Sonia Road

A Road known for it's many thorns... It's a Road that only women can ride, because it relies heavily on using the hips for the base and axis of all movements. It gives them great speed, flexibility, longer reach... A Road that's capable of offense, defense, speed, height, maneuverability, really it does just about everything, but at the cost of inflicting discomfort and pain on the user, which ends up in lacking some stamina. To counter this cost and mostly to reduce outside damage, the Sonia Road utilizes a second principle, based on nitrogen supersaturation. Still, at high levels, the costs aren't small.

Thorns are created through moving at supersonic speeds, mostly via kicking... And what they are, essentially, are sharp sonic booms that break the sound barrier and can tear through other Roads. Similar to the Bloody Road's fangs, except thorns are much smaller and do much less damage, however, they can be shot far faster and in far greater numbers, having the speed and reach that the Bloody Road lacks.

Sonia Road is said to be the opposite of the Bloody Road, as it carves the run into the user instead of others.

Kicks are a common sight with this Road.

Two common/recurring traits/themes among Sonia Road Riders, is that they tend to fight against their own Road (or just not like it), due to it's involvement with pain (be the one it brings to the self or to others); and the other being that they present a strong sense of responsibility and obligation.

Due to the various specific conditions of this Road and the Trophaeum Tower, the Sonia Road can be used to it's full extent, constantly at maximum, without sustaining any of the pain that's normally associated with it. The Thorn Queen is also immune to the drowning effect of prolonged exposure inside the tower.

## Principles

* The hips are the axis and the base point for all moves instead of the knee. This improves maneuverability by moving the rotational axis closer to the center of gravity.
* Supersaturation of the bloodstream with nitrogen through hyperventilation, which is used to form cushioning bubbles at joints, and indention between the spinal column.
* Using a mixture of kicks and high speed movements to create sonic booms, known as the thorns.

## Thorn Regalia

The Thorn Regalia of the Sonia Road, is the "emblem" that makes a Sonia Road rider, into the Thorn Queen of the Sonia Road. The Thorn Regalia's core is called "Virgin Blade". The Regalia is a pair of shoes with sock like extensions, and when deployed (1st form), it disassembles into a superconducting whip that can cut through the air, creating small sonic booms called "Thorns". Combined with Sonia Road's wide area of acceleration, the Thorn Regalia can attack in many directions at once although its not as strong as Fangs.

2nd form: The Regalia takes the shape of a bow which allows it to fire arrow-like sonic-booms which removes the recoil on hips as the user only needs to pull the string of the bow.

3rd form: Called the "Ultimate Thorn Battle Form", the Regalia extends to cover and shield most of the body, almost in like an armor with whips of thorns hanging off of it. In this form, damage is reduced enough that no matter how many clean hits the Thorn Queen takes, she will not die.

**Infinity Atmosphere: Infinite Chain - Turquoise Sonia:** To activate it, the Thorn Queen has to deactivate her Regalia briefly and let it charge. Once the charge is complete, she begins to rotate rapidly, firing Thorns indiscriminately and damaging herself as well as her opponent and everything else in a vast area, where whips thrash about wildly and deadly, as well as unleashing thorns in every direction. Powerful enough to even pierce holes and destroy the Wing Road's Infinity Atmosphere: Moonstruck Numberless Grappler.

## Common Tricks

* **Thorns**: The signature trick of the Sonia Road. Thorns take the shape of long, thin rods of wind with pointed tips. Although considered to not be very powerful, Sonia Road riders are capable of firing many of them very quickly, making them quite formidable and can tear through other Roads.
* **Thorn Arrow**: The Queen draws the bowstring of the Thorn Regalia's bow and releases thorny arrow-like projectiles. The arrow is able to easily pierce a person.