Editing Zora Salazar

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<center>{{Quote|text=I guess I'm a bit of a romantic, at heart... I like the idea of "true competition." Duels at dawn! Battles of destiny! Just two warriors givin' it their all where the only decidin' factor is pure old-fashioned skill! But these days? Skill don't matter anymore! You can train your whole life and be the best you that you can be, just to get beat by some schmo born with a superpower. That's why I wanna get rid of these things! You shouldn't get to be strong just 'cause you're lucky. [[Percival King|You]] really think you can stand in my way?|saidby=Zora Salazar|source="[[Winner Take All]]"}}</center>
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|title1 = Zora Salazar
|nickname(s) = 
|gender = {{F}}
|epithet = Sundial
|stamina = ✦✦✦⍟⍟ (13)
|proficiency = ✦✦✦✦⍟ (14)
|creativity = ✦✦⍟⍟⍟ (12)
|affiliation(s) = {{BO}}
|occupation(s) = Bounty Hunter<br>Bliss Ocean Corps Officer #3
|voice_actor = [[Dawn M. Bennett]]<br><small>(English)</small><br>Denisse Leguizamo<br><small>(Spanish)</small>
|alias =Garbage Cowgirl <small>(promo art)</small><br>
Ol'Stinky <small>(Kickstarter tier art)</small><br>
Phantom Drifter<ref name="GaC"/>
|first_appearance = [[Reflection]] <small>(mentioned only)</small><br>[[Redwood Run (Episode)|Redwood Run]] <small>(full appearance)</small>
|image1 = Zora wiki.png
|caption1 = I mean [[Percival King|she]] just spoiled it so like... what's the point?
|age = 31<ref name="ZPI">[https://twitter.com/EpithetErased/status/1598412833082863616  Infocard to promote Prison of Plastic]</ref>
|relatives=Mother {{Dead}}<ref name="GaC">[[Great at Cowboy]] Extended</ref>
Father {{Dead}}<ref name="GaC"/>
|friend(s)=[[Yoomtah]]{{CitNeed}}
[[Cloaked Bliss Ocean Member]]{{CitNeed}}}}
'''Zora Salazar''' is a bounty-hunting [[Cowboy|cowgirl]] and [[Bliss Ocean]] officer who originally was sent to hunt down [[Ramsey Murdoch]] for forgery and embezzlement, before her orders changed to have her retrieve the [[Arsene Amulet]] from [[Giovanni Potage]] for the [[Bliss Ocean]] organization.

==Appearance==
Zora is a tall, thin woman with long brown hair, tan skin, and yellow triangle markings on her face. She dons a cowboy hat with a triangle patterned brim, a red neck bandanna, and a poncho which has a symbol that resembles the sun in the middle. Under her poncho, she wears an orange long-sleeved embroidered button down shirt, a belt with a plus-shaped golden buckle that has a sun symbol in the center, brown and dark brown striped leggings, and brown boots with golden sun-shaped spurs on its ends. 

==Personality==
Zora enjoys her job as a bounty hunter and seems to be quite confident in her own skills. She can seem quite 'intimidating' at times, and she is even able to make [[Ramsey Murdoch|Ramsey]] fear her, as she is an adept dueler and can easily beat anyone whom she deems as obstacles.

She is incredibly ruthless and selfish when it comes to achieving her goals, as shown by how she de-aged [[Bugsy Pugsler]] after he refused to hand over the [[Arsene Amulet]], or her turning [[Howie Honeyglow]] into an old man. However, she claims that generally she doesn't prefer going power-mad often, as it’ll make things boring for her and is against the spirit of [[Bliss Ocean]], therefore favoring fair duels (not that she isn't ready to play dirty if she gets angry enough). Her underhanded tactics are reflected by her erratic nature, such as hitting Ramsey’s “horrible, horrible” face with her second gun in a fit of rage after Ramsey broke her first one and soon after cheating the “fair duel” and using her epithet on Percy’s discarded sword in an attempt cut and then age both of them into dust, this is the first case we see of an attack doing infinite damage.

Although a proficient epithet wielder, she actually hates her own epithet because, as a thrill-seeker, she sees it as a killjoy for being overpowered, hence joining Bliss Ocean.

Zora can be hypocritical with her actions, e.g. damaging a building Howie was constructing for no reason, while getting angry at Ramsey for breaking a gun she had made. This extends to using loopholes to justify herself cheating: She was in-favor for fighting Ramsey and Percy without her epithet (since they weren't using their own), but also waited until an advantageous time to undo her power on time-stopped bullets she had fired beforehand, claiming that it was fair for her to do so.

==History==
===Past===
She was born in northern [[Taiga Country]].<ref name=":0" /> She grew up in a family of paleontologists. One day when her mother and her father were digging, they found a golden box. Banzai Blasters, however, stole the box, and then shot her parents till they died. Leaving her an orphan she grew up in the woods, alone and learned to be a marksman. She would use those skills to be a gun for hire.<ref name="GaC" /> As well at some point discovering her [[epithet]], Sundial.

While bounty-hunting, she chased down am escaped prisoner, who was bleeding by the time she found them. She challenged them to a classic pistol duel, Zora presumably winning. She then goes after an entire gang, using her epithet to make "physics look askance". When there was one left, she challenged them to a duel, with her again winning. Later, she was hired by a client seeking revenge on a woman who has a notch on her watch for every man she killed, Zora noting its cute she still has room. Zora easily defeats her.<ref>[[Countdown]]</ref>

One day [[Bliss Ocean Leader|someone]] approached her in the woods and told her "her gun is misguided." After having a one-sided fight, she realized she had found someone on her level, joining [[Bliss Ocean]]. Now she has a reason for her fighting and met [[Yoomtah|two]] [[Cloaked Bliss Ocean Member|others]] who were on her level as well.<ref name="GaC" />

At some point Zora tracked down and killed a person in the woods.<ref name=":1" /> Leading to her reflecting on her life up to this point.<ref name="GaC" />

At some point she become #1 on the MOST WANTED List.<ref name=":2">[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189969642627/q-can-we-share-the-explanation-of-the-star Epithet Erased on Tumblr - December 30, 2019]</ref>

At some point she started chasing down [[Ramsey Murdoch]].{{CitNeed}}

===[[Museum Arc]]===
After [[Yoomtah]] failed to retrieve the [[Arsene Amulet]], she contacted the [[Bliss Ocean Leader]] and explained that [[Giovanni Potage]] had it. Leading to the leader to assign Zora the job to get it due the nature of it being a manhunt.<ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Reflection|EP4 - Reflection]]</ref>

===[[Western Arc]]===
'''Ep. 5 Redwood Run'''<ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Redwood Run (Episode)|EP5 - Redwood Run]]</ref><br>
Zora is first heard when [[Ramsey Murdoch]] is talking to [[Giovanni Potage]] on the phone. There's a sudden bang on Ramsey's end and what appears to be Zora whistling "[[Great at Cowboy]]". She's next seen in outline as she enters the town of [[Redwood Run]] and walks past [[Car Crash]], still whistling the same tune.

Zora is first seen in full when she finds Ramsey in the sheriff's cell, looking in through the window. We learn that Zora is hunting Ramsey for a bounty. At first, Zora aims her revolver at Ramsey, amused by his terror. After a moment of playfulness, she stops aiming at him. Boasts to him that she got a new job from her boss, so her hunt for Ramsey is currently on hold. She then states that she is on friendly terms here and asks him to tell her all about Giovanni, who has the [[Arsene Amulet]]. When she learns that he has just left, Zora responds to this message by saying that it is fine, that hunting without a chase is no fun. She then jumps into Ramsey's cell, telling him that she will give him a head start on hunting him, but that if she finds the necklace, she will come for him. After these words, she shows the power of her epithet by ripping out one of the window bars and turning it into dust. After joking that maybe the [[Gorou Shimizaki | sheriff]] will defend him, she disappears.

'''Ep. 6 All's Well That Ends Well'''<ref>[[Epithet Erased]] | [[All's Well That Ends Well|EP6 - All's Well That Ends Well]]</ref><br>
Zora finds Giovanni while he is with one of his minions, Car Crash. When Giovanni complains to Car Crash that they will probably send bounty hunters after him, Zora stands in front of him on the hood of Car Crash's wrecked car. She aims her revolver at Giovanni and says that maybe he will help the girl and that she is looking for the necklace.

After Giovanni apparently tells Zora that the necklace was taken from him by [[Bugsy Pugsler]], she quickly finds him. As Bugsy frantically tries to get to the train station, Zora places a projectile in the air using her epithet, which Bugsy eats to presumably charge his epithet. Zora then uses her epithet again, this time to place hundreds of projectiles in the air aimed at Bugsy. Standing in front of him, she unfreezes the projectiles, dealing serious damage to Bugsy, and shoots his two remaining minions. She approaches Bugsy and tries to take the Arsene Amulet from him, but when he resists with the last of his strength, Zora uses her epithet again, turning him into a child and taking the amulet. She then leaves, resuming her hunt for Ramsey.

'''Ep. 7 Winner Take All'''<ref name="EP7">[[Epithet Erased]] | [[Winner Take All|EP7 - Winner Take All]]</ref><br>
Zora appears on the train station's roof tower when [[Percival King]] and Ramsey are on the ground floor, and she is hunting them. On the roof below the tower are several of [[Howie Honeyglow]]'s henchmen, as well as Howie himself standing on scaffolding near the roof. She appears there to collect Ramsey's bounty, and she taunts him. When Zora learns that Percy and Ramsey are looking for Arsene, Amulet challenges them to a duel. Howie then speaks up, telling her to get out of his construction site, to which she jumps off the roof tower onto the scaffolding, grabs Howie by the collar, and jumps with him to the ground.<br>

However, Zora uses her epithet to stop Howie's fall and freezes him in mid-air. Percy then reveals the effect of Zora’s epithet, and then Zora tears off a piece of the scaffolding and throws it at Percy and Ramsey. Amused by her actions, Zora shoots at the clock tower of the station to anger Howie, who can do nothing while still suspended in the air. She also shoots at his henchmen. When Howie is angered, Zora uses her epithet and instantly turns him into an old man. She brags about her epithet, showing off her abilities by shooting an acorn and turning it into a tree, and then back into an acorn. She warns Percy and Ramsey that one shot is enough to finish them off. She also tells them that her epithet brings her no joy, that she joined [[Bliss Ocean]] because she hates epithets, that they take away the possibility of true competition, and that no skill matters anymore, only luck. She jumps off the still frozen Howie in the air and onto the ground. She uses her epithet again, knocking the revolver out of Percy's hands with acorn turned into a tree, which she catches and turns into dust, aging it. However, seeing Ramsey running away, she jumps over the acorn and, turning it into a tree again, jumps into the air, chasing Ramsey.

When Percy finds Ramsey first and puts [[Eraser Cuffs]] on him and herself, Zora reappears. Jumping down from the tree and mocking their stupidity. However, when Percy challenges her to a duel, Zora agrees. After establishing the rules, she runs away from them into the forest, luring them and into the net of her bullets, which she froze in the air earlier using her epithet. When Percy and Ramsey finally reach her, she easily avoids Percy's sword attacks. She shoots at her, but at the last moment Ramsey interrupts Percy on the ground. As Zora reloads her pistol, Percy and Ramsey knock her to the ground. When Zora finally gets up, Ramsey spits on her face, to which she spits into his mouth. When Percy runs into her again, knocking her over. A fragment of a tree falls on them, knocking Zora's Arsene Amulet out. However, when Zora picks up the amulet, it is knocked out of her hands and the gun a moment later by crayons thrown at her by Percy. Just as Zora picks up the necklace again and looks around for her revolver, she sees it in Ramsey's hands. After Zora mocks Ramsey, he hits her gun on a rock, causing Zora to curse. This time, Ramsey mocks her hypocrisy, referring to how Zora shot the clock tower at the train station to spite Howie. After the third hit, the gun's handle is shattered, enraging Zora.

She charges at Ramsey, interrupting him and punching him in the face with the gun. When Percy tries to choke her with the chain from the Eraser Cuffs, Zora breaks free and grabs Percy's sword in anger. Breaking the rules of the duel, she uses her epithet, aging everything the blade touches. Zora charges at them in a frenzy, trying to kill them at all costs. As Percy tries to free herself from the Eraser Cuffs, Zora cuts off Ramsey's hand, freeing him from the handcuffs in the process. Allowing him to use his epithet, which he uses to turn himself into gold, attaching his hand and grabbing Zora in a hug. Zora tries to age him with her epithet, but is zapped by Percy's turrets, whose energies are channeled through Ramsey's golden body.

After the duel, Zora is still angry about being electrocuted, but controls her emotions, declaring it a draw. She warns Ramsey that she'll come back for him, then leaves. On the way to [[Sweet Jazz City]], she notices that the gem on the amulet has changed color, and then turns to dust. She then realizes that Ramsey must have switched the amulet, and curses again in anger.

Zora's final appearance this season is when she enters Bliss Ocean's office. [[Yoomtah]] and [[Moot Tarbella]] are sitting there, having a live chat with the [[Bliss Ocean Leader | boss]], who asks Zora how it went

===Non-Canon===
====[[Among Us Script]]====
''to be added''

====[[TWO-LOWEEN]]====
''to be added''

====[[I Want it That Way Animatic]]====
[[Percival King]] is at the [[Sweet Jazz City]] police station, looking at a police lineup for suspects. [[Sylvester Ashling]] is running the operation, asking Percy if she knows who in the lineup is the criminal. Percy responds she only heard the criminals voice whilst singing the song "I want it that way". Sylvie asks the criminals to sing "I want it that way". Number one, [[Ramsey Murdoch]], hesitates before singing the opening section. [[Mera Salamin]], [[Indus Tarbella]], and [[Giovanni Potage]] sing the following sections. All five criminals then sing the following section together. Criminal five, Zora Salazar, sings the section "I never wanna hear you say" by herself.  All of the criminals sing the last section together before Percy makes a comment that criminal number five is the one who killed her brother. Sylvie then admits he forgot they were looking for a criminal in the excitement of singing.

====[[That Beautiful Sound Cover]]====
Zora arrives at the house that [[Molly Blyndeff]], [[Giovanni] Potage]] and his minions are staying at. She asked for the whereabouts of [[Vincent Murder]]. Molly stated to Giovanni that he just needs to find something that people are scared and takes out a bar of soap. Zora, terrified at the sight of the soap, runs off screaming as Molly and the others start laughing in delight.

====[[Campground Ghost Stories AU]]====
''to be added''

====[[Ramsey's Art Commissions]]====
''to be added''

==Abilities==
===Skillset===
{{Rewrite}}
*She is a proficient shooter that can use her pistol to knock out her opponents in only a few hits, and accurately hit an acorn on the ground while standing on top of a building.{{CitNeed}}

=== Unique Abilities === 
*[[File:Zora Gun Sprite.png|thumb|220x220px|Zora's "time gun".]]'''[[Epithet]]: Sundial: ''' Her epithet Sundial allows her to dial things forwards and backwards in any process which includes gravity, inertia, the cycle of the sun, and even a person's lifespan. 
** She can also imbue her epithet into an object (i.e: her bullets). Whatever gets hit by one of these objects will be affected by her epithet.
***This allows her to do things like instantly destroy any object with a single hit from her weapons.
**However, once a process has ended she can't reverse it. (e.g: She can't float if she hits the ground, once her gun breaks it's permanently broken, and if someone is dead she can't bring them back)
**Her aging ability does not noticeably impact things which do not corrode. (i.e: pure gold)
**If she turns off her epithet, the afflicted victims will return to normal.
**Her epithet allows her to be functionally immortal by slowing her aging process or turning back the clock every few years.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189866092527/spoilers-for-episode-7-but-could-zora-be</ref>
**Jello thinks that when she freezes objects they lose their kinetic energy, however he has not confirmed this.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190107202637/do-objects-zora-freezes-retain-there-momentum-and</ref>
**She can heal certain wounds, but has to be extremely careful. If she sped up time on a wound that wasn't fully disinfected, she could cause it to become diseased rather than healed. Bones have to be correctly set or else they will heal wrong.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190085031767/could-zoras-epithet-be-used-to-heal-wounds-even</ref>
** '''Tree!:''' By rapidly aging a seed or sapling, she is able to quickly grow a tree which can be used to launch herself into the air, or to attack and disarm opponents.

==Equipment==
* '''Twin Pistols:''' Zora made her own pistols<ref name="EP7" />. One was destroyed by [[Ramsey Murdoch|Ramsey]].<ref name="EP7" /> They are six-shooters and are often imbued with her epithet to move forwards or backwards someone's age, often to point of turning someone to dust.<ref name="EP7" /> Making these much more deadly then regular fire-arms in the [[World of Epithet Erased]].

==Relationships==
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===[[Ramsey Murdoch]]===
Zora enjoys targeting Ramsey and always aims to destroy him, not only because he has committed embezzlement but also due to Ramsey having a bounty on his head.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190091336302/apologies-if-youve-answered-this-already-but-is
</ref>

===[[Bliss Ocean Leader]]===
''to be added''<ref name="GaC"/>

==Theme==
{{#ev:Soundcloud|https://soundcloud.com/plasterbrain/big-baddess-zoras-theme|300x300}}

==Trivia==
===General===
*Her height is 6'3".<ref name="T1">[[:File:Zora 1.png|Zora Trivia 1]]</ref><ref name="ZPI" />
*She kind of smells and sleeps in the woods.<ref name="T1" />
*She is bisexual.<ref>[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/epithet-faq Epithet FaQ]</ref>
*She is into girls with hourglass figures,<ref> https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189939502652/out-of-curiosity-what-type-of-girls-is-zora</ref> which is seemingly a pun based on her time themed abilities.
*She would definitely hurt a child if she deemed them as an obstacle.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189905159482/i-chose-to-answer-this-question-in-the-form-of-a</ref>
*If she could be an animal, she would be a wolf.<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190049416672/what-kind-of-animal-do-you-think-zora-would-be</ref>
*Zora is the first character to perform an attack that does -∞ damage, since she can age almost anyone or anything into dust.
*Zora currently has the highest stat total of any character: a total of 39★.
**Zora has the highest proficiency and creativity stats in the show so far.
* In the episode [[Redwood Run (Episode)|Redwood Run]], when [[Car Crash]] sees Zora, she is whistling [[Great at Cowboy|“Great at Cowboy”]].
**Zora is also whistling “Great at Cowboy” when breaking into Ramsey's jail cell at the start of the episode.
*If Zora was from the United States she would be from Northern Arizona or New Mexico.<ref>[https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190835167617/dunno-if-the-ee-universe-is-geo-politically Ask: Dunno if the EE universe is geo-politically - February 14, 2020 - JelloApocalypse on Tumblr]</ref>
*Her revolver is based on the Schofield revolver or Smith & Wesson Model 3.{{CitNeed}}
*It was revealed in the [[Among Us Script]] that she has tried to normalize child murder. (in Among Us, at least)
*Her eye markings are the results of her potent Epithet. She cannot get rid of them because they are permanent. <ref name=":1">https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189621395457/is-it-possible-for-an-epithet-to-have-some-kind-of</ref>
*Zora is the first character in the series to speak censored profanity. She swears 3 times.
*Despite being in Nova Class, Zora isn't the strongest officer in [[Bliss Ocean]].<ref>https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/611257288831975424/oh-also-by-the-way-with-what-you-said-about-nova</ref>
**She is the third leading officer of Bliss Ocean.<ref name="EP7" />
*[[Brendan Blaber|Jello]] describes Zora as the kind of Smash Bros player who "picks a top tier fighter and sticks with them the entire night" but still loses to Yoomtah who "changes her character every round and [messes] around all night doing gags like FALCON PUNCH ONLY and still wins." <ref>https://twitter.com/BrendanBlaber/status/1237480319911178240</ref>
*[[That Beautiful Sound Cover]] revealed that she has an aversion for soap.
*On Twitter, [[Brendan Blaber|Jello]] revealed how she would play Among Us, which is:<ref>[https://twitter.com/BrendanBlaber/status/1317941702334795776 Among Us - October 18, 2020 - Brendon Blaber on twitter (7)]</ref> 
**CREWMATE: Third imposter. Purposefully sabotages people and doesn't do tasks. Will pick a target and follow them around menacingly for half the game for no reason.
** IMPOSTER: Brutally efficient but honestly pretty obvious the second someone suspects her.
*She is from northern [[Taiga Country]].<ref name=":0">https://twitter.com/EpithetErased/status/1582879890579152896/photo/1</ref>
* She doesn't like to shower.<ref name="ZPI" />
*Her birthday is July 5.<ref name="ZPI" /> This makes her a Cancer.
*Her favorite animal is the wolf.<ref name="ZPI" />
*Her favorite food is Pine Jam. "Pine Jam" is short for Pine Cone Jam which is a real thing you can make with foraged pine cones. Forest Fact™<ref name="ZPI" />
*She likes “Whistlin', Shootin', Huntin', Beer, and Scootin'”.<ref name="ZPI" />
*Jello believes her parents died when she was between 10 and 13<ref>https://www.tumblr.com/jelloapocalypse/773441346486910976/actually-real-question-how-old-would-you-say-zora?source=share</ref>

===Design===
*Zora is a Slavic name that means "dawn".
*In the [[Redwood Run (Episode)|Episode 5]] commentary track, Jelloapocalypse revealed Zora's name was inspired by a high school friend of his, whose full name is "Theodora Zora Salazar".

===Tier Lists===
*On Twitter, Jello made a tier list of how well liked in the fandom each character is, placing Zora in "Well-Liked (w/ Rare Exceptions)."<ref>[https://twitter.com/EpithetErased/status/1603935872428040192 Epithet Erased on Twitter - 12/20/22]</ref>
*On Twitter, Jello made a tier list of [https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Stardew_Valley_Wiki Stardew Valley] spouses, Zora being paired with Haley because "Haley insults Zora the first time they talk and Zora spends a month gifting her trash. Then she's like "I'll make her fall for me.. then tell her I'm not interested! That'll show 'er!" But then the event where Haley plays in the mud and Zora was like 👀"<ref>[https://twitter.com/EpithetErased/status/1602837006723137536 EpithetErased character Stardew Spouses - 12/13/2023 - Epithet Erased on Twitter]</ref>

===Fanworks===
*On Twitter, Jello revealed he was sent a set of teas inspired by characters from [[Season 1|Epithet Erased]]. Zora was used on a tin of pu-erh spice, chocolate chai pu-erh, and gunpowder tea titled "Zora Sip-azar". It had the caption "Cardamom And Cinnamon Just Like Zora: Spicy!".<ref>https://twitter.com/EpithetErased/status/1241818221474430980</ref>

==Gallery==
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==References==
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==External Links==
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