Zahra

> *"Music is the language of the soul!"*
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**Zahra** is a musician found in Port Maerifa who can join Ajna as an optional Incarnations once she is given the materials needed to fix her Oud.

## Synopsis

*In Zahra’s tribe, women are traditionally tasked with tending to the cattle. But ever since she discovered the Oud, her role has been to bring joy through music, animating her people's daily lives with song.*

*One day, Zahra received a marriage proposal from the richest man in town. She was honored, but after meeting with him, it became clear that he expected her to give up her music and become a more traditional wife.*

*She sought guidance from the village elder, who told her to find a fairy circle outside town and pray to her ancestors. That night, a tortoise came to her in a dream. It carried her Oud away on its shell to a faraway land.*

*The next morning, she spoke to the elder, who told her he’d had the same dream. Tortoises are among the wisest of animals, and thus the dream’s message was clear - Zahra’s music was a gift from god, and she was to leave the village and share that gift with the world.*

## General Information

Zahra was designed by JunkPuyo and the 14th Incarnation to be revealed at $750,000 during the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

## Character Basis

*Zahra* is a name of Arabic origins with numerous meanings, most commonly "beautiful", "sparklingly bright" or "flower".

Her design is based on the Himba people, who coat their skin and hair plaits in otjize, a paste made of butterfat and ochre. The mixture protects them from the harsh desert climate while also serving as an ideal standard of beauty, symbolizing earth's rich red color and blood, the essence of life.

### Color Palettes

1. Default
2. ???
3. ???
4. ???

## Story

Arriving at Port Maerifa sometime prior to Ajna and her party, Zahra is prevented from busking on the streets when Iron Kingdom soldiers broke her Oud for "playing in a public space". Ajna finds her by a bar on the upper levels of the town, and after listening to Zahra explain that she cannot afford repairs, she jumps at the opportunity to help find the materials. Once given all the needed items, Zahra tests her Oud, satisfied to hear the return of her melody. Expressing great appreciation, she requests to join in Ajna's group to travel Loka.

In her Resolution Quest, Zahra sought to visit Ashwat and the refugees with the goal of playing songs to uplift their souls. Afterwards, she is appraoched by a woman who believed her songstress talents to be that of legends; she and the group are also informed that the villagers were constantly attacked by a Haathi in the forest. As Ajna and Tungar attacked the machine, Zahra strung the strings on her Oud, manipulating the Haathi into self-destructing.

## In Game

### Abilities

 **Attack + Up** | Plays a cheerful melody to grant her allies strength.
 **Attack + Down** | Plays a mournful dirge to protect her allies from harm.
 **Special Lvl 3** | Mesmerizes enemies with a beautiful tune, causing them to dance.
Prevents all enemies from attacking for 10s.Time spent attacking the enemy does not count towards this timer.
During the animation, pressing Attack to the timing of her snaps spends 1 bar of iddhi per snap. Each bar spent adds 2s to the song, for total of 12s, 14s, and 16s of dancing depending on iddhi spent.

### Sidequest

1. After obtaining your 5th bar of Iddhi, talk to Zahra inside the inner realm to start the quest.
2. She wishes to spread her music to the world, starting with Ashwat.
3. There you discover a monster has been terrorizing the populace to the east of Ashwat.
4. Slay the fiend with arrows, control it with music, and return to Ashwat to complete the quest (unlocks outfit #4)

## Quotes

### Party Switch

* *"Only the spooniest!"*
* *"Sounds like fun!"*
* *"Ah, a duet? Perfect!"*
* *"I know just the song!"*

### In Battle

* *"Poetry in motion!"* (Up Attack)
* *"Let the music move you!"* (Up Attack)
* *"Move to the beat!"* (Neutral)
* *"Feel the rhythm!" (*Neutral)
* *"How could you?"* (Down Attack)
* *"A soothing melody may help"* (Down Attack)
* *"I am merely a conduit of the music!"* (Down Attack)

* *"Stop that!"* (Blocking)
* *"Not the Oud!"* (Blocking)
* *"Must you?"* (Blocking)
* *"The melody continues!"* (After a clean block)
* *"Always be natural!"* (After a clean block)

### Victory

* (laughing) *"More music! More dancing!"*
* *"As my heart grows, so does my music."*

### Knockout

* *"This song must not end..."*
* *"No... Silence..."*
* *"Music... is eternal..."*

## Gallery

Zahra's initial design during the Indiegogo campaignZahra modelsheetZahra's Infoscreen