Let's Talk About Sonia from FE7

Hi again. In this post, we will discuss about Sonia, Nino's evil stepmother. First of all, let's talk about her background. Hm, little is known about her but that she is a morph, a construct of recycled quintessence, and sees the vast majority of humans as inferior, calling them "waste". She has deluded herself into believing that she is human and was actually selected, not created, by Nergal. Like all morphs, she is characterized by dark hair, golden eyes, pale skin, and red lips. Since Sonia fancies herself as a human, unlike her fellow morphs, she holds them in contempt. She can be seen calling Limstella a "puppet" on numerous occasions. She believes herself to be a "perfect being" and says Nergal also said she was perfect. This could indicate that she was Nergal's favorite morph before Limstella was created. It is revealed on the Side Quest where you can fight her that she is the one who killed Brendan Reed, and harvested his quintessence. After the chapter ends and the group leaves, Limstella comes and take the quintessence, leaving Sonia to die slowly of her wounds. Ursula, the Blue Crow, idolizes Sonia, who views Ursula as useless.

Sonia is believed to be Nino's mother for most of the game, until Chapter 26x, when she reveals that she is actually the woman to have killed Nino's parents and wanted Nino killed. Before that time, Nino idolized her "Mother" and wished only to please her into loving her like a normal parent would. Sonia showed complete contempt at this, and always forced Nino into submission from her desires. At the beginning of chapter 26, she promises to "... Hold your hand, brush your hair. Why, I'll even stroke your face..." After then telling Nino to "... Be careful!", she heartlessly tells Jaffar to kill her after killing the then Prince Zephiel.

It can be assumed that the only reason he does not is because of Nino's actions in saving his life on an earlier chapter.

Now, for her stats. Like her fellow morph Limstella, Sonia's stats caps, with regard to Defense and Resistance, are higher than those of a playable female Sage. Both also use a different sprite to show their long hair, whereas Nino, the only playable female Sage in FE7, has short hair, as portrayed by her sprite.