their mother."* He didn't say no more or explained it, Zemira had the feeling this coin had ties to her own mother but refused to believe it as it contradicted what he told her in the beginning about holding onto memories she could barely recall and the past she couldn't remember. Nonetheless she kept it with her and has had it still, till this day.

It was during her first set of jobs in Maecht & Geso that the witcher gained the name *"Zemira of the Southern Wilds"* the civilians described her as something feral and primitive, ruthless like the beasts she killed. Taking down Arachas, noonwraiths, and chorts which she was in her late twenties at the time.  This would later come to contrast with the title she would obtain in her late seventies during a series of jobs she was hired to complete in Touissant by a wealthy merchant. In a sweltering summer she was specifically sought out by a wealthy merchant who lived in the beautiful city, named Vimiri Hyacinth who specialized in selling oils and other plant based products. He had hired in the hopes that she would eradicate the creatures that he had said to be harboring in his gardens; three acres of land filled with flora used for his work. She travelled with him to the city and did as instructed, of course gathering intel first on what exactly they were dealing with. Upon further investigation it had turned out to be three very nasty and highly territorial arachnomorphs, though Zemira had the slightest thought to turn down this task she knew such a set of monsters could not be left alive in a highly populated area...and the pay would be a handsome reward.

It took longer than expected but the job did get done in twenty four hours. The merchant allowed her to stay the next few nights before she'd leave for the next town, as an extra thank you for her work, providing dinner and access to the herbs in his garden for her alchemic uses. During dinner, on the last night he commented about how "awestruck" he was of her battle with the giant spiders. Saying that the way she moved about with such lithe speed and agility partnered with her precise and deadly blows reminded him of a serpent he had learned about during his studies of medicine called the Atheris Hispida "The Autumn Adder" or "bush viper", especially with the glow her eyes gave off that night. He even promised her that come the next Sunday, everyone of Touissant would know her name. Now this conversation was one that carried on into a boastful story by the merchant during the feasts and parties he would host after her departure as a celebration of the "demons" lifted from his gardens(he had offered her to stay and partake;however, she kindly refused as she never stayed anywhere too long and did not take comfort in social gatherings). In these stories and tales he'd tell of the night the Witcher saved his flora from the beasts, he would indeed describe her just as he had that dinner. Giving her the name and title *"Atheris Hispida" & "The Viper of Touissant"* within the next few months Zemira found herself hearing more of these tales that grew to a humorous and over exaggerated rate; however, the title did satisfy her, and with it she gave herself the last name Hispida. From the scientific name of the Autumn Adder.