Sora Maeda

Sora Maeda, the Riftblade, is the Captain of the , military advisor of Skylor and girlfriend of Elise who was introduced in The Brave. She is the older sister of Freya Maeda, and also a member of the (her birth kingdom) and through her father Hanzo.
Sora was created by Tuxel who posted her submission in #character-suggestions-for-series on official Rainimator's Discord server, which was accepted on March 19th 2023.
== Design ==
Sora wears a blue vest and skirt with a dark grey corset and long, dark gray boots. Covering her mouth with a facemask similar to Ceris, Sora possesses the same dual Ender Eyes as any other Enderkin, but differently to most, her hair is black with bright pink on the underside. She wields an obsidian katana once wielded by her father in battle, with retractable claws as secondary weapons.
In Red Line, Sora is seen wearing a gray t-shirt, faded blue ripped jeans and short black joggers. Otherwise, her appearance is near identical with absence of all weaponry.
== Story ==
=== History ===
=== War of the Ender Kingdoms ===
==== The Brave ====
Sora, under Skylor's command, was entrusted with a critical mission to deliver the Key of the Gateways to the Heart in order to disable portal travel and delay Lance's plans. Although hesitant, she would leave her girlfriend and leader behind to travel to the Heart, only located due to her having Void Magic. Lance, surprised and rapidly realizing the actual plan, would send his best tracker - Dahlia-Sculkwing - to find her and kill her, only to be presumably killed herself in retaliation.
Realizing that Sora needed special attention, Lance would track her to the Heart and confront her in person. Angered that she would dare taunt him, the two engage in battle, where Lance narrowly protects himself from Sora's ultimate ability to grab her in a chokehold. With her wound to the abdomen and unable to escape his chokehold, only Skylor's timely intervention would enable her to complete her duty and escape. With her duty completed, Sora would take the key and flee to an unknown destination, with her girlfriend and superior captured by the . 
==Personality==
Sora is a very devoted individual, willing to do things she personally is not in favor of for the safety of the Kingdoms. She can maintain her cool in any situation, and shows no fear fighting against an Ender Lord, even if it spells her doom. 
== Skills==
Sora is a master of stealth and swordsmanship, able to use her katana to slice open rifts in space-time via Void Magic. As an Enderkin, she can teleport and has a generally enhanced physicality, allowing her to survive blows that would hurt normal humans. Other than that, it is unknown what details from her concept have transferred into her canon form.
==Appearances==
==Trivia==
*Sora is the second accepted character to be officially added into the series (however Sora made her debut in the Our Song universe, not War of the Ender Kingdoms), being preceded by Brots.
*She is the first pansexual character in the series, making her the seventh confirmed LGBTQ+ character.
** Her girlfriend is Elise, making their relationship ('Soralise') the only canonical LGBTQ+ relationship in any of the series'.
* Sora was born on March 20th, therefore sharing the same birthdate with Lyria Wintona.
*Sora is seen in Red Line, watching something on her phone as the Street Racers passed by.
*Her designs were all made by Tuxel, and translated into texture designs by XEliteXCraftersX.
*Sora shares a voice actor with Kaia, with both being voiced by Allanah Fitzgerald.
====Information from the Google Doc====
* Sora's father was high-ranking Dragonspire soldier who died during the battle. Because of this she knew Ceris long before she joined the Gatekeepers.
*Her katana once belonged to her father. Being the only memory she has left from him, she takes great care of it after each use.
*She is very close friend of Skylor and Ceris, and her girlfriend is Elise.
*She speaks the Fracture's equivalent of English and French, and uses Enderian Sign Language to communicate with her sister, Freya.
*Since her mother passed away during the birth of her sister, she chose Freya's name herself.
=====Original Table=====
	Gender: Female 	Affiliation: Gatekeepers 	Species: Enderkin
	Tall girl who fights with a katana.	Native on the Orchid City, Sora is a young woman who after the death of her parents joined the army and followed an important military training. She then joined the Gatekeepers under the responsibility of Skylor. She quickly took on an important role between the gatekeepers and was named Captain as well as Skylor's army advisor.As confirmed by Tuxel, she is designed to be pansexual, making her the first pansexual character in any of Rainimator's projects. https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/480760955521990669/1087000371622314014 She also has a sister - Freya - who is mentioned frequently in her submission document. https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/936108620704276480/1086659606006202398	Sora was proposed by discord user Tuxel#5209 and was accepted on Mar. 19, 2023
==Gallery==
===Promotional Renders/Gifs===
Sora Promotional 2.jpg|Sora in a promotional render.
File:Sora Script.png|Sora with a script in a promotional render.
TB2.png|Sora in The Gateways in a promotional render for The Brave.
TB4.png|Elise, Skylor and Sora in a promotional render for The Brave.
TB8.png|Sora and a Void Whale in a promotional render for The Brave.
TB9.png|Sora with Lance in a promotional render for The Brave.
Soralise.png|Sora resting on Elise's shoulder in a commemorative/promotional render by Dexter Kronos.
===Conceptual Renders===
SoraM.png|Sora's design in a conceptual render.
Sora_Turnaround.png|Sora's turnaround sheet in a conceptual render.
Sorawalkcycle.gif|Sora's walking cycle in a conceptual gif.
Sora1.gif|Sora fighting against Voidlings in conceptual gif.
Sora2.gif|Sora with the Gateway Key in a conceptual gif.
File:Sora Portal.gif|thumb|Sora using her Spatiokinesis to tear open a portal in a conceptual gif.
TB11.png|Sora versus Lance in a conceptual render.
=== Joke Renders===
Sora and Lance Portal.png|Sora and Lance in a joke render.
File:Sora Kiss Elise.png|A render of Sora and Elise kissing in a YouTube Short.
===Thumbnails===
The Brave Thumbnail.jpg|Skylor, Lance and Sora in the thumbnail of The Brave.
===Screenshots===
File:Depths of the Gateways.PNG|Sora within the Depths of the Gateways in The Brave.
File:Sora Keyway.PNG|Sora looking behind her in The Brave.
File:Sora Katana Unsheathe.PNG|Sora unsheathing her katana in The Brave.
File:Sora Focus.PNG|Sora focusing herself in The Brave.
File:Sora Vergil Slicer.gif|Sora slicing through a platoon of Voidlings in The Brave.
File:Sora vs Dahlia 1.png|Sora fending off Dahlia-Skulkwing in The Brave.
File:Sora vs Dahlia 2.png|Sora fending off Dahlia-Skulkwing in The Brave.
File:Sora vs Dahlia.gif|Sora fighting against Dahlia-Skulkwing in The Brave.
File:Sora stabbing Dahlia.png|Sora stabbing Dahlia-Skulkwing in The Brave.
File:Dahlia dead.png|Sora staring at Dahlia-Skulkwing's dead body in The Brave.
File:Sora Addressing Lance.PNG|Sora addressing Lance in The Brave.
File:Void Lance vs Sora Arcane.gif|Sora deflecting Lance's Arcane Blades in The Brave.
File:Void Lance vs Sora Blades.gif|Sora fighting against Lance in The Brave.
File:Riftblade Ultimate.gif|Sora unleashing her Riftblade technique on Lance in The Brave.
File:Sora Lance Fight.png|thumb|Sora at the mercy of Lance in The Brave.
==References==
Category:Enderkin
Category:Gatekeepers
Category:Protagonist
Category:Female
Category:LGBTQ+ Characters
Category:Accepted Fan Characters
Category:Voiced Characters
Category:Void Magic Users