Azura

Azura (アクア Akua, Aqua in the Japanese version) is a main playable character and the deuteragonist in Fire Emblem: Fates. She is a Princess of Nohr, but was captured and held prisoner by Hoshido, similar to the Avatar's situation. In the Japanese version, Azura is voiced by Lynn while her singing voice is provided by Renka. In the English version, she's voiced by Rena Strober.

Profile
Azura was a princess of the Nohrian royal family and daughter of the second Queen Shenmei, but was captured by Hoshido and raised there in similar fashion to the Avatar. She is a gifted songstress and dancer and is seen dancing in a theater, watched by Garon. The song she sings is Lost in Thoughts All Alone. Although she can get slightly emotional, she is kindhearted and knowledgeable. During battles, she sings to help allies. She has the worst cases of bed hair in the army. Azura's singing holds great, but mysterious powers. If she achieves an S-Support, she will have a son named Shigure and can possibly be the mother of other children except male Kanna.

Shortly before the start of the great war, Azura meets the Avatar and they discover their similar origins and situations. She allies with the Avatar through the story of Fates, regardless of what route they choose. The path chosen also changes the colors of her clothing but only in particular scenes. She still retains her white and blue dress regardless of the paths chosen. Her birthday is March 3rd.

Birthright
Azura wears a white and blue dress. At one point, she sings and dances before Garon and Nohrian troops. During the dance, she uses her water manipulation abilities, causing Garon slight discomfort.

After Garon is defeated, Azura collapses and dissolves into water as the result of overusing her necklace's power, with the Avatar bursting into tears. In the ending, they converse with Azura's spirit by the lakeside where they first met her before Azura disappears and Ryoma calls them back.

Conquest
Azura wears a dark blue and purple dress that comes with a facial veil. Like in Birthright, she sings and dances before Garon and Nohrian troops, although as a mysterious songstress. The dance causes even more pain to Garon compared to the dance in Birthright. After the dance, Iago notices Garon is in pain and attempts to capture the songstress as he believes that she had inflicted a curse on him during the dance. After Kumagera appears and attempts to end Garon's life to end the war, Azura surprises the Avatar, who did not see her leave her seat during the performance and like the other Nohrian troops, are unaware that she was the mysterious songstress.

As in Birthright, Azura overuses the necklace's power against the possessed Takumi instead, with the Avatar and herself knowing full well it would kill her. Later, as the Avatar meets Azura one last time at the lake, she dissolves into light. The Avatar thanks her for everything, and Xander calls them back.

Revelation
Azura will accompany the Avatar if they decide to side with neither group. This is the only route in which she lives. This route also confirms that Azura is the Avatar's cousin by blood through their mothers, Shenmei and Mikoto, who are sisters. It's also explained that Garon isn't her father; Azura's father and Shenmei's first husband was the former King of the mysterious realm of Touma, murdered by the Avatar's birth father Anankos. Shenmei and an infant Azura ran away from Touma and reached for Nohr, becoming a part of the royal family until Shenmei's death and Azura's kidnapping. Azura crowns the Avatar as the new ruler of Touma at the end of the route, becoming their personal adviser. If the male Avatar marries Azura, she will rule Touma alongside him as Touma's new queen.

Chapter 5 - Mother and Child
Vulnerary, Chest Key
 * Inventory when rejoining in Conquest Chapter 9 - An Ordeal Once Again

Growth Rates

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 * 60%
 * 25%
 * 80%
 * 80%
 * 60%
 * 15%
 * 35%
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Max Stat Modifiers

 * 0
 * 0
 * +1
 * +3
 * 0
 * -3
 * 0
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Standard Sets

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Buddy Sets

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Marriage Sets

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Special Classes

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Supports
Romantic Supports
 * Avatar (Male)
 * Jakob
 * Kaze
 * Silas

Nohr

 * Lazward
 * Odin
 * Xander
 * Benoit
 * Flannel
 * Arthur
 * Leo
 * Niles

Hoshido
Other Supports
 * Subaki
 * Hinata
 * Nishiki
 * Saizou
 * Ryoma
 * Takumi
 * Tsukuyomi
 * Asama
 * The Avatar (Female)
 * Elise
 * Hinoka
 * Sakura
 * Shigure
 * Any of Azura's other children

Etymology
Azura comes from the word azure, a shade of blue.

Aqua, her name in the Japanese version, is the Latin word for water. It is also a greenish-blue color.

Trivia

 * Azura has two different voice actresses in Japanese: her normal voice actress is Lynn while her singing voice is provided by Renka. This has already been seen in the Fire Emblem series when other characters had to sing (like Ashunera and Sephiran in Radiant Dawn and possibly Micaiah).
 * Her official artwork and portraits depicts her wielding the Blessed Lance.
 * In her Hoshido dance, she seems sad and dances gracefully. In her Nohr dance, she seems to have a will to really hurt, and possibly kill Garon, most likely because she knows more about his evil intentions if you join Nohr.
 * Azura placed 5th most popular female character in the official character popularity poll held on the game's official site.
 * Azura placed in the top ten of the Famitsu Popularity Poll at 8th place, and 1st place in the top ten married poll as well.
 * Azura's birthday, March 3, falls under the sign Pisces and evokes the element of water.
 * There were rumors about Azura being a potential love interest for the Female Avatar, based on some files that depicted a potential sibling talk between Shigure and a male Kanna. This was ultimately debunked when no traces of a potential S-Support talk between Azura and the Female Avatar were found. Still, it has has led to speculation about the existing talks and the ideas behind them, ranging from the possibility of choosing between male or female Kanna if the Male Avatar marries Azura, to Azura probably giving birth to twin Kannas.
 * Camilla is the only royal sibling Azura cannot support.
 * Azura has the ability to manipulate water to great lengths with the power of her necklace which is a very unique ability for the series.