Zach Herron (Volume 1-4)

"This article is about the character in Volume 1-4, for the character in Volume 5-present, see Zach Herron (Volume 5-present)."Zachary Dean 'Zach' Herron or by his adoptive name, Zachary Dean 'Zach' Frantzich-Besson is one of the Zodiac Heroes and one of the secondary school students. He is the protagonist of the series.

Official Description
Zachary Dean Herron or by his adoptive name, Zachary Dean Frantzich-Besson is a 17-year-old American secondary school student student. He suffers from cystic fibrosis and rosacea and is dyslexic. With the help of his amulet, he has psychological powers and can transform into a spirit.

Appearance
He is shown to have shaggy and messy brown hair moved to the left (his right), brown eyes and pale skin with rosy cheeks. He has rosy cheeks due to rosacea. He wears a black and dark grey sweater, black jeans and white sneakers. Like the other cystic fibrosis patients, he brings an oxygen tank and nasal cannulas along the way. When he activates his powers, his pupils and irises disappear and glow red but changes colour depending on what power he's using. His sleepwear consists of a black shirt and black sweatpants with 3 white stripes on each side. His student uniform consists of a navy blue blazer over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, warm grey pants, white socks and white sneakers. He stands on 5 ft. 6 and is of average weight. His party outfit consists of a yellow and blue high school jacket over a white tank top, black jeans and white shoes. Zach turns red in his spirit form but can change colour depending on what power he's using. Later, he is shown to have snakes coming out from his back. When he was 12, his face isn't shown in flashbacks but his hair is shorter and wears a white short-sleeved shirt with red sleeves, black shorts and white sneakers. Zach is shown to have a port-a-cath.

Personality
He shows immaturity and playfulness like his peers. But gets serious while fighting Chase or helping his friends study or research. Zach wasn't aware that he's a teenager and that he's still 12 at first. But after realising that he had spent 5 years in the island, he started becoming more aware of his surroundings. His intelligence is also limited due to spending so much time in Norfolk Island.

Zach is also known to be clumsy and kind-hearted. He started developing feelings for Zoe later in Volume 3. Though stuck on an island for 5 years, he is really smart despite not knowing large words used by many of the main characters. As time went on, he starts to mature and become leaderly eventually becoming a role model towards the younger Zodiac heroes.

As shown in Volume 4, he has a high medical knowledge and is a good hacker despite his dyslexia. He is also a bit brother figure towards Noah and is intelligent. He is also capable of checking breathing patterns despite his medical condition.

Etymology
(First name) Zachary came from Zechariah, also transliterated as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a theophoric masculine given name of Persian and Hebrew origin, meaning "God remembers". It comes from the Hebrew word zakhar, meaning to remember, and yah, one of the names of the God.

(Middle name) Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins: Derived from the English surname Dean, from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "valley." An Anglicization of the Hebrew noun דין, meaning Law or Justice.

(Last name) It was name for a person who was long legged or of tall stature. The name Herron is derived from the Old English word heiroun, which meant heron. Alternatively, the name originated in Heron, near Rouen in Normandy and some of the family arrived with William the Conqueror.

Chinese Name
Traditional: 扎卡里·迪安·赫倫

Simplified: 扎卡里·迪安·赫伦

Pinyin/Romanisation: Zhā kǎ lǐ·dí ān·hè lún

Powers and Abilities

 * All Zodiac Powers- His powers are first used in Volume 3 Season 3. His powers are similar to Brad's.
 * Power Transmission-His powers are first used in Volume 3 Season 3. Jonah and Brad also have those powers.

Trivia

 * Zach was born on 27 May 2003 which makes his Zodiac sign Gemini however, he has all Zodiac powers similar to Brad.
 * Zach's birth year was originally going to be 2001, similar to his actor. However, I decided to make him 2 years younger so that he could be a child when he went missing instead of a teenager.
 * In the later part of Volume 3 Season 2, he was called 'boy' despite the fact the characters called him 'Zach' or 'Zachary.' He was also mentioned by Corbyn before Volume 3 and Jonah and Jack before Zach made his debut.
 * It might be possible if Zach goes back to Year 7 or Zoe, Raphael, Kan and Aidan's class when he goes back to Australia with the Zodiac heroes because he was 12 when he went missing so this puts him in Year 7
 * Zach is Biracial and is of Filipino and Irish-American descent
 * Zach is dyslexic
 * Zach is also the 2nd male character to be voiced by a female in the East/Southeast Asian dubs (except the Tagalog dub)
 * Zach dislocated his kneecap and shoulder in the prologue which is loosely based on his actor actually dislocating his kneecap and shoulder in 2018 and 2020 respectively
 * Zach's lung capacity has been low due to having poison-based powers from being half Hydra
 * Zach's rare ability to check breathing patterns is similar to Toph Beifong's Seismic Sense