
Luckily, the Praetor Amalthus happened upon them, and rescued them.

Despite his size, Pandoria carried him upon her back through the woods in search of help, until she collapsed from exhaustion. Not long before the events of Xenoblade 2, Zeke was mortally wounded in an attack by bandits who aimed to steal Pandoria. Pandoria embraces Zeke after he is wounded, as he tries to play down his injury so she doesn't worry. One of their idle animations consists of both of them doing stretching exercises in perfect sync with each other for several seconds. They practically mirror each other during these moments. The pair have a running gag where they will both do silly synchronized postures and poses together, usually while Zeke blabs out a pompous monologue at people in an attempt to sound cool and intimidating. Zeke pulling Pandoria away from an enemy attack. Pandoria channels ether from the core crystal in her chest to Zeke so that he may use Arts in battle. Being blade and driver, the pair have an innate bond, and can channel ether energy between each other.

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Their adventures have been rough, as they regularly have little money and must fend off wild beasts and enemy drivers alike.

Pandoria went with him, and the two have traveled all over Alrest ever since. Zeke, the Kingdom's crown prince, was banished from Tantal by his father Eulogimenos as a teen. Zeke and Pandoria are a human driver and blade duo hailing from the frozen isolationist Kingdom of Tantal. Pandoria and Zeke posing in perfect sync during one of Zeke's Spiels at the party.
