Zarios Zoran Dedsel was the last zarios (mayor/governor) of Zeykaria in the first era. He was a legendary hero of the time, and was an undead Omniborn with many golden statues of him within his city. Arya played him during the Lady of Rot one-shot.
Zoran was once a spice merchant in his early years, but rose to prominence and was elected as the Zarios of Zeykaria eventually. He was well loved as the leader of the city, and they built many golden statues of him. He never spoke about how he died and why he was undead.
Check the main one-shot page for the detailed plot summary.
In 1E865, In the city of Ikariyus, Alphus summoned 4 heroes to Ikariyus Plaza: Chymes Coblynálfr, Orion the Space Pirate Queen, Wade the Warden, and Zarios Zoran Dedsel. There was a grave danger in Zeykaria: the demigod daughter and Champion of Nosos, Zurwen, had infested the city with fungal spores and corrupted the townsfolk. The mayor/zarios of the city, Zoran, had escaped and now sought help to save his city. After informing the heroes of the situation, the 5 boarded Orion's ship, the Andromeda, and soared off to hopefully end the disaster. Chymes explained that she had met Zurwen once defending the Feywild, but she seemed like a good person then.
Landing in Zeykaria, Zoran led the four with Alphus's blessing into an underground passage to slip into the city. Within, the party encountered a group of hulking fungus monsters: Necrohulks. They all spoke as one as part of Zurwen's hivemind, delivering Zurwen's declaration to the heroes that she would not stop her corruption. The party fought their way through the passageway and the streets of Zeykaria, facing numerous corrupted citizens and soldiers. After resting briefly, they continued toward the source of the growth, the Temple Plaza, facing a massive Fungal Troll to gain entry. Zurwen told the party of the vision of future her mother Nosos had seen, speaking of the age of doom to approach and the destruction of all rules of society as well as the fall of the gods. She had lost all faith in her purpose, and decided to gain power as nothing was going to matter anymore.
Zurwen had taken over the small temple of Nosos instead of the castle. Within the temple though, the party found a Fungal Domain, with Zurwen inside. Despite a final attempt to reason with her, Zurwen declared herself reborn as Zuggtmoy, the Demon Queen of Fungi, and showcased her dominion by destroying Chymes's Biomech Io (which used mycelium in its construction) and stripping her of her fungal armor. However, Chymes was blessed by her patron Eurion and given greater strength. The party fought desperately against the demon, Chymes being left a whisper from death while Wade and Zoran were both mind controlled by Zuggtmoy's spores. After invoking Alphus's blessing to restore themselves and summoning the goddess herself, Zuggtmoy was successfully banished to the Infinite Abyss. This freed all remaining citizens of the city from Zuggtmoy's infection. The party regrouped outside the temple and reveled in their victory at a bar alongside the goddess.
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Zarios Zoran is remembered to this day as one of the greatest heroes of the first era.
1E591 - Zoran is born in the Temporal Empire.
1E865 - His city was attacked by Zuggtmoy and he asked Alphus for help saving it during the events of the Lady of Rot.
1E977 - He was destroyed for good alongside the rest of his race during the Cometfall.