Zalia Jaffords (maiden name Hoonik) is one of the many Sisters of Oriza and the wife of Tian Jaffords. Zalia and Tian had five children together, one of which was stolen away to Thunderclap many years before the tale in Wolves of the Calla. She stood beside Tian's decision to fight the Wolves and then stood with Roland and his ka-tet to battle them.