Zia Eld (Manga)

"*I'm the Pretty Heroine of the burning forge! I'm Sailor Hephaestus! I will burn you into reformation.*"
— Sailor Hephaestus's introduction
**Zia Eld**
 (ジア エルド, *Jia Erudo*?) is a tertiary protagonist of Pretty Guardians of Olympus. She alternatively is known as the blacksmith of the Secondary Olympian Sailor Senshi, **Sailor Hephaestus**
 (セーラー ヘファアイストス, *Sēra Hefaisutosu*?)–the Guardian of the forge. Sailor Hephaestus's powers preside over fire, metal, and creation.

## Appearance

### Civilian

Zia is a pale teen of average stature and build. She has sharp orange eyes and short soft pink hair. When she was a child, she was involved in a car crash which left her physically scarred; she has a jagged scar on her left cheek to her nose and resulted in the loss of her left arm. Somewhere along the way, Zia had replaced most of her left arm with a steel prosthetic she created herself, though she has been able to change the color and appearance of it at will. Her metal prosthetic usually takes on the color of her skin tone unless she is transformed when it reverts to its normal steel color and appearance.

Zia frequently wore the Prometheus Academy school uniform which consisted of a very dark blue blazer with yellow accents, white blouse, a blue tartan skirt, black socks, and a blue and yellow striped tie along with shoes of her choice (black lace up calf boots). Instead of wearing the black socks, Zia opted to wear full black tights. However, when she was not in her uniform, she often wore varying different outfits.

### Sailor Guardian

* Sailor Hephaestus
* Super Sailor Hephaestus
* Eternal Sailor Hephaestus
* Nobility

## Sailor Hephaestus

Zia can transform into Sailor Hephaestus by calling out her transformation phrase as long as she has her transformation item with her.

### Phrases

* **Hephaestus Power, Make Up**
* **Hephaestus Deity Power, Make Up**
* **Hephaestus Divine Power, Make Up**
* **Hephaestus Crystal Power, Make Up**
* **Hephaestus Crystal Eternal Power, Make Up**

### Items

* **Transformation Pen**
* **Deity Power Stick**
* **Divine Power Wand**
* **Hephaestus Crystal Heart**
* **Hephaestus Crystal Star**

## Abilities & Powers

As a child of Hephaestus, Zia has various abilities. She can control fire and heat at will, manipulate and generate metal, and create armor, weapons, and tools out of almost nothing. While she can control fire and heat, Zia is incapable of generating it outside of her guardian form. Zia has created tools for herself and her comrades in and out of combat before without access to the necessary equipment, though she can only make metal tools or armors. Meanwhile, Zia is fully capable of creating metal out of her body and manipulate any metals into different shapes, colors, transparencies, weights, etc.

## Nomenclature & Etymology

### Etymology

**Zia:** Zia has no etymological history as a feminine name. However, this name is hinted towards not being Zia's actual name and instead being a nickname.

**Eld:** A derivative of Eldr which means fire in Old Norse.

## Trivia

* In the original publication and release of the manga, Zia was born in 1975. With the rerelease, her birth year was left ambiguous and subsequently retconned to fit the ambiguity of the story now taking place in the 21st century.