Kysa Zerego

"I am the V'ei'ka, a goddess, my power is unrivalled! My obedient and loyal children worship me, I am the mother of all! I am also the real ruler of the Ingza, leader of our religion and i am the physical manifestation of our mother V'ei'ka, I am a living goddess!. You have abolished the blinding ritual so now i am the last of my kind! When i die a lineage and a tradition which has lasted thousands of years will come to an end! V'ei'ka must be enraged with you for being rebellious children, you have turned your back on your mother, heretics!"

- Kysa Zerego briefly describing herself to the N'Akkiarlian king, angry that he has abolished the blinding ritual and doomed her kind and an ancient Ingzan tradition to extinction, and saying how the goddess V'ei'ka must be very angry at the N'Akkiarlians for being heretics

Biography
Kysa Zerego was an Ingzan human and was the last V'ei'ka to be undergo the blinding ceremony for 30,000 years as it was abolished by the N'Akkiarlians who thought it was a barbaric practice (and the ceremony didnt return until the N'Akkiarlians left), which angered Kysa as she knew that she was last of her kind, the blinded V'ei'ka, and that her kind and an Ingzan tradition stretching back thousands of years would become extinct when she died. Born in 32,892 BBY on Ingza Prime, the capital of the Ingzan Commonwealth and home of the Ingzan people to Jeka Zerego and Zaya Zerego, she had an older brother called Ayka and a twin sister called Yzgero who was born shortly after her.

She, like all Ingzans, worshipped the V'ei'ka, an extremely powerful woman who led the Ingzan religion and whose power and respect rivalled that of the sovereign. The V'ei'ka was the de facto ruler of her people and government, since the sovereign asked her what to do on just about everything. Even the sovereign bowed to the V'ei'ka. In 32,887 BBY, she started school like other Ingzans aged 5, where she stayed until 32,872 BBY when she left education behind aged 20.

At the age of 11, she wished to be a V'ei'ka more than everything else, like most Ingzan girls, she dreamed about becoming the V'ei'ka. However she knew that she could only apply if she was between the ages of 20 and 30 and when the previous V'ei'ka died, it seemed unlikely that she would be able to apply to be the V'ei'ka, let alone beat the thousands of other women also applying.

However, when she turned 19, the previous V'ei'ka, Uyta Ostarola, fell ill and it was unknown how long she would last, Uyta managed to battle against her condition and do her duties for 2 years before she died in 32,871 BBY, around the time of Kysa's 21st birthday.

Knowing she was in reach of fulfilling her lifelong dream she applied to become the V'ei'ka, she managed to beat the other women in her steadfast devotion to her sovereign, people and religion and she was chosen to be the next V'ei'ka.

When she told her parents they were very excited and proud of there daughter being chosen to be the next religous leader. Though her father, Jeka, was a bit concerned about his daughter having her eyes pierced but he didnt voice his concerns as he didnt want to annoy his beloved daughter.

Under the V'ei'ka tradition the newly chosen V'ei'ka spends 5 years in luxury with whomever they choose, Kysa chose to live with her parents and boyfriend, Kizo Fogrena. They lived in the Palace of V'ei'ka (the future home of Kysa after she had become the V'ei'ka) for 5 years in luxury, with servants and enjoyed an upper-class living. During this time Kysa gave birth to her and Kizo's child, she named her son Kizo, after his father. Like any good mother Kysa felt a bit sad that she wouldnt see her son grow up as she wouldve had her eyes pierced when he was 3, she would only be able to hear him growing up.

When the time came for the blinding ceremony 26-year old Kysa was taken to the Shrine of V'ei'ka in the square outside the sovereign's palace. Under the gazeful eyes of her people, sovereign and family she had the Mask of V'ei'ka applied to her face, which pierced her eyes, and like every V'ei'ka before her she roared in pain.

When the mask had been applied and Kysa was blinded she introduced herself as the new V'ei'ka, the mortal representation of the blind goddess V'ei'ka, creator of the universe, a tradition of the blinding ceremony. Then King Ingza XXI walked in front of her and bowed down to her on his hands and knees at her feet, a tradition which showed the sovereign worshipped V'ei'ka and then the people bowed down to her in respect and admiration. As the V'ei'ka was the physical manifestation of the creator godess V'ei'ka she was the "mother" of the Ingza people and of life and they referred to her as such, people called her things like "my dear mother" and she called them things like "my child". As the V'ei'ka she was also a Suprime Admiral in the Royal Navy of Ingza and the commander of the Royal Ingzan 1st Fleet, her flagship was the Kysa Zerego, a Zerego-class Battleship named in honour of her. She thought her ship was beautiful and was proud to command her.

After the ceremony she returned to the Palace of V'ei'ka, her new home, where she lived with her family and boyfriend in absolute luxury, just as she had before the ceremony took place. Now she was the leader of the Ingzan religion and her power and respect rivalled that of the King, she had also achieved her lifelong dream so despite the agony of having her eyes pierced and the fact she was blind for the rest of her life she swore she wouldnt change it for the world. As the V'ei'ka she was also the de facto queen of the Ingza, whilst the King was the official ruler of the Ingza, he worshipped her so his power actually belonged to her. Despite this she didnt try to take advantage of her de facto power, she let the King rule her people for her but she knew that the actual power of the Ingza was hers and she could have the King off the throne and make herself the queen very quickly. She also knew she controlled the Ingzan militia, one of the largest armies in the galaxy, who obeyed her.

"Of course i love her! She's my mother and i adore her. Just becuase she's got a mask on her face which has stakes which pierced her eyes doesnt mean i dont love her, her genes flow through me. She mothered me, just like V'ei'ka mothered the universe. She's my dearly beloved mother and im gonna defend her from anything i can. My mother has a heart of gold, i will defend her till i die!"

- Kizo speaking about Kysa, his mother after being asked if he still loves her even though she wears a blinding mask and has blood trickling down her cheeks

As the years went by she led the Ingzan religion well, Kizo grew up to be loyal and protective of his beloved mother, because she was blind he,his father and Kysa's family helped her as much as they could. Kysa and her boyfried, Kizo Fogrena, got married and Kizo became Kizo Zerego (the husband and child took the surname of the V'ei'ka). Jeka and Zaya was so proud of there beloved daughter they was moved to tears, they felt they were the luckiest parents in the world.

"I am so proud of her, she is my life! She is the best daughter a father could want, she is the light of my life! If anything happened to her i'd go insane!"

- Jeka speaking about Kysa

12 years after being blinded the Ingza Sysem was invaded by the N'Akkiarlian Star Empire and the Ingza fought to remain free, Kysa rallied her people to defend there liberty and freedom and too never give in to N'Akkiarlian oppression and imperialisation. Also her son was killed when the N'Akkiarlians bombarded Ingza City during the Bombardment of Ingza City in the final days of the war. When she heard of her son's death she fell to her kneels and roared loudly in pain and grief. The loss of her son meant she hated the N'Akkiarlians even more.

"MY DEAR LITTLE KIZO! NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

- Kysa's reaction upon hearing of her son's death

Despite there best efforts the Ingza were defeated after 3 years of war and became the servants of the N'Akkiarlians. Not even Kysa, as the incredibly powerful V'ei'ka, who in Ingzan society was a living goddess, was equal to a N'Akkiarlian, they were her masters she was just a slave, like the sovereign and the entire Ingzan people, however her position meant the N'Akkiarlian king looked a bit more favourably on her and he allowed her to keep her position, like how he let the Ingzan monarchs keep there positions, but even the king's favour couldnt hide the fact that he was still her master, which greatly dishonoured her, the physical representation of the creator should have no master.

"No! I cant be a slave! i am the mortal form of the creator of the universe! I cant bow down to you! I am a goddess, as a living goddess i should be your mistress and you should bow down to me!"

- Kysa to the N'Akkiarlian King, angry that he is her master even though she is the mortal form of the creator goddess

For another 86 years she continued to serve as the V'ei'ka, obeying the orders given to her by her much-hated masters. There were times when she wanted to kill herself to be free of her servitude but she knew her people looked to her for solace and hope and saw her as a tower of strength, she decided it would be cruel to kill herself and leave her people with no-one to look to for hope and consolation so she battled on for nearly another 9 decades before she died in 32,765 BBY at the age of 127. 5 years after the N'Akkiarlians conquered the Ingza system Kysa gave birth to her second child she called Uyta Zerego (after the previous V'ei'ka), when Uyta was old enough Kysa and Kizo told her about her dead older brother. Kysa noticed how Uyta looked a bit like her, but when Uyta grew up into a 20-year old young woman people noticed she was a spitting image of her mother. Practically all of Kysa's features and traits had passed to Uyta, and Kysa's personality was said to have been passed to Uyta, like Kysa Uyta was very caring about her people.

When she died she was buried in the Tomb of the V'ei'ka with her predecessors, millions of Ingzans lined the roads to the tomb as her coffin was taken to the tomb, and every single one of them bowed down to her in respect, love and admiration. Her actions and the respect and love felt by the people to her during her life meant she was made an honourary member of the Ingzan nobility and was knighted Lady Kysa Zerego.

After death she took three forms, her Angel form which helped her living Ingzans and welcomed good Ingzans to heaven, her Demoness form which tormented N'Akkiarlians and welcomed bad Ingzans to hell, and her ghost form which was neutral and simply wandered around the Palace of V'ei'ka, her ghost was usually harmless but a N'Akkiarlian in her home could anger her ghost, when angered her ghost wouldnt turn physically violent, but would just shout at the N'Akkiarlian to get out of her house, almost always her orders were followed promptly as facing the wrath of angry ghost was something all N'Akkiarlians feared. Subsquent V'ei'kas commonly saw Kysa's ghost wandering around the palace but they accepted her like she was member of their family, they said Kysa's ghost looked over them and the palace. They didnt fear Kysa's ghost, rather they felt honoured to live alongside her, there were reports that living V'ei'kas would play games with Kysa.

There were only several accounts of Kysa's ghost turning violent, all of which were the result of N'Akkiarlian priests attempting to perform Exorcisms. The most notable was the first time a N'Akkiarlian priest attempted to perform an exorcism, About 3 years after Kysa died and her ghost form began haunting her old palace a N'Akkiarlian priest called Yazzka 'Stra-Agniatoka decided she had spent long enough in the living world and it was time for her to move on to the Afterlife and attempted to exorcise her spirit but this made Kysa's ghost very angry and she turned violent against the priest, apparently defending herself, her ghost threw a plant pot at the priest. However the priest wasnt so easily scared so she turned to drastic measures and attacked him with a knife, the priest was wounded and abandoned the exorcism and Kysa's ghost remained. According to V'ei'ka Yyki Terelogani, who was said to have spoken with Kysa on numerous occasions, Kysa attacked the priest to defend herself, he was trying to remove her from her home and her ghost wasn't ready to go the Afterlife yet so she had to turn to drastic action to stop the priest from removing her.

Despite spending most of her time wandering the Palace it was said her ghost could travel around, her ghost was said to look after her people. A famous legend was one in which an Ingzan was about to be raped by a N'Akkiarlian soldier who had drunk to much when Kysa's ghost appeared and roared in the N'Akkiarlian's face who then ran off terrified, Kysa told the woman she would always protect her people and that she could could sense an Ingzan in terror and pain.

"GET OUT! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY PALACE! OR ELSE I WILL KILL YOU!"

- Kysa's angry ghost to a N'Akkiarlian ghost hunter who had set foot in the Palace of V'ei'ka

Legend said little or no harm would come to one who sees her ghost, as it means she is watching over them.

Legacy
Kysa's name lived on forever, she had achieved immortality in that her name would always be remembered and that she would live in the hearts and minds of her people for eternity. The Zerego family remained one of the most famous Ingzan families and Kysa's descendants respected and were very proud of their great foremother. Kysa inspired many of her female descendants to become V'ei'ka's.

Kysa was one of the greatest Ingzan heroines ever seen and she was worshipped by the Ingza for the rest of time, Ingzans looked forward to death as it meant they could go to heaven and be greeted by Kysa's angel form, bad Ingzans were greeted in hell by Kysa's demoness form.

Personality and traits
"We pay our respects to our much-loved leader, Kysa Zerego, this beautiful V'ei'ka was always kind and caring to her fellow man, she never felt any bad things about her loyal people, she loved each of us like we were her own, and we loved her like a mother. In honour of her services to our people it is with great honour i knight Kysa Zerego Lady Kysa Zerego. The world is a darker place without her but she isnt truly dead, she is in heaven with V'ei'ka also she lives in our hearts, she lives in all of us, and she will live in the hearts of our people forever!"

- King Ingza XXII's special speech to the Ingzan people which was given when Kysa died

As a V'ei'ka Kysa was totally devoted to her people, sovereign and religion. She was a kind and caring woman, very considerate and loving to her family, friends, people and sovereign. She loved her people like they were her own family. She deeply cared for her people and was very sad to hear of the huge numbers of her fellow Ingzans who had fallen in battle against the N'Akkiarlians. Whilst she was saddened by the huge numbers of Ingzan deaths she still rallied them to fight to the end to defend there freedom and liberty. One thing she was eager to do was to help her fellow Ingzan brothers and sisters, she ordered large sums of religous money to be given to charities and the like to help her fellow Ingzans. She had a special place in the hearts of her people. Her people felt she ruled them well, despite the fact they knew she was there actual ruler and the King ruled for her they wished she had been Queen, that would've made her good rule over them nice and official.

"You're people killed my child! You're people killed mine! Your King forces us to live as slaves and you're people have no respect for our culture and traditions, no wonder i hate your kind! But, as the physical manifestation of our great mother V'ei'ka i guess that makes me your mother, since i'm the mother of all life, if you bow down and worship your great mother and mistress then i won't hate you so much, servant."

- Kysa to a N'Akkiarlian

She detested her N'Akkiarlian masters and hated what they had done to her fellow Ingzans during the war, they had also taken her son from her when they killed him during the Bombardment of Ingza City, she felt the pain in her heart caused by the death of her son for the rest of her life. She was very hostile towards N'Akkiarlians, commonly saying she spat on them and loathed being in N'Akkiarlian company, she longed for the Ingza to be free from oppression like they had before the dark days of the N'Akkiarlian occupation and wished her people would fight for independence, though she didnt voice such wishes for fear of the N'Akkiarlians executing her for advocating rebellion.

"You say you're the "master" of me, the truth is I am the creator goddess herself and you are mine! Now fall to your knees in awe of me and my power! WORSHIP ME, YOUR MISTRESS, MY LITTLE SERVANT!"

- Kysa to a N'Akkiarlian

She begrudgingly served her N'Akkiarlians masters only because she had to and she hated every minute of her servitude, sometimes she wanted to die but she knew she had to stay strong for her fellow Ingzans, they saw her as a tower of strength and she knew it would be cruel to kill herself and leave them with little hope, so she battled on and stayed alive for another 86 years after the N'Akkiarlian occupation began. She was knighted and made a member of the Ingzan nobility for her actions, she was one of the greatest heroines in Ingzan history, she lived forever in the hearts of her people and her name was never forgotten, she had achieved immortality, her name would live on in the minds and hearts of her people for eternity. Occasionally though she would tell the N'Akkiarlians that they weren't her masters, she was their mistress, she told them that they were her pets, her servants, only they didn't realise it, she also ordered them to fall to their knees and worship her as she was the ruler of everything and a goddess.

Ingzan legend said that when she died her soul had a split personality, one was her "good" form, an Angel, who appeared to her people occasionally and seemed to be looking after her people from heaven, a guardian angel of the entire Ingzan people. Those who had seen her angel said she was the beautifullest thing they had ever seen in their entire life.

Her other form was her "evil" form, this was a Demoness (a Succubus to be exact), who appeared to her nasty N'Akkiarlian masters, her Demoness form was driven by the comtempt and hatred she felt for the N'Akkiarlians when she was alive and was exacting revenge on the N'Akkiarlians. She was said to commonly appear to randy N'Akkiarlians as a beautiful N'Akkiarlian woman and make love to them, during sex she fed on her victim's soul, which usually killed him, or left him feeling extremely weak, so weak he couldnt get out of bed. Another way she killed N'Akkiarlians was simply attacking them and eating there entire soul, permanently killing them with no ability to go to heaven. Also she was said to seduce N'Akkiarlian men, kill them and curse there souls to be her slaves for eternity, as revenge for her servitude she made herself the mistress of her former masters.

"Kneel before your owner, pet!"

- Kysa's Demoness form to her N'Akkiarlian slave

At 6'3" she was pretty tall for an Ingzan, an Ingzan man was on average 6'0" whilst most Ingzan woman were 5'10" - 5'11". She looked tall next to her fellow Ingzans.

Her features and traits were inherited by her daughter, Uyta, Uyta was said to have been a splitting image of her mother. Many mistook Uyta for Kysa. This was part of the reason why Uyta was loved so much by her people, like her mother.

Relations with her people
"Kysa is the V'ei'ka, she is our great mother, she is our great mistress, we all bow down to her as she is a goddess! We mere mortals have nowhere near the power she has, we kneel before her in awe!"

- An Ingzan speaking about the Ingzan devotion to Kysa Zerego

As the V'ei'ka Kysa was a living goddess and was obediently worshipped and served by her people, the Ingzan people were ready to give up their lives for her, and would consider it an honour to die for her.

Her people thought of her as their great mother and mistress, under Ingzan religion she was the living form of V'ei'ka, creator of the universe, and was the mother of all life. As a goddess her people were so happy and proud to let her rule them, the Ingza let her be their mistress, they behaved like slaves to her. This slave-like devotion of her people made her a little sad at times as she cared for her children so much, she didnt want to much control over their lives but she accepted that they had opened up control of their bodies and minds to her. Her people would follow every order she gave them, they even let her think for them. Despite this total control over them she tried not to treat them like servants too much.

Kysa felt sad at denying her people Free will, which she felt they had rights to, she consoled herself by thinking her people enjoyed obeying her like good lttle children, they wanted to be obediently serve their great mother, Kysa Zerego.

"Even though I am their mistress i wish i didnt have to dominate them. I dont want my obedient children to be anyone's pets, not even mine. As their mother i do have to care for them, but caring for my children doesnt mean having them roll over or sit for me whenever i order them to. My people are sentient, they shouldnt have any controller! But they want me to control them, so i begrudgingly control their minds and bodies and sadly watch as my pets follow every command i give them."

- Kysa Zerego on how she wished she didnt have to dominate and control her people

Relationships

 * Jeka Zerego - father
 * Zaya Zerego - mother
 * Yzgero Zerego - sister
 * Ayka Zerego - brother
 * Kizo Zerego - son
 * Uyta Zerego - daughter
 * Kizo Fogrena (later Kizo Zerego) - boyfriend (later husband)
 * Gakaza Zerego - Another V'ei'ka, one of Kysa's distant descendants
 * Mikki Zerego - Another of Kysa's descendants, he was the B'Kekara (religous advisor) to his sister, V'ei'ka Gakaza Zerego.