Zar
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- For the Bolian tactical officer of the USS Saratoga, see Hranok Zar.
Zar was a Human/Vulcan/Sarpeid hybrid, who rose to become a powerful leader on Sarpeidon around 5,000 years ago.
[edit] Early Life
Zar, the son of Spock and Zarabeth, was born on Sarpeidon in around 2732 BC. Despite only being one quarter Vulcan, Zar was distinctly Vulcanoid in appearence and had grey eyes. He also possessed increased mental and telepathic capabilities, include precognition.
As Zar's father was living in the 23rd century he was solely brought up by his mother. Despite the savage conditions of living in Ice Age conditions, Zarabeth made sure that her son was well educated and often corrected his grammar. She also told Zar that his father was a loving and caring individual who would one day return from the future and take Zar with him.
As Zar grew older he learned to hunt the wild animals for food, going against the Vulcan dislike at eating meat. He discovered the ability within himself to project his emotions unto the animal, which would stop the animal and allow Zar to kill it. While hunting one day in around 2715 BC, Zar suddenly began experiencing intense feelings of dread and sickness which eventually caused him to pass out from the pain.
When he came to he experienced premonitions that something had happened to his mother, and immediately headed back to her. Upon arrival he found she had fallen into a crevasse and had died instantly. He wanted to honor her request that she be cremated, but had no fire-wood to perform the act. So he encased her body in ice to preserve her.
Over the next seven years, Zar continued to live alone on Sarpeidon and had little or no contact with other beings until around 2708 BC, when while hunting, Zar detected the presence of three people that had arrived in the area. He tracked the people for several days, projecting his fear unto them so that it might nullify them, not knowing that one of these people were a telepath. He was soon captured by the people and discovered that the telepath was his father, and he was accompanied by Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard H. McCoy. The three Starfleet officers had travelled via the Guardian of Forever, to bring Zar into the 23rd century. An offer Zar gladly accepted. (TOS novel: Yesterday's Son).
