So... the Zeniths. I'm gonna say right now I didn't guess all of it, but before FW came out I predicted that the Odyssey hadn't crashed and that the high-tech woman in the trailer (Tilda) was from the ship and was maybe their descendent or something looking for GAIA like Aloy. I will say I didn't expect the others and how much of a pain they would be for us.
These AU Zeniths won't be immortal, invulnerable gods, but more like a wannabe Court of Owls (for you Batman fans). Gerard is the mastermind, and is ruthlessly greedy. Currently, Erik isn't more than an employed murderer (which was his whole role in the game too), but I can't do much more with his character without making him either an ever bigger monster and overshadowing Gerard, or Loki-ing him into a sympathetic villain which has been done enough in today's media.
Tilda is going to be the hardest, I think, because all she wants is more time with Lis, and since that is (in this AU) most definitely impossible, she tries to recreate her out of her daughter. I WILL NOT be setting up any pedophilia-related shenanigans with her and either sister (because that is DISGUSTING), but she will be cold and distant to Beta, constantly comparing her to her mother and living in her own delusion of having Lis back.
(Sorry for the format; this site doesn't like me doing this like a bullet list.)
I own nothing except my AU. The characters of Horizon Zero Dawn and the sequel game Horizon Forbidden West belong to Guerilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Mathijs de Jonge.
~Tilda van der Meer~
Head of Far Zenith's Logistics Department
Elisabet's former lover
-Adopted Beta when she was born and raised her to try and "remake Elisabet" (not for pedo reasons)
-Tilda was too focused on her memories of Elisabet to consider what Beta wanted to know about her mom. She had only known one side of Lis, and was in love with that side of her, rather than all of her. She ended up placing unreasonable expectations on Beta's shoulders to be just like her mother.
-Does not have the personality/attitude/temperament to be a parent
Currently imprisoned for child abuse, forgery, accessory to murder, corporate espionage, and other crimes.
~Gerard Bieri~
CEO of Far Zenith Luxury Resorts and Airlines
Desired Elisabet's company and thought to use Beta to acquire its assets
-He was not aware of Aloy's existence at first, but when he saw her face as the winner of the Nora's Proving hunting competition, he realized his plan might not have been foolproof. He enlisted the services of Helis of the Eclipse gang to remove her from the line of succession.
-He was also unaware, like everyone else, that the girls were not even listed as inheritors of their mother's estate and company.
Currently imprisoned for child abuse, corporate espionage, attempted border, and many other crimes
~Erik Visser~
Gerard's Head of Security
Currently imprisoned for assault, murder, corporate espionage, and other violent crimes