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Zephira
Zephira Zephira carries the quality of someone who arrives at the start of things — a name for characters associated with beginnings, fresh starts, and the particular clarity that only comes after a long dark night. Characters named Zephira often have an luminous optimism that has been earned through genuine experience of difficulty.
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