Zor

"Giving bad news is actually the one thing I enjoy."

- Zor

Zor (ゾア) is one of the primary antagonists in Sonic Lost World. He is a Zeti and a member of the Deadly Six, serving as the group's spy. When Dr. Eggman came to the Lost Hex, Zor and the other Deadly Six were forced into serving the doctor with his Cacophonic Conch until Sonic the Hedgehog got rid of the conch, which led to Zor and the others rebelling against Eggman and taking control of his forces. After that, Zor went with Zavok's plans to makes him and the other Deadly Six stronger with Eggman's Extractor while destroying Earth, but was defeated by Sonic.

Physical Appearance
Zor is one of the most diminutive of the Deadly Six, being only slightly taller than Master Zik. This may be in part due to Zor's poor posture, as he always stands with a heavy slouch. Zor's upper body is white, while his body from the waist down is black. He has short, skinny legs with two cyan claws, with a third smaller claw on each heel. Zor has a thin, rat-like tail that's white in coloration. His arms are thin and gangly, while he has five-fingered hands with cyan nails. Unlike most of the other Deadly Six, Zor wears fingerless black gloves on each hand. Zor's head is oblong-shaped, and the majority of it is covered in vibrant purple hair, with one bang covering the right side of his face. Zor has blue eyes with yellow sclera, and black markings around his eyes. He has large purple lips with dark grey freckles above them. On the top of his head Zor has a pair of horns that curve backwards, with an alternating black and cyan coloration. Zor seems to always carry a blue rose with him.

History
Many years prior to the events of Sonic Lost World, Zor was brought into the Deadly Six when Master Zik formed the group.

Shortly before the events of Sonic Lost World, Zor and the other Deadly Six met Dr. Eggman, who used a Cacophonic Conch to enslave them. Now forced to work for Eggman, Zor began begrudgingly assisting Eggman in his latest scheme for world domination by capturing the animals Eggman needed to build an army of Badniks to take over the world.

When Eggman returned to his factory after an attempt to kidnap more animals, Zor was there when Eggman showed him and the other Deadly Six how to make Badniks and when he revealed his intention for him and the other Deadly Six to help defeat Sonic the Hedgehog. Not long after, he witnessed Zazz head out to fight Sonic.

Later on, as Zor was with Eggman and the other Deadly Six in Windy Hill, Sonic found them, and Zor was introduced to Sonic by Eggman along with the rest of the Deadly Six. When Eggman then left Zazz to finish Sonic, Zor and the remaining Deadly Six left with Eggman. After their leave, Zor and the others resumed gathering animals for Eggman. However, the animals they got were deemed underwhelming by Eggman, and Zor and the other Deadly Six were punished with the Cacophonic Conch when Zavok spoke up.

Some time later in Desert Ruins, Zor and the other Deadly Six were scolded by Eggman for their failures and were punished by hearing the Cacophonic Conch again. However, Sonic then appeared and knocked the conch away. Now free to use their powers, Zor and the other Deadly Six took control of Eggman's Badniks and used them to attack everyone present, and managed to force Eggman, Orbot, Cubot, Sonic and Tails to flee.

After being liberated by Sonic, Zor and the other Deadly Six took control of Eggman's operations on the Lost Hex, but Sonic still opposed them. When Zavok then enacted his plan to destroy the Earth with Eggman's Extractor and use the energies that it harnessed to make himself and the Deadly Six stronger, which in turn would kill Eggman as punishment for their enslavement, Zor went with Zavok's plan.

Soon after, Zor and the other Deadly Six set up a trap to capture Sonic so they could turn him into a robot in their service. When Zor learned that the trap had caught something, Zor believed that they had successfully Sonic. As he was moping around in Silent Forest, however, Zor discovered to his surprise that Sonic was still free and learned from him that they had caught Tails instead. Not interested in dealing with Sonic, Zor left to tell the others the bad news. Eventually though, Sonic caught up with him and Zor engaged him in battle, but was defeated. Hurrying back to the base, Zor told the other Deadly Six that they had not caught Sonic, only to see that they already knew. After returning to Silent Forest, Zor saw Sonic run by. Sicken by his upbeat attitude, Zor decided to knock Sonic a peg and fought him, but was defeated once more.

Sometime later, Zor faced Sonic with Zavok and Zeena when he was making his way through Lava Mountain. Upon meeting him, Zor told Sonic to not steal his deal about whinnying after Sonic expressed his dismay at seeing them, before they revealed that they had seemingly turned Tails into a robot servant. When Sonic refused to serve them, Tails was ordered to kill Sonic, but Zor was caught off guard and forced to retreat when Tails attacked them, having only pretended to be their robotic slave. After escaping, Zor was confronted by Sonic, and he faced the blue hedgehog in battle. Despite having his strength enhanced by the energy from the Extractor, however, Zor was defeated for good by Sonic. Following that, Zor presumably escaped Lava Mountain and left for an unknown location.

Personality
Zor is described as being "one with the shadows", both physically and mentally. He is a very moody, mean, pessimistic and depressing individual that enjoys misery, going as far as only liking bad news and even saying he wants to hurt Sonic for being upbeat and nothing can impress him. He also has an indifferent attitude towards fighting, as he calls his fight with Sonic "another pointless conflict". He's also appearantly suicidal, as when he is defeated for a final time, he exclaims that he "longs for death's cold embrace".

Zor appears to be inherently malicious and vengeful as the other Deadly Six, given that once they were freed from Eggman's control by Sonic, all of them launched an attack on Sonic, Eggman and Tails, before deciding to destroy the world as well.

Powers and Abilities
Many of Zor's abilities are as of yet unknown, though alongside the other Deadly Six, Zor has enough power that Eggman desired to use them in his latest scheme to conquer the world.

Zor has the ability to utilize dark and forbidden powers that none others dare to use. He seems to be capable of flight, allowing him to float through midair, and seemingly has the ability to create shadowy clones of himself from dark bats.

As a Zeti, Zor possesses the innate ability to manipulate magnetic fields, which allows him to take control over electronics, such as Badniks. When taking control of electronics, Zor touches his forehead and then uses his hands to issue commands.

Battle
Zor is encountered at Silent Forest in the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World. His boss battle includes him riding on top of a giant, robotic owl that shoots missiles at Sonic. Using the Kick attack, Sonic can kick the missiles away. There are three locations to this boss fight; the first one takes place an Zone One of Silent Forest; Zone Two has a fight with Zor controlling an robotic owl; and in Zone 4 has a 2D perspective while everything colored black excluding the background.

Archie Comics
Zor made a brief appearance in Sonic Halloween Comic Fest 2013 and Sonic Super Special Magazine #9 published by Archie Comics, which are both comic book prequels to Sonic Lost World. In the comics, after Dr. Eggman had enslaved the Deadly Six with his Cacophonic Conch, Zor and the other members of the Deadly were rounded by Zavok, and went down to Earth to capture animals for Eggman.

Quotes

 * "Sigh. Everything seems so pointless."
 * "He's so upbeat I wanna beat him up! It won't make me happy... but to be fair, nothing makes me happy."
 * "Another pointless conflict is about to begin..."
 * "Look at him – all, 'I'm so fast' and stuff... Ugh. It makes me sick. Time to knock him down a peg."
 * "Maybe all these death traps and robots will kill Sonic, maybe they won't. Does it really matter in the cosmic scheme of things?"
 * "We're all gonna die eventually..."
 * "What?! Seriously? We captured you!"
 * "Man, this day just keeps getting lamer and lamer... Whatever. I've gotta go tell the others the bad news. Heh... giving bad news is actually the one thing I enjoy."
 * "I'll deal with you later, LOSER."
 * "Smiling hurts my face. If I hurt your face, I'll smile. So in the end, I'll just be hurting myself... cool."
 * "Just give up, Sonic! That's what I do! I've given up on hope, happiness, and life... In fact, what am I still doing here? I should just crawl back into bed..."
 * "Only the Reaper wins in the end."
 * "Don't be so whiny, man! That's MY deal."
 * "Look at that hedgehog with all his trying and positive attitude. It's people like that who are wrecking this world for the rest of us."
 * "Yawn, Sonic's doing better than I expected but I have pretty low expectations... about everything. I mean really why bother?"
 * "Do you realise how meaningless we all are? Well mostly you."
 * "In this pain I finally find comfort!"
 * "I long for death's cold embrace!"

Trivia

 * Zor sometimes carries his rose in his mouth, as in Zazz's portion of the Deadly Six trailer, Zor can be seen in the background carrying the rose in his mouth.
 * Zor is the youngest member of the Deadly Six at the age of 112 years.
 * Despite Zor having his flower with him almost all the time it clearly doesn't show much significance to him as in his first encounter he merely tosses it without a second thought and he is not seen with it again.
 * In the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World, Zor is shown with the ability to levitate in the air at will, but in the 3DS version, he is shown to fly by flapping his arms.