Zoe

## Background

Zoe is a headstrong 20 year old Jeeva who makes her debut in Season 1 Episode 4 as the Aries Leader, a well known and feared commander that came to Earth to conquer as much of it as possible before the Great War. While pursuing this goal, she is also seen actively targeting and searching for Nico while showing restraint from using her powers to hurt them, insisting to her soldiers that she wants them alive. This hints to viewers that she has other motives for coming to Earth and Nico can help her if she catches them.

For the better part of the first season, Zoe only appears in episodes as the main antagonist; always interrupting whatever the main cast is doing in an attempt to capture Nico and later on Juni and Skye, intending to bring them back to Jeevan where she claims they belong. She purposely avoids trying to fight or capture Callie Starcress which implies they share personal history.

### Physical Appearance

Zoe has vibrant orange skin with a 3 claw mark scar on her right cheek and freckles. Along her arms, legs, and her torso are dark stripes from turning into a tiger Hellion. Her hair is short, spiky, and red that fades into orange then into yellow toward the ends.

She has cyan colored eyes and stands at 5'3, making her the shortest main character. She wields a fiery red sword that she can summon at will.

When she's not in uniform, she wears a deep red long sleeved crop top with the Royal Starcress symbol on the chest. She also wears deep red shorts with the same symbols on them and black combat boots that are red underneath.

### Powers and Abilities

* Fire Element; her primary Element, not only used as a weapon in its pure form but can also be used to heat up Zoe's skin so her adversary can't touch her without being burned or so she can glow in the dark in order to see
* Mind manipulation; this is a Pisces Cusp power that takes a Pisces' telepathy power and twists it into a more aggressive version of itself. It allows Zoe to control other's minds and communicate telepathically. Zoe refuses to use her mind control because she sincerely believes there is never a right reason to use it.
* Wound memory; the opposite of a Pisces' healing power. Zoe can force someone to reexperience their worst physical or emotional pain they've ever endured. With physical pain, the victim won't retain injury, but will feel the injury's pain; with emotional pain, the victim will be forced to reexperience the situation that pain came from. Zoe only uses this if she doesn't want to physically hurt her adversary due to either personal feelings or the need to capture them alive

## Relationships

The Starcress Effect Wiki has an article focused on Zoe's relationships.

## Trivia

* Zoe's name means "life", a reference to her becoming the Life Guardian later in the series
* She is half japanese and half black
* Zoe is canonically pansexual
* She is a Pisces-Aries cusp and though she hides it by not using her Cusp powers, you can still tell by her blue eyes
* The only thing she likes about humans is how they created hand to hand combat, which became her favorite form of combat
* She is extremely aware of when people are staring at her, which can make her uncomfortable
	+ Reference: The Starcress Effect Shorts, Zoe Part 2: *"She suddenly frowned, feeling the familiar pressure of having eyes trained on her. Was she being stared at?"*
	+ Reference 2: The Starcress Effect Shorts, Zoe Part 3: *"Zoe gave her a wary side glance. The question was growing. She took a deep breath, closing her eyes and ignoring Callie's gaze boring into her head."*