Zara Araia

Zara Araia is the lead character in the series. The whole series starts off when she finds a mysterious book in her backpack, sees a ghoul, and then gets transported into another dimension.

## Zara Araia

### Relations

Elaine Araia - Mother
 Ned Araia - Father

## Appearance

Zara has medium-length brown hair, green eyes, and a light brown skin tone.
From her debut in Chapter 1 Episode 1 until Scene 7 of Chapter 2 Episode 3, she is shown wearing a red T-shirt with a purple heart on it, denim jeans, a purple headband, and purple sneakers with white fronts, red laces, and white bottoms. From Chapter 1 Episode 5 onwards, she is also wearing a purple backpack. From Scene 8 of Chapter 2 Episode 3 onwards, she is now wearing clothes that Tora lent her. She is shown wearing a blue-and-purple gradient long-sleeved shirt, a purple belt, and blue pants in addition to the same headband, shoes, and backpack as before. The new clothes look a little too big on her.

## General information

Zara is a twelve-year-old living in the town of Blackberry. She is the lead character in the series. She was featured in the Chapter 1 Auditions, however she was not open to be auditioned for as Fun Cupcake i81 cast her as herself.

## Relations

Zara's lives with her mother, Elaine Araia, and her father, Ned Araia. Little is known about their relationship. The rest of Zara's family situation is unknown.

Zara's best friends are Sara Brooks and Lizzie Halver. They have been shown to fight, such as in Chapter 1 Episode 4, however, they also seem to be very close.

## Official descriptions

### Description in the auditions

She was described in the Chapter 1 Auditions as follows:

Personality: Zara is a bit of a bookworm, and she believes firmly in "the facts"… well, maybe her POV will shift a little as the story goes on ; ) … I wouldn't exactly think of her as a stereotypical "hero".

### Description in the personality quiz

She was described in the Chapter 2 Personality Quiz as follows:

Zara is the protagonist, even though she'd probably rather not be the protagonist. She believes very firmly that magic is not real, but she still enjoys reading fantasy books. Her favorite kind of book to read, though, is realistic fiction. She's an avid reader in general, in fact.

Pros to being alike to Zara are that you're very sensible and don't get fooled by illusions. Cons to being alike to Zara are that sometimes you might refuse to believe in something that's right in front of you! Try to be a bit more open to new ideas!

## Appearances

### Chapter 1 Episode 1

Zara appears in the only scene in this episode. In this scene, she finds The Story Without An End… in her backpack.

### Chapter 1 Episode 2

Zara appears in all the scenes in this episode. In Scene 1, she decides to go talk to Sara and Lizzie about the book. In Scene 2, she does talk to them about it.

### Chapter 1 Episode 3

Zara appears in all the scenes in this episode. In Scene 1, she gives Sara and Lizzie an update about the book. In Scene 2, she meets the Ghoul for the first time.

### Chapter 1 Episode 4

Zara appears in all the scenes in this episode. In Scene 1, she tells Sara and Lizzie about the Ghoul. In Scene 2, she tries to show them the Ghoul.

### Chapter 1 Episode 5

Zara appears in Scenes 3 and 5 of this episode. In Scene 3, she meets the Ghoul again and he casts a spell on her. In Scene 5, she appears in Lilith Forest for the first time.

### Chapter 2 Trailer

Zara appears three times in this trailer, and speaks two of those times. The trailer states that she will be voiced by Fun Cupcake i81.

### Chapter 2 Episode 1

Zara appears in the only scene in this episode. In this scene, she meets Pix for the first time.

### Chapter 2 Episode 2

Zara appears in the only scene in this episode. In this scene, she and Pix talk to Tora about her situation.

### Chapter 2 Episode 3

Zara appears in Scenes 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this episode. In Scene 1, she, Pix, and Tora decide to stop and rest in the Traveler's Shack. In Scene 2, they enter the Traveler's Shack for the first time. In Scene 5, she, Pix, and Tora meet Pairrey. In Scene 6, she, Pix, Tora, and Pairrey arrive back at Tora's well. In Scene 7, she is awakened by Pairrey and Tora. In Scene 8, she, Pix, Tora, and Pairrey set off on their journey to the portal by the waterfall.

### Chapter 2 Episode 4

Zara appears in all the scenes in this episode. In Scene 1, she, Tora, and Pairrey are walking up a hill. In Scene 2, she, Pix, and Pairrey agree to Tora's plan to duel the Ghoul. In Scene 3, she, Pix, and Tora come across a river. In Scene 4, she, Pix, and Tora are startled to see a statue speak.

### Chapter 2 Episode 5

Zara appears in Scenes 1, 2, 3, and 10 of this episode. In Scene 1, she, Pix, and Tora meet Stone. In Scene 2, she, Pix, Tora, and Stone enter the archive library and decide what they're looking for isn't prehistoric. In Scene 3, she, Pix, Tora, and Stone realize she must have had a translation spell cast on her. In Scene 10, she and Pix go to look at what Tora found.

### Other

Zara is also a character you can get in the Chapter 2 Personality Quiz.

## Music

Zara has two pieces of theme music, Zara Chill Theme and Zara Magic Chill Theme.

## Personality quiz answers

In the Chapter 2 Personality Quiz, if you answer similarly to how Zara might, you can get her as your result. Note that in some cases, the personality quiz answers may vary from the answers Zara would really give. Here are some of the things revealed by her answers.

* Her favorite colors are purple and red.
* Her biggest flaw, in her own opinion, would be that she doesn't think before she talks.
* The thing she wants most is to go home.
* Her biggest pet peeve is people who don't listen to the facts.
* She would describe herself as sensible and loving to read.

## History

### Voice

Zara has always been voiced by Fun Cupcake i81.

In the Chapter 1 Audition Results, her backup was given to -DreamiiCat-, then known as Kittens\_For\_Life. Her second backup was given to Total-Nerd, then known as omross. No honorable mentions were named.

### Appearance

In the initial demo version of Chapter 1 Episode 1, she was portrayed by the Scratch 2.0 default sprite known as Zara.

In the Chapter 1 Auditions, two demo versions of her art were shown. Both only showed her from the neck up. The first one had the straight hairstyle she has now, while the second one had a curly hairstyle of the same length. Viewers of the project were asked which hairstyle they preferred for her. Because more people liked the first one, that was then made the official hairstyle for Zara.

Towards the end of the auditions, more art was added for Zara. This included the official art Zara has today, as well as a bitmap version, which was nearly identical design-wise. The differences were: thinner eyebrows, a different style of eyes, a different style of blush, and a differently drawn hands-on-hips hand.

## Trivia

* Zara was named after her placeholder sprite.
* Zara is the only character to be in every episode.
* Zara was the only character in Chapter 1 Episode 1.
* Zara is one of the only five characters to have their own theme music, the others being the Ghoul, Lizzie Halver, Calandra Sailer, and Stone.