Mazar, Tzvia (1342)

# **Tzvia Mazar**

*Noble, Knight, Horned Hornet*

Tzvia Mazar, often called Via or Zee-va is a member of her sister Aviva’s personal retinue.  The Child of Shoshana and Yonah Mazar she was born in 1342 within the Mazar Family’s holding of Binheyl.  Her favorite sibling is easily Aviva, but she is fond of all her siblings.

The family tree unfolds as:

* 1337: Esra Mazar
* 1340: Efron Mazar
* 1341: Aviva Mazar
* 1342: Tzvia Mazar
* 1343: Ofra Mazar
* 1344: Chedva Mazar

In her youth Tzvia was training to be an architect like her older brother Efron but found she had a disdain for mathematics and a great mind for historical facts and references.  She always had some factoid of any place she visited, and was considered very cunning, but often embarrassed herself by being unable to make eye contact with people outside the Mazar family and being very easily intimidated by Vir and Hunds.

Shoshana assigned Tzvia to be a historian and oversee the Binheyl library.  Much of Tzvia’s life was spent tending to old tomes and books, and studying whatever caught her fancy.  She read anything she could from books about fighting and techniques, to stories about magics, historical records, and even slightly trashy romance novels.

## The Eighth Ghoul War

She was only eighteen in 1360 when the Eighth Ghoul War started.  She along with her brothers Efron and Esra joined the army and stood tall to represent the Mazar family.  Aviva was a member of the Eborian Court and was close to the Eborian King, Guaidre Comhghan, and became recognized as the leader of the Mazar forces during the war.

Tzvia early in the war was just happy to help, she worked mostly in supply and logistics while Esra fought on the front and Efron oversaw defensive projects.  Aviva coordinated their efforts with the other nobles of the court.  Tzvia was proud that her big sister was looking out for her and their brothers.  Making sure supplies were flowing, and reinforcements kept arriving from the nearby counties and kings.

Kept secret from the court of nobles and Aviva herself was Tzvia’s reputation.  Esra and Efron took a lot of the credit for the military victories of Tzvia ‘The Winged Death’ Mazar, and her Horned Hornets.  Tzvia was supposed to be logistics, supply caravans, and organizational.  However, her time studying made her a potent military tactician, and her knowledge of a lance was unmatched by some of the most veteran knights and riders.  Her logistics defense unit quickly gained a reputation of being able to resupply any unit, no matter how far from the front line they were.  Tzvia herself rode through enemy lines without an ounce of fear to the shock and awe of all who knew her as a bundle of social anxiety.

One of her Hornets was a vayzhuk named Zadok Reinharz who fancy Tzvia and the two had a small relationship during the war.

Following the end of the Eighth Ghoul War in 1362 after two years, Tzvia reverted back to being a shy and anxious girl that resulted in the death of her relationship with Zadok who fell in love with a highly confident warrior.

Kept secret from most, as Esra and Efron took the blunt of the credit for the war efforts per request, was Tzvia getting the honorific of Riding Death, her unit of calvary getting the moniker of the

## The New Consecrator

In 1364 it came to the attention of Grand King Laomann Rothach that he needed to respond to the call of the Consecration.  After discussing with a few notables among the Union he selected Aviva Mazar to be sent to represent all of Witaneg and its people as an ally of the new Consecrator.

Shoshana Mazar encouraged each of her children to band together to travel with Aviva and join her as a member of the new Consecrator’s convoy.  Tzvia offered Aviva her service if she wanted it.

As of 1364 Tzvia Mazar is Twenty-two year old vayzhuk who has only ever had one serious relationship.  She remains unwed and with no children.

## At Ciel - 1364

When the Mazar family arrived at Ciel, Tzvia was taken aback by it.  The architecture was so different from Binheyl, it was very spacious, there was a lot of space between buildings, there were public squares and areas with seemingly no assigned purpose.  Everything felt so odd to her, the luster of trees and large flower beds, the homes not all having personal gardens.  The Hibou Palace was built of imported stone and not carved over generations into an existing rock feature.  It felt very Vir to her, very culturally different, but in that way it was fascinating.  On the trip to Ciel she had spent much time learning about the noble legacies of various families and the ‘Estates’ of Luminor.

Tzvia took on the role of being Aviva’s advisor in cultural and noble efforts and provided support as an advisor as often as she could.  She often found herself leaning over and whispering what information she had to Aviva, but still often getting intimidated and uneasy from the pressure of Severus looking at her.

She wrote the vows Aviva would take during the Vows of Consecration based on the vows made by Hibou Royal guards and the Custom of Ash from the Mazar family’s homeland.  During the Vows Tzvia watched carefully, and was so thankful Aviva didn’t ask her to partake in it.