-Female announcer to the show's air date in late August
Zarya Moonwolf (nicknamed "Z-Star" by her best childhood friend-now-girlfriend Kitty) is a main character of Mysticons. Taken from her home and parents at a young age, Zarya lives in the bustling, boisterous streets of the Undercity. A street-smart scoundrel with charm, Zarya lives by her instincts.
Even though Zarya is tough, she has a strong sense of loyalty to her friends. While the elite might look down on where she lives, Zarya loves the Undercity. Zarya never goes anywhere without Choko, her pet Foz, a cute little fur ball with a long tail and huge white-pink, floppy ears. When Zarya transforms, she becomes the second arrow-firing Mysticon Ranger.
Zarya was secretly born as the second princess twin of Gemina, being the younger twin daughter of King and Queen Goodfey and twin sister of Princess Arkayna Goodfey, although she was taken moments after she was born. This was due to Nova Terron knowing the foretold prophecy of the Twin Princesses of Gemina unleashing a darkness upon Gemina, and in order to prevent this, he stole Zarya and erased her existence from those who knew her, even her birth mother, the Queen.
Before being chosen as "Mysticon Ranger" by the Dragon Disc, Zarya was made an orphan at "Mrs. Sparklebottom's Sanctuary" via Nova Tarron before being adopted by her parents and raised in a village for the first few years. In order to hide her status, Mrs. Sparklebottom switched her gemstone with a young Proxima Starfall’s, thus protecting the truth of Zarya’s bloodline. At a young age, Zarya was taken from her adopted parents by Captain Kaos (as shown in "Mutiny Most Fowl") and forced to become a Sky Pirate.
After taking over Captain Kaos' ship she leaves her pirating life and becomes the "Robin Hood" of the Undercity, helping young kids like Neeko.
Appearance[]
Zarya has purple hair and wears a blue jacket under a sleeveless shirt with a wolf symbol on it and wears dark blue pants with brown boots. When she turns into Mysticon Ranger, the tips of her hair turn white and she wears a blue shirt and pants with a cape. When she was younger,
she wore her hair in a ponytail wearing a blue sleeveless hoodie jacket with a wolf symbol, blue jeans, and brown boots.
Personality[]
She's a headstrong, rough, tough, hard-nosed, short-tempered, and tomboyish orphan who does her best to help the other orphans and she cares for Choko and Piper. At times, she is seen as one of the wiser members and can give very good advice. As seen in Quest of the Vexed when she told Em to release her anger, suggesting that it was more healthy as well as in A Walk in the Park she was able to convince Em to believe in herself and The Last Dragon when she advises Claw to use her conscious. After she was revealed to be Arkayna‘s sister in "Twin Stars Unite", she is ecstatic at the fact that she has a family after all and is willing to do anything she can to free her birth mother and stepfather from Dreadbane‘s curse of bone. Alongside that, she helped her stepbrother, Gawayne, learn what it meant to be a true and good king in "The Lost Scepter". She has a passion of meeting her birth mother when the time finally comes.
As the second Mysticon Ranger she wields a mystical short-bow which fires mystical arrows comprised of lightning-like energy that stun opponents from a distance.
She eventually learned to trap those in a net attached to one arrow, a technique she discovered when witnessing her long gone male predecessor do so in The Secret of the Fifth Mysticon. She sated to Queen Necrafa that she never mises her target.
At the beginning of the series, the two did not get along. However, they slowly become friends. Zarya promised to do anything to save Arkayna's parents in How to Train a Mysticon. She also seems to know when Arkayna is upset, as shown by how she stopped Arkayna to ask if she's alright in Clash of the Tridents. She gave Arkayna the nickname "Princess".
In "Twin Stars Unite," it is revealed that her and Arkayna are twins. Zarya was initially happy, and was briefly angered when Arkayna didn't share her enthusiasm. However, after a discussion, they ended up becoming close, despite some arguments.
Emerald Goldenbraid[]
Zarya and Em did not get along right away, due to how they met. However, the feelings quickly subsided and they became friends. She has confidence in Em's abilities as a Mysticon, as shown by how she told Em that she would have made a shot with her bracer, despite her just getting the bracer that episode. She also smiled when Emerald told Aunt Yaga to not second-guess herself, suggesting that she hoped that Em learned confidence. She also gave Em relationship advice in 'The Princess and the Pirate' by suggesting that they don't call Kasey or Kitty.
Piper Willowbrook[]
Zarya sees Piper as a little sister, promising to protect her in the Undercity. Their close relationship was subtly seen early on, by how Zarya watched Piper pretend to be a hero, and even cheered her on. She was devastated when she thought Piper died in "Lost and Found" and was relieved when she was alright.
Proxima Starfall[]
Years ago, the two had played together as toddlers, having been left at Mrs. Sparklebottom's orphanage for special children since infancy, with the precise reasons why the infant Proxima was left left there remain a mystery. Initially, Zarya shared a mutual dislike for the orphan "armchair astromancer" like her fellow Mysticons had. Upon learning that she was, in fact, the biological twin sister of Princess Arkayna and not Proxima, did she feel sympathy toward for, knowing full well what it was like to have no family. However, she was not indignant at the star mage's decision to wear the remaining part of Queen Necrafa's mask for her own reasons for vengeance on her and Princess Arkayna. Zarya had come to realize that her getting everything that Proxima would have had is what made her victim to Proxima's trap during the Sky Lancers Festival, having her obsession of video games be her undoing.
On a mental journey through Proxima's memories, Zarya saw just how lonely Proxima's life had been due to being an orphan, and how that losing everything she was promised to her was just too much for Proxima to take. However, she agreed with Princess Arkayna's claim that Proxima had chosen evil of her own volition.
She was raised in a small village in some remote location far from Drake City. When she was there, she had befriended Kitty Boon and her younger brother Kasey.
As a memento of her adopted mother, she has had a gold pendant with a forest green-colored stone, which was stolen by Captain Kaos, but was reclaimed by Zarya three years later.
As the fraternal twin sister to Princess Arkayna, she was born on the tenth day of the Dragon at the stroke of midnight, is fifteen years old, and of royal blood.
Her pink birth gem remains to be seen, as it was purposefully replaced with the green birth gem of another fifteen-year-old orphaned girl who once resided in Mrs. Sparklebottom's sanctuary- Proxima Starfall.
Her name means "Sunrise." It also means "Morning Star" in Russian.
Her favorite food is snorg balls.
Her least favorite food is scrambled basilisk eggs.
Her favorite band is the orc-bash group Rage Against the Mage.
She is ten seconds younger than Princess Arkayna.
Her character and personality are similar to Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Notes[]
For some reason, she has a dislike of pen-like quills or having a diary of her own.
Has a list of people she wants revenge on including her fellow Mysticons.
In An Eye for an Eye, Zarya has a list of people who pick on her or others.
In "Scourge of the Seven Skies", she is expelled from the team as her actions had made her "a disgrace to the Mysticons", only to rejoin the team in the next episode.
As of "Skies of Fire", Kitty becomes the second person outside of the core group to know that she is a Mysticon; being the first to transform back into her normal attire.
She is the first Mysticon to have Gawayne actually listen and do the right thing.
She can beat the the other Mysticon members, Doug, Malvaron and Gawayne in video games.
Her background is the same as fifteen-year-old Eve in The Princess Twins of Legendale movie.
Zarya nickname was "Little Howler" when she was a toddler in "Eternal Starshine of the Mage's Mind" as she liked to howling like a wolf, which is exactly what she does when utilizing her light blue, mystical Wolf Bracer.
She finally meets her birth mother for the first time in fifteen years, at the end of "Fear the Spectral Hand."
It is her instincts and quick-thinking that led to the ultimate extermination of the Spectral Hand itself from the plane of existence.
She has a similarity to Mint Aziwa of Tokyo Mew Mew and its 2022 reboot Tokyo Mew Mew New, both don a blue costume and hair once transformed and wield a shortbow and endless supply of mystical arrows.
She steals the Dragon Disk from the Stronghold's magical laboratory. Arkayna later chastises her for doing so again, which refers to the events of the show's premiere.
When she was younger, she used to stay hidden from pursuers in the hidden cafe Amaranth during her days as a master thief.
In The Secret of the Fifth Mysticon, she learns about her lightning arrows can display a net, in addition to ropes, to encase targets by witnessing her male predecessor do so against several orcs in am image.
In The Stolen Magic(in which she is the central character), she loses her Mysticon abilities and weapon to a "magician" named Amileth, she quits the team, as she did in "Lost and Found." She then dons blue face-paint and a costume to make her look like she still has her Ranger skills. She used a regular shortbow and quiver of arrows to battle Dreadbane.
The people of Gemina still address her as "Princess", despite that she has not had her official coronation.
Quotes[]
Season One[]
"Later Haters."
"Well, I'm not working with a spoiled princess and a sidekick dwarf."
"Well, you lied. And lying is worse than any of that stuff."
Dear Diary, I so don't get Zarya. I try to be nice but she totally hates me for some reason. The thing is, I think we fight a lot because we have so much in common.
"Zarya is!!"
"Get your hands off me, Sky Pirate!! You're a disgrace to the Mysticons."
"She's gone. Zarya quit the Mysticons."
"Thanks for covering for me. Wanna be leader from now on?"
"Zarya, talk to us."
"Please, Z?"
"You can un-baby yourself. After you get in."
I'm sorry I didn't seem happy that you were my sister."
"I love you!! I love you! I love you!!"
"I love you, Sis."
"Do you want one?"
"You get to bond with your stepbrother."
"We get it Zarya. Still not happy."
"Zarya, what are you doing? You're late."
"What size tiara do you wear?"
"Trust me, Sis. You'll love it."
"What you were doing up there!!?"
"I have no idea what you're problem is, but the ceremonial joust is up next. Stick to the routine!!"
"I want this Lotus Night to be extra perfect for Zarya. It's our first night as twin sisters."
"The only gift that matters is I get to spend tonight with my sister and my BF.F.s"
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