Promeia

Overview

Promeia is a playable Agent in Zenless Zone Zero, aligned with the Krampus Compliance Authority as a Judge. Known by the epithet Ice Executioner, she is a former assassin from the Outer Ring who carries a dangerous and cold-blooded reputation among her peers and targets. Despite her feared standing as an unrelenting executioner, she is in truth simply impaired at interpersonal communication and harbors a complex sense of quiet guilt. In combat, she operates as an Ice-attribute Anomaly agent.

Appearance

Promeia is a female character standing 174 cm tall. She normally conceals most of her body beneath a bat-like cloak, which features sharp blades attached along its hem. Underneath the cloak, she wears a highly revealing outfit, while her arms are bound behind her back with metal bracelets reminiscent of heavy restraints. Her footwear is capable of generating icy blades directly from the soles.

Personality

Promeia comes across as an intimidating and silent figure who rarely speaks, causing others to misinterpret her quiet nature as ruthless cruelty. In reality, she harbors no ill will toward innocent citizens and simply struggles with severe communication difficulties. She bears a heavy sense of guilt over her violent past as an assassin, viewing her restrictive arm cuffs as a form of self-punishment and believing that perishing on a dangerous assignment would be a fitting end.

Abilities

Promeia utilizes agile assassination techniques, combining sharp ice blades from her footwear, thrown ice projectiles, and her blade-rimmed cloak. In battle, hitting enemies builds up her Ice Erosion gauge, which generates Ice Punishment stacks. Consuming these stacks enables her to unleash heavy finishing strikes that trigger the Bloom effect against targets afflicted with anomaly statuses. This mechanic deals massive anomaly damage while bypassing a portion of enemy defense.

Background

Promeia originally worked in the Outer Ring as part of a hitman group known as the Cleaners, where she carried out ruthless executions under the guise of eliminating those undergoing Ethereal corruption. Disgusted by that lifestyle, she fled to New Eridu to start anew. Unable to adjust to ordinary employment due to her poor communication skills, her combat talents were eventually recognized by TOPS, leading to her recruitment into the Krampus Compliance Authority.

Relationships

Ceceia harbors a deep phobia of Promeia due to witnessing her lethal work in the past. Her colleagues within the Krampus Compliance Authority, such as Zhao and Coco, also keep a cautious distance owing to her deadly reputation. Conversely, the Proxy siblings are able to perceive her genuine intentions despite her lack of words, earning Promeia's rare trust and close companionship.

Trivia

While executing her skill that launches her cloak as a spinning blade, Promeia simply walks slowly without directly attacking, but automatically triggers an absolute dodge if an incoming strike connects during this motion. Her dedicated Drive Disc set is titled Prison Notebook.