Sorahime Hinode
Lady Sorahime Hinode (a.k.a. Sora)
Divine Domains
Divine Symbols & Sigils
- A white hare
- The sun overtaking the moon
- Owls
Holidays
Her saint day is December 14th, her birthday.
It is celebrated as a day to confess one's feelings to a person one is romantically interested in. Most often this is done by giving a rose or other flower on the day, though this is sometimes done with sweets or pastries instead.
It is also common for elves and humans to put aside their differences on the day and spend time as friends, sharing food and drink.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Body Features
Identifying Characteristics
Physical quirks
Apparel & Accessories
She once wore a black leotard, a blue blazer with puffed sleeves, black thigh high heeled boots, and a wraparound skirt that could be removed for better mobility. Additionally, she sometimes wore a red crown of roses, a silver ring, and a leather garter belt around her left thigh that carries her collection of daggers.
In the current day she wears a ballerina's outfit inspired by a black swan, with a jester-like cape overtop. She wields Sunthorn, an ancestral sword of her family's that can shoot a single arrow of slaying and morph into a dagger afterwards, growing back into a rapier over the course of a week.
In her downtime she wears various simple but high quality dresses/outfits crafted by her husband Yoruko .
Specialized Equipment
Sora's magic items include a mask of pure air, a quiver of elhonna, a bag of holding, a belt of returning, a fire dagger, two daggers of venom, a bulette shortbow, the Mikazuki Wedding Ring, and Sunthorn.
She once utilized a cloak of displacement, but lost it after lending it to Hanzo during his interrogation.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Sora was raised in a noble family with several handmaidens/nurses over the course of her life. However, because of her mother's lower status, she was sometimes treated cruelly and had difficulty making real friends. In addition, her health was poor for much of her early life, causing her to become a fairly frail person overall. She spent a majority of her time reading romance novels, playing instruments, and picking flowers to press.
After the coup, Sora felt as though she had no reason to live and would have allowed herself to waste away if not for Jun caring for her. Some time passed this way before Jun trained Sora to be a spy and allowed her to venture into the world on her own (with careful monitoring and frequent check-ins). Eventually this allowed for Sora to develop skills she never otherwise would have needed, as well as a mind and will independent of the needs of Genos or the Snow Hares.
Overall, while a good-hearted person, she still embodies many traits of being a spoiled and fairly self centered princess.
Education
Taught several noble arts and educated in many topics by personal tutors, but showed little interest in her schooling. As a result she is reasonably bright but perhaps not as knowledgeable as she should have been. However, due primarily to personal interests, her knowledge of flora and history is impressively vast. She’s quick at basic math and can do large sums and division with some time but is otherwise unskilled at complex equations.
In comparison, when it comes to artistic endeavors, her noble background shines through. Sora can play upwards of 8 instruments, as well as play and sing most music with impressive accuracy for a first read through. Over time, her lack of practice has caused her to be significantly less experienced than she once was, though her signature Lyre playing has nearly returned to its former glory.
Beyond music, she also is fond of painting, sketching, writing prose, and, though with more gusto and less skill, sewing. One of her earliest creations was a well-dressed rabbit long treasured by her dear friend Yoruko for his 16th birthday.
Despite her artistic prowess, her fear of judgement and lack of confidence prevented her from exposing her talents to the ever scrutinizing and critical gaze of the Genosian Court.
Accomplishments & Achievements
- Being allowed to ride a unicorn ❤️
- Killing Remon with a single shot...twice
- Becoming a Davidian Saint
- Ruling as Queen and righting the wrongs of her father and lover
- Finding real love and getting married
- Gaining ownership of her mother's estate and following in her footsteps
Failures & Embarrassments
Because of her mother’s status, she was often shunned and made fun of by her fellow nobles when they could get away with it. Many attempts were made to teach her magic and martial training but she showed nonexistent aptitude for either, leading to her being called useless behind closed doors. Knowing her bad reputation, Sora withdrew into herself instead of trying to prove her worth and developed fairly poor social skills because of it.
She is ashamed she failed to notice Yoruko’s feelings towards her and of the suffering he had been through because of it.
Mental Trauma
While living in the palace, especially in her earlier years, she was the subject of countless rumors. Many of these she was able to ignore, but a few left their mark in her mind. One such rumor, that her lack of apparent sex appeal would cause her future husband to be disloyal to her, has caused her to develop bodily insecurities and an intense jealousy of women with well-endowed chests. Afterwards, she also grew to have a deep fear of being unable to find true love, a long-held dream of hers.
Sora has always had minor trust issues because of her station, but they became significantly worse after the coup. However, she is aware of it and tries to work past them when given the opportunity. She distrusts most people and keeps her doubts to herself to maintain the facade of being relatively harmless when possible.
Seeing Nikos be killed in front of her has thoroughly traumatized her. She refuses to allow other people to physically protect her when possible, though she is still a little cowardly and lapses under severe fear. In these instances, she tends more towards motherly figures for comfort. Nikos is also the cause of Sora’s bittersweet feelings for her once favorite candy, caramel. Though she no longer interprets her feelings towards him as love, they did once share a caramel-flavored kiss shortly before the last time they ever saw one another. The pain and guilt of knowing his death was to save her own life continues to be something she grapples with often.
Intellectual Characteristics
Has a knack for history, plants, strategy and puzzles. Not so great with philosophical or moral dilemmas. Having been heavily sheltered for so long, she tends to be naive and particularly susceptible to vaguely frightening situations.
Thanks to defeating Gorrig Vilsang, she is proficient in every skill.
Taboos
Personality Characteristics
Likes & Dislikes
Likes:
- Fruits, sweet things
- Plants, especially flowers
- Books, mostly gratuitous romance novels
- Helping people
- Water, taking fancy baths
- Friends!!!!!
- Frilly and shiny things
- Animals, especially soft ones
- Yoruko
Dislikes:
- Most alcohol other than flavored or sweetened ones
- Being dirty for long periods of time
- Social/Peer Pressure
- Tentacles…
- Keeping secrets, having secrets hidden from her
- Judgemental people
- Meat
Virtues & Personality perks
Vices & Personality flaws
Having been born a princess, one might imagine Sora had nothing to want for, but she was actually quite jealous at times, though rarely for material goods. Loving families, peaceful lives, freedom, an attractive physique, and a lack of responsibilities are all things she longed for, to the point where she may have come to resent someone who was in possession of several of these qualities. Her once-tense relationship with Uleone is a good example of this.
When she is stressed, it’s common to see her eat or drink her feelings. If possible, she might also run away and hide from any prying eyes she feels might be judging her. In cases of extreme helplessness, she sometimes has flashbacks to her experience during the coup and becomes completely unresponsive, and often has panic attacks.
She is much less jealous and fearful in the present day after finding strength through her friends and happiness through her marriage.
Personality Quirks
Hygiene
Social
Contacts & Relations
Despite having had many handmaidens throughout her life, Sora considers Jun to be her mother figure and deeply treasures any friends she has made. Though she once believed herself to be in love with Nikos, she has recently come to the realization that her feelings were more akin to infatuation and obsession for a person who showed her affection and attention during a period where few others were around to do so. She still remembers him fondly but is aware that their relationship probably would never have worked out.
Soon after defeating Levistus and Ognic, Yoruko confessed his feelings to Sora and they became an item. Three years later, as his only birthday wish, and with the possibility of death looming over both of them, the two were married.
They now live happily together in the Winery Sora's maternal family owned, with Jun and Phillip as their housekeeper and cook.
Sora is also in contact with many other high-ranking people, including King Aric of Blackmire, Queen Shiori of Genos, and most of the palace workers in Magister's Ridge.
Family Ties
Hobbies & Pets
Since she is fond of cute things, Sora has had many pets throughout her life, most of which were cats stolen away from their jobs as pest control in the pantries. Her most recent pet in the palace was Yumi, a mischievous ragdoll kitten lured away from it's mother with fish. More recently, she acquired Wolfram and Pruza, though they may not themselves count as pets.
There was a time when Sora was able to play numerous different instruments, including the lyre, cello, oboe, viola, lute, flute, zither, and piano, to name a few. She had only mastered the lyre before the coup, and was since out of practice with all instruments other than it.
Now, six years after dethroning Yoruko, she has picked back up many of the instruments she once played and is working on bettering her skill once again. The going is slow without a tutor, but her husband often asks her to play him songs in the evening, so she is sure to get there eventually.
Relationships
Zodiac Sign:
Sagittarius
Theme Song:
Listen Here
Primary Weapon:
Sunthorn
While casting Suggestion on Levistus, who was possessing Yoruko's body.
