Zeek

Zeek is a playable character from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga. He is a Dark Knight of the Zoa Empire who accompanies Gwenchaos during his attack on the Temple of Mars. During the resulting battle, he defects to Runan's army, claiming to be a knight of Barge.

If Zeek is defeated during the time that he is playable, he will be saved by Karla.

Profile

Zeek is the younger brother of Karla and the uncle of Shigen. He was born into a family of nobles and lived a comfortable life until he was four years old, when Reevans attacked his home because of his mother's Zoan heritage. While their parents and three eldest sisters were burned at the stake after being forced to confess that they were servants of Gerxel, Zeek and Karla were enslaved instead because they were children. Although Karla was saved by Gwenchaos on the day of her execution, Zeek remained in slavery for twenty-five years. During this time, he was brutally tortured and received scars as a result, but managed to survive because of his anger towards Reeve and prayers to Gerxel. Three years prior to the game's events, he was freed and joined the Zoa Empire as a dark knight.

In his first conversation with Kate, Zeek reveals his scarred back to her and professes that he was enslaved by the Zoa Empire, where he eventually became a dark knight in order to protect his family. He also claims that his scars resulted from a punishment that he received for standing up in defense of other slaves. Despite his attempts to keep his distance from Kate, he allows her to stay by his side at her insistence. Over time, the two of them fall in love, which causes him to become distracted from his mission of spying on Enteh.

Eventually, Zeek betrays Runan upon receiving orders from Karla to return to the Zoa Empire. He makes his next appearance in Map 26A, during which he leaves Rentzenheimer behind to die because Gwenchaos deemed him unworthy of salvation. He also provides some soldiers to Rentzenheimer, but only to cover up his own retreat. Later in the game, he leads an army of dark knights into a battle against Holmes' army and ends up being captured. Before Holmes can punish him for his betrayal, Zeek escapes with either Karla's or Kate's help, depending on which army the latter is in.

Regardless of which army that Kate is sent with after the third route split, she eventually reunites with Zeek. When they meet again, he asks her to join him in the Zoa Empire, which confuses her because she is unaware that he betrayed her allies earlier. Before Zeek can reveal the truth about himself, Nefka appears and informs Kate of it. Afterwards, he kidnaps Kate and tells Zeek that he should not object because doing so would be a traitorous act.

Towards the end of the game, Zeek receives orders from Karla to stop Runan's army from interrupting the resurrection ritual of Gerxel. He ultimately dies in the resulting battle. If Kate defeats him, he apologizes to her as he dies.

Personality

Zeek is very loyal to the Zoa Empire and follows the teachings of Gerxel, who he worships. He always obeys the commands of his sister and other members of the Gerxel Church with higher positions than him. Unlike many others in the church, he believes that the Zoans and the descendants of the Jugdian settlers could co-exist if the latter would stop persecuting the former. He also thinks that the Gerxel Church's actions are done solely for self-defense. He strongly disagrees with Nefka's views regarding the ordinary dark knights and compares him to their enemies for discriminating. Due to his dark past, he harbors a deep hatred of Reeve and wishes to have his revenge by killing its people one by one.

During his time in Runan's army, Zeek keeps his distance from everyone except Kate and tends to avoid events such as banquets. He is widely suspected to be a traitor, which is only furthered by Raffin not recognizing him from Barge. After he defects back to the Zoa Empire, he is torn between his loyalty to his country and love for Kate, as he never truly comes to terms with either.

In-Game

Recruitment

He first appears as an enemy unit in Map 5 (wearing a helmet that hides his face). To recruit him, have Runan speak to him or allow him to speak to Runan. However, he later leaves the player's army before Map 24, and will appear again as a non-recruitable enemy unit in Map 31 and the boss of Map 39.

Base Stats

• Map 5
• Map 31
• Map 39

Map 5

Starting Class						Group
Dark Knight						Horseback
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Agl	Lck	Def	Wlv	Mov
5	31	13	8	11	12	8	10	11	7
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Awareness Life or Death Continue Elite Frontier Fighter Re-Move (Lv 14)			Lance Axe			Devil Spear Poleaxe Magic Shield

Map 31

Starting Class						Group
Dark Knight						Horseback
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Agl	Lck	Def	Wlv	Mov
25	43	16	10	14	15	9	13	12	8
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Awareness Life or Death Continue Elite Frontier Fighter Re-Move			Lance Axe			Devil Spear Poleaxe Magic Shield Silver Shield Healing Drop

Map 39

Starting Class						Group
Dark Soldier						Foot soldier
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Agl	Lck	Def	Wlv	Mov
35	48	17	8	15	16	1	14	14	4
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Awareness Life or Death Continue Elite Frontier Fighter Re-Move			Lance			Devil Spear Javelin Magic Shield Silver Shield Healing Drop

Growth Rates

Supports

• Kate

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Zeek is possibly the most overpowered character in the game, matched only by units like Raffin, Narron and Yoda. His bases outclass that of the majority of playable units with the sole exception of an early promoted Narron, and possibly Raffin, and his growths are without a doubt the best in the entire game - no holds barred. He has an incredible selection of skills, and his class suffers little to no movement costs from almost any terrain; a noteworthy example being his lack of movement penalty in forests. He is also able to wield the incredibly powerful Devil Spear without fear of it ever backfiring.

It would seem easy to be dissuaded to use Zeek despite being such a juggernaut of a unit, solely because he leaves your army on Map 24 and reappears as a boss with the same stats. As intimidating as this is, Zeek is heavily weighed down by the Devil Spear, meaning that a plethora of strong units like Yoda or Sherra can double and 2HKO him with ease. He is much easier to kill when compared to the other lategame bosses like Ernst or Julius, who wield lighter weapons and are harder to outspeed. Even if he were to get too much defense, the player has various alternatives to manage that, like sending one of Plum or Lyria to Holmes Route, using Zechariah for Zeek over Yoda, and many other things.

All in all, Zeek is incredibly overpowered, and is well worth the use that the player gets out of him, even if it is ultimately fleeting.

Quotes

Battle Quotes

Vs. Kate in Map 39

• Zeek: Is that you, Kate? I see you managed to escape...
• Kate: Zeek... You betrayed me...! I will never forgive you!
• Zeek: This was the only way it could end, Kate. Now, come! Let's finish this!

Death/Defeat Quotes

As an ally

• Zeek: No... How could I...?
• Karla: Zeek, what are you doing...? You cannot fall here when there's so much left to do!

As an enemy

Vs. Kate in Map 39

• Kate: Zeek... I have to know... Why did you pretend to love me?
• Zeek: Forget about me... Kate... I'm just a... Dark Knight of Gerxel... Nothing... more... That's all I... deserve to be... in your memories... I'm sorry... Kate...
• Kate: No... Zeek...! You can't do this to me! Answer me, Zeek! Zeeeeek!

Gallery

Artwork of Zeek in a formal outfit.

Zeek's portrait.

Zeek's helmeted portrait before joining.

Zeek's battle model as a mounted Dark Knight.

Zeek's battle model as a dismounted Dark Soldier.