Azura

You are the gray waves of the ocean
destined to seek life beyond the unreachable shore.
However, the waters never change.
flowing like time, the path is yours to climb.

In the white light, a hand reaches through.
A double-edged blade cuts your heart in two.
Daydreams
They fade away, embrace the new day.

Sing a song with me
From primogeniture and love, the light is scattered across the sky.
Dawn breaks through the gloom, white as bone.
Lost in thought, alone.

Life is not only filled with happiness, nor with sadness.
Even the thorn in your heart can eventually become a rose.

Sing a song with me
Over silence and blood, the rain falls, but it cannot wash away the mud.
Within my ancient heart dwells
Madness and pride, no one can hear my cry.

You are the gray waves of the ocean
destined to seek life beyond the unreachable shore.
However, the waters never change.
flowing like time, the path is yours to climb.

You are the gray waves of the ocean.

You are the ocean's gray waves
destined to seek life beyond the shore just out of reach.
Yet the waters ever change
flowing like time, the path is yours to climb.

In the white light, a hand reaches through.
A double-edged blade cuts your heart in two.
Waking dreams
fade away, embrace the brand new day.

Sing with me a song
of birthrights and love, the light scatters to the sky above.
Dawn breaks through the gloom, white as a bone.
Lost in thoughts, all alone.

Life is not just filled with happiness, nor sorrow.
Even the thorn in your heart, in time it may become a rose.

Sing with me a song
of silence and blood, the rain falls, but can't wash away the mud.
Within my ancient heart dwells
madness and pride, can no one hear my cry.

You are the ocean's gray waves
destined to seek life beyond the shore just out of reach.
Yet the waters ever change
flowing like time, the path is yours to climb.

You are the ocean's gray waves.

Ankle-Length Cyan Hair: Her most striking feature is her incredibly long, flowing sky-blue hair that falls past her waist, framed by an elegant white headpiece or veil.Amber/Golden Eyes: She has sharp, distinct bright yellow/amber eyes, which strongly contrast with her cold-toned blue hair and pale skin.The Magic Pendant: She always wears an ornate, gold filigree water pendant with a glowing blue gemstone. The pendant reacts to her signature song, "Lost in Thoughts All Alone," and acts as a conduit for her magical, reality-bending singing abilities. Bare Feet: In both her Hoshido form and her default iterations, Azura walks entirely barefoot, a physical trait she shares with her cousin Corrin. Asymmetrical Stocking: Her base outfit incorporates a highly stylized, asymmetrical thigh-high stocking/legging on only her left leg, leaving the right leg completely bare.

Color Palette: Primarily white with soft blue, cyan, and gold accents, contrasting her darker purple and black Nohr route attire.The Dress: A light, flowing, sleeveless dress or bodice suited for a dancer/songstress, paired with a layered, pleated short skirt with ruffled trims.Accessories: A decorative neckpiece or necklace, golden wrist cuffs or bracelets, and a delicate veil or hairpiece-adorned headpiece matching her distinct cyan-blue hair.Footwear: Light-colored strapped sandals or boots fit for agile movement and performance.Weapons: She typically wields a slender, ornate lance/polearm alongside her singing capabilities.

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'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 the Hoshido royal family should have rightfully belonged to Corrin. 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 her 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. Overall, Azura is much more world-weary and cynical compared to Corrin, yet she shares her vision of a peaceful world and unity between its nations.

Azura is kindhearted at her core and is surprisingly wise beyond what one could expect of her. Bearing the knowledge and secrecy regarding Valla, dragons and degeneration, and her own unique abilities fills her with immense responsibilities that she takes seriously. She feels the need to bear her unique ability and its effects alone, refusing to surrender it to Shigure despite teaching him how to do so. She outright never tells Corrin what happens whenever she uses the ability in Birthright, leaving her fate unknown to them on that route. In Conquest, even after Corrin sees the effect on her, Azura remains resolved to use it in order to end the war even when it sacrifices her life. Nevertheless, Azura is comforted with Lost in Thoughts All Alone, singing it to herself when needing to comfort herself as she says it reminds her of her mother in her support with Jakob.

you describe her as distant and wish that she would open up a little more. 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, although 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 friendly, and actively rejects any sort of comfort despite deeply wishing 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.

In Paralogue 3, on the ship, Azura is enjoying a view in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, Jakob/Felicia informs her that a young man on a Pegasus has just crashed their ship. Knowing who he is, Azura goes to see her son Shigure, as he escaped from his Deeprealm to find her as he is being chased by Vallites. Azura is surprised to see him here, but he tells her that strange warriors are pursuing him from his Deeprealm. Azura is surprised that they are also targeting him, while Shigure is unaware about his mother's powers and the past. Two large ships broadside theirs in the process. Shigure asks Azura if he may fight so that he may avenge his friends, but Azura refuses to let him and asks him to hide somewhere, much to his disappointment.

After the battle, Azura tells Shigure that she went to his Deeprealm to find the village destroyed and its inhabitants killed. Shigure sings Lost in Thoughts All Alone as a requiem for his fallen friends. He then asks Azura what he should do now, as he now has no one left except her, to which Azura states she has no choice but to find another place to hide him. Shigure states he doesn't want to hide anymore and tells Azura that he's joining her cause, to which she tells him that he must stay safe; Shigure states that his friends lost their lives trying to save him and he needs to learn to protect himself—he needs to get strong enough so he can make the same sacrifice for others. Azura tells Shigure that he needs to let her protect him when she can, and he cannot deny her that; Shigure states that his heart is singing a song of hope for the future, to which Azura asks that they make it a duet, to which Shigure agrees.

Regardless of the route chosen in the end, Azura's entire existence is a huge mystery by future scholars and historians. If she is married however, her existence is proven thanks to the records of her marriage to her husband as well as the records of her son, Shigure.

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.

During the following celebration of Corrin's return at the capital square, Corrin's Ganglari is detonated by a hooded man and kills most of the people attending, including Mikoto. Azura (along with Ryoma and Sakura) bears witness to Corrin's transformation into a mindless dragon. She then warns Corrin to avoid the Wyrmslayer-wielding mercenaries and assists them in defeating the Hooded Man. After the battle, Azura uses her powers to revert Corrin back into a human, even though she is nearly killed by the feral Corrin in the process. Corrin is confused about their dragon form, thus Azura gives them a Dragonstone, telling them that it will allow them to turn into a dragon again but will also keep their mind intact. She advises them to keep it with them at all costs, or the next time they turn into a dragon again without it, she may be unable to save them. She also mentions that she feels close to and safe with Corrin despite their short time together. Azura joins the Hoshido Siblings and Corrin to the Plains of Hoshido, where the Hoshidan and Nohrian armies meet. Depending on Corrin's choice, Azura's involvement with the story of Fates changes.

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 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.