Zo'or

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Zo'or is a character in the science fiction television series Earth: Final Conflict, played by Anita La Selva.

He was the leader of the Taelon Synod and one of four children of the Taelon scientist and leader Da'an. Zo'or was the youngest of all Taelons, and the last to be allowed to grow. He quickly became part of the Taelon political system and when the former Taelon leader Quo'on was destroyed by a Jaridian replicant, he was voted to become the new Synod leader. Whereas Quo'on had a leadership style as more of a chairperson and arbiter, Zo'or appeared to often lead with minimal Synod oversight, and possibly without the Taelon Synod's knowledge.

Zo'or was noted for his calculating and ruthless nature, and in later seasons, an inability to cope with the thought of his demise leading to an increasingly unstable demeanor. He displayed what would in a human be characterized as sociopathic tendencies. In season 2, it is said that Zo'or retains a greater degree of aggression than all the other Taelons. This aggression could have been dispersed by the Commonality, but it was decided to allow this reserve to continue, so that Zo'or could do those darker and baser yet often necessary things that the other Taelons could not bring themselves to consider.

Interestingly, in the first season, Zo'or had an energy form distinct from other Taelons, and was represented with a greater degree of red and gold elements in his energy anatomy than other Taelons.

In the eighth episode of the fifth season (Boone's Assassin), the androgynous Zo'or was resurrected as a female Atavus, showing actress Anita La Selva in a form much closer to her actual physical appearance.

Zo'or was ultimately killed by Renee Palmer in the seventeenth episode of the fifth season (Honor And Duty).