They called me V500,
but now I'm Zana!
x HOOKS
01. Yeah, Silverwings could glamour her as a typical race of Eorzea, but they're too dense to bother hiding their sushi.
CURIOSITY02. Although not her kinsmen, Zana is drawn to the Auri race.
XAELAS , Eijinn tribe .03. To most of mankind today, Zana's voice is something extraordinary.
BARD , Swimming ministrel .04. Bandits have good intentions after all, yeah?
PIRATES05. Shiny click clacks. Whether you're buying or selling, Zana wants in.
ALLAGAN TECHNOLOGY , Forever an experiment .06. Zana's newfound existence has her exploring Eorzea with an almost childlike curiosity. Her mask is to protect both your mind and your hearing.
MUTE , The glory of Allag: a volume button .
x ALLAGAN CHIMEROBIO NODE TRANSCRIPT
..CLASSIFICATION .//:..5-SERIES
Elemental manipulators...INCUBATION DATE.//:..1112
Fourth Generation cloning...ACTIVATION DATE.//:.NULLIFIED
Subject deemed unfit for release. Rendered redundant Year 1115 of the Allagan Empire...DONOR.....//:..SIREN, SAHAGIN
Chimerical integration between siren scales and Sahagin matriarch DNA...GENDER....//:..FEMALE
Deviation from anticipated gender of Sagahin offspring...LOCATION..//:..VARDAVAR
Subaqutic Eikon Research Station sector C7: Experimental Chimerobiology.
V500: First prototype of aether-mutated siren race. Subject appears to be female in form. Neurolink damaged. 00 creation and its subsequent failure will be utilized for better genetic testing of subject 01. Allagan scientists encouraged to proceed with chimerical component splicing of seawitches and beasts. Subject appears to harbor moderate quantities of aether within its body.
x NOW PRESENTING: Zana Vardavar
Guess SUSHI is on the menu tonight.
DEEP DWELLER.
Vardavar was a long forgotten laboratory within the Sirensong Sea. This Allagan lab researched alternative applications of Eikon-draining technology. The biggest project was the sword Vishapakagh, but there were also numerous pods of chimerical experimentation. There was an attempt to make weapons that would create Eikon-shifting soldiers based on weaponry alone -- but similar to Zana -- the project ended in failure.Unlike her successor, V500 was never a parasitic siren. It is no coincidence that the lab was malms away from a ship graveyard. The first attempt in creation allowed for Zana to look more Hyur than fish.Nowadays, V500 is known by Zana Vardavar. She walks the lands of Eorzea where she welcomes assumptions about being Au Ra in a land that is none the wiser about the scaleborn race. Zana was gifted her name by a 'Nightfall Company officer.' In truth, he was another thief in pursuit of treasure. Although V500 was written off as damaged, forgotten, and decayed, her new band of companions were able to open her pod with the ID card.
SILVERWINGS EXPEDITION. With a tall-haired Xaelic man dungeon crawling along the bottom of the ocean, would you ever expect him to return with a sword and a slave?A pirate-turned-Justicar utilized a false Allagan identification card in pursuit of entering the ruins of Vardavar. The party of bandits put on an embarrassing display. After wiping three times, they were able to defeat V501 and continue onward to locate relics from a Meracydian primal. Although the sword of Vahakn was a great gift in itself, there was something far greater within the forgotten laboratory. Something sentient.
LIFTED EQUIPMENT. Allagan Muzzle: Silencer; breather.
Allagan Choker: Inhibitor.
Allagan Rings: Inhibitor.
Hannish scale ointment: Salve.
Salamander oil: Salve.
I'll take you from bimbo fish experiment to:
TONBERRY EXTERMINATOR
x FRESH OUT THE POD
[ * ] "Please... can you stop? You're off pitch.". In the past civilization, Zana was classified as damaged. She was a siren that sang so poorly she lured scientists in just to make her stop. Unbeknownst to her creators, her songs seemed to appeal more to the Sagahin. Had she been properly utilized, she could have been capable of usurping a Sahagin matriarch and then luring them in. In today's age, Djaal's party quickly learned how deadly her voice can be.[ * ] “Subject potentially unstable; neurolink corrections found to be faulty. Service or terminate.” Without her Allagan activation, her neurolink never received protocols that would have been bestowed to her upon awakening. It appears to have further degraded, being lost to time as seen by the dazed trance in her eyes. Zana being found in a half destroyed ruin where it’s a miracle it’s still functional isn't doing her any favors either.[ * ] "What could go wrong if we augment her within the pod?". A siren that was aetherically augmented in the egg to perform as the standard races and make peace. This seems to have done more harm than good, but now she is friendly and eager to please.[ * ] "Lord Justicar, for w-why have they given m-me this plastic rectangle when I requested a drink?". Most of Zana's tongue comes from what she's overheard of civilization past. With that in mind, much has changed since the Fourth Umbral Calamity. Perhaps it is best to keep the mask on and prevent her line of questioning. Without her Allagan activation, her neurolink never received protocols that would have been bestowed to her upon awakening.
