Sera

Sera is an elven archer and potential companion in Dragon Age: Inquisition. She is a romance option for a female Inquisitor.
== Background ==
{{Blockquote|Sera is impulsive and revels in the moment. For her, it's not about what's right, it's about what's right now. In the Friends of Red Jenny, she humbled authority and had fun doing it. But now the nobility are being not just selfish but blind. War, demons, a torn sky: these are more than troubling—they're terrifying. Fortunately, Sera and her "friends" can be frightening, too, and if she needs to put an arrow through some baddies so regular people can sleep at night, so be it. Sera fights for those caught in the middle, but she also needs order restored. The world has to be normal so she can play.
Sera was orphaned as a child and was caught stealing at a young age. She remembers being from the Elven Alienage in Denerim, though Sera denies this and rejects the "arsehole" residents of the alienage as well as its "stupid" vhenadahl, that so-called "real" elves always have and pray to. Lady Taraline Emmald, a sick and barren human woman, took her in and became Sera's patron and foster mother. 
When Lady Emmald died of sickness, well before the Blight, Sera inherited her estate, but rejected it and the fortune that came with it. After her death, she eventually fell in with the Friends of Red Jenny. Somewhere along the way, she also picked up skills as a rogue and archer. Completely self-taught, Sera proved to be exceptionally skilled with a bow, and it became her weapon of choice when dispatching with the rich and arrogant. Sera was in Denerim during the Fifth Blight. Though she heard talk of a big fight involving a Warden, she did not pay close attention to the exact details. Instead, Sera was "playing with small painted boxes" and burying things she had stolen. To her recollection, more people worried about magic than Blight.Conversation between Sera and the Inquisitor after Here Lies the Abyss Nonetheless, the arrival of the darkspawn hordes ultimately forced Sera to flee Denerim, which she was able to do safely thanks to her marksmanship skills. By 9:41 Dragon, she had ended up in the Orlesian capital of Val Royeaux, a city filled with the kind of rich and pompous people that Sera and the Friends of Red Jenny hated.
== Involvement ==
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== Approval ==
Sera was raised by humans and doesn't see herself as being particularly elven. Asking her about or supporting anything "elfy", such as elven heritage and the history of elves, will cause her to disapprove. She likes the world to be simple and believes most problems can be solved by fighting things out, but she is also frightened of magic and will disapprove of any actions supporting magic or mage freedom.
Sera is not used to acceptance from others, which means that she is slow to trust and does not respond well to people questioning her motives or actions. Agreeing with her will give approval and disagreeing with/questioning her will give disapproval.
Sera is unique amongst Inquisition's companions in that the amount of approval she gives may vary depending on the Inquisitor's race. Qunari will gain the most approval with her and elves will gain the least. Elves may also gain additional disapproval under certain circumstances.
== Romance ==
Sera is a potential love interest for female Inquisitors only.
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== Statistics ==
=== Initial talents ===
Despite being an elf, Sera is "human-trained" rather than "elf-trained" for the purposes of what armor she can wear. She is the only companion with this quirk.
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== Quotes ==
* (When meeting the Inquisitor for the first time.) "The important thing is: you glow. You're the Herald thingy?"
* (While removing an arrow from the aforementioned noble's head.) "Blah, blah, blah! Obey me! Arrow in my face!"
* (Dealing with Lord Pel Harmond of Verchiel.) "Mother pusbucket frigging bastard shitebag pissface! Eat it, you lop-eared, son of an arse-nut rot-suck piece of...ugh!"
* "Someone little always hates someone big. And unless you don't eat, sleep, or piss, you're never far from someone little."
* "If you don't listen down here too, you risk your breeches."
* "Rich tits always try for more than they deserve."
* "Watch out, yeah? The hole in the sky didn't start their war. Stupid people did that."
* "I just... I've got all this Chantry stuff in my head, and it makes sense, right? But it's... fuzzy. I want to see if it's all really real. I just don't know if I want to really know."
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== Trivia ==
* Sera was written by Lukas Kristjanson.
* Although Sera is an elf, she is not elf-trained and thus cannot equip any equipment which requires that trait.
* Sera is the first female companion who is an exclusive romance option for a female protagonist in the Dragon Age series.
* While a male Inquisitor can't romance Sera, they can flirt with her and do some pranks with her around Skyhold.
* She is described as "The Wildcard" in the promotional materials.
* Mary Kirby describes her as Tequila and Skittles.
* Sera cut her hair with a knife because it got in her eyes, which is why it looks uneven.
* Sera is described as being kind of nuts and probably best defined by her contempt of bigwigs.
* Sera's greatest fear is nothingness.
* Sera can tell the Inquisitor that she has played with a small painted box when she lived in Denerim during the Blight. It's possible that it's the same box the Warden steals for the Friends of Red Jenny from First Enchanter Irving's office.
* Sera is a head taller than all other female elves in-game.
* According to banter with Solas, Sera appears to have occasional flashes of the uncanny sensitivity to magical or supernatural effects that is part of being elven, in spite of her disdain for acting "elfy."A dialogue between Sera and Solas will mention feeling very "shaky" and strange, accompanied with déjà vu. Similarly, when prompted by Solas she mentions seeing strange things "beyond" the Breach.
** Unused data in the game suggested this may have been expanded on for her specialization class, but was later changed to the Alchemy-based Tempest class she has in the final version.
* If not romanced, she starts a romantic relationship with Dagna, whom she affectionately nicknames her "Widdle".
* During Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts, Sera is introduced as "Her Ladyship Mai Bhalsych of Korse."
* Sera is the only companion to have a tavern song about her. According to banter with the Inquisitor, Sera Was Never was Maryden's unsuccessful attempt at wooing Sera.
* Sera has a specific way in which she likes to eat corn, a recipe called "Sera's yummy corn". It uses yellow corn that is usually stolen, then checked for rot, peeled, washed, baked, and eaten. Other varieties of corn are not approved for use by Sera in this recipe, though they would work fine. Store-bought corn would also work fine. In the official cookbook Devon wrote that they met Sera and were taught this recipe by her. When Devon suggested substituting a different type of corn, Sera was disgusted at the very notion, as she is strict about how the corn should be prepared.Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas p. 103
* Although Lady Emmald treated her well, her associates treated the girl with the typical disdain they gave "knife-ears." While being raised by a noblewoman afforded Sera with more care than other elves in her position could have hoped her, the upbringing was Andrastian and human-centric, leaving her with no connection to other elves and a great fear of magic.
== Gallery ==
Seraconcept.jpg|Concept art
Inquisition Sera concept 4.png|Sera concept art
Inquisition Sera concept 5.png|Sera concept art
Inquisition Sera concept 6.png|Sera concept art
Inquisition Sera concept 7.png|Sera concept art
Sera poster.jpg|Promotional CG
Serareveal.jpg|E3 2014 promotional image
Sera the wildcard.jpg|Sera "The Wildcard"
Sera at the Tavern.png|Sera Close-up
The Herald's Rest Sera's Room.png|Sera's Room
Sera jail.png|Sera under the influence of red lyrium during In Hushed Whispers.
SeraTEoT.jpg|Sera in the Enemy of Thedas trailer
Sera Xmas Art.jpg|Promotional artwork of Sera for Winter Solstice
Red Jenny Sera.png|Promotional Artwork of Red Jenny Sera for Heroes of Dragon Age
Keep Sera Romance.png|Sera's romance tile in Dragon Age Keep
== References ==
== External links ==
* Sera Character Kit
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