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Here is a list of characters from the Zebrafrican Pantheon, the ruling pantheon of Zebrica.

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Zebrafrican Pantheon

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  • Fantasy Pantheon: The Zebrafrican Pantheon consists of deities who are mostly inspired by African mythology. Leading them is Queen Mzazi, one of the oldest 'Ponyfriends' and the first Zebra to become sapient, even though her position is informal to most. They watch over the country of Zebrica (known as 'Zebrafrica' in the Second Age), but due to the prideful, wicked actions of a precursor Zebra civilization, Mzazi's hooves are bound by an oath of non-interference, leaving her and her pantheon unable to resolve the various problems afflicting Zebrica directly.
  • Jerkass Gods: At least one Zebrican/Zebrafrican deity grew so embittered that they're willing to punish mortal Zebrakind for the wicked actions of a precursor Zebra civilization, hoping it'll free Queen Mzazi from her "foolish oath" of non-interference and let the pantheon start anew. Mzazi refuses to let countless innocent Zebras be condemned for their ancestors' arrogance, however, comparing it to punishing all of her children for being related to "a few bad apples".

    Queen Mzazi, the Mother of All Zebras 

Classification: Ascendant/Elemental

Portfolio: Alchemy, Nature, Parental Deity (Zebras)

Rank: Antecedent

"Old we may be, neither we nor our people should be trifled with."

Queen Mzazi (her entry here) is the Zebralicorn goddess of Alchemy, Nature, and Zebras, and is a wise, ancient, and powerful queen who presides both her own kingdom in Zebrafrica and the local Zebrafrican pantheon overall.
  • Adaptational Badass: In canon, Zigzag was featured as a toy of the G1 "Ponyfriends" line. Here in the Codexverse, Queen Mzazi is the Mother of All Zebras, having been responsible for uplifting mortal Zebrakind into sapience, and is an incredibly powerful and ancient goddess who once shredded an armada with a lightning storm. She's also regarded as one of the most powerful and skilled divine alchemists in the world, having had taught many divine and mortal alchemists herself. Zigzag is explained here as one of her mortal forms that she regularly incarnates as to keep herself connected to mortal sapientkind.
  • Age Lift: While it isn't known how old Zigzag is in canon, here she's depicted as the oldest of the divine Ponyfriends, being four million years old. Her time in the First Age as Zigzag was her incarnating herself as a mortal so she can connect with mortal sapientkind, including the various Equine races the Thirteen Empyreans helped create.
  • Alchemy Is Magic: As a Zebralicorn goddess of Alchemy, she possesses vast knowledge and skill in potion-making, and can imbue her potions with her own divine essence to invoke various effects for the user when drunk. Her entry notes that she has served as a mentor for various deities who share her Alchemy domain or just partake in potion-making themselves.
  • Animalistic Abomination: Much like Golden Scepter, though is 'older' than him. While capable of assuming a 'normal' Zebralicorn form or even a mortal form to mingle with her peers or her children, her true form is that of a gigantic Zebralicorn goddess with eight wings made of lightning, a pink and green mane and tail made out of lightning storms. As a full-fledged Zebralicorn goddess, she also has chimeric traits like an Abada's short nasal horn and the Zebrican Kelpie's legs which are made of solidified water. According to her, her eldritch appearance is the result of her eons of uninterrupted growth, and Alicorns in general would develop eldritch traits at around her age. Despite her supernaturally eldritch appearance, though, she's both a very benevolent goddess and a highly-respected Queen, and loves her mortal Zebra children.
  • Anthropomorphic Personification: She's an Zebrafrican Zebralicorn goddess who embodies Alchemy, Nature, and Zebras; the last part is because she is their "Parental Deity".
  • Big Good: She's one of the wisest, most compassionate and benevolent deities around - it's revealed that during the First Age, she personally helped the G1 "Ponyfriends" such as Oakley, Kingsley, Creamsicle, and Edgar become gods after she regained her memories and Ascended. She's also one of the oldest and mightiest deities due to how deities in the Codexverse get Stronger with Age - as a result of eons of uninterrupted growth, she's pretty capable of wiping the floor with anyone who dares to mess with her mortal children and her friends. In regards to Zebrafrica's situation with the various imperial factions trying to conquer it, she is doing everything she can to subvert those threatening her country by nudging them to take each other out in their quests for power, and supporting heroes like Fetlock Holmes. This is due to being honor-bound by her promise not to interfere in her mortal children's lives after they arrogantly made it clear they don't want her help, no matter how much she herself wishes she didn't have to follow said promise.
  • Curbstomp Battle: Due to being an ancient Zebralicorn goddess, she's more than capable of inflicting this owing to her age and power. One prominent example is how she dealt with an imperialistic faction whose fleet tried invading Zebrafrica overseas — they all got wiped out by a cataclysmic lightning storm before they could even reach Zebrafrica's shores.
  • Didn't Think This Through: Her first attempt to guide the evolution of Zebrakind in her image created the "First Zebra" tribe, which have green manes/tails, and bright pink fur with green stripes like her. Even she admitted in hindsight this was a bad idea, considering how exposed this made them in their natural environment to all manner of predators and threats. She kept a "First Zebra" tribe as her subjects and emissaries in her domain, however.
  • The Dreaded: Most imperialistic powers currently in Zebrafrica — up to the Changeling Kings of the Summer Court — steer clear of her territory, knowing she's more than capable of wiping the floor with them if they mess with her and her people. One imperial faction did try to invade Zebrafrica at some point... only for the entire fleet to be torn apart by a cataclysmic lightning storm before it could reach the country's shores.
  • Elemental Hair Composition: Her mane and tail are made out of storm clouds.
  • The Gods Must Be Lazy: Subverted and Justified. Despite her mortal children struggling against imperialistic powers invading and pillaging their continent (and not for the first time in Known History, either), Mzazi is unable to intervene more than she wants to because, according to her, one of the ancient precursor Zebra civilizations grew arrogant with their own successes to the point of seeing themselves above divine help, and made it "very clear how much they want me involved in their lives, in a way not so easily taken back no matter how much I wish it were not so.". That being said, she actively protects the part of the continent that she rules over and did everything she could to indirectly interfere with the imperialistic powers' attempts to conquer the continent.
  • Good Is Not Soft: She's nice, but she won't hesitate to lay down the hurt to protect her kingdom and her people. In one incident, someone tried to invade her kingdom, to which she responded by annihilating their entire fleet with a lightning storm.
  • Good Wings, Evil Wings: Of the "Multicolored Wings" variety. She has a color gradient on her wings that is a sign of her advanced divine age, going from pink to mint-green.
  • The High Queen: While she swore an oath of non-interference in a large majority of Zebrafrica due to one of the Zebra precursor civilizations becoming complacent and arrogant enough to assume they didn't need her help, she rules her own personal tribe and kingdom in the middle of the country as its Queen.
  • Karmic Jackpot: Invoked. As Zigzag, she became good friends with the first generation of "Ponyfriends", whose members lived in Paradise Estate. After regaining her memories and divine station as Queen Mzazi, she would repay her friends' kindness by helping them Ascend to godhood, giving them the power to uplift their respective species into sapience.
  • Let's You and Him Fight: Her entry notes that one way she gets around her oath of non-interference in Zebrafrica is by nudging imperialsitic forces seeking to conquer her country into open conflict with each other. This allows her to kill two birds with one stone.
  • The Magnificent: Known as "the Mother of All Zebras", due to her role in uplifting mortal Zebrakind.
  • Mentor Archetype: She's the reason why the first generation of "Ponyfriends" was able to Ascend to godhood. After regaining her memories and divine station as Mzazi, she wanted to repay her friends' kindness by guiding them to Ascension, which would give her friends the power to uplift their respective species to sapience.
  • Pals with Jesus: She's the "Jesus" part of the trope, with many ancient deities like Upepo, Satori, Kaldr, King Baarish, and Queen Tiara being among her closest friends. Justified, as many of them were once mortals who lived in Paradise Estate during the First Age, and knew her from when she was the mortal zebra, Zigzag. With her help, they were able to Ascend and become deities just like her.
  • Physical God: As an "Antecedent"-ranked Zebra goddess, she is one. As a goddess of Alchemy, she's one of the most powerful alchemists and potion-makers on Equus (and has mentored younger deities who share her domain or partake in the craft). She can generate lightning potent enough to electrocute Giants and Dragons if she chooses, and has created cataclysmic lightning storms for both offense and protection (one imperialistic fleet was wiped out down to its last soldier for trying to invade Zebrica, and Zebrica itself is surrounded by a storm whenever she goes traveling). This comes from being a goddess of Nature, though Kendell2 has stated that she embodies the stormy aspects of it rather than plant manipulation as Nature-based deities usually have. And due to being extremely ancient, her divine strength is proportionate to her "age" and she is incredibly well-versed in magic in general. As a hallmark of her "age", her true form as a Zebralicorn goddess is a gigantic Animalistic Abomination with a mane and tail composed of lightning storms, wing feathers made of lightning, and a magical wing gradient going from pink to mint-green.
  • Rage Against the Heavens: She was on the receiving end of one, which was heavily implied to be connected to an incident involving the Empire of Zinari. The Empire of Zinari grew complacent and arrogant with their successes enough to believe they didn't need her help, and, according to Mzazi, proceeded to make it quite clear that they didn't want her involved in their lives in a way that couldn't be easily taken back, "no matter how much I wish it were not so". Considering how most of Zebrafrica, save for the kingdom Mzazi rules over, is constantly periled by imperialistic forces, including the Changeling Kings of the Summer Court, the mortal Zebras probably regret their ancestors' arrogant outburst now.
  • Related in the Adaptation: She's technically 'cousins' with Emperor Golden Scepter, since their fathers, Alchemia Equus and Profectus Equus/Iridium Signet, are technically 'siblings' through their creator/father, King Equus. They're completely unrelated in their respective canons as Zigzag the Zebra and the Emperor of Mankind, respectively.
  • Time Abyss: One of the more notable examples; being the creator of the Zebra race, she's over four million years old. Notably, she's older than Golden Scepter, a surviving antediluvian Alicorn Emperor who is another "Antecedent"-ranked god and has lived even before the Known Ages. It's implied in her entry as well as the entries of the other First-Age Ponyfriends that she might be even older, considering how she as Zigzag was mentioned to have regained her memories as a goddess and returned to her divine station.
  • Top God: She's the leader of the local Zebrafrican pantheon, even if informally for most.
  • Weather Manipulation: Has lightning as part of her portfolio, and thus can generate lightning storms of cataclysmic power as one of her abilities. An invasion fleet heading towards her personal kingdom found this out the hard way.
  • Winged Unicorn: She's what is called a "Zebralicorn", which is an Alicorn of the equine Zebra species in the Codexverse.

    Princess Mvua, the Rainmaking Teacher 
See her folder entry here.

    Mchezaji 

Classification: [WIP]

Portfolio: [WIP]

Rank: [WIP]

  • Captain Ersatz: Of Anansi, the spider trickster god of African legends.
  • Spider People: He's implied to have the upper body of a zebra and the lower body of a spider.
  • Trickster God: This among the Zebras, and is friends/ally with many other trickster gods.

    Uko-sefu 

Classification: [WIP]

Portfolio: [WIP]

Rank: [WIP]

    Uzebro, the Striped Mountain 

Classification: [WIP]

Portfolio: [WIP]

Rank: [WIP]

  • Big Eater: Like many Giant mortals and deities, he is this, having devoured many lands, kingdoms and pantheons. A lot of the survivors and remains of them trapped in his belly apparently came spewing out of his maw when he got horribly sick one time, which contributed to the embarrassing story of how he created the lands he live in by puking it all out.
  • Big Fun: Literally, as he's widely considered the biggest Zebra in existence, towering over even mountains. He's also quite laid-back and fun-loving, enjoying parties and company of others from what little we know.
  • Captain Ersatz: of Mbombo/Bumba, the Giant creator god of the Kuba people in Central Africa, who is said to have created the world from nothing. By vomiting it all out.
  • Creation Myth: Was responsible for a hilarious one, where it was said he created the lands he and his children came to inhabit by vomiting it all out of his belly. It isn't actually what happened, but it stuck anyway and he's very embarrassed by it.
  • Large and in Charge: Is quite literally the biggest Zebra in existence and the patriarch of not just the Giant Zebra deities but also their children, though he has a hooves-off approach.
  • Let Us Never Speak of This Again: That Noodle Incident where he puked his guts out after a night of hard partying before he set to work creating the lands he reserved for his future Giant Zebrakind people, which became distorted into an infamous Creation Myth where it was said he created everything and everyone by vomiting them all out of his belly.
  • Life of the Party: Uzebro apparently parties hard often to point of excess, and it led to an infamous and embarrassing legend when he puked his guts out after waking up horribly sick from whatever he drank/ate the party night before.
  • Monster Progenitor: Is the progenitor of all Giant Zebrakind, who all owe their origins back to him directly or indirectly, be they deities or mortals.
  • Noodle Incident: He and his Divine siblings and partners held a celebration the night before he gets to work terraforming and populating the Giant Lands for his Giant Zebrakind. He apparently partied too hard, either drinking too much or got food-poisoning from something Uko-sefu, the Zebra god of incompetence made, and the next morning he woke up incredibly sick and puked his guts out. People who saw the Striped Mountain epically vomiting made legends about it, which got distorted until it was said Uzebro created everything by puking it all out. He is REALLY embarrassed by it.
  • Once Done, Never Forgotten: He's very embarrassed by the infamous creation myth where it was said he created the lands and everything in it by vomiting it all out of his belly, which was the result of misunderstanding and distortion of a Noodle Incident where he puked his guts out after partying too hard the night before he got to work terraforming the regions he claims to become his divine and mortal childrens' lands.
  • Our Giants Are Bigger: Uzebro is widely recognized as not only the biggest son of Queen Mzazi but quite possibly the biggest Zebra in existence. His epitaph is no exaggeration as, like other Giant deities, he's big as a mountain, if not even larger.
  • Really Gets Around: Have no less than a dozen children with other Zebra/non-Zebra gods and mortals alike, many of whom became parent deities of their own Giant Zebra deities and mortal races, with him as the patriarch and great ancestor of them all.
  • Time Abyss: Implied. He's apparently one of Queen Mzazi's older children, and is old enough to have fathered the deities of Giant Zebrakind and through them his mortal children. Justified given Queen Mzazi, progenitor of all Zebrakind, is herself four million years old.
  • Vomit Discretion Shot: Does not go into detail of the mess he made that one time he got so horribly sick it literally became legend, as he himself barely remembered it due to a hangover and according to his mother Mzazi herself, it was 'really disgusting'.
  • What Did I Do Last Night?: He doesn't know if he either drank too hard or ate something the Zebra god of incompetence made resulted in food-poisoning, but either way one time it led to him becoming horribly sick the following morning and puking his guts out in such an epic fashion it became legend.
  • Winged Unicorn: Implied to be a Zebralicorn, which is a given considering his mother, Queen Mzazi, is one herself.

    Irin, the Lord of War and Iron 

Classification: [WIP]

Portfolio: [WIP]

Rank: [WIP]


Lord Irin (first introduced here) is the Zebralicorn god of [WIP], and a member of the Zebrafrican/Zebrican Pantheon who wants to see the country of Zebrica returned to greatness at all costs.
  • Super-Empowering: He can infuse both people and weapons with his power, making them powerful warriors on the battlefield.
  • Rousing Speech: He would deliver one to his worshipers and the mortal Zebra residents of a tribal Zebrican kingdom that was conquered by foreign imperialists.
    Irin: Rise up, children of Mzazi! Take up your iron weapons! Beat the drums of war! By your strength and blood, Zebrica shall be freed!

    Ujumbe 

Classification: Ethereal

Portfolio: Quests, Chaos, Chance

Rank: Divine (Tier III/Intermediate)


Ujumbe (his entry here) is the Zebralicorn god of Quests, Chaos, and Chance, and is a chaotic yet benevolent member of his local pantheon.
  • Anthropomorphic Personification: He's a Zebralicorn god who embodies Quests, Chaos, and Chance.
  • Magic Hair: He has a mane and tail composed of chaotic green energy.
  • Winged Unicorn: He's a Zebralicorn like his mother, Queen Mzazi. Specifically, he's a 'First Zebralicorn' with pink and green stripes, and a mane and tail composed of chaotic green energy. He also normally has all his chimeric Zebralicorn traits visible.

    Upepo, the Wind Mother 

Classification: Elemental/Ascendant

Portfolio: Wind, Kindness, Parental Deity (Giraffes)

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

"Kindness knows no heights."

Upepo (her entry here) is the Giraffe goddess of Wind and Kindness and, as her epithet indicates, is the "Parental Deity" of mortal Giraffekind.

Upepo was once a mortal Giraffe called Creamsicle, and was the first sapient Giraffe in existence. Her home was originally in Dream Valley, where she lived with other mortal "Ponyfriends" such as Oakley, Zigzag, Cha Cha, and Edgar. When Zigzag regained her memories as Queen Mzazi and Ascended back to her divine station and form, she would help her friends Ascend to godhood as well. Upepo took on her current name after becoming a Giraffe goddess, and chose to uplift mortal Giraffekind by giving them sapience.
  • Adaptational Badass: In canon, she's Creamsicle, a member of the G1 "Ponyfriends" toyline. Here, she became a powerful Giraffe goddess with ties to Mzazi, her best friend and a fellow divine.
  • Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a Giraffe goddess who embodies Wind, Kindness, and Giraffes; the last part is because she is their "Parental Deity".
  • Blow You Away: As the Giraffe goddess of Wind, she is capable of using wind magic. However, her take on it is that most of her attacks require movement - with a few sweeping, graceful movements such as spins and kicks, she can form tornadoes, gusts, and wind blades. One favored attack involves turning herself into a living spear by creating a sharp miniature tornado around her head, which can pierce through any foe she charges.
  • Elemental Hair Composition: Her mane and tail were described by her entry as being made of miniature tornadoes, which fits her being the living embodiment of Wind.
  • The Empath: She's described by her entry as being one. As the goddess of Kindness, she has psychic empathy, which means she can create an aura that brings out the inner goodness of people and ebbs aggression, though she doesn't force it. This largely explains why she's so compassionate to even "evil" beings like Temnobog and treats them kindly. It's also because of this that Canteros, the Primeval/Preeminent god of Requited Love, arranged for her to befriend Temnobog, as the dark stag was still suffering from the consequences of the Elternteil Deer Pantheon's emotional abuse, and thus desperately needed some love and kindness to recover from it.
  • Friend to All Children: One Codexverse drabble has her playing with the Four Terrors' youngest children by letting them ride atop her head, her wind magic protecting them from falling over.
    Upepo: All aboard the S.S. Upepo! Hold on tight, every-creature!
    Four Terrors' youngest children: Wheeeeeeeeeee!
  • Gentle Giant: As a Giraffe goddess, she's very large, though not as tall as Queen Tiara, a Sauropodian goddess and one of her old friends who is the largest of the "Ponyfriends", or divine Dragons and Giants in general. She's also a very kind, if somewhat mischievous person who's willing to fight and protect those she cares about when necessary.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Due to being a Giraffe, she uses her own long neck like a sword. It's noted in her entry that her neck is in fact heavily muscled and more of a weapon than a weakness.
  • Last of His Kind: Inverted; she was the first sapient Giraffe to be born. Once she Ascended to godhood thanks to Zigzag/Mzazi, she chose to uplift mortal Giraffekind by granting them sapience.
  • Magic Hair: After becoming a goddess, her mane and tail echoed the appearance of miniature tornadoes.
  • The Magnificent: Known as "the Wind Mother", due to being a goddess of Wind and a 'Parental Deity' who helped create mortal Giraffekind by uplifting them into sapience.
  • The Maker: She's responsible for creating mortal Giraffekind. Once she Ascended to godhood under Queen Mzazi's tutelage, she would uplift the Giraffes by granting them sapience.
  • Meaningful Name:
    • Her birth name, Creamsicle, refers to a creamsicle, which is a brand of popsicle made with ice cream. It's also the name of a sweet vodka-based drink. Fittingly, she has a huge Sweet Tooth and loves cakes and sweets, to the point where her mortal followers offer them in tribute.
    • Her divine name, Upepo, means "wind" in Swahili. As a goddess, she has a Wind domain, which gives her lots of wind-related powers.
  • Nice Guy: As the Giraffe goddess of Kindness, she's very compassionate and empathetic... literally. She's a very perky and friendly sort, with a slight mischievous streak, as she often playfully uses her powers to suddenly appear to unwary passerby to startle them. She gets along with similarly compassionate deities like Belyolen, since he's a radiant stag with endless compassion, but she also treats Temnobog kindly despite his innate Evil, which the dark stag appreciates. Canteros' entry reveals that it was because of this trait that she ended up associating with Temnobog in the first place; as the god of Requited Love, Canteros "nudged some things" so that Temnobog's desire for love and respect would finally be answered, and gain friends in empathetic individuals who will help him recover from the Elternteil Deer Pantheon's emotional abuse.
  • Pals with Jesus: Justified; she knew Queen Mzazi when she was the mortal Zebra, Zigzag, from the First Age. When Mzazi regained her memories and Ascended, she helped her friends Ascend as well, allowing the once-mortal Creamsicle to uplift mortal Giraffekind into sapience.
  • The Paragon: Justified; due to being an empath and the goddess of Kindness, she carries an aura around her that brings out the goodness of people and inspires them to do good things.
  • Perception Filter: She can use her wind magic to silence her own movements, which is useful since she's a large goddess.
  • Supernatural Floating Hair: Well, fur; because she embodies Wind, her fur is described as having a constant breeze blowing through it.
  • Sweet Tooth: Her entry notes that she has a notable sweet tooth, to the point where her mortal followers often gift her with sweets and cakes. This is reflected in her birth name, which was Creamsicle.

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