Quess Paraya (クェス・パラヤ Kuesu Paraya?) is a character introduced in the animated film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. She was the daughter of the Earth Federation Minister Adenauer Paraya but eventually defected to Char Aznable's Neo Zeon movement.
Personality & Character[]
Quess is selfish, stubborn, emotionally sensitive, intelligent, naive, and love obsessed. Quess was born as a latent Newtype. When she wants to have something, she'll demand for it and believe it's rightfully hers even if she can't have it. Even though there are people around her to remind her about manners and respect, she doesn't listen well, and people tend to tolerate her or excuse her due to the fact she's still a developing teen.
She developed a crush on Amuro Ray and often shows her affection to him. Despite her lack of interest, she received the unrequited affection of Hathaway Noa. When she was taken in by Char to train her as a MS pilot, she was completely enthralled by Char. He was able to take advantage of her distaste toward the Earth Federation government to manipulate her into helping Neo Zeon. She's occasionally shown to care about the well-being of others, but she's often emotionally overwhelmed by her own feelings and quick to act upon them without proper wisdom or guidance.
Skills & Abilities[]
Quess was a latent Newtype. After her abilities were fully awakened, it's shown that her abilities were greater than that of Char Aznable. She's also highly intelligent as she mastered the use of MS funnel control and piloting a mobile armor. A severe drawback on her abilities was that they manifested too early, and she had trouble wielding her own natural talents.
History[]
Escaping Lhasa[]
Quess Paraya lived with her father, Earth Federation Vice-Foreign Minister Adenauer Paraya, and his mistress Katherine in a mansion near Lhasa, Tibet, which held the headquarters of the Earth Federation Forces. Quess had a reputation for rebelliousness and associated with a group of youths, including Christina, whom her father disapproved of. She also disliked Katherine.
On March 3 in U.C. 0093, Char Aznable's Newborn Neo Zeon sent the asteroid Fifth Luna on a collision course with Lhasa, the opening shot of the Second Neo Zeon War and the first part of Char's plan to force humanity to abandon Earth for space by rendering the planet uninhabitable. Adenauer had the local police locate and retrieve Quess from the city so that they could evacuate, with Adenauer already assigned to attend peace negotiations with Char at Londenion on the Federation's behalf. At the spaceport in Hong Kong, Katherine decided to remain on Earth and left the group over Quess mistreating her during the flight from Lhasa. By chance, Adenauer encountered Mirai Noa, Cheimin Noa, and Hathaway Noa, who were attempting to travel to space on the same shuttle flight to Londenion using a letter of introduction from a Federation official. As Adenauer had usurped three seats on that flight for his own party, but Katherine was staying behind, he allowed Hathaway Noa to board as a favor to the Federation official.
Meeting Amuro Ray[]
En route to Side 1, the shuttle carrying Quess, Adenauer and Hathaway accidentally drifted into a battle between Londo Bell and Neo Zeon Forces. During the battle, Quess was jolted from her seat while trying to get a better view and was caught by Hathaway. After the battle, the shuttle was picked-up by the Londo Bell ship Ra-Cailum.
On the ship, Quess stubbornly entered a restricted area of the ship and immediately took an interest in Amuro Ray, ignoring the advances of her newfound friend Hathaway Noa. When she found out that Amuro was in love with Chan Agi, and then rebuffed by Amuro, Quess looked to another Newtype, Char Aznable.
Defection to Neo Zeon[]
At Side 1's Londenion, Quess stuck around with both Amuro and Hathaway while on leave, while her father went into secret talks with Char Aznable. After the talks, Char was confronted by Amuro, but Quess intervened after hearing what Char said about how human souls are dragged down by the Earth's gravity. Sensing her devotion, Char asked Quess to come with him, an offer that she accepted. Her relationship with Char eventually caused a rift between Char and Nanai Miguel (whom oversaw Char's Newtype Programs and was romantically involved with Char) as Quess sees Char as a romantic interest. It also causes Gyunei Guss to be extremely jealous as he had developed an interest in Quess himself and had his own ambitions.
Recruited into Neo Zeon and charmed by Char, Quess assumed the identity "Quess Air" and was given a custom MSN-03 Jagd Doga painted in reddish pink.
In her first battle, Quess ended up killing her father, who was overseeing the disarmament proceedings, after Char revealed that he was lying about his disarmament plans at Sweetwater. Adenauer was a few moments away from getting into an escape pod when Quess destroyed the bridge of the ship, causing an explosion; it is unclear if Quess was aware of Adenauer's presence on the ship and attacked with intent to kill him. After the battle, Quess displayed a high amount of natural Newtype powers and was eventually assigned to the NZ-333 α Azieru mobile armor. However, the development of her powers also caused Quess to become highly unstable as her immature mind was forced to deal with the realities of war. Quess was also unaware that Char was only using her for his own gains and considered her to be expendable, a fact made clear to Gyunei Guss during a discussion during the preparation of Axis for its drop onto Earth.
The Axis Shock[]
During the final battle, when Char was dropping the asteroid base Axis onto Earth, Hathaway stole a RGM-89 Jegan and attempted to find Quess in hope to turn her back. Hathaway eventually found Quess but Quess's Newtype powers had gone amok and had turned her into a wreck. Even as Hathaway attempted to talk to her, Quess continued to attack him. Quess was finally killed by Chan Agi, who was trying to save Hathaway in a severely damaged RGZ-91 Re-GZ. During the attack Hathaway grabs onto the Azieru and is going to be killed along with Quess. However at the last moment Quess tells Hathaway to move out of the way and takes the full brunt of the attack. In spite of anything else the final act of Quess's life was trying to save Hathaway.
Alternate Endings[]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children[]
- In the final battle, Quess, in her α Azieru, fought against Amuro in the RX-93-ν2 Hi-ν Gundam. When Amuro blocked and dodged all her attacks, she went into hysteria and called for Char. When she intercepted the duel between Amuro and Char, who was in the MSN-04II Nightingale, she was killed when Hathaway in a Jegan accidentally shot the α Azieru in its cockpit with a beam rifle. This event caused Hathaway to form the anti-Federation terrorist group Mafty later in Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash.
Gundam Evolve[]
- In the animated feature Gundam Evolve 5, an alternate battle between Quess and Amuro leaves Quess alive and sane. She was last seen going to find Hathaway.
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References[]
Char's Counterattack characters
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| Earth Federation / Londo Bell | Amuro Ray | Bright Noa | Chan Agi | Astonaige Medoz | Kayra Su | Meran | Anna Hanna | Tooth | Adenauer Paraya | Cameron Bloom | John Bauer | |
| Newborn Neo Zeon | Char Aznable | Quess Paraya | Gyunei Guss | Nanai Miguel | Rezin Schnyder | Kaises M. Buyer | Horst Harness | Lyle | |
| Civilians | Hathaway Noa | Mirai Noa | Cheimin Noa | October Saran | Katherine | Christina | Haro | |