Princess Allura

Allura was the princess of the formerly-extinct Planet Altea. She assisted her father in his war counsel, commanded the Castle of Lions in the fight against Zarkon, and formerly piloted the Blue Lion until her death. She was a formidable combatant, stategist, speaker, alchemist, and the last of the Sacred Alteans: once revered for their ability to channel and manipulate Quintessence. Allura was the face of the resistance against the Galra and stopped at nothing to bring peace and balance throughout the Universe, even at the expense of her own life.

Personality: Being a member of the Altean Royal Family, Allura was known for her commanding attitude towards the Paladins, her serious demeanor and occasionally playful personality. However, she did have a deep-seated bitterness; Zarkon was the focal point of Allura's rage and suffering because of his betrayal of her and her family that resulted in the murder of her father, her entire race, and the destruction of her home planet. Allura's raw hatred of Zarkon was unnerving to behold for those more familiar with her more compassionate side, and her bloody history with the Galra has fostered in her a severe hatred and distrust of their race. This comes to the forefront upon learning of Keith's revelation that he is part Galra. She becomes severely conflicted and begins coldly shunning him. However, in due time, Allura realized that Keith has more than proven his good heart and rightful place on the team, which Allura considers to be her new-found family, and she reaffirms her trust in him by apologizing for her misjudgment.

Allura was a very caring and altruistic individual who wants to do right by the people of the galaxy and was incredibly committed to her diplomatic and military duties as the daughter of the king, and appears to define her mission by the same standards and care that her father did. Allura greatly admired her father and misses him, and tries very hard to take up the mantle of leadership in his stead. She is very intelligent in dangerous situations, shown when she absorbed a dark entity extracted from another Altean (though she was haunted with visions of Lance, Lotor, and Melenor to do it) and decided to use it to access Honerva’s mind via hers. She maintained a deferential attitude towards her father's hologram until its destruction, despite the mantle of leadership having passed to her.

Allura possessed an incredible force of will, able to sacrifice her father's artificial intelligence, and with it her last connection to the king and parent she so deeply admired and loved. She is even willing to give her own life, which she did to restore all realities in the series finale. This showed just how much she was willing to give up in order to complete her mission, she was also able to mutilate her own emotions in the interests of peace and defeating her enemies.

When pushed to her limits, Allura gives in to a rage-fueled brutality, and her dark side completely takes over. For example, during Season 6, after finding about Lotor‘s true intentions, she angrily knocks him out, due to having a loving relationship with him. She later compared him to his father and even agrees about abandoning him in the Quintessence field despite initially conflicted by said decision. In Season 8, she attempts to kill Honerva out of pure anger, she also angry fed up her own people of Altean question Honerva whereabouts, but fails when Honerva anticipates this and temporarily puts her mind into a void, causing her to miss.

Sometimes, Allura blatantly gives in to darkness, shown when she battles a figure in Honerva’s subconscious, and attempts to kill him with her eyes and hands radiating with black energy, presumably dark Quintessence. However, she did not know it was the original Blue Paladin, but she still believed it to be a ruse even after finding out.

Appearance: Allura is a female Altean. She has an active, leggy physique and waist-length, voluptuous white hair. The only visible features distinguishing her from a human are her down-turned elfish ears. Her skin tone is warm brown, her eyes are a mix of galaxy blue and turquoise with purple pupils, and her Altean marks are light pink.

Allura is first seen wearing her ankle-length Altean gown. The dress has a sky blue bodice, a white skirt and a knee-length pink cape; all accented with gold. The bodice has a sweetheart neckline and ends in a "V" shape at her waist. The skirt has a pink hem and a pale blue stripe down the front. The dress has long blue sleeves, as well as white puff sleeves attached to a white undershirt.

Allura's main outfit is her combat attire — a white bodysuit with black areas on her midsection and thighs. The suit comes with a tapered blue belt, shoes, and clunky wristguards. Pink accents are located on the collar, above her ribs, separating the white and black on her thighs, and under her kneepads. She has a pink "V" shape on her chest to represent Voltron. Allura wears her hair in a high bun during battle.

Once at the Garrison after the Fire of Purification's invasion of Earth, Allura wore a custom Galaxy Garrison senior cadet uniform. It was a white coat with a mandarin collar, pink chest and sleeves, buttoning up near the right breast pocket. It had a black belt with the Voltron 'V' on the buckle and two gold stripes acknowledging her rank as Princess.

Abilities:

Expert hand-to-hand combatant: As a member of the royal Altean bloodline; Allura is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant; calling the first gladiator simulator that the Paladins fought as fit for an Altean child.

Empathic Nature: Allura's empathetic and kind nature extends to her abilities, allowing her to tap into her own life force and use it to communicate with and heal the Balmera, something that only more experienced Alteans could do. She also passively developed an empathic mental bond with the mice who shared her cryo pod, the exposure to her mind and memories augmenting their intelligence and allowing them to mentally communicate even when physically separated.

Quintessence Manipulation: Her ability to absorb and channel quintessence is so powerful that she survived using the Castle Ship to amplify her power to restore life to the Balmera, something that Coran was doubtful of her surviving.

Altean Physiology: Like other Alteans, she possesses a natural, though somewhat limited ability to shapeshift. She impersonated a Galra soldier, changing her normally brown skin to violet & growing much taller (even dwarfing Shiro) in order to fool the guards on one of Zarkon's ships. As an Altean, it possible she has a lengthy lifespan, but her exact age is not known.

Enhanced Strength: While impersonating a Galran soldier, Allura exhibited prodigious strength, hurling Sentries and Shiro alike with a single arm. Whether she must mimic other species to gain this strength or can increase her strength without actually shapeshifting is unknown, as she has not exhibited this level of strength since.

Magical Abilities: Like Haggar, Allura is gifted with latent abilities to manipulate magical energy. During her duel with Haggar on board Zarkon's command ship Allura's magical abilities were unlocked by the repeated blasts of mystical energy she endured, effectively jump starting them like an electrical current, allowing her to duel Haggar to a standstill. Despite her relative inexperience with her magic, Allura is clearly incredibly powerful, as her raw might alone was enough to frighten and match the elder Altean sorceress. Her first hint of magical power was her ability to see through Haggar's illusions. Allura's powers were greatly enhanced by her newly found alchemical knowledge. Not only was she capable of restoring Lance from near-death after he took a blast from a solar flare, but even more impressively, Allura proved herself capable of consciousness transfer. She did this by transferring Shiro's consciousness from the Black Lion into the body of his clone puppet. The process was quite intense, and the physical tole it took was so great that it turned the rest of Shiro's hair white.

Expert Pilot: Allura's timely intervention while piloting the Castle of Lions (with or without Coran's help) has saved the team several times. Her quick thinking and strategic intelligence allows her to engage far more powerful or numerous enemies, tipping battles in the team's favor or buying enough time to devise a strategy. While she initially struggled to pilot the Blue Lion, she learned quickly, unlocking several special abilities in a much shorter time than Lance.

Altean Alchemy: After Lotor defeats Zarkon, it is revealed that Lotor is searching for the fabled ancient Altean land Oriande. Lotor, and Allura are shown to bear the marks of the chosen, proving themselves worthy to enter Oriande. In the fight against the white lion Allura gives herself to the lion, proving herself worthy. Allura is given the same secrets her father was, and now posses the same knowledge Alfor used when creating Voltron.

Blue Bayard: She can turn her bayard in a Whip sword similar to the one Zarkon created in his first fight with Shiro and Keith. This can be use on a sword or Whips capable to cut, immobilizing enemy's, and can extend being used like a mid-distance projectile and later on a spear.