Zale Erid

Pre-series
Zale spent her early childhood in an orphanage along with King who was one of the newer residents at the time. You could usually find them playing together, either practicing their blading or playing some other game they made up. Almost every day at sunrise and at sunset, Zale liked to go down to the nearby beach and would spend hours at the tidepool watching the sea life thriving there. She would even bring a bucket down sometimes and try to keep crabs, sea urchins and other such creatures in a jar by her bed in her room. The caretakers would usually make her return them to their tidepool home.

When she was about 8 years old or so, she was at the tidepool when large men in black suits abducted her and took her to the United States to live in Hades Inc., where her blading skills would be analyzed among other things. Her first day at HD was a nightmare. She had to go through many physical exams and mental tests before she even got to bey training. When her final blading test came along, she was just about ready to pass out on the spot. Once the test was complete, she passed out. The next day, she had to wake up at around 4 in the morning to get dressed and eat breakfast before another harsh day of tests and training.

About a year or so later, Zale was getting breakfast when a younger boy with reddish-brown hair asked to sit next to her. She complied and they got to know each other better and became quick friends. She learned his name was Zeo and had come from New York to help his hospitalized friend. For the rest of her time at Hades Inc., she spent as much time as possible with Zeo in her free time, learning english when she could. Of course, the tests grew more and more difficult to the point Zale would sleep through a whole day and miss important exams. It was obvious she was struggling to keep up and there was no way she wanted to be expelled or whatever happened to those students that weren't able to keep going. She would have to escape. When she tried to escape one night, she was about 13 or so at this point, Dr. Ziggurat caught her and had her face one of his best bladers, Damien. She fought valiantly but his Cerberus was too much for her Leviathan and she lost. Damien wasn’t quite done yet, however, and his Bey flew out of the arena and sliced 3 gashes in her right cheek. Zale’s opponent then caught the now blood soaked bey and he and Ziggurat took her back to the HI building.

After the escape attempt, Zale didn’t cause any more trouble. She never showed Zeo her scars as she feared he would judge her and call her hideous and appalling. Near the time Zale was about to graduate, Zeo did find out about her escape and asked her what had happened. She reluctantly showed him what Damien did to her face, waiting for harsh judgement but he didn’t say anything and hugs her. That was probably the first time she had a good cry in a long time.