Sora

Sora (born Ana) is the Elemental Master of Technology and an inventor. She is one of Lloyd's ninja students. Born as an Imperian citizen, Ana was one of the smartest inventors of her kingdom, but after seeing how it treats dragons and being mistreated by her parents, Ana left her home after the Merge, changed her name to "Sora" and befriended Arin. Years after the Merge, Sora makes a connection to a dragon called Riyu, who helps her discover her Elemental Power. She would then be trained by the Green Ninja Lloyd, and she destroyed the Photacs during the Battle of the Second Monastery. Afterwards, Sora and Nya searched for the Yellow Dragon Core, meeting Cole along the way. Sora immediately started to harness her powers and unlock her True Potential without the help of Riyu during the Liberation of Imperium, after realizing the ninja were her true family.
Sometime later, Sora built three mechs for herself, Kai, and Cole out of Chronosteel to handle Lobbo being mutated, stopping the Mechanic, and stopping the Lava-Tides from stealing dragon eggs.
Her popularity as a ninja continued to rise until Cinder stole the Mallet of Shattering and broke Wyldfyre's leg, leading to her and most of the ninja heading to a dojo, where she was assigned to be taught under Rontu and solemnly watching Egalt demote Arin before the Blood Moon interferes in their training, and they head to the Wyldness, where she, Kai, and Wyldfyre infiltrate the Wolf Clan to try and rescue Euphrasia and some of the Writers of Destiny assigned to be sacrifices for the Forbidden Five. While they were successful, Ras sent Kai into the Nether-Space before Sora secretly helps Arin defeat Ras until the moon passed by.
==History==
==Inventions==
This is a list of all the inventions made by Sora:
*Photacs (disabled)
*SA Mark 01
*Jiro's armor (destroyed by Beatrix)
*Elemental Tech Mech (destroyed)
*Elemental Earth Mech
*Elemental Fire Mech (destroyed)
*Dragon Hooks
*Climber Mech
==Vehicles==
===Dragons===
*Zanth
**A dragon that Sora named herself after before learning her original name and shared a bond with.
**She first appeared in "Return to Imperium."
===Mechs===
*SA Mark 01 
**A vehicle that can take form between a mech and a bike because of her power of Technology.
**It first appeared in "The Merge: Part 1."
*Elemental Tech Mech
**A mech created from Chronosteel, enabling it to harness Technology. Additionally, it possesses the ability to interchange components with other Elemental Mechs.
**It first appear in "What the Mech?"
==Appearance==
Sora has long pink hair done up in a ponytail with pink eye makeup and furry whisker-like markings on both cheeks to mark her status as an Imperian. She wears a midnight blue sweatshirt with cat ears on the hood underneath a white racing suit with midnight blue markings, first two letters of her name in midnight blue and the last two in pink underneath, both on the right side, pink belts, pink bandolier, a pink cat's face on the back, right midnight blue glove, Imperium armor on her left arm, and midnight blue cat ear shaped headphones.
During her time in Imperium as Ana, she had pigtails and wore a standard black uniform with Imperium's symbol for Imperian kids.
From "Return to Imperium" to "The Battle of the Second Monastery", Sora dons the disguise of an Imperium citizen under the alias of Sora Surname, with an added marking on both cheeks.
==Age==
The ninjas' ages are not specified.https://twitter.com/otherland71/status/1662922746509287424
Sora is a teenager.
Possible estimations: According to Sabrina Pitre, Sora was described to be 15 years old when she auditioned.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRU0Eql55DQ&t=343s
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Sora's father
*Sora's mother
===Allies===
*Ninja
*Dragons
*Alfonzo Frohicky
*Kreel (former enemy)
*Craglings (former enemies)
*Writers of Destiny
*Spirit of the Temple (former enemy)
*Arrakore
*Imperium Teen Resistance Force
*Rapton (temporary)
===Enemies===
*Claws of Imperium (formerly)
*Imperium Guards (formerly)
*Dr. LaRow
*Empress Beatrix
*Dorama
*Tentacled beasts
*Sweeper (formerly)
*The Mechanic
*Lava-Tides
*Wolf Clan
*Nokt
==Abilities==
*Technology: As an Elemental Master of Technology, Sora can take control of any technological constructs, allowing her to modify their mechanisms or allow it to take the form of something else, as she was able to morph the SA Mark 01 into a bike.
*Mechanical skills: Sora is a gifted inventor whose mechanical genius were recognized by Dr. LaRow and the Advanced Systems Lab immediately as a child, having pioneered the creation of the indestructible hard light Photacs.
*Hacking: Because of her interest in technology since childhood, Sora also became a professional at hacking and splicing, being able to hack through the mainframes of any machinery in seconds and bypass online security.
==Official description==
===Introducing Sora===
“Why go anywhere when the best of the realms are here. For example...me!”
Skilful, independent and definitely not lacking in confidence, Sora seized her chance to leave the shadowy city of Imperium when The Merge hit. Now she’s struck up a friendship with Arin that could take them both to new heights...https://youtu.be/aFVhk48ZI-8
===Creative===
Sora, a genius inventor and hacker, shares a connection with baby dragon Riyu. Her rapid creations are crucial for the ninja in their quest to save the world.https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/ninjago/dragons-rising?icmp=LP-SHQL-Standard-Ninjago_QL_Standard_Dragons_rising-TH-NJ-TATOA6YIPV
===Play Stories===
*STRENGTH: Loyalty
*TALENT: Master of Technology
*SECRET FEAR: Being without Riyu
*ULTIMATE GOAL: To trust herself
===YOUNG HEROES AGAINST EVIL FORCES!===
The brains of the team
- Grew up in the Empire
- Has a special connection to the young dragon Riyu
- Is a real tech wizard
- Pessimistic: has difficulty trusting othersBandit Raid!
==Appearances==
==Etymology==
The name Sora is primarily a gender-neutral name of Japanese origin that means Sky. However, in-universe, her name comes from the ancient Imperium word for orphan and she named herself after Zanth, who was nicknamed Sora at the time."Return to Imperium"
Her birth name, Ana, means "favored grace."
==Trivia==
*According to Chris "Doc" Wyatt, the metal on her left arm is just armor and not a prosthetic robot arm.https://twitter.com/otherland71/status/1665398843884576768
**Despite this, Play Stories claims that her left arm is a prosthetic.
**In particular designs, Sora's hair color is Pink and also she is based off the character and inspired to Aelita Schaffer from Code Lyoko and her powers have technology and creation as well.
*In "Return to Imperium," the ID card Sora creates for herself says "Sora Surname" in Ninjargon.
*Both minifigures of Sora in casual attire use a hair piece of the pigtails she had in her youth.
*In early concept, Sora was originally depicted as a non-human kitsune as a callback to Akita.https://x.com/mikerayhawk/status/1706042271278215328?s=61
*She appears to be fond of cats, based on her headphones, hood, and the cat symbol on the back of her racing suit.
*She is the first ninja that was not born in Ninjago.
*She and Wyldfyre are the only ninja who don't have ninja suits, as her outfit is a racing suit and Wyldfyre's is a normal outfit.
**Sora does not have a ninja suit because "even though it's been a while since she left Imperium, Sora's still got a thing against wearing what everyone else is wearing."https://x.com/otherland71/status/1799190499582218376
==Video==
NINJAGO Dragons Rising - Introducing Sora
==Gallery==
==Translations==
===Ana===
===Sora===
==References==
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