Zoe, her backstory, and what I think of it.

Let me be clear, I hate the Aspects. all of them. Pantheon is the worst of the lot, but each one has some shady stuff going on. However, I didn't know what to think about Zoe, as she had not had her lore released, so my reaction was to saw "I guess some aspects like them young." but I tried to withhold any opinions on the latest thing from Targon that I couldn't wait for Sol to destroy. Now that her lore has been released, I figure I can now pass my judgement. Naturally, This is going to be biased, so please tell me your thoughts in the comments.

Zoe was once, interestingly enough, a student of the Lunari, however, she wasn't exactly the best student. Easily distracted, but very imaginative the young girl decided that she wasn't that interested in her studies and went to do something 'less boring'. The aspect was apparently watching her during this , and it was this that made the abomination take an interest.

Zoe ran away from her teachers, and after an hour-long chase she was concerned. The aspect gave her a variety of items, like a weapon, gold, and the things that she actually needed. Thing is, she chose to kick a ball and laugh as it bounced around them. The aspect was delighted, and merged with her on the spot.

After that, she went out to some bizarre place, somewhere in-between dimensions, and spent ages there. She became a messenger for the Targon Empire, and stayed that way for millennia. Sadly, she somehow didn't mature in all that time. I am guessing she and the aspect were just glorified gofer's, in fact, considering Zoe just needs to show up to fix whatever it is needs to.

She also has an interesting relationship with Sol, you know, the one guy I can root for in Targon. She doesn't like the fact that Sol's has a huge ego (pot meet kettle), 'lies' (admittedly I'm not entirely sure what she means by this, but it's something interesting to think about.) and of course his world-weariness. (It's a bad trait for slaves to have, or at least, so I'm told.) However, she does seem to be protective of the living WMD, stopping Pantheon from destroying Sol's stars. (it does say she protects Sol himself... but I honestly doubt that.)

I like that there's at least one person in Targon who 'likes' Sol... But Zoe doesn't come across to me as a nice person. She teases him, but it's by calling him a "space doggie", and by belittling him. I find it both tremendously insulting to the Creature who creates stars, and is supposed to be on the same level of power. (Yes, Targon uses a girl who's power is on Sol's level as a gofer. Let that sink in.) Personally, I am hoping Sol spares her.... and only her. I want to see what she think of the space doggy after everything she knew is destroyed by a vengeful god.

there's also the fact that she doesn't seem to care that her family and friends are now dead. I mean, you'd think that she would have one moment were she found out about the Lunari purge, you'd think she would have a moment were she realizes that everyone she knew is gone, and yetshe doesn't. I think, and this is just pure speculation, that it's the aspect's doing. It doesn't want her to think unhappy thoughts, so she literally can't. This is just my opinion, and I'm probably overthinking it.

Her gameplay looks like it will be interesting, but story wise I have a strong dislike of her. I'm sure her maturity is buried somewhere inside there, but she comes across as immature, spoiled kid, and her aspect as an enabler. She and Taric are, I will admit, the most moral of all the hosts. However, I can't say that I want Zoe or the other aspects running around on runeterra. Hopefully, Sol will destroy them, or the Void gets to them, or Atreus kicks Pantheon out and tries to banish the Apsects back to the Warp, or whatever hell they spawned from.

Thank you for reading, what are your thoughts on Zoe? Please share them with me.