Kikyo Zoldyck

Kikyō Zoldyck (キキョウ＝ゾルディック Kikyō Zorudikku) is the mother of the the Zoldyck siblings Illumi, Milluki, Killua, Alluka and Kalluto, and the wife of Silva Zoldyck.

Appearance
Kikyo is 170 centimeters tall and wears a bustle gown and a broad-brimmed hat decorated with feather and fur. According to the Hunter X Hunter data book, she is from Meteor City. Kikyo is 42 years old at the beginning of the series. Her face is covered in bandages (it is unknown if they resulted from Killua's attacks on her or are just part of her style of dressing) and has an electronic visor covering her eyes. The visor can be used as a communication device, although what other purposes it suits are unknown. In the 1999 anime, when Kikyō cries, the visor shows static similar to a television.

Plot
Kikyo is the maternal figure of the Zoldyck family and is an assassin herself. She was injured when attempting to prevent Killua from running away from home to take the Hunter Exam, although she is proud of Killua for doing so. She seems to be slightly paranoid and is cautious of Killua's friends when they come to their home in Kukuroo Mountain to rescue him. Kikyō is looking forward to see Killua excelling in assassination and anticipates that one day he will carry on the family's business. According to Illumi, Killua is her favorite son.

In Killua's flashback to when he was still a little kid in chapter 322, she looked more normal than she does now, wearing a kimono and having her black hair pulled into a big bun updo, without a hat; there was no bandage on her face, though the visor could already be seen at that time. In the same chapter she tested Alluka's ability by ordering Mitsuba to decline all requests from Alluka no matter how small they were. Due to that, Mitsuba and her lover Hasama, who was not around them at that time, were mysteriously crushed into minced meat simultaneously. Killua explained to her that this was the consequence of saying 'No' to Alluka's requests 4 times.

In the 1999 anime adaptation, Kikyo appears again in a short cameo in the Greed Island Arc. She watches Silva as he reminds Killua that "waiting is an assassin's most important job". Beside her stands Kalluto, who is also watching.

Abilities
As an assassin from the Zoldyck family Kikyo probably possesses advanced assassination techniques; she once knocked down Canaria by firing a tiny projectile at her forhead. According to the 2004 Hunter x Hunter Official Databook, Kikyo is a Manipulator but her Nen abilities have never been shown.