Zite'ka'naza

Summary/Background
Zite'ka'naza was born into the Tazi'ke Clan of Shattered Mountains Bysri, the child of two dragon wranglers and handlers. Despite the typical harshness of life in the Shattered Mountains, most of the Tazi'ke Clan, including both of Zite's parents, were devoted followers of Keragyxin, and they passed their faith to their daughter along with their love of animal husbandry. In late 4068 DY, the tribe sent representatives to Anwyr's Peace to celebrate the completion of Saint Anwyr's Cathedral in a gesture of diplomacy to other races to combat the Bysri reputation as bandits and raiders.

The pyroclastic flow from Mount Anwyr's explosive eruption on 5 Daomar 4069 DY and the subsequent swarm of Nundasto expelled from within killed almost everyone in Anwyr's Peace, with the sole known exception of Zite and five other children she'd met during the day before. Escaping into the crypts below Saint Anwyr's Cathedral, the six survivors fled into Anwyr's Tomb, discovering five sarcophagi locked within the sealed tomb after passing Saint Tinan Anwyr's as they ran from the Nudasto swarm. Notably, the sarcophagus of Naomh Anwyr was discovered open, though the remains were undisturbed. Inside the tomb proper, they found Saint Anwyr's Confession, penned and stored safely alongside a black metal shard pulsating with green lines, a piece of the Annulus. Among other treasures, Zite also discovered an ancient preserved dragon egg, taking it with her after feeling a faint presence inside waking to her touch.

The group of six children were able to escape Anwyr's Tomb via remnants of an ancient boat swept along a subterranean river before flowing over a waterfall overlooking the Mithar River. There, they were rescued by Tack of Raven Hold, returning to Crowfeast for his final sailing, and he decided to adopt the six orphans. After passing through Crowfeast without disaster, Tack opened the Riverside Vineyard and operated it for 10 years with the help of the children. Zite's egg hatched after their arrival in 4069, revealing a young, rose colored dragon not matching any known species of dragon. As the top of his shell stuck to his head while hatching, despite his twists and turns and chirps of disapproval, Zite elected to call him Eggshell.

In 4079 DY, Tack told the six survivors that he felt they were destined for greater things. Believing that they had not survived the explosion by chance, but by the hand of Fate, Tack pushed the survivors to see more of the world to discover the reason for their survival. With that, the six headed out into the world, looking to learn more about the Annulus and its role in their lives.

Zite grew considerably in the years that followed. She still writes to Tack at least weekly, even when she has no convenient way to mail letters to him, sending them all when she can. Investigating Eggshell's origins unearthed the possibility he is a Dyssian Wyrm, and Zite herself is a Dragonsoul. Like many others, Zite's contact with the Shards of the Annulus has imbued her with the power of an Immortal, and her powers have only grown since leaving Raven Hold. Along the way she met a large number of strangers who have become like family to her, even though she realizes that they mostly do good because they value her. Nevertheless, she has come to rely on her new friends to help her navigate the world's exploding complexity.

Zite's travels did, however, burden her with the knowledge that the Annulus is a dangerous and possibly corrupting magical artifact. In the wrong hands, such as those of the King in Shadows also seeking its Shards, the Annulus is a tool of genocide and mass destruction, but its reconstruction may prove necessary to save Seedorus from a looming cataclysm. With the waking of the Sulisan Vault and meeting the Caretaker and Nodus Kor, the Shardbearers learned the Annulus is the Spellsoul of the ancient Primarch of the Modori Hierarchy, who in his lust for power attempted and evidently succeeded in infusing the essence of a Shadowlord into his Spellsoul. Though thought to be long dead, the Annulus's continued existence casts doubt on the certainty of the Primarch's demise. Zite despises the Annulus but grudgingly acknowledges the need to possess and control it, if only to keep it away from maniacs like the King in Shadows and the Primarch.

Eggshell
Zite's first and closest companion, Eggshell is an unidentified form of High Dragon whose egg was discovered preserved in Anwyr's Tomb.

Image: Zite walking on log towards Eggy - Commission by FinalSundragon

Buggy
Zite's second companion, Buggy is a mutated form of pillbug discovered below Ironlight Village.

Olen
Zite's third companion, Olen is a powerful and swift stag reincarnated from the Bear of the Rock by the power of the Lunar Monument.