TAYLA OF ASTORIA
Melissa "Sawnya" T.
DISCLAIMER: DragonballZ is the creation of Akira Toriyama.
DragonballZ is his creation, not mine. I do not own any of the original
Dragonball places or characters.
The characters that are mine personally are Tayla, Dirkan, Shalila, Hazel,
Reccor, Jaden, Chestra, Balair, Diamonique, Crystalis, Eclipse, Mahogany, Bhodie
Lett, Charkan, Queen Frost, Princess Journa, Arcan, Kami Orchida and her
butterflies, Toria, Papillus, and all other Astorians, Hyslians, Meatians,
Calmagians, Ginyu Girls, and residents of planet Reznak. Queen Muriella and
Marrell are sort of mine, since DBZ never mentioned the name of Vegeta's or
Goku's mothers. In other words, any character that was not originally in DBZ that is mentioned
in this story belongs to me. Characters may be borrowed with written permission (I can be flexible), as long as the borrower gives me credit. If not, I can't be held responsible for what some of my stolen characters might do to you, should you make them mad...
The original Dragonball characters mentioned in this story are Bardock (father
of Goku), Frieza, Vegeta, Nappa, Raditz, King Cold, the East Kaio-sama, and etc.
Almost all of Frieza's original minions are in this story as well, especially
Zarbon and the Ginyu Force.
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story takes place in an alternate timeline that follows the
Dragonball saga for the most part, except that Tayla Chloe plays an important
role in some of the events. Some of the facts in the Dragonball saga have been
changed to accommodate Tayla and her family's existence; for example the time
between major events [Planet Vegeta's explosion] has been lengthened to allow
more storyline depth. In this story, there were many years between the
conquering of Meat and Kanassa and Planet Vegeta's explosion.)
WARNING: Do not expect this story to entirely follow the DragonballZ timeline
before Goku's time. Remember that this is an alternate dimension. I am already
planning a sequel to this story, should things work out like I hope.
The character bios and possibly the attack summaries are written in present
tense, but the story is written in past tense.
SOME OF THE CHARACTERS (that were not originally in the Dragonball saga):
PRINCESS TAYLA CHLOE OF ASTORIA: the heroine of our story. She is brave,
beautiful and very strong and intelligent, with the potential of being the
strongest Astorian of her people, even stronger than her grandmother, Shalila
Chloe. Her fragile, petite appearance (and her ability to fully hide her ki
level) often deceives her enemies into thinking that she is weak, and they learn
their mistake too late. She is only five-feet tall, with long black hair and
brown eyes. Her good, compassionate heart is her greatest strength, as well as
her greatest weakness, and her enemies often take advantage of this to make her
submit to them. She is a "healior" (someone who is a warrior and a healer) who
can treat many illnesses and defeat many enemies. Tayla is also a superb
swordswoman who is very deadly with a sword, and like her grandmother, she can
jump in the air and have her sword land back neatly into its sheath. She is a
fierce fighter when she has to be, but deep down, she is a gentle creature who
will try not to kill if she can avoid it. She is often warned by her friends
and family not to "let her heart get in the way". She is the youngest
(twentieth child) of Mantros and Tika's children.
SUPERIOR GRAN SHALILA CHLOE OF ASTORIA: the greatest female warrior in the
Rosetta Galaxy. When she was only two years old, her mother, also named Tayla,
fled Astoria during the first Astorian-Saiyan War with her only daughter to the
Milky Way Galaxy. They were on their way to planet Sorscha, but had to land on
Earth instead where the evil underworld lord, Darbura, killed the first Tayla.
The eight-year old girl was later found by the senzu-bean growing cat, Korin and
Kami, the Namek Guardian of the Earth, and was raised by them until she was
seventeen. Shalila later avenged her mother by defeating Darbura during the
15th Tenkaichi Budoukai (the World Martial Arts Tournament) and helping Kami to
drive him back to hell before leaving Earth permanently to return to Astoria to
avenge her people and claim her rightful place as Superior Gran. With the help
of Dirkan, she conquers the Saiyans and Queen Frost and brings peace and hope to
the Rosetta Galaxy, as well as regaining her planet.
Shalila is beautiful, even though she's eighty-two years old (she
looks about forty when this story begins), and she has reddish-gold-colored hair
and gray eyes. She is also petite; but again, don't let the fragile appearance
fool you. Shalila is a fierce warrior and an excellent swordswoman (she and
Dirkan later teach Tayla sword-fighting), and she also has her granddaughter's
trick of having her sword land in its sheath on its own. She possesses her
mother's sword, the Sword of Chloe, which is a double-edged sword with a ruby
handle and pommel. The blade is coated with pure gold and has the Rose of Chloe
carved in its surface. This sword has helped its owner on many occasions.
Shalila raises Tayla after Tayla's parents die, and although she
assigns Dirkan and Gracina to be Tayla's guardians, Shalila has the final say on
Tayla's care, welfare, and training.
DIRKAN: The Namek ex-mercenary who trained Shalila himself for the battle
against the Saiyans and Queen Frost. He is the second strongest being on
Astoria, and one of the strongest warriors in the Rosetta Galaxy. He is also
very intelligent, serving as Shalila's advisor, as well as her bodyguard. He
looks almost like Piccolo, except that he is taller, his head is more
cone-shaped with clear spots, and he wears a red and white fighting uniform,
like the Clan of Chloe. He is Shalila's closest friend and confidant, as well
as her lover after her husband's death. He had refused to marry her when she
was younger because of her arranged marriage to Bajal, and that he thought that
it would be best if Shalila married and mated with her own kind. They rekindle
their romance some time after Bajal's death, and after some convincing from
Shalila, he finally agrees to marry her.
Dirkan also has a special bond and closeness with Tayla and becomes
her assigned guardian and bodyguard. He is very protective and loving with her
and is like an uncle to her.
SUPERIOR GRANDEN BAJAL CHLOE OF ASTORIA: Shalila's husband, a mighty warrior,
whose enormous ego matches his great strength and heart. He makes a brief
appearance at the beginning of this story. He and Shalila have seven children,
with Mantros being the oldest. (Mantros is the only child mentioned in this
story.) He had married Shalila shortly after their victory over Queen Frost.
SUPERIOR GRANDEN HEIR APPARENT MANTROS CHLOE: Tayla's father, oldest of
Shalila's children. He is also the father of Gorna and Gracina. Mantros, a
strong warrior himself, and his first cousin, Tika, also his wife, have twenty
children (thirteen sons and seven daughters), but only six of them are important
in this story: Gorna (the oldest child), Bajal (the second child), Cletos (the
third child), Raakon (the fourth child), Marya (the tenth child), Gracina (the
twelfth child), Nieca (the nineteenth child, who is killed shortly after this
story begins), and Tayla (the twentieth child and the youngest).
PRINCESS TIKA CHLOE: Mantros' wife and mother of Tayla. She is a healer.
Tayla later names her new friend and pet chameleon bird after her. (Tika in
Astorian means "one of a kind".)
SUPERIOR GRAN HEIRESS APPARENT SECONDARY GORNA: Mantros and Tika's firstborn
child, as well as Shalila's granddaughter, she is the future ruler of Astoria.
Gorna is tall, muscular and ugly with dull reddish-brown hair and dull green
eyes. She is a powerful warrior herself, but she is greedy, power-hungry,
spoiled, and peevish, and she insists on having everything her own way. A
selfish and insecure woman, she envies Tayla's great intelligence and power, and
quickly decides that she wants Tayla out of the way-permanently. She fears that
Shalila will try to make Tayla the next ruler of Astoria instead of her, and
Gorna knows that the Astorians do not entirely approve of their Superior Gran's
choice for the throne. Gorna will do almost anything to get rid of Tayla.
PRINCESS GRACINA CHLOE: Tayla's sister, teacher, and closest friend, she is also
assigned as one of Tayla's guardians. She is loving as well as stern with her
youngest sister and tries to make her into a lady as well as a healior. Gracina
is very tall (the tallest of the Clan of Chloe women) and beautiful, with Nordic
cheekbones and long, golden hair with blue eyes. (She resembles a blond Greek
goddess). She is considered to be one of the wisest Astorians on the planet,
and like Tayla, she is a healior. Gracina is an excellent warrior and
swordswoman in her own right, although she is not as strong as Tayla and Gorna.
She is Mantros and Tika's twelfth oldest child.
PRINCE BAJAL CHLOE: Tayla's oldest brother, he is a powerful warrior (less
powerful than Gorna, but more powerful than Tayla, at least while she is a
child). He is Mantros and Tika's second oldest child, and he's as arrogant and
proud as his grandfather, for whom he was named after. Bajal is tall and
muscle-bound with a thick beard and mustache.
PRINCE RAAKON CHLOE: Tayla's other brother, the most talented male healer of
the Clan of Chloe, who does not like to hurt or kill others unless it's
absolutely necessary. He was a former healior, who fought valiantly, but his
being forced to kill others nearly drove him insane, so he was allowed to retire
from warring and become a healer. He is Mantros and Tika's fourth oldest child,
and one of the wisest (along with Gracina and Marya) of their children. He is a
peaceful man who gave up his fighting to live in peace and heal others.
PRINCE ETROS CHLOE: Gorna's manipulative, shrewish husband (also her first
cousin), who is somewhat dominated by his wife. He is a warrior also, but a
poor and cowardly one, and he is nowhere near as strong as his wife. He is short, skinny, and very ugly with a fat nose and receding hairline. Gorna only married him because he is
submissive to her, and shares her goals about ruling Astoria.
SUPERIOR GRANDEN HEIR APPARENT ROJAL CHLOE: Gorna and Etros' firstborn child of
their two children who happens to be the only child that Gorna fully approves of
and loves. Rojal slowly becomes even nastier and power-hungry as his mother,
but she completely dominates him. He often goes along with what she wants to
please her and his father. He is a warrior, three years older than Lelina and
five years older than Tayla. He at first despises Tayla because of his mother,
but then he dislikes her on his own because she is the favorite of Superior Gran
Shalila.
PRINCESS LELINA CHLOE: Gorna and Etros' second oldest child, she is Tayla's best
friend despite her mother's obvious dislike of Tayla. Lelina is a healer who
often is hurt by her mother's coldness towards her and Tayla. Lelina does not
approve of her mother's plans or doings, and she tries to talk her brother out
of carrying out his evil plans, but is rebuked constantly.
PRINCE RICCAN CHLOE: Gracina's oldest son who is a warrior. Boisterous, loud, and a bit overconfident. Looks up to Tayla.
PRINCE LEKTRON CHLOE: Gracina's husband and Etros' younger brother, who
completely supports his wife and loves her. They have four children between
them, two sons and two daughters. His power level is equal to his wife's, and
he is a healior like her and Tayla.
PRINCESS MARYA CHLOE: The High Priestess of the Temple of Chloe, this
clairvoyant princess also has the ability to read minds, tell fortunes, and
occasionally predict the future through "premonitions". The wisest and most
spiritual of Tayla's siblings, she remains neutral and non-judgmental during
most family disputes, making her an excellent mediator and counselor. Being a
Priestess, she is not allowed to fight or marry, and must always be escorted by
a warrior or a healior for protection because she has taken vows not to kill
(like all Priests or Priestesses). She is Mantros and Tika's tenth oldest
child. Marya is also the child that most resembles her mother in physical
appearance.
SOME SPECIAL ASTORIAN ATTACKS (not all attacks are included yet):
Mirror Shield: This attack can only be used when an opponent charges a blast.
It does not work for punches and kicks. A Mirror Shield deflects an enemy's
attack (such as a Big Bang or Final Flash) right back onto the enemy,
backfiring, causing the enemy to be damaged by his or her own attack. Mirror
Shield is the second most powerful Astorian attack next to Electric Quake, but
Mirror Shield requires some ki because the more powerful the enemy's attack, the
harder it is to cause the attack to backfire. Usually however it is considered
to be one of the most powerful and least ki draining of the Astorian attacks.
A Mirror Shield is executed by crossing right wrist over left wrist in an X with
both hands closed in fist and then throwing the arms back and opening the fists.
Electric Quake: The most powerful and dangerous attack of the Astorians, this
attack is used by the caster placing the hands on the ground, and turning much
of his or her ki into high-voltage electric waves which enter the ground,
reverberate throughout a large surface area and destroy or damage anything that
is on the surface at the time. The attack only works on an opponent that is
touching the ground; if they are in the air, it has no effect. It harms anyone
(friends and foes) that is standing on the ground in that area at the time by
electrocuting them at high voltage. (Astorians can control and manipulate
electricity, and they cannot be harmed by it.) This attack is only effective
when the caster is standing on solid ground (not in a ship or water), and
because it causes a large range of damage (and drains the most amount of ki, as
well), it is considered to be a last resort move. Astorians are the only ones
that cannot be harmed by this attack.
Electric Touch: This is as powerful as the Mirror Shield, but more direct, this
move is accomplished simply by touching the enemy and electrocuting them through
the hands of the attacker. Caution must be used with this move as well as with
the Electric Quake--releasing too much electricity into the victim significantly
drains the attacker's ki. Both the Electric Quake and the Electric Touch moves
require the user to be in good health to use them effectively.
Rings of Saturn Scarf: This is accomplished by putting the fingertips and thumb
tips of both hands together to form an O, and then pulling the hands away from
each other in a straight line to form an band of pure ki. This band can be
wrapped around the enemy like a scarf, which steals the ki of the victim. This
is one of the least ki-draining moves for the attacker, but if the attacker is
hit in the back of the head from behind, the scarf automatically dissipates, and
the ki is returned to the victim.
Shield Field: This creates an almost impenetrable ki barrier around the person
using it, protecting him or her and those nearby inside from most attacks.
However it can be destroyed instantly by a Final Flash or makansappo (special
beam cannon), or if the user dies or loses his or her ki significantly (it takes
some ki to maintain the barrier). The strongest Astorians can use their life
force instead of their ki to maintain a Shield Field, and in this case the
barrier will remain in place until the user dies or the user chooses to remove
it him or herself. Only five percent of Astorians have been able to do that,
and all of them are, of course, from Clan of Chloe.
NOTE: This is a new saga in the Dragonball story. Princess Tayla Chloe's story
begins in the same time as the Bardock movie. Princess Tayla is from planet
Astoria, a planet with fighters strong enough to hold their own against Frieza
and his Saiyans. Tayla is the granddaughter of Superior Gran (queen) Shalila
Chloe, the greatest female fighter in the Rosetta Galaxy. The Rosetta Galaxy
contains the planets Astoria and Vegeta. Shalila Chloe once defeated and killed
Frieza's mother, the evil Queen Frost, a woman more ruthless and powerful than
her husband, King Cold, sixty years before Tayla's time.
When the teenager Frieza found out that Shalila Chloe was
responsible for his mother's death, he vowed revenge on Shalila and her people.
Frieza only has two goals in life: to be the most powerful warlord (and
businessman) in the universe and to destroy the Clan of Chloe, the elite royal
family that rules Astoria from the moon of Chloe. (Astoria has seven moons, and
the most serious oaths of all are sworn by all of them. A "Seven Moons" oath is
the most sacred of all Astorian oaths.)
On Astoria, there are fifteen clans, with the Clan of Chloe being
the ruling one. The Clans are named Chloe, Cornsilk, Sahara, Brimmel, Hagen,
Pearl, Emerald, Myst, Nova, Hazel, Darnell, Ruben, Quartz, Sapphira and
Eustachia. In the Clan of Chloe, all those with Chloe blood in them are
considered princes or princesses. The clans manage their own affairs
separately, but all of them are subject to Shalila and the Clan of Chloe and the
Astorian laws. In a clan, every child's position in life is determined
during the first few years of his or her life (except for Priest/Priestess,
which is voluntary). In a clan's hierarchy, there are 8 classes: Gran and/or
Granden (the rulers of the clan), Warrior, Healer, Healior (this role requires
great strength and intelligence), Priest/Priestess, Scribe (some healers,
healiors, and priests/priestesses are also Scribes), Technician, Scientist,
Farmer, Hunter (although warriors and healiors are also trained to hunt) and
Laborer (the laborers that assisted the healers and healiors were called
Nurses), the lowest class of all. However in the Clan of Chloe, there are only
eight classes: Superior Gran/Granden, healer, warrior, healior, technician,
scientist, scribe, artisan, and priest/priestess. (The Clan of Chloe members
have the greatest strength, intelligence levels, and power levels of all
Astorians, and so none of them are ever reduced to lower positions.) All
Astorians know how to fly, using their ki. The lower positions that serve the
Clan of Chloe all come from other clans who are chosen to live on Chloe for life
(it is considered a great honor to live on the beautiful moon of Chloe).
Aliens, such as Dirkan, are not put into clan classes, and although they have to
follow Astorian law, they are not held to Astorian standards, as Astorians try
to respect other cultures (except Saiyans).
Marriages between separate clans have to be approved by the clan
grans or grandens, but if the clan leaders (or parents) disapprove, the couple
involved can appeal to the Superior Gran or Granden, who can overrule any
decision made by any clan leader, or their subordinates. Every Astorian (and
non-Astorians who have lived on Astoria for two years) has the right to a trial
by the Superior Gran or Granden when they are accused of a crime and the clan of
that person cannot resolve it themselves.
At the time of Tayla's birth, the Saiyans were involved in their
partnership with Frieza in conquering planets and destroying the inhabitants of
the planets in order to prepare them for sale. Powerful races buy these planets
from Frieza's Planet Trade, but there are two catches to the sales.
The first catch is that Frieza is smart enough to sell his planets
only to people that he can conquer later. The second catch is that Frieza sends
the Saiyans and other minions to destroy the new customers so that he can sell
the planets again and again and again. New buyers never learn the full truth of
Frieza's deals until it is too late because Frieza's previous customers are all
killed immediately, and the few trusted with the full truth are sworn to
secrecy.
However Shalila Chloe knows the full truth of the Planet Trade's
dirty deals because Queen Frost used to operate the Planet Trade the same way
(before it was passed down to her sons, Frieza, and his brother, Coola. Coola
operates the western branch of the Planet Trade, only he has no Saiyans to help
him.) Shalila herself had learned this when she went undercover as a new
warrior for Queen Frost for a while, and she advanced quickly because of her
fighting skills. At the same time, she learned exactly how the Planet Trade
worked before finally conquering Queen Frost and the evil Saiyan king, Dayrus
(Prince Vegeta's great-uncle), who used to rule Astoria before Shalila took her
planet back from him with the help of her friends Dirkan, a Namek.
Now at this time, Shalila was Superior Gran of Astoria, and her
other granddaughter, Gorna Chloe was Superior Gran Heiress Apparent (the future
ruler of Astoria). Shalila was married to Superior Granden (king) Bajal Chloe.
Shalila loved him dearly, but she never quite lost her affection for her first
real love, the Namek, Dirkan, a former mercenary who not lived on Namek since he
was a child. Dirkan had stayed by Shalila's side throughout the last sixty
years (he would not marry her because he believed that Shalila should continue
her lineage through another Astorian's blood only. Oh, and the small fact that
Nameks can only reproduce by spitting eggs out of their mouths had something to
do with it too.)
Tayla's story began when she was six months old and traveling on her
family's private spaceship, the Korin, the ship that was named after Shalila's
foster father, a white Earth cat. Tayla's parents, Mantros (Shalila's first son
and the next ruler of Astoria) and Tika (Mantros' second cousin and wife) were
already amazed at their youngest child's potential. Tayla's intelligence and
power levels were very high for her age, even by Astorian standards. Mantros
and his father, Bajal, were discussing over the ship's radio with Shalila about
the possibility of making Tayla a "healior" (someone who is both a warrior and a
healer). Tika, a slender graceful woman with red-gold hair, and her other
daughter, Gracina were fussing and playing with baby Tayla. The Mantros Chloe
family had been out in space for eighteen months and Shalila had yet to meet her
youngest granddaughter, although Shalila had been talking endlessly to Dirkan
about Tayla's potential. Shalila had also been grousing about her husband and
family's long absence and was thankful that they would be coming home in a week.
The Chloe family had much to celebrate when Mantros, Bajal, and the others
returned home. All was well with the Chloe family, but they were unaware of two
small Saiyan ships approaching the Korin, intending on destroying Shalila's
family. The two Saiyan ships had managed to block the Astorian ship's radar
alert, so the Mantros Chloe family was unaware that they were coming. But
Dirkan wasn't. Even though, the Saiyan ships' could not be detected on any of
Astoria's radars, he could sense their evil ki, and decided to warn Shalila
immediately.
OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WERE:
1.Grandpa Gohan finds baby Kakarot (Goku) and takes him to raise him as his own
son.
2. Prince Vegeta is four years old. He has three older sisters: twins Soira and
Silka, ten years old, and Journa, six years old. King Vegeta was currently
having his son prepared for his first assignment by Frieza. Journa was born
with a high power level for a female Saiyan, and she was chosen to be one of
Frieza's fighters, much to her mother's despair. Their mother, Queen Muriella,
was already upset enough about her only son working for Frieza at such a young
age.
3. Frieza begins to have misgivings about the Saiyans as well as the Astorians,
thanks to Zarbon and Dodoria.
4. Bardock, the third class Saiyan warrior and father of Goku, has an
eight-year-old son, Raditz, by his beloved, Marrell. Marrell was a good friend
of Queen Muriella, despite their class differences (she was also one of
Muriella's maidens and deliverer of the Queen's babies.
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I do love reviews! But then all fanfic writers do! I know that this story doesn't really have any DBZ characters in it yet; this was mainly posted for those fans who have been reading "Tayla of Astoria", "Chestra", and any other stories I've posted.
Hope to hear from you soon! And thank you everyone for the nice reviews about my stories! =)
Melissa "Sawnya" T.
DISCLAIMER: DragonballZ is the creation of Akira Toriyama.
DragonballZ is his creation, not mine. I do not own any of the original
Dragonball places or characters.
The characters that are mine personally are Tayla, Dirkan, Shalila, Hazel,
Reccor, Jaden, Chestra, Balair, Diamonique, Crystalis, Eclipse, Mahogany, Bhodie
Lett, Charkan, Queen Frost, Princess Journa, Arcan, Kami Orchida and her
butterflies, Toria, Papillus, and all other Astorians, Hyslians, Meatians,
Calmagians, Ginyu Girls, and residents of planet Reznak. Queen Muriella and
Marrell are sort of mine, since DBZ never mentioned the name of Vegeta's or
Goku's mothers. In other words, any character that was not originally in DBZ that is mentioned
in this story belongs to me. Characters may be borrowed with written permission (I can be flexible), as long as the borrower gives me credit. If not, I can't be held responsible for what some of my stolen characters might do to you, should you make them mad...
The original Dragonball characters mentioned in this story are Bardock (father
of Goku), Frieza, Vegeta, Nappa, Raditz, King Cold, the East Kaio-sama, and etc.
Almost all of Frieza's original minions are in this story as well, especially
Zarbon and the Ginyu Force.
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story takes place in an alternate timeline that follows the
Dragonball saga for the most part, except that Tayla Chloe plays an important
role in some of the events. Some of the facts in the Dragonball saga have been
changed to accommodate Tayla and her family's existence; for example the time
between major events [Planet Vegeta's explosion] has been lengthened to allow
more storyline depth. In this story, there were many years between the
conquering of Meat and Kanassa and Planet Vegeta's explosion.)
WARNING: Do not expect this story to entirely follow the DragonballZ timeline
before Goku's time. Remember that this is an alternate dimension. I am already
planning a sequel to this story, should things work out like I hope.
The character bios and possibly the attack summaries are written in present
tense, but the story is written in past tense.
SOME OF THE CHARACTERS (that were not originally in the Dragonball saga):
PRINCESS TAYLA CHLOE OF ASTORIA: the heroine of our story. She is brave,
beautiful and very strong and intelligent, with the potential of being the
strongest Astorian of her people, even stronger than her grandmother, Shalila
Chloe. Her fragile, petite appearance (and her ability to fully hide her ki
level) often deceives her enemies into thinking that she is weak, and they learn
their mistake too late. She is only five-feet tall, with long black hair and
brown eyes. Her good, compassionate heart is her greatest strength, as well as
her greatest weakness, and her enemies often take advantage of this to make her
submit to them. She is a "healior" (someone who is a warrior and a healer) who
can treat many illnesses and defeat many enemies. Tayla is also a superb
swordswoman who is very deadly with a sword, and like her grandmother, she can
jump in the air and have her sword land back neatly into its sheath. She is a
fierce fighter when she has to be, but deep down, she is a gentle creature who
will try not to kill if she can avoid it. She is often warned by her friends
and family not to "let her heart get in the way". She is the youngest
(twentieth child) of Mantros and Tika's children.
SUPERIOR GRAN SHALILA CHLOE OF ASTORIA: the greatest female warrior in the
Rosetta Galaxy. When she was only two years old, her mother, also named Tayla,
fled Astoria during the first Astorian-Saiyan War with her only daughter to the
Milky Way Galaxy. They were on their way to planet Sorscha, but had to land on
Earth instead where the evil underworld lord, Darbura, killed the first Tayla.
The eight-year old girl was later found by the senzu-bean growing cat, Korin and
Kami, the Namek Guardian of the Earth, and was raised by them until she was
seventeen. Shalila later avenged her mother by defeating Darbura during the
15th Tenkaichi Budoukai (the World Martial Arts Tournament) and helping Kami to
drive him back to hell before leaving Earth permanently to return to Astoria to
avenge her people and claim her rightful place as Superior Gran. With the help
of Dirkan, she conquers the Saiyans and Queen Frost and brings peace and hope to
the Rosetta Galaxy, as well as regaining her planet.
Shalila is beautiful, even though she's eighty-two years old (she
looks about forty when this story begins), and she has reddish-gold-colored hair
and gray eyes. She is also petite; but again, don't let the fragile appearance
fool you. Shalila is a fierce warrior and an excellent swordswoman (she and
Dirkan later teach Tayla sword-fighting), and she also has her granddaughter's
trick of having her sword land in its sheath on its own. She possesses her
mother's sword, the Sword of Chloe, which is a double-edged sword with a ruby
handle and pommel. The blade is coated with pure gold and has the Rose of Chloe
carved in its surface. This sword has helped its owner on many occasions.
Shalila raises Tayla after Tayla's parents die, and although she
assigns Dirkan and Gracina to be Tayla's guardians, Shalila has the final say on
Tayla's care, welfare, and training.
DIRKAN: The Namek ex-mercenary who trained Shalila himself for the battle
against the Saiyans and Queen Frost. He is the second strongest being on
Astoria, and one of the strongest warriors in the Rosetta Galaxy. He is also
very intelligent, serving as Shalila's advisor, as well as her bodyguard. He
looks almost like Piccolo, except that he is taller, his head is more
cone-shaped with clear spots, and he wears a red and white fighting uniform,
like the Clan of Chloe. He is Shalila's closest friend and confidant, as well
as her lover after her husband's death. He had refused to marry her when she
was younger because of her arranged marriage to Bajal, and that he thought that
it would be best if Shalila married and mated with her own kind. They rekindle
their romance some time after Bajal's death, and after some convincing from
Shalila, he finally agrees to marry her.
Dirkan also has a special bond and closeness with Tayla and becomes
her assigned guardian and bodyguard. He is very protective and loving with her
and is like an uncle to her.
SUPERIOR GRANDEN BAJAL CHLOE OF ASTORIA: Shalila's husband, a mighty warrior,
whose enormous ego matches his great strength and heart. He makes a brief
appearance at the beginning of this story. He and Shalila have seven children,
with Mantros being the oldest. (Mantros is the only child mentioned in this
story.) He had married Shalila shortly after their victory over Queen Frost.
SUPERIOR GRANDEN HEIR APPARENT MANTROS CHLOE: Tayla's father, oldest of
Shalila's children. He is also the father of Gorna and Gracina. Mantros, a
strong warrior himself, and his first cousin, Tika, also his wife, have twenty
children (thirteen sons and seven daughters), but only six of them are important
in this story: Gorna (the oldest child), Bajal (the second child), Cletos (the
third child), Raakon (the fourth child), Marya (the tenth child), Gracina (the
twelfth child), Nieca (the nineteenth child, who is killed shortly after this
story begins), and Tayla (the twentieth child and the youngest).
PRINCESS TIKA CHLOE: Mantros' wife and mother of Tayla. She is a healer.
Tayla later names her new friend and pet chameleon bird after her. (Tika in
Astorian means "one of a kind".)
SUPERIOR GRAN HEIRESS APPARENT SECONDARY GORNA: Mantros and Tika's firstborn
child, as well as Shalila's granddaughter, she is the future ruler of Astoria.
Gorna is tall, muscular and ugly with dull reddish-brown hair and dull green
eyes. She is a powerful warrior herself, but she is greedy, power-hungry,
spoiled, and peevish, and she insists on having everything her own way. A
selfish and insecure woman, she envies Tayla's great intelligence and power, and
quickly decides that she wants Tayla out of the way-permanently. She fears that
Shalila will try to make Tayla the next ruler of Astoria instead of her, and
Gorna knows that the Astorians do not entirely approve of their Superior Gran's
choice for the throne. Gorna will do almost anything to get rid of Tayla.
PRINCESS GRACINA CHLOE: Tayla's sister, teacher, and closest friend, she is also
assigned as one of Tayla's guardians. She is loving as well as stern with her
youngest sister and tries to make her into a lady as well as a healior. Gracina
is very tall (the tallest of the Clan of Chloe women) and beautiful, with Nordic
cheekbones and long, golden hair with blue eyes. (She resembles a blond Greek
goddess). She is considered to be one of the wisest Astorians on the planet,
and like Tayla, she is a healior. Gracina is an excellent warrior and
swordswoman in her own right, although she is not as strong as Tayla and Gorna.
She is Mantros and Tika's twelfth oldest child.
PRINCE BAJAL CHLOE: Tayla's oldest brother, he is a powerful warrior (less
powerful than Gorna, but more powerful than Tayla, at least while she is a
child). He is Mantros and Tika's second oldest child, and he's as arrogant and
proud as his grandfather, for whom he was named after. Bajal is tall and
muscle-bound with a thick beard and mustache.
PRINCE RAAKON CHLOE: Tayla's other brother, the most talented male healer of
the Clan of Chloe, who does not like to hurt or kill others unless it's
absolutely necessary. He was a former healior, who fought valiantly, but his
being forced to kill others nearly drove him insane, so he was allowed to retire
from warring and become a healer. He is Mantros and Tika's fourth oldest child,
and one of the wisest (along with Gracina and Marya) of their children. He is a
peaceful man who gave up his fighting to live in peace and heal others.
PRINCE ETROS CHLOE: Gorna's manipulative, shrewish husband (also her first
cousin), who is somewhat dominated by his wife. He is a warrior also, but a
poor and cowardly one, and he is nowhere near as strong as his wife. He is short, skinny, and very ugly with a fat nose and receding hairline. Gorna only married him because he is
submissive to her, and shares her goals about ruling Astoria.
SUPERIOR GRANDEN HEIR APPARENT ROJAL CHLOE: Gorna and Etros' firstborn child of
their two children who happens to be the only child that Gorna fully approves of
and loves. Rojal slowly becomes even nastier and power-hungry as his mother,
but she completely dominates him. He often goes along with what she wants to
please her and his father. He is a warrior, three years older than Lelina and
five years older than Tayla. He at first despises Tayla because of his mother,
but then he dislikes her on his own because she is the favorite of Superior Gran
Shalila.
PRINCESS LELINA CHLOE: Gorna and Etros' second oldest child, she is Tayla's best
friend despite her mother's obvious dislike of Tayla. Lelina is a healer who
often is hurt by her mother's coldness towards her and Tayla. Lelina does not
approve of her mother's plans or doings, and she tries to talk her brother out
of carrying out his evil plans, but is rebuked constantly.
PRINCE RICCAN CHLOE: Gracina's oldest son who is a warrior. Boisterous, loud, and a bit overconfident. Looks up to Tayla.
PRINCE LEKTRON CHLOE: Gracina's husband and Etros' younger brother, who
completely supports his wife and loves her. They have four children between
them, two sons and two daughters. His power level is equal to his wife's, and
he is a healior like her and Tayla.
PRINCESS MARYA CHLOE: The High Priestess of the Temple of Chloe, this
clairvoyant princess also has the ability to read minds, tell fortunes, and
occasionally predict the future through "premonitions". The wisest and most
spiritual of Tayla's siblings, she remains neutral and non-judgmental during
most family disputes, making her an excellent mediator and counselor. Being a
Priestess, she is not allowed to fight or marry, and must always be escorted by
a warrior or a healior for protection because she has taken vows not to kill
(like all Priests or Priestesses). She is Mantros and Tika's tenth oldest
child. Marya is also the child that most resembles her mother in physical
appearance.
SOME SPECIAL ASTORIAN ATTACKS (not all attacks are included yet):
Mirror Shield: This attack can only be used when an opponent charges a blast.
It does not work for punches and kicks. A Mirror Shield deflects an enemy's
attack (such as a Big Bang or Final Flash) right back onto the enemy,
backfiring, causing the enemy to be damaged by his or her own attack. Mirror
Shield is the second most powerful Astorian attack next to Electric Quake, but
Mirror Shield requires some ki because the more powerful the enemy's attack, the
harder it is to cause the attack to backfire. Usually however it is considered
to be one of the most powerful and least ki draining of the Astorian attacks.
A Mirror Shield is executed by crossing right wrist over left wrist in an X with
both hands closed in fist and then throwing the arms back and opening the fists.
Electric Quake: The most powerful and dangerous attack of the Astorians, this
attack is used by the caster placing the hands on the ground, and turning much
of his or her ki into high-voltage electric waves which enter the ground,
reverberate throughout a large surface area and destroy or damage anything that
is on the surface at the time. The attack only works on an opponent that is
touching the ground; if they are in the air, it has no effect. It harms anyone
(friends and foes) that is standing on the ground in that area at the time by
electrocuting them at high voltage. (Astorians can control and manipulate
electricity, and they cannot be harmed by it.) This attack is only effective
when the caster is standing on solid ground (not in a ship or water), and
because it causes a large range of damage (and drains the most amount of ki, as
well), it is considered to be a last resort move. Astorians are the only ones
that cannot be harmed by this attack.
Electric Touch: This is as powerful as the Mirror Shield, but more direct, this
move is accomplished simply by touching the enemy and electrocuting them through
the hands of the attacker. Caution must be used with this move as well as with
the Electric Quake--releasing too much electricity into the victim significantly
drains the attacker's ki. Both the Electric Quake and the Electric Touch moves
require the user to be in good health to use them effectively.
Rings of Saturn Scarf: This is accomplished by putting the fingertips and thumb
tips of both hands together to form an O, and then pulling the hands away from
each other in a straight line to form an band of pure ki. This band can be
wrapped around the enemy like a scarf, which steals the ki of the victim. This
is one of the least ki-draining moves for the attacker, but if the attacker is
hit in the back of the head from behind, the scarf automatically dissipates, and
the ki is returned to the victim.
Shield Field: This creates an almost impenetrable ki barrier around the person
using it, protecting him or her and those nearby inside from most attacks.
However it can be destroyed instantly by a Final Flash or makansappo (special
beam cannon), or if the user dies or loses his or her ki significantly (it takes
some ki to maintain the barrier). The strongest Astorians can use their life
force instead of their ki to maintain a Shield Field, and in this case the
barrier will remain in place until the user dies or the user chooses to remove
it him or herself. Only five percent of Astorians have been able to do that,
and all of them are, of course, from Clan of Chloe.
NOTE: This is a new saga in the Dragonball story. Princess Tayla Chloe's story
begins in the same time as the Bardock movie. Princess Tayla is from planet
Astoria, a planet with fighters strong enough to hold their own against Frieza
and his Saiyans. Tayla is the granddaughter of Superior Gran (queen) Shalila
Chloe, the greatest female fighter in the Rosetta Galaxy. The Rosetta Galaxy
contains the planets Astoria and Vegeta. Shalila Chloe once defeated and killed
Frieza's mother, the evil Queen Frost, a woman more ruthless and powerful than
her husband, King Cold, sixty years before Tayla's time.
When the teenager Frieza found out that Shalila Chloe was
responsible for his mother's death, he vowed revenge on Shalila and her people.
Frieza only has two goals in life: to be the most powerful warlord (and
businessman) in the universe and to destroy the Clan of Chloe, the elite royal
family that rules Astoria from the moon of Chloe. (Astoria has seven moons, and
the most serious oaths of all are sworn by all of them. A "Seven Moons" oath is
the most sacred of all Astorian oaths.)
On Astoria, there are fifteen clans, with the Clan of Chloe being
the ruling one. The Clans are named Chloe, Cornsilk, Sahara, Brimmel, Hagen,
Pearl, Emerald, Myst, Nova, Hazel, Darnell, Ruben, Quartz, Sapphira and
Eustachia. In the Clan of Chloe, all those with Chloe blood in them are
considered princes or princesses. The clans manage their own affairs
separately, but all of them are subject to Shalila and the Clan of Chloe and the
Astorian laws. In a clan, every child's position in life is determined
during the first few years of his or her life (except for Priest/Priestess,
which is voluntary). In a clan's hierarchy, there are 8 classes: Gran and/or
Granden (the rulers of the clan), Warrior, Healer, Healior (this role requires
great strength and intelligence), Priest/Priestess, Scribe (some healers,
healiors, and priests/priestesses are also Scribes), Technician, Scientist,
Farmer, Hunter (although warriors and healiors are also trained to hunt) and
Laborer (the laborers that assisted the healers and healiors were called
Nurses), the lowest class of all. However in the Clan of Chloe, there are only
eight classes: Superior Gran/Granden, healer, warrior, healior, technician,
scientist, scribe, artisan, and priest/priestess. (The Clan of Chloe members
have the greatest strength, intelligence levels, and power levels of all
Astorians, and so none of them are ever reduced to lower positions.) All
Astorians know how to fly, using their ki. The lower positions that serve the
Clan of Chloe all come from other clans who are chosen to live on Chloe for life
(it is considered a great honor to live on the beautiful moon of Chloe).
Aliens, such as Dirkan, are not put into clan classes, and although they have to
follow Astorian law, they are not held to Astorian standards, as Astorians try
to respect other cultures (except Saiyans).
Marriages between separate clans have to be approved by the clan
grans or grandens, but if the clan leaders (or parents) disapprove, the couple
involved can appeal to the Superior Gran or Granden, who can overrule any
decision made by any clan leader, or their subordinates. Every Astorian (and
non-Astorians who have lived on Astoria for two years) has the right to a trial
by the Superior Gran or Granden when they are accused of a crime and the clan of
that person cannot resolve it themselves.
At the time of Tayla's birth, the Saiyans were involved in their
partnership with Frieza in conquering planets and destroying the inhabitants of
the planets in order to prepare them for sale. Powerful races buy these planets
from Frieza's Planet Trade, but there are two catches to the sales.
The first catch is that Frieza is smart enough to sell his planets
only to people that he can conquer later. The second catch is that Frieza sends
the Saiyans and other minions to destroy the new customers so that he can sell
the planets again and again and again. New buyers never learn the full truth of
Frieza's deals until it is too late because Frieza's previous customers are all
killed immediately, and the few trusted with the full truth are sworn to
secrecy.
However Shalila Chloe knows the full truth of the Planet Trade's
dirty deals because Queen Frost used to operate the Planet Trade the same way
(before it was passed down to her sons, Frieza, and his brother, Coola. Coola
operates the western branch of the Planet Trade, only he has no Saiyans to help
him.) Shalila herself had learned this when she went undercover as a new
warrior for Queen Frost for a while, and she advanced quickly because of her
fighting skills. At the same time, she learned exactly how the Planet Trade
worked before finally conquering Queen Frost and the evil Saiyan king, Dayrus
(Prince Vegeta's great-uncle), who used to rule Astoria before Shalila took her
planet back from him with the help of her friends Dirkan, a Namek.
Now at this time, Shalila was Superior Gran of Astoria, and her
other granddaughter, Gorna Chloe was Superior Gran Heiress Apparent (the future
ruler of Astoria). Shalila was married to Superior Granden (king) Bajal Chloe.
Shalila loved him dearly, but she never quite lost her affection for her first
real love, the Namek, Dirkan, a former mercenary who not lived on Namek since he
was a child. Dirkan had stayed by Shalila's side throughout the last sixty
years (he would not marry her because he believed that Shalila should continue
her lineage through another Astorian's blood only. Oh, and the small fact that
Nameks can only reproduce by spitting eggs out of their mouths had something to
do with it too.)
Tayla's story began when she was six months old and traveling on her
family's private spaceship, the Korin, the ship that was named after Shalila's
foster father, a white Earth cat. Tayla's parents, Mantros (Shalila's first son
and the next ruler of Astoria) and Tika (Mantros' second cousin and wife) were
already amazed at their youngest child's potential. Tayla's intelligence and
power levels were very high for her age, even by Astorian standards. Mantros
and his father, Bajal, were discussing over the ship's radio with Shalila about
the possibility of making Tayla a "healior" (someone who is both a warrior and a
healer). Tika, a slender graceful woman with red-gold hair, and her other
daughter, Gracina were fussing and playing with baby Tayla. The Mantros Chloe
family had been out in space for eighteen months and Shalila had yet to meet her
youngest granddaughter, although Shalila had been talking endlessly to Dirkan
about Tayla's potential. Shalila had also been grousing about her husband and
family's long absence and was thankful that they would be coming home in a week.
The Chloe family had much to celebrate when Mantros, Bajal, and the others
returned home. All was well with the Chloe family, but they were unaware of two
small Saiyan ships approaching the Korin, intending on destroying Shalila's
family. The two Saiyan ships had managed to block the Astorian ship's radar
alert, so the Mantros Chloe family was unaware that they were coming. But
Dirkan wasn't. Even though, the Saiyan ships' could not be detected on any of
Astoria's radars, he could sense their evil ki, and decided to warn Shalila
immediately.
OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WERE:
1.Grandpa Gohan finds baby Kakarot (Goku) and takes him to raise him as his own
son.
2. Prince Vegeta is four years old. He has three older sisters: twins Soira and
Silka, ten years old, and Journa, six years old. King Vegeta was currently
having his son prepared for his first assignment by Frieza. Journa was born
with a high power level for a female Saiyan, and she was chosen to be one of
Frieza's fighters, much to her mother's despair. Their mother, Queen Muriella,
was already upset enough about her only son working for Frieza at such a young
age.
3. Frieza begins to have misgivings about the Saiyans as well as the Astorians,
thanks to Zarbon and Dodoria.
4. Bardock, the third class Saiyan warrior and father of Goku, has an
eight-year-old son, Raditz, by his beloved, Marrell. Marrell was a good friend
of Queen Muriella, despite their class differences (she was also one of
Muriella's maidens and deliverer of the Queen's babies.
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