Zavok

"Playtime is over hedgehog."

- Zavok

Zavok (ザボック) is one of the primary antagonists in Sonic Lost World. He is a Zeti and the leader of the Deadly Six. When Dr. Eggman came to the Lost Hex, Zavok 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 Zavok and the others rebelling against Eggman and taking control of his forces. Zavok then enacted his plan to achieve world domination by using Eggman's Extractor to makes himself and the other Deadly Six stronger while destroying Earth, but was defeated by Sonic.

Physical Appearance
Zavok is a red Zeti with a very stocky build. The majority of his upper body is pure red, as is his serpentine tail. He has five-fingered hands that end with sharp cyan-colored nails. Zavok's body from the waist down is black in coloration, ending in two-clawed feet with cyan toes. His head is relatively small compared to the rest of his body and his lower jaw sticks out, showing a row of spiked fangs.The upper half of his head is black save for red markings around his eyes, which are purple with yellow sclera. Zavok has what appears to be a relatively thick cyan-colored unibrow that forms a vaguely V-shaped crest. Sticking out from the sides of his head Zavok has two vicious curved horns that are striped in varying shades of dark grey. Zavok appears to be bald, sans for a cyan ponytail sticking out from the back of his head. Zavok has two rows of sharp black spikes sticking out of his shoulders. His only attire seems to be a pair of black bracelets with grey spikes jutting out.

History
At some point in the past, Zavok was taken up as the student of Master Zik, where he was taught in various subjects. Many years prior to Sonic Lost World, Zavok was brought into the Deadly Six when Master Zik formed the group, and he became their leader.

Shortly before the events of Sonic Lost World, Zavok and the Deadly Six met Dr. Eggman, who used a Cacophonic Conch to force them into serving him. Now working for Eggman, Zavok and the other Deadly Six 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, Zavok listened uninterested as Eggman showed him and the other Deadly Six how to make Badniks, before Eggman told him that with their help, he would both conquer the world and get rid of Sonic the Hedgehog. Curious about Sonic, Zavok allowed Zazz to fight him, confident that he would learn something new about Sonic, win or lose.

When Sonic found Eggman in Windy Hill, Zavok and the Deadly Six stood at Eggman's side as the doctor introduced them to Sonic. When Eggman then left Zazz to finish Sonic, Zavok and the Deadly Six left the scene with Eggman. Afterwards, Zavok and his team gathered more animals for Eggman, but the doctor found the animals they had brought him disappointing. Angered, Zavok stood up to Eggman and told him that they did not care about that, but was brought back in line when Eggman used the Cacophonic Conch. When Eggman later tested his unstable Extractor, Zavok secretly eavesdropped on the test, intrigued by the device.

Later in Desert Ruins, Zavok and the Deadly Six were scolded by Eggman for their failures and were subjugated once more to the Cacophonic Conch. However, Sonic then appeared and knocked the conch away. Now free to use their powers, Zavok and the Deadly Six took control of Eggman's badniks and used them to attack everyone present, before Zavok ordered the others to attack well, effectively driving Eggman, Orbot, Cubot, Sonic and Tails away.

Now free, Zavok and the Deadly Six took control of Eggman's operations on the Lost Hex, but Sonic still opposed them. When Master Zik offered to deal with Sonic, Zavok insisted to his master that it was beneath him, but was convinced to let him go anyway. Soon after, Zavok devised his plan to destroy Earth with the Extractor and use the energy the device harvested to make himself and the Deadly Six stronger, which in turn would kill Eggman as punishment for their enslavement. Encouraged by Master Zik, Zavok made the Extractor go out of control as it began draining the world of energy.

A while later, Zavok discovered begrudgingly that Zeena had not left the base to deal with Sonic, who was still at large. However, he managed to trick her into going after Sonic by praising her speed, intelligence and looks. Sometime later, Zavok contacted Sonic and his allies, where he told Sonic that he efforts were in vain and recommended Eggman for the Extractor, before he was cut out by Eggman.

A while later, Zavok was studying Sonic, having found him a more formidable foe than he had anticipated. When Master Zik then suggested that Sonic would make a powerful slave, Zavok realized that they could turn Sonic into their robotic servant since Eggman had taught them how to make robots. Setting up a trap, Zavok and the others then awaited for Sonic to fall into it. When the trap later returned with Sonic seemingly caught it, Zavok and the others discovered that they had instead caught Tails. While annoyed by this, Zavok remained sure that they could work this to their advantage, when he was interrupted by Zor, who tried to tell them that they failed to capture Sonic, to which Zavok replied that they already knew.

Taking matters into his own hands, Zavok met Sonic in Sky Road, where he horrified Sonic by telling him that they planned to turn Tails into a robot, before making his escape. Once Sonic caught up with him, Zavok fought him, but was defeated. Soon time after, Zavok found Sonic again and taunted him with how his friends seemed to die around him after Sonic had seen Knuckles and Amy succumb to the Extractor, before escaping again. Not long after, Zavok faced Sonic in combat again, but was defeated once more.

Tired of his embarrassing defeats, Zavok began the process of turning Tails into a robot to enact his revenge, before leaving the machines to fulfill the process while he left. When Sonic later got through Lava Mountain, Zavok, Zeena and Zor met up with Sonic, with Zavok telling him to give up and join Tails as he revealed a seemingly Tails-turned-robot. When Sonic refused to, Zavok ordered Tails to kill Sonic, but was surprised and forced to retreat when Tails attacked him, having only pretended to be their robotic slave. After Sonic had defeated Zeena and Zor for good, Zavok faced Sonic as the last remaining member of the Deadly Six and fought him with his maximum strength, but was still defeated. Following that, Zavok presumably escaped Lava Mountain and left for an unknown location.

Personality
Zavok is a serious and very malicious being. Merciless and cruel, Zavok is willing to let nothing stand in his way of destroying the world to obtain world domination. He is described as being very clever.

Zavok comes off as very prideful, seeing that as Eggman no longer had a means of controlling them, Zavok and the other Deadly Six attacked him, with Zavok in particular encouraging them to make Eggman pay for their enslavement and abuse. Zavok's pride transcends into arrogance or at least a disrespect for others, which is shown when he called Eggman a "fool" for enslaving them and believing Sonic's fight against them is futile, saying it is his fate to be destroyed.

Powers and Abilities
Many of Zavok's abilities are as of yet unknown. All that is known is that alongside the other Deadly Six, Zavok has enough power that Eggman desired to use them in his latest scheme to conquer the world. He is described as very strong and possesses great fighting skills.

He has the ability to fire large fire projectiles from his palm and even can harness enough energy to become immensely great in size but only when enough power is channeled.

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

In his final encounter Zavok increases his size immensely. While in this state, Zavok's physical abilities are greatly increased and he can shoot either lasers or fireballs out of his mouth. It's unknown if this is an ability unique to him or if the other Zeti can do so (or if this was a natural ability of the species and not the result of stealing the world's energy). Zavok refers to this state as his 'full strength'.

Battle
Zavok is encountered at Sky Road in the Wii U version of Sonic Lost World. He rides and controls a giant, robotic serpent-like dragon with the same color scheme as Zavok. There is an encounter against Zavok, as well, as Zavok (without the robot dragon) punches and stomps on Sonic at Zone Four of Sky Road. In Zone Two, Zavok rides the dragon, as the robot dragon shoots fireballs at Sonic, but the weak point is shown as the tail. This battle takes place in a planetoid-sphere arena which eventually turns into a 2.5D arena in Zone Two.

Archie Comics
Zavok appears in Sonic Halloween Comic Fest 2013 and in Sonic Super Special Magazine #9 published by Archie Comics in the comic adaption of Sonic Lost World.

In the comics, Dr. Eggman, Orbot and Cubot find the Lost Hex after searching for an unknown period of time. Eggman and his lackeys explore the Lost Hex, but are then startled by Zavok, who questions the trio's appearance on the Lost Hex. Eggman recognizes Zavok as one of the Zeti species and the two quickly challenge each other to a duel, with Eggman using his Buzz Bomber badniks to fire at Zavok.

Quotes

 * "Your fate is to be destroyed! Why won't you just accept that, lie down and DIE?!"
 * "That's what I like about you, Zazz. Always ready for a fight, even before you know what you're fighting."
 * "Strike, brothers! Make the fool pay for our abuse and enslavement!"
 * "Please, Master Zik; this is not something you should trouble yourself with. It's beneath you"
 * "Well, that was so easy I almost feel guilty."
 * "Let's put an end to this!"
 * "You're too late! Soon, the blood that courses through your friend's veins will cease to flow!"
 * "I will show you my full strength..."

Trivia

 * Zavok's name may be based on the word "havoc", fitting his role as a world-destroying villain.
 * Zavok's name may also be a reference to the game engine "Havok", which is used to program many of the physics of certain modern Sonic games.
 * The robot dragon that Zavok will use for his boss fight bears a great resemblence to the Egg Viper and the unused Sky Chase Dragon from Sonic Adventure. It also bears some resemblence to the Egg Wyvern and Egg Dragoon.
 * Also his mech resembles the denomic creature of Christian lore known as the Leviathan.
 * Zavok plays a similar role to Antasma from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team; Both are the main villain of their respective game, temporarily work with the series antagonist (Eggman and Bowser), and are both the second to last boss while being overshadowed by Eggman and Bowser. The difference is, Bowser and Antasma work together for the majority of the game and Bowser betrays Antasma and leaves him to be killed by the Mario Bros., as opposed to Zavok overshadowing Eggman earlier into the game and Eggman reassuming his antagonistic position only after Zavok's final defeat.
 * Zavok's final battle is similar to the fight with Bowser in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. 2. In addition, the way he is defeated is done in a similar way to Bowser's battles in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Also, both Zavok and Bowser shoot fireballs and both fall into the lava when defeated.

Zone Two
SLW_Wii_U_Zavok_Fight_05.png|Zavok preparing to battle at Zone Two of Sky Road. SLW_Wii_U_Zavok_Fight_06.png|Zavok trying to punch Sonic. SLW_Wii_U_Zavok_Fight_07.png|Zavok using two lasers to hit Sonic. Hey you, get off my dragon!.png SLW_Wii_U_Zavok_Fight_08.png|Sonic running away from the lasers.