Sora Macco

**Sora Macco** (鮫 空 *Same Sora*) is the brave and noble leader of the Tenkai Knights: Cubic Cavelry.

## History

Sora Macco was born as the son of Hanada and Ai Macco, who met his crush Matsuba Lickiss in first grade. While his repeated attempts at asking her out over the years failed, he would be repeatedly comforted by fellow classmate Hajime Apeldoorn which bloomed into a close friendship. Matsuba and Sora ended up going to different middle schools, leaving Sora without contact to the love of his life for many years.

During his first day at Coloring High School, he learned that Matsuba and her friend **Kinari Fuyutake** were in his history class which reignited Sora's crush on her. He attempted to ask her out on a date, and was surprised when she actually agreed on the condition that he spend two hours in the supposedly haunted Irobake House just outside the city limits. He brought Hajime with him and the four rode on their bikes to their destination. After just a few minutes inside the house, Sora agreed to join Hajime to search for anything interesting. They managed to find 4 strange bricks in the library, which they thought were toys. After Sora grabbed a blue colored one and Hajime grabbed another, two knight-like ghosts appeared behind the boys. Scared out of his mind, Sora ran alongside Hajime into the basement and haphazardly activated a strange machine that transported them to Quarton. Caught in the middle of a battle between the Corekai and Corrupted, Sora assisted **General Squarton** in defeating the enemy forces before being teleported back to Earth. The ghosts from earlier reappeared and properly introduced themselves as Bermaudis and Kongrilla. They explained who they were and asked for their assistance in protecting their former home, which Sora happily accepted.

The ghosts requested that two females be brought to them to accept the titles of Specniss and Yenzang. Sora was the one who immediately thought of Matsuba and her friend Kinari as possible candidates. Inviting her to the haunted house (which Matsuba assumed was the location of the date she owed him), he helped Hajime scare the two women as payback for seemingly tricking them. Afterwards, they got serious and helped Bermaudis and Kongrilla's spirits explain the situation. Sora was happy when they accepted, and the four of them returned to Quarton and defeated the Darkkai Knight Khepier. Afterwards, the team agreed that Sora should be their leader due to naturally slipping into that position during the battle with Khepier.

Over the course of several battles, the team became annoyed when Sora's leadership caused him to become prideful and arrogant. This came to a head during a battle against the Corrupted Commander Fangarx, who wiped out the knights in his Titan Mode. After apologizing to his teammates for his mistakes, he unlocked his own Titan Mode and defeated Fangarx. The Tenkai Spirits would explain that Sora unlocked his Tenkai Titan Mode by overcoming a personal weakness of his, a feat which the rest of his team would achieve over time.

While unlocking their Titan Modes, Sora and his team would recover various artifacts which supposedly hailed from a legendary temple called the Temple of Power. They recovered six Key Cubes which would supposedly reveal the location of the temple and claim its reward, but Fangarx led the Corrupted in an ambush on their forces. In the ensuing battle, Squarton would sacrifice himself to take a fatal blow from Fangarx to protect Sora. Despite this, the Tenkai Knights defeated Fangarx once more and recovered a mysterious orb that came with them to Earth. Upon opening it, four Elementals appeared which upgraded the Tenkai Knights with elemental powers. Specifically, the spirit **Thetis** granted Sora the element of crystal to become **Crystal Crash Bermaudis**. The drawback is that unlocking this form locked access to his Titan Mode. Thetis promised that like before, the mode could be regained once a personal flaw was conquered.

Despite the growth in strength, Bermaudis struggled with emotional trauma over Squarton's death due to feeling responsible. He initially tried to hide his guilt but decided during a fight against the Corrupted that Squarton's death would inspire him instead. This allowed him to access Elemental Titan Mode.

After Fangarx unlocked access to his own Elemental Mode, he unleashed his endgame with a direct assault on Carrier City. Trapped on Earth without the ability to transform into Bermaudis, Sora still bravely fought against Fangarx as best he could. The bravery he showed in his actions shattered the barrier between Earth and Quarton, allowing him to become Crystal Crash Bermaudis one last time. Empowered by the feelings of his loved ones cheering him on, Sora would lead the charge in defeating Fangarx and finally returning him to his Core Brick form. Sora would keep his Core Brick with him as a reminder of his time as a Tenkai Knight, although he likely would never become Bermaudis again. Matsuba agreed to become his girlfriend, finally going on the date she promised him.

## Personality

Sora is a noble soul who is a natural born leader. He is skilled at understanding the strengths and weaknesses of people to strategize mid-battle. He cares deeply for his friends and family, letting this be his motivation for fighting as a Tenkai Knight. His weakness is that he lets his emotions make actions for him, causing him to snap at his teammates for any mistakes they make.

## Modes

#### Tenkai Knight Form

Using his navy blue Core Brick, Sora transforms into **Bermaudis** with the command of "Tenkai Vigor". Bermaudis is a navy blue and orange Knight with green eyes whose armor is modelled off a Norse Viking and a shark. He wields a Tenkai Hammer and Shield in combat, specializing in heavy strikes and durability.

#### Tenkai Titan Form

In this form, Bermaudis becomes far larger and uses stronger armor. He also wields a larger two-handed war hammer to deal heavier blows.

#### Elemental Form

After reviving the Elementals with the help of his team, Thetis upgraded his form into **Crystal Crash Bermaudis**. In this form, he commands the element of crystal. His armor gains extended shark fin-like spikes on his shoulder pads and helmet and his hammer now has sky blue crystal growths to deal more damage.

#### Elemental Titan Form

In his Elemental Titan Form, he wields large shark fin-like spikes on his wrists which can be used as sharp weapons against enemies. He also gains access to a war hammer version of his Tenkai Crystal Hammer. His **Crystal Crash** attack involves slamming his hammer into the ground with all his might to surround his enemy in crystal.

## Etymology

**Sora** is the Japanese word for Sky. It is also the name of a North American rail (bird).

**Macco** is a Caribbean word that refers to someone that likes to get involved in business that doesn't concern them. Sora's Japanese name gives him the last name **Same** (simply being the Japanese word for a shark).

## Trivia

* Sora's Tenkai Knight name is a combination of the Bermuda Triangle and Nautilus.
* Like other Tenkai Knight characters, Sora's name is a reference to a Japanese color. *Sora-iro* is the Japanese version of sky blue.
	+ The rest of his family references other shades of blue. Hanada is a reference to *hanada-iro* (cerulean blue), Ai is a reference to *ai-iro* (indigo), and Conner is based on *kon* (navy blue).
* Sora's last name is meant to reference the mako shark. It also could be seen as short for mackerel.