Soren

THIS PAGE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE DRAGON PRINCE
===Introduction===
Soren is a male Sand/Night hybrid born to his father, Viren, and his mother, Lissa. He is the older brother of Claudia and currently serves as the head crownguard for King Ezran. He is loyal, positive, and charismatic.
===Appearance===
====Physical====
Soren has dominantly SandWing physique, with a long coiled tail (that does not end in a venomous barb) and mostly SandWing scales. Soren has a tendency to overheat in very warm climates, and he emits warmth like a SandWing. He has some NightWing scales on his face, but it’s dominantly SandWing. He has rounder eyes, adding to his friendly appearance, as well as a sharp jawline. He has a hair-like sail that extends down his spine, trailing into some small spikes near the tip of his tail. Soren has curved, blunt talons, which he doesn’t think are good for fighting, causing him to intensely prefer his sword.
====Coloration====
Soren has warm, dusty blonde scales, and his sail is darker at the roots, but grows out to be a crisper, cleaner blonde. He dyes his sail, and has a naturally dark brown or black sail (but he dislikes the resemblance to his father). Soren has round, light blue eyes, and an almost white underbelly.
====Accessories====
Soren has a sword strapped to his right hip with a black leather belt that has golden buckles. It attaches over his back (flattening some of his sail) and wrapping around his stomach. He also has silver and gold armor that covers most of his body, adding a fair amount of weight for him to carry. The armor straps around his limbs with black leather and gold buckles. He also often wears pink pajamas that he wears to cushion his armor. Later, when he gets older, he discards some of the armor, and has a darker chestplate with the Katolis crest.
====Scars====
*Small scar over left eye from trying to copy Corvus’s scar 
*Several on his underbelly from numerous training accidents and battles
===Abilities===
====Tribal====
Fire-Breath: Soren has the natural ability to breathe fire, though he rarely uses it. He thinks that it makes dueling “too easy” and restricts his options for a challenge. He prefers to swordfight or wield a weapon, and only ever uses his fire for camping and torch-lighting.
Heat Emission: Soren’s scales radiate a slight amount of heat, making him a “natural heater” when it’s cold out. He also provides warm, comforting hugs for those who need them.
Night Vision: Soren has weaker night vision, but he can still see moderately well. Not as well as his sister, though, and he was often bothered when she had to point things out in the dark for him.
====Other====
Battle Knowledge: Soren is a very experienced soldier, and he’s faced his fair share of battles. He is confident when fighting, and well versed in many different styles of fighting. While he prefers to use a sword, he can fight with his natural abilities as well. 
Sword-Fighting Skills: Soren is incredibly skilled at wielding a blade, and is the youngest soldier to ever make crownguard. He can hold his own against other sword users, and was even able to withstand the attacks of Moonshadow assassins. 
“Sweep the leg is not a thing in sword-fighting!”
Strategy: Soren is very resourceful when it comes to making plans, though when emotions are heightened he has a tendency to just rush into the situation. He often has good ideas for battle formations, as well as fighting techniques.
====Weaknesses====
Anxiety: Soren suffers from intense anxiety, and has experienced panic attacks before. Having a panic attack only makes everything worse because it reminds him of the horrible asthma attacks he had when he was young, and how his parents would whisper about how they weren’t sure he’d make it.
Asthma: Soren was affected by severe asthma as a dragonet, and it nearly killed him multiple times. His asthma was cured by horrible things his father did to perform a dark magic spell, and ultimately that helped caused his mother to leave. Soren knows none of what his father did to save him, nor that his asthma was even “cured” by dark magic. Soren still sometimes has very mild flare ups, usually when he’s stressed and using exercise to cope with it.
Talking About Problems: Soren has the tendency to not talk about his problems to most of the dragons that want to help him, and he bottled up and ignored everything that happened with his father and sister.
Lying: Soren is a truly awful liar, and he gets very hyperactive when he lies, often being unable to stop moving or talking too much.
Heat Resistance: Unfortunately, Soren was not hatched with any heat resistance, and he often overheats. It’s especially bad when he’s training or traveling, and he’s suffered the symptoms or prolonged heat exposure more than once. He always carries some water on him.
Pain: Due to an incident that resulted in Soren breaking his back, he was told he would never move again. Despite being healed with dark magic (by his sister, Claudia) he still suffers from occasional pain and stiffness. Most commonly he’s plagued by back pain, aches in his shoulders, and stiffness in his joints.
===Personality===
Upon first appearance, Soren has a tendency to come off as brash and overconfident, when he’s really charming, charismatic, and loyal. He is friendly and enjoys helping out others. He would occasionally tease Prince Callum and call him the “step-Prince” or “misstep-Prince”, but in the end he would mean well. He enjoys being lighthearted, and making puns/jokes. After his experience with Pyrrah and being paralyzed, he gained some humility, though was pretty much back to normal after he was healed. He never lost that feeling though, of not being able to do something that had come so naturally not an hour ago. He is haunted by a distinctive fear of being paralyzed again. 
Soren also harbors something akin to jealousy towards his sister, who was always their father’s favorite, and it left him with a desire to prove himself, and to be valued. Despite being considered “less” by his father, Soren had a very strong moral compass. He used this to make the decision to let Corvus go when imprisoned, and too not go through with the task of killing the princes. Soren made numerous bad decisions in his past, and he grew older he learned and gained more wisdom. 
====Likes====
*Butter (Soren eats a disturbing amount of butter)
*Hat
*His friends
*Sparring
*Training
*Pancakes
*Zym
*Xadia
*Going on missions 
*Planning parties 
*Being strong 
*Telling jokes
*Being funny
====Dislikes====
*His father (depends)
*His sister (depends)
*Seeing his friends injured 
*King Ezran being in danger
*Failing
*Asthma
*Not being able to breathe
*Panicking
*Aaravos 
*Katolis being in danger 
*Being lied to
*Death
*Lying in general
*Pain/Being in pain 
*Almost dying
*Moths
*The moon
===Relationships===
====Aaravos====
At first, Soren was unaware of Aaravos’s existence, and just presumed that his father was making his own choices. Upon learning of the Startouch Elf’s history, Soren figured out that his father was being manipulated by Aaravos. Aaravos knew of Soren’s presence due to his contact with Viren, and when possessing Callum, Aaravos mocks Soren. Soren later tries to convince Claudia not to free him by reminding her of the atrocities the elf had committed when he was free.
 “Ah, the failed son. The one who’s father wishes he’d never been born.” -Aaravos to Soren 
====Callum====
At first Soren teased Callum, and made fun of him, referring to him as a “step Prince” or a “misstep Prince”. Though Callum is younger, they’ve known each other since they were children, and Soren was envious of Callum having King Harrow, who loved him. They weren’t entirely enemies, however, as Soren pretended to lose to Callum during a sparring lesson so that Callum could impress Claudia, and Soren shoved Callum out of the way of an incoming arrow. 
Soren and Callum remained close friends, and Soren warned against Callum’s fascination with Aaravos’s mirror, remembering what it did to his father. Callum panicked when he found out Soren was separated from the group and alone in the Drakewood, before being calmed by Rayla’s reminder that Soren could take care of himself. 
Soren was horrified when he saw Finnegrin torture Callum, and he willingly offered his talon up in place of Callum’s when Finnegrin forced an ultimatum. Soren ultimately saved Callum and the group by convincing Finnegrin’s servant, Elmer, to turn against him.
 “I’ve been stabbed by the stab-Prince, lord stabbington! Spurt! Spurt!” -Soren purposefully losing to Callum in a sparring match.
====Claudia====
Claudia’s is Soren’s sister, and the two have been close since the day Claudia was born. They didn’t always get along, and Claudia teased Soren a fair amount, but other than that, Soren was incredibly protective of her. Soren was always a little uncomfortable with Claudia’s usage of dark magic, and Claudia went through the lengths to heal him after he was paralyzed.
When Viren used a spell on his army, Soren decided to leave, and he tried his best to convince Claudia to leave with him. He didn’t want to leave her for Viren and Aaravos to infect. After Soren left, Claudia forced herself to not consider him as a brother anymore. Claudia also watched in horror as Soren stabbed and killed an illusion of their father, Soren immediately regretted the decision, and didn’t know that the “Viren” he killed was just an illusion. Claudia revealed later that it was all a distraction and Soren is panicked by the news, knowing that Rayla is facing Viren alone at the top of the Storm Spire.
Through everything, Soren still clung to the small but of hope that Claudia could be convinced to join him. By the time the two met again, Soren had realized that Claudia wasn’t going to be stopped in her mission to free Aaravos. He told her of the horrible things Aaravos has done, and Claudia replied with the fact that Aaravos is the reason any mortal had magic at all. Soren warned Claudia against following in their dad’s footsteps, and he told her that Viren was dead. He was shocked and horrified by the reveal that Viren was indeed alive. 
Even though they are on opposite sides, Soren still cares deeply for Claudia, and can’t bare the thought of losing her. He still has some hope he can save her.
 “Why are you stacking the bread like that?” -Claudia to Soren
“It’s a bread sandwich.” -Soren to Claudia
====Corvus====
Corvus is Soren’s best friend. At first, when they met, Soren and Corvus were enemies, while Corvus was on a mission to save the princes and Soren was not. Soren imprisoned Corvus and knocked him out, forcing him to travel with him and Claudia for a while. Corvus is eventually released by Soren after a fire dragon starts attacking the town they’re in, and Soren tells Corvus to help the people get to safety. Corvus tells Soren “don’t get yourself killed” before leaving.
The two don’t meet again until after Soren breaks Prince Ezran out of prison and smuggles him away from Katolis, where Corvus, Barius, and Opeli are waiting for him. They then meet again at the Battle Of The Storm Spire, where they fight on the same side to defeat Viren’s army. During the two years of peace the world had, Soren and Corvus grew closer.
After suggesting the idea to King Ezran, Soren proceeded to ask Corvus to join the Crownguard with him, and Corvus agreed. Soren was incredibly nervous about asking Corvus to join, and Corvus (now very good at reading the other) picked up on that. Soren was interested to learn that Corvus’s favorite season was autumn. At first Corvus was a bit hesitant, and asked Soren if Ezran put him up to this, and Soren denied it, saying it was his idea all along. The thought that Corvus never asked Soren how he was doing after the Viren incident, occurred to him, and Corvus felt bad about it, but also admired how Soren could keep going. 
Soren is very affectionate with Corvus, often hugging him, putting a talon on his shoulder, or draping an arm around him. After the events of at the Great Bookery, Corvus remained in Queen Janai’s elven camp, while Soren assisted the rest of Team Zym. The two reunited to go on a mission to find Zubeia, Queen of the dragons. In the forest, they encountered a species that Soren deemed “Mushpals” which were little bipedal mushrooms. The two had to chase one and Corvus’s recently healed leg flared up, resulting in Soren having to carry him and catch him after a fall. The two proceeded to encounter more challenges along the way, and their mission ended with Corvus saying that Zym could rely on Soren.
*Soren is 1/2 an inch taller than Corvus and brags about it, despite Corvus being older
“He’s got me. A good man, with a big heart.” -Soren translating Corvus’s word-hands.
“Corvus, I’m hungry!” -Soren to Corvus
 “Soren! Good to see you!” -Corvus to Soren
====Ezran====
Ezran always believed that Soren could be good, and he let him and Claudia go free, stating they would not be held accountable for their father’s crimes. Soren was grateful to Ezran, and when Ezran took Viren’s place in prison, Soren rescued him, and got him out of Katolis. Soren also stabbed an illusion of his father for attempting to kill Prince Ezran, and Ezran has commented numerous times that Soren is one of the best crownguard’s ever.
Ezran is also often accompanied by Soren on his trips outside the kingdom, and Soren doesn’t want to fail King Ezran like he did King Harrow. Soren accompanied Ezran on the mission to ensure that Aaravos wasn’t released, and he and Corvus came with Ezran to meet Domina Profundis, archdragon of the ocean. Soren and Corvus also helped Ezran practice his speech for the archtribes of Xadia. Ezran was worried when Soren was separated from the group after the Drakewood, but he had faith that Soren would make it through.
Soren and Ezran agreed that Aaravos’s Pearl was too dangerous to keep in Katolis, so Callum’s group left, taking the real Pearl while Ezran stayed back to guard the fake one. Soren and Corvus left to find Zubeia.
“It’s like the dragonguard…but the Ezranguard.” -Soren to Zubeia about the Crownguard
====Harrow====
If asked Soren will deny this, but he was formerly jealous of King Harrow’s love for his sons, considered that Soren did not receive the same affection from his own father. Soren bullied Callum slightly over this, but usually regretted his decision and made up for it. 
Soren states that he doesn’t want to fail King Ezran like he failed King Harrow, and he is still troubled by the fact he couldn’t save King Harrow. He fought Moonshadow Elves fiercely to defend the King, but to no avail as Harrow was killed anyway. This left Soren with the lingering feeling that it could happen again, to Ezran, who he cared about much more.
====Hat====
Hat is Soren’s baby Glow Toad friend. He saved the small baitling from drowning in the ocean, and from being eaten by a Sea Leviathan. Hat traveled along with Soren and Corvus on their mission to find Zubeia, and he was kept close by Soren. 
“Corvus, look! I’m Hat’s hat!” -Soren to Corvus about Hat
====Lissa====
Lissa was sure to stay by Soren’s side whenever he was sick as a dragonet. Viren forcibly collected Lissa’s tears to heal Soren from a near-death state, and it resulted in Viren and Lissa separating. It was also Viren’s work in dark magic that caused the family to fall. Seeing Zym reunite with his mom made Soren wonder about his own.
====Pyrrah ====
Soren attacked Pyrrah, causing the fire dragon to wreck havoc on a small, Katolian town. Pyrrah set fire to the city, and Soren had Claudia use a dark magic spell to cause a spear to follow Pyrrah. Pyrrah was brought down by the spear, and crash-landed in the woods, where she was fearlessly defended by Rayla. Claudia had intent to kill the already downed dragon and use her for dark magic. Soren cut off a part of Pyrrah’s horn. Callum freed Pyrrah and the fire dragon slammed her tail into Soren, knocking him backward into a boulder and breaking his spine. Without Claudia’s dark magic, Soren would be paralyzed.
Soren and Pyrrah met again when Pyrrah discovered Soren passed out on the steps to the peak of the Storm Spire. Soren thought Pyrrah was going to kill him, but she instead carried him to the tip of the Spire, where he was helped by Callum. Soren and Pyrrah battled against Viren side by side, and Soren cheered her on when she led the other fire dragons into the fray. Soren also warned Pyrrah against landing when Viren’s army was capturing members of the archtribes. 
Pyrrah also allows Soren to ride on her back when they’re searching for Zubeia.
====Rayla====
Upon their first meeting, Soren thought of Rayla as an enemy and nothing more. She was an assassin going to kill the ruler he was sworn to protect. Soren and Claudia tracked Rayla, and Claudia put her to sleep with music. Soren was prepared to strike down the elf while she was incapacitated, but Rayla sprang up and fought back. Callum broke up the fight quickly, but Rayla remained suspicious of Soren and Claudia due to the lies they told to Callum and Ezran. Rayla’s suspicions were confirmed when Soren and Claudia tried to kidnap Zym.
Rayla and Soren met again when Rayla was defending the injured Pyrrah, and she fought off Soren as long as possible. Callum came to Rayla’s aid and Soren was paralyzed by Pyrrah. They met a third time when Soren was carried to the top of the Storm Spire. Rayla was very unhappy with Soren’s presence, and held a very strong grudge against him. After a speech where Soren acknowledge his father’s villainous intent and how Viren was wrong, Rayla began to warm up to him, and they fought together at the Battle Of The Storm Spire.
After Rayla’s two year disappearance, Soren held something against her for abandoning Callum and putting him through emotional torture. Soon he began offering tips on how she could make it up to Callum, since she already felt bad about leaving. They watched over Zym and the Baitlings for a time and Soren was horrified when he watched Rayla be tortured.
*No Soren and Rayla are literal besties trust
“You don’t speak sarcasm to well, do you?” -Rayla to Soren
 “No I do not.” -Soren to Rayla
====Viren====
Lord Viren is Soren’s father. When Soren was a dragonet he was often sick, and his father worked tirelessly to try and find a cure. Viren helped Soren learn techniques to slow down his breathing and to soothe the discomfort he felt. Viren eventually did cure Soren’s asthma, through dark magic, which caused Lissa to leave him. 
Viren grew to blame Soren for Lissa leaving him, and he distanced himself from Soren, often cutting him out and ignoring him. Soren grew up feeling lonely and abandoned by Viren, who was often upset with the young dragon. Soren always felt intimidated by his father, and was scared what Viren would do if he failed his mission to kill the princes. 
When confronting Viren in the dungeons, Claudia and Soren argued about the missions Viren sent them on. Claudia explained that Soren almost died, leading Viren to shout that his life didn’t matter. When Soren told his father that he didn’t want to kill the princes, Viren manipulated the words to make Soren seem foolish. After Viren became king, Soren made sure to free Ezran and he came with Viren’s army when they left to attack Xadia. After seeing Viren turn his army into lava husks, Soren ran, and he left to find King Ezran and warn him about the incoming attack. Soren faced off against an illusion of his father, who he ended up killing to save King Ezran. Claudia revealed that it was nothing real, and Soren was scared to learn that Viren was already at the top of the Storm Spire. 
After Viren’s demise at the Storm aspire Soren admitted to Rayla that he wished his father hadn’t died, but was glad he wasn’t the one to kill him. Once he learned of Aaravos’s existence, Soren knew that he was the one manipulating his family, Soren immediately tried to help stop him. Once he saw Claudia for the first time, he tried in vain to convince her to stop. Soren was horrified to learn that Viren was indeed alive, and working to free Aaravos as well. Claudia and Terry tied Soren up, which resulted in a panic attack from his lack of movement and the gag in his mouth. Viren instantly came to his aid, removing the gag and walking Soren through the breathing technique. Soren’s breathing steadied but he refused to acknowledge Viren, still viewing him as the dark magic infected monster he saw at the Storm Spire. Soren pushed Viren away, who left him alone, though some regret nagged at him. 
Once Viren returned to Katolis and was arrested by King Ezran, Soren tried his best to ignore the mage’s presence. Soren volunteered to bring meals to Viren, who’d accepted his position as a prisoner. Viren tried his best to explain, to tell Soren everything he regretted, everywhere he went wrong, but Soren refused to listen, claiming that Viren was just trying to manipulate him again. Soren was actually struck by Viren’s words, and he tried his best to refuse to believe him, but he never talked to his father about it. When Sol Regem attacked Katolis, Soren seeks out his father to use the dark magic spell “Hearts Of Cinder”. Viren refused at first, panicked at the thought of doing dark magic again, and he told Soren that the spell required something too great for him to take. The spell needed a human heart. Soren immediately offered his own and told his father to sacrifice him to cast the spell. Viren rejected Soren’s sacrifice and used his own heart instead, costing his life but saving the citizens of Katolis. Soren looked back in grief, knowing full well what his father had done, and he was left with many conflicting feelings, though he knew one thing for certain. He forgave Viren.
“I've known Viren longer than anyone here. I mean, because he's my dad. But it took me a long time to understand who my dad really is. And it was hard to see, because I really... I really looked up to him. He's smart, and the way he talks, you really believe that he's a good person, that everything he does is to protect his family, his home, or, or all of humanity. He makes you think that as long as you do what he says, you must be doing the right thing. Even when he asks you to do something bad. Something... evil. So, the truth is, someone who wants you to do horrible things, and convinces you that they're good, that's a villain. My dad... is a villain.” -Soren about Viren
====Zubeia====
Zubeia finds Soren interesting and good-hearted. She also laughs at his jokes and thinks of him as entertaining. Zubeia allows Soren to ride on her back when she flies, and she trusts him to look after Zym. Soren also went searching for Zubeia when she was injured, and was deeply concerned about her. Soren made sure to help Zubeia as much as possible, because he didn’t want Zym to experience the loss of a parent like he had.
====Zym====
Soren is somewhat overprotective of Zym, and will do anything in his power to keep him safe. Soren made sure to help Zym find his mother, as he didn’t want the young dragon to experience the same loss of a parent that Soren had. Zym’s mom is all he had left for relatives. 
“Yeah, I’m just worried about Zym.” -Soren to Corvus
===Quotes===
“It’s a bread sandwich.” -Soren To Claudia 
 “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me three times, back to you.” -Soren to Corvus
 “Sarcasm!” -Soren to Rayla
“Yeah, hay’s the best, man.” -Soren to soldiers
“The heart do what it do, or don’t what it don’t.” -Soren 
“There’s fungus among-us!” -Soren to Corvus 
“Oh no, you’re all turning into mushrooms!” -Soren to Corvus and Zym
 “I did say ‘doomed’, right?” -Soren to Rayla, Callum, and Ezran
 “My dad…is a villain.” -Soren to the others
“The only thing to do is to look evil in the face and say 'no more.’” -Soren
 “Dragon smash boy, say the good words now, they light the hearts of other people.” -Poem by Soren
 “They have lavender!” -Soren to Rayla
===Gallery===
Soren (human).webp|Human Soren (from the show)
Soren n Corvus .jpg|Soren and Corvus (remind me to draw this as dragons; from gone show)
===Trivia===
*Soren has the ACHOO syndrome, causing him to sneeze when exposed to bright light
*Soren had severe asthma as a dragonet, and it was cured by dark magic 
*Considers Corvus his best friend 
*Currently holds his spot as Robyn’s favorite TDP character 
*Soren serves as the dragon counterpart of the TDP character Soren
*Soren has ADHD
*Soren’s birthday is January 19th
*Voice claim is Jesse Inocalla
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