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Not to be confused with Sonya, a character from Gaiden and its remake.

“Not a familiar face to be seen, is there? These are all Lord Nergal's puppets, his morphs!”
—Sonia

Sonia is an antagonist in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. She is a Morph created by Nergal in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, and also functions as Nino's adoptive mother.

Profile[]

A dark sage who pledges allegiance to Nergal, around 13 years prior to The Blazing Blade, Sonia disguised herself as a beggar woman to infiltrate herself in the manse where Nino's original family lived, preying on their sympathies to make them lower their defenses. She then captured baby Nino and her older brother to force their parents to reveal their secret knowledge about the Dragons and techniques, then killed the two mages and the little boy. When she was about to kill Nino too, Nergal stopped her and said that she had strong magical energy, so it would be better to raise her into the group. Nino was spared, but spent years being neglected by Sonia to the point where she was completely illiterate and barely knew about life or anything else aside of trying to please her abusive adoptive mother, whom she thinks of as her biological one. Later, again under Nergal's orders, she infiltrated the Black Fang by seducing its leader Brendan with her beauty, making him her slave and reducing the Black Fang to nothing more than pawns for the sake of Nergal's ambitions. Though Brendan's sons as well as senior Black Fang members suspected her of manipulation, they were unable to prove it.

In Chapter 26x, she kills Brendan Reed and harvests his quintessence, revealing her backstory to Nino and Jaffar when they confront her. After she is beaten and the group leaves, Limstella comes and takes the quintessence, leaving Sonia to die of her wounds. If Chapter 26x is skipped, after learning that she was wounded in the process of killing Brendan, Nergal sneers at Sonia and executes her.

Personality[]

Though she is a morph, Sonia fancies herself a human and holds her fellow morphs in contempt, calling them "waste" and "human refuse" while ironically considering Limstella a "puppet" on numerous occasions. Completely reliant and devoted to Nergal, she only seeks his approval, not having a shred of affection for Nino and only raising her because she was told by him to do so.

Having deluded herself into believing she was selected, she thinks of herself as a "perfect being" and says that Nergal also said as much, which might indicate that she was Nergal's favorite morph before Limstella was created. It even leads to those who idolize her, such as Ursula, to be seen by her as useless.

In-Game[]

The Blazing Blade[]

* Dropped when defeated
** 10 in Eliwood Hard Mode

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Inhuman Beauty
A mysterious woman who seduced the leader of the Black Fang. Her true loyalty lies with Nergal, at whose instruction she secretly manipulates events. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

Base Stats[]

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

Sonia Heroes SpriteTitle
Inhuman Beauty
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
17/18/19
36/40/43
8/9/10
32/35/38
4/5/6
21/24/28
7/8/9
29/32/35
8/9/10
32/35/38
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Blárserpent+
FEH skill special Chilling Wind
FEH Thunder Tome Tome

Skills[]

TypeNamePrerequisiteDefaultUnlocked
FEH skill offenseThunder---
Elthunder---
Blárserpent---
Blárserpent+BlárserpentFEH Star Rarity 5FEH Star Rarity 5
FEH skill specialChilling Wind--FEH Star Rarity 5
Glacies--FEH Star Rarity 4
AFEH Fortress Res 1 Fortress Res 1--
FEH Fortress Def Res 1 Fortress Def/Res 1FEH Fortress Res 1 Fortress Res 1-
FEH Fortress Def Res 2 Fortress Def/Res 2FEH Fortress Def Res 1 Fortress Def/Res 1FEH Star Rarity 5
CFEH Threaten Res 1 Threaten Res 1--
FEH Threat Atk Res 1 Threat Atk/Res 1FEH Threaten Res 1 Threaten Res 1-
FEH Threat Atk Res 2 Threat Atk/Res 2FEH Threat Atk Res 1 Threat Atk/Res 1FEH Star Rarity 4

Overall[]

Secret Book (Artwork)
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Base Set[]
Counters[]
Skill Inheritance[]

Meet Some of the Heroes[]

Inhuman Beauty Sonia
Sonia inhuman beauty pop01 The Black Fang is a group of assassins who are feared throughout Elibe. Today, I'll be introducing you to Sonia, the wife of the Black Fang's leader, Brendan. But who's really in charge here?
Sonia inhuman beauty pop02 In its original incarnation, the Black Fang was a group of honorable thieves who defended the weak. But once Sonia got involved with the group's leader, Brendan, they steadily shifted away from their founding ideals, becoming something else entirely…
Sonia inhuman beauty pop03 Sonia has an icy personality, and word has it that she'll manipulate anyone to achieve her goals—even her own allies and family. To her, they're all just pieces on a chessboard.
Sonia inhuman beauty pop04 The question is, what are Sonia's intentions for the Black Fang? I honestly can't imagine, but whatever her goal is, I guess I'd better not do anything to provoke her…
Closely Associated Characters
Nino A kindhearted member of the Black Fang assassins. Sonia's daughter. Longed to help her mother.
Ursula A cruel member of the Black Fang assassins. Lends her service only to someone truly perfect. Sonia's confidant.

Quotes[]

“Oh, and Jaffar... After you kill the prince, kill Nino, too.”
—Sonia to Jaffar in Chapter 26.
“This is impossible! I'm... perfect... Lord... Nergal... said... so...”
—Sonia's death quote
“I... am... H-hu...man....”
—Sonia before dying

Special Conversations[]

Fighting with Nino

  • Nino: I thought for so long that you were my true mother...
  • Sonia: Ha ha ha! Your mother and father looked so much like you. They were so naïve it made me want to vomit. I dressed in rags and entered their house with a child in my arms. They were sincerely concerned. Ha ha… Trusting a stranger is so utterly foolish. Oh, they came to regret their trust, but it was too late.
  • Nino: Aaahhh!!! You're no perfect being! You're a monster in human form! No mercy! No forgiveness!!!

Fighting with Jaffar

  • Jaffar: Here I come.
  • Sonia: Ingrate! You owe your life to Lord Nergal! You and that girl, you're nothing but filth! But it matters not, as long as your essence remains intact. No other part of you now has any value.

Heroes[]

Sonia/Heroes Quotes

Non-Canon Appearances[]

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]

Sonia is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Round Placement Character Version Votes

CYL1 304 CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
665
CYL2 283
↑19
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
771
↑106
CYL3 214
↑69
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
1,069
↑298
CYL4 198
↑16
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
771
↓106
CYL5 90
↑108
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
1,109
↑338
CYL6 69
↑21
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
1,410
↑301
CYL7 41
↑28
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
2,218
↑808

CYL8 40
↑1
CYL Sonia Portrait
The Blazing Blade
2,272
↑54

Etymology[]

The name 'Sonia' comes from the name 'Sophia', which means 'wisdom' in Greek. Saint Sophia was a legendary saint who was martyred in Rome. People prayed to her to keep frosts away, earning her the epithet 'Cold Sophia'.

Trivia[]

  • Sonia and Limstella's sprites are slightly different in accommodating their long hair (this is actually the default female Sage animation; the one used by Nino is specific to her), and their stat caps, with respect to defense and resistance, are both 30, rather than the respective 21 and 25 usual of a female Sage. In both Hard Modes, both Sonia and Limstella instead use the standard female Sage class instead of the variant with higher defensive stat caps.
  • As Sonia's hands are visible in her in-game portrait, one might notice that she is not actually wearing gloves in the game. It is also rather interesting to note that what is visible of her attire is decidedly less revealing than what is portrayed in her official artwork. Her shoes in the game were red, while her official artwork are black.
  • Although the official Fire Emblem player's guide says Sonia is "a human member of the Black Fang", she is actually a morph. This is likely stated to prevent spoilers, or a mistake as the writers may have been confused by her repeatedly calling herself a human.
  • Sonia is the only major antagonist to be fought in a Gaiden chapter.
  • Sonia is the first Morph to become playable in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Gallery[]

See main article: Sonia/Gallery.
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