Azura

An enchanting princess raised in Hoshido who sings in battle to help her allies. Appears in Fire Emblem Fates. Name: Azura Gender: Female Race: Human Birthday: March 3 Relatives: Cadros (Ancestor), King of Valla (Father), Arete (Mother), Garon (Stepfather), Mikoto (Aunt, Adoptive Mother), Anankos (Uncle), Sumeragi (Stepuncle), Xander (Elder Stepbrother), Camilla (Elder Stepsister), Leo (Younger Stepbrother), Elise (Younger Stepsister), Ryoma (Stepcousin, Elder Adoptive Brother), Hinoka (Stepcousin, Elder Adoptive Sister), Takumi (Stepcousin, Younger Adoptive Brother), Sakura (Stepcousin, Younger Adoptive Sister), Corrin (Cousin), Shigure (Future Son) Occupation: Princess of Valla, Nohr and Hoshido Weapon: Lances </Personal Information> Azura is a young woman with pale skin, very long sky blue hair and yellow eyes. She wears a white headdress, a golden pendant, white gown with blue ribbons and her left hip is exposed, white one-legged pants with the right leg cut off and she also walks barefoot. Serene, calm, and collected, Azura's stoic demeanor serves as a fortress to protect her from others. She has difficulty trusting other people as a result of the hostile Nohrian royal court and the mysterious circumstances behind her departure from her true home. On the surface, she can appear reserved if not aloof as she dislikes speaking more than she has to, though this is partially out of provocation or rejection from others. She can be rather harsh when pushing people away, sometimes hurting their feelings such as with Elise, albeit unintentionally so, but she desires to bond with others in hopes of finding peace.

Said traits were even worse in her youth, as seen with her young variant in Heroes, who believes it is inevitable for her to be mistreated whenever she meets someone, even if said person is amicable, and actively rejects any sort of comfort despite wishing deeply for it as well as wanting to have a sense of belonging. She is well aware of these things, as she does not want this happening to her children, if she is married, and wants them to stay the way they are, rather than have them grow up like her. When she does open up, she proves to have quite the mischievous side, as seen when she teases Sakura by scaring her with ghost stories.

Azura's most meaningful bond is with Corrin as they are the literal counterparts to each other in terms of their circumstances. She feels immensely guilty that all the love she received from Corrin should have rightfully belonged to them. She even tells Ryoma and Hinoka that they no longer need to love her now that their true sibling has returned to them. Both assure her that Corrin's return does not affect the familial bond they share. While still guilt ridden, she becomes far less harsh on herself after these conversations. Likewise, if given the opportunity to bond with he Nohrian siblings, Azura discovers that her real adoptive family had loved her and worried endlessly about her. In turn, Azura feels welcomed and wonders if her life would have truly been bad in Nohr had she not been kidnapped.

Although she can get slightly emotional at times, Azura is kindhearted and surprisingly knowledgeable about many things, some of which others would not know about. This is namely information of Valla, her unique ability to manipulate water through the use of her necklace and a brief history about dragons and degeneration from her mother. Although she is more cynical and world-weary than Corrin, she shares their conviction in trying to make the world a better place and wanting to be with Corrin until the very end of the path to see peace. Normally neat and tidy, she has the worst cases of bed hair in the army and is a restless sleeper. To add some light, she also has a weakness for cute things and enjoys telling scary stories, while in her Support with Xander, it's revealed that she's a bit of a glutton. Azura is the daughter of Arete who became the step-daughter to King Garon of Nohr when Arete became the second Queen of Nohr shortly after the death of Katerina. Like her mother, Azura is a gifted singer who carries a special pendant that once belonged to her mother. It is imbued with a mysterious power that she can evoke whenever singing Lost in Thoughts All Alone.

Azura was born in Valla as the daughter of its queen, Arete, and her husband, the king. When her father was killed by Anankos and Valla fell at a later date, Arete and Azura, along with Mikoto and her child, Corrin, fled from Valla to the world outside the Bottomless Canyon. Azura and Arete ended up in Nohr, where Azura eventually joined the Nohrian royal family as a princess when her mother became Nohr's and King Garon's second queen consort a while after Leo was born.

Azura grew up under the veil of the hostile Nohrian royal court. Already feeling isolated from her new step-family, Arete died under mysterious circumstances, leaving her feeling truly alone. Shortly after King Garon ambushed King Sumeragi of Hoshido in order to capture Corrin, Hoshido responded by hiring Shura to kidnap Azura in hopes of setting up an exchange. Uninterested in his step-daughter nor relinquishing Corrin, Azura remained in Hoshido. At Queen Mikoto's request, Azura was treated as an official princess of Hoshido. While many had reservations due to her Nohrian ties, her new family and the populace grew to accept her and thus Azura did not desire to return home to Nohr.

Corrin first meets Azura when they stumble upon her singing by a lake. There, Azura explains that she was a princess of Nohr that was kidnapped by Hoshido, in a similar situation to that of Corrin's, and that she was always happy in Hoshido despite technically being a hostage. She also mentions that she would prefer to stay in Hoshido if she had the choice to return to Nohr, as Mikoto is a peaceful ruler while Garon is not. Several days later, Azura joins Hinoka, Takumi, and Sakura in giving Corrin a tour of Shirasagi on Mikoto's request. Azura uses lances as her main weapon.