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| “ | Talkative and upbeat, Ezor has a reputation for being the "friendliest" of Lotor's generals. She is extremely nimble and uses her acrobatic skills to attack her opponents from all sides. Her chameleon-like cloaking ability allows her to infiltrate highly secured areas and gives her an added element of surprise in combat. | ” |
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Ezor was a former general and warlord of the Galra Empire. Her tenure serving as one of Prince Lotor's top advisers gave her the skills and experience to seize power after his demise.
She has a reputation for being the friendliest of Lotor’s generals, but is no less deadly for it. Her speed and acrobatic style of combat gives her an edge over her opponents. She is accompanied by her three friends and fellow former generals Acxa, Narti and Zethrid.
Ezor survived an unlikely series of power transfers. After Lotor killed Narti, Ezor was first to doubt his intentions. She was imprisoned alongside Acxa and Zethrid before being freed and recruited by Haggar. The devastation of the Galra power structure presented an opportunity for Ezor and Zethrid to become warlords. They accumulated power and resources for four years before dying in an explosion.
In Season 8, Ezor appears as a hologram, though without her right eye and part of her head tendril.
Personality
Ezor is playful, sneaky and cheerful as well as somewhat childish. Ezor has no problem spying for Lotor or following his order's as she and the other generals went to take back Puig when she was ordered to find the leader by Acxa she stayed hidden until she came out of hiding to toy with him stating that she likes to play around. When fighting the paladins she can be seen smiling wickedly showing a more brutal side of her personality.
Ezor also seems to value to others generals as friends as was the case when Lotor cut Narti down for being an inadvertent spy (though Haggar was only spying on Lotor through her) escaping a ship she is seen being viably sad after her death.
She also does not seem to be the brightest of the generals as when Lotor confronted the paladins, pleading with them not to fight him and asked by Zethrid she stated "I stopped trying to figure out Lotor's master plan a long time ago. Too complicated." Or at the very least, is the one most easily distracted.
In Season 7, Ezor is shown to have suffered some degree of trauma regarding Lotor, as she's shown to be anxious over the possibility that Lotor could return.
Later, she shows her more brutal and crueler side of her personality as when she stated "Let's go torture some prisoners." showing how evil she actually is underneath her playful and cheerful demeanor even going as far as to grab and threaten Pidge. This is side is also present in "Red Paladin," where Ezor is shone toying with the Puigian leader derisively. She is known to bear a wicked grin when she beats down a foe.
Biography
Season 3
Ezor is introduced spying on Throk as he attempts to visit a dying Zarkon in "Changing of the Guard”. She‘s watching them while invisible, and materializes shortly after Throk leaves. It’s implied she was carrying out reconnaissance for Prince Lotor.
In "Red Paladin" Ezor is tasked with capturing the head of state on the planet Puig. She infiltrates his bunker and captures him, toying with him for some time before reporting back to Lotor. This episode briefly exposes Ezor’s sadistic streak; her enjoyment in the pain or fear of others. Later, she updates Lotor on the status of the Blade of Marmora’s campaign to retake the planet and the unrelated disappearance of the Black Lion. Later still, on board Lotor’s ship, she mans the cruiser’s weaponry in an offensive against Voltron.
She appears alongside the rest of Lotor's generals in "the Hunted," where she and the others support Lotor as his backup in the Royal Cruiser as he attempts to capture the Paladins of Voltron. She questions Acxa about Thayserix and why did Acxa had to reconfigure Lotor's fighter for it.
When Lotor set the trap for Voltron in "Hole in the Sky," Ezor questions success of Voltron "escaping to the other reality," only to be corrected by Acxa. She is persumably one of the generals who fishes out the transreality comet after Voltron reappears from the other reality.
She along the other generals are working at the Royal Cruiser's bridge when another anormality is present on the radar in "the Journey."
Ezor along with the other generals invade Throk's base in the Ulippa System under Lotor's orders in "Tailing a Comet." There, she serves to distract Throk alongside Acxa and Zethrid as Narti apprehends and mind controls him so she could force him to open the hatch of the base so they could steal the piece of the teleduv. Afterwards, when they return to their galra ship, they meet up with the paladins who have snuck onto said ship expecting a fight with Lotor.The two sides clash and Ezor takes on Keith with a wicked grin only to be stopped when Keith is able to flip his bayard to his other hand. When the paladins return to their lions she and Zethrid man the ship to steal the teleduv piece while Narti and Acxa go to distract Team Voltron. When Acxa accidentally shoots the teleduv piece, Ezor is last seen being picked up by Acxa and Narti alongside Zethrid before disappearing.
Season 4
Ezor, along with the other generals, appears in the bay of the Royal Cruiser as Haggar addresses Lotor in "Code of Honor."
She and Acxa are in charge of overseeing the construction of the Sincline ships while Lotor and Narti are away at Zarkon's command in "Black Site." When Lotor returns after being dismissed from acting emperor by Zarkon, Ezor asks if he's been fired to which he replies that he has. Later, alongside the other generals Ezor is seen exiting the Royal Cruiser as it's besieged by the Royal fleet after Haggar discovers that Lotor has the transreality comet and tells Zarkon. She is shown to be shocked at Lotor murdering Narti, and later is seen curled up on her seat on the Sincline ship once they escape, saddened over what happened to Narti.
In "Begin the Blitz," Ezor is almost immediately shown to be distrustful of Lotor, particularly after he curtly orders to "do as [he] says." Frustrated, she cuts off communcation with the other sincline ship, to which Acxa jumps to communicate with her. After Acxa's questioning, Ezor remarks how she didn't want Lotor to hear them. She then points out to Acxa how Lotor has put them in a bad spot regarding Zarkon. When Acxa cuts her off, Ezor responds with how Narti was loyal, and look where it got her.
When Lotor and the generals arrive at the rift gate, Ezor is quizzical and distrusting. After Lotor attempts to enter the rift and fails, she and Zethrid are seen standing on a meteriod behind him, discussing over what they should do. In here, Ezor states how "all Lotor's plans fail," to which Zethrid remarks that they must take him down, only for Acxa to knock him down herself. Ezor is last seen at the end of the episode, after they've tied Lotor up and he's escaped. Here, she questions what's their next step.
Powers and Abilities
She is impressively nimble, and she utilizes this acrobatic prowess to attack enemies from all sides. Moreover, Ezor has a chameleon-like cloaking ability (similar to that of the Green Lion's) that is first demonstrated when she reveals herself spying on Haggar and Throk's conversation. It can be assumed that she has used this ability to spy on Haggar on multiple occasions. The cloaking is represented once more when she and the other generals reveal themselves following Lotor's challenge to Throk. While the other generals simply remove dark cloths, she appears out-of-the-blue, clearly having been cloaked.[1] This allows her to infiltrate highly secured areas, retrieve information, run reconnaissance, and gives her the added element of surprise in combat. She uses throwing knives in combat being able to throw them with accurate precision. She is also skilled in kickboxing being able to she her leg's to attack, grab, pin, toss and fend off attacks. she can also use her appendage to like a whip to attack or grab objects or people.
Appearance
Ezor's appearance bears little in common with the average Galran soldier, aside from her yellow sclera. She has red skin and a long, tapered, prehensile tail attached to the top of her head. She uses the tail to assist her in combat, as a whip and a third limb for grabbing things. It’s also presumably an instrument to help her species balance and perform gravity-defying acrobatics. Ezor has candy red skin with pastel stripes on her forehead and tail. Her pupils are ovular and blue, in contrast to the narrow, cat-like pupils of most Galrans. She has retractable flaps of yellow tissue under her arms which allow her to glide short distances. In nature, these are known as ‘aerofoil membranes’. She has large, fin-shaped ears which may indicate increased audial sensitivity.
Her outfit during her time with Lotor is consistent with the uniforms of her fellow generals. It’s comprised of fragmented black armor with orange and blue highlights over a grey bodysuit. Ezor’s outfit has modest heels and leaves her underarms bare, presumably to allow for use of her ‘wings’.
Abilities
Ezor has the ability to turn invisible, even while wearing clothing or armor.[2] She has flaps of skin between her arms and torso that allow her to glide or slow descent from high areas.[3] She uses her extremely agile body to dodge attacks and inflict blows, preferring the use of knives during combat.[4] She also appears to be skilled in kickboxing being able to pin down Keith and fend off Shiro's attacks and be able to outmatch him.[5]
Trivia
- Ezor's name was originally "Esor", but was changed when Studio Mir pointed out to series staff that it was a name common to old women spelled backwards; it was intentional on the writers' part as being a reference to The Golden Girl's along with the names "Ythorod" and "Aihpos", spelling "Rose", "Dorothy", and "Sophia".[6]
- For Lotor's generals, series staff went with a standard RPG team format; Ezor is intended to be the agile melee gymnast.[7]
- Ezor's ability to cloak herself is either unique to her or to her non-galran species, as she is seen performing it outside of the armor she wore as Lotor's general.
- The appendage she bears on her head has a tendency to twitch on occasion, and in season 7 Ezor is able to use it to hook in people or things and bring them to her. Said appendage is also seen to have grown from her appearance in season 6 to season. This suggests that the appendage is innervated in some manner.
- She is canonically in a relationship with Zethrid.
- It's highly implied that she originally intended to have died in the explosion in "The Way Forward," and had been edited back into season 8 in post-production of the season. There is numerous bits of evidence, including
- How Ezor, a normally talkative character, is never depicted speaking during her appearance in season 8. Her only line is not voiced by Kimiko Glenn, her main voice actress.
- She is not mentioned in the English audio description of her appearances, and the narrator seems to gloss over her reactions
- In a certain scene in "Genesis" that depicts Zethrid and the Olkari Tech running to the Atlas deck, their heat signatures are visible as well as their pictures. Where Ezor should of at least have her heat signature present, it is notably absent.
- Zethrid has a strong overreaction to what in the final cut of the scene was Ezor breaking up with her. Many of Zethrid's lines fit more along the lines if Ezor had been dead.
- One of the storyboarders on the show, in a tweet now deleted, had state back on the release date of season 7 that Ezor should of lived, suggesting that Ezor had originally died in original script.
- It appears that her appearance in season 8 is only a hologram.
References
- ↑ Season 3, Episode 1 "Changing of the Guard"
- ↑ Season Three: Episode 1, "Changing of the Guard"
- ↑ Season Three: Episode 2, "Red Paladin"
- ↑ Season Three: Episode 6, "Tailing a Comet"
- ↑ Season Five: Episode 2, "Blood Duel"
- ↑ AfterBuzzTV with Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery
- ↑ Rotoscopers with Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery, August 2017