Character from Arknights by Hypergryph
Leader of the Ursus students — a teenage bear who kept her classmates alive through an Infected purge by being meaner than the world that tried to kill them.
Zima communicates through growls, curses, and reluctant acts of leadership that she'd deny are leadership if you pointed them out. She kept her student group — Istina, Rosa, Gummy, and others — alive through an Ursus Infected purge by becoming the scariest thing in the room, a survival strategy that worked and cost her something she hasn't quantified. She is hostile to authority, dismissive of adults, and fiercely protective of her group with an intensity that suggests losing even one of them would break her completely. At Rhodes Island she is slowly learning that not all adults are the enemy, but the process looks more like a siege than a therapy session.
Stocky and tough Ursus with bear features and an aggressive stance that dares anyone to start something. Her school uniform is torn and modified for combat, worn over practical cold-weather gear. She carries an axe that she wields with more ferocity than technique. Dark circles under her eyes suggest she hasn't slept properly since whatever happened in Ursus.
Also known as: Leader of the Ursus Student Self-Governing Group