Serenity Horton

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## Character

### Full Name

Serenity Sarada Sylvia Sonia Shiori Horton

### Appears in

* *Lunar Shadow ZER0* (NPC)
* *Lunar Shadow* (main character)
* *Apocalyptic Shadow* (cameo)
* *Solar Shadow 2* (boss)

### Family

* Evan O'Neill (father)
* Ilina Horton (older sister)
* Shinica Horton (twin sister)
* Valerie Horton (cousin)
* Valkyrie Horton (mother)
* Xydia Horton (aunt)
* Ladislaw Smit (uncle)

### Status

Alive

**Serenity Horton** is the main protagonist of *Lunar Shadow* as well as its sort-of remake *Xenoa: Lunar Shadow*, a minor character in *Lunar Shadow ZERO* and a boss in *Solar Shadow 2*.

## Appearance

Serenity has reddish-brown shoulder-length hair with a green eye; her left eye is missing due to her Taint. She has a scar over her left eye. She has fair skin. Her default attire in *Lunar Shadow* consists of a sapphire blue shirt with a right sleeve, and no left sleeve; a dark sky blue knee-length skirt, lavender tights and gold-colored Mary-Jane shoes. She covers her left hand with a dark blue elbow-length glove.

After the events of *Lunar Shadow*, she wears a white medical eyepatch.

## Personality

Serenity is a kind hearted young girl who has the courage to fight the Castle Master's various minions.

## Story

### *Lunar Shadow ZERO*

* Serenity remained in Yes Town while her father, Evan O'Neill, tried to rescue her mother, Valkyrie Horton, from the Castle Master, Aidan Flamberge. She only appears in the game as an NPC.

### *Lunar Shadow*

* Serenity went to the castle during 2015, armed with only Invidia. She would go on to take down the Castle Master and his minons, ending his tyrannical reign over Tirahnys.

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### Solar Shadow

* In an alternate timeline, Serenity Horton is killed on 20/12/2022 and is resurrected by the Curse of the Castle Masters as Shadow Serenity. As her undead self, she decides to take her revenge on Selena Daria, blaming her for Serenity's demise.

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### *Solar Shadow 2*

* Her appearance in Solar Shadow 2 is also non-canon. In that game, there are several notes left by her throughout the game. It's later revealed that Nought Celeritas had inserted a mind control device into Serenity's empty eyesocket, brainwashing her into serving as a guard that protects the entrance of the Ice Prison but is unable to actually enter the area. Interestingly enough, Serenity's personality is retained, though her loyalties have been unwillingly shifted against her will. She is fought as the second boss in the Magic School. She'll use Acidic Bubble to create a bullet hell style of green bubbles that must be dodged, Crescent Moon which creates several red laser beams that must be dodged, Arcanum which allows her to ascend by moving left or right by firing it downwards (leaving Serenity out of the players reach until the attack ends), and Misery's End which creates red blades that must be shot to destroy the blocks that she stands on initially.
* After her boss fight, she isn't seen again and she doesn't survive in any ending where Terrah Horton is defeated, due to Terrah filling the New Lunar Soul Castle with poison gas. In all other endings, her final fate is unknown. Due to Ending 1 of Solar Shadow 2 being the canon ending, she dies at the age of 21 and the rest of the timeline takes place after her death.

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## Other Projects

Serenity Horton appears as a playable character in Dokutsu Randamu, a Cave Story mod created by Trashbox Bobylev. Unlike her game of origin, she gets Lv: 4 weapons and can wield the Snake, Fireball, Machine Gun, Spur and Floodtide.

## Image Gallery

Serenity (left) with Eron Armweak (right).Cibryll confirming that Serenity Horton has burn scars on her left hand and leg.Serenity Horton's Dokutsu Randamu sprites.
## Trivia

* Serenity is unable to see Life Capsules; this is ignored for gameplay reasons if the player doesn't choose 3-HP Mode which is confirmed as the canon path.
* There are 5 clones of her but only 2 of them are alive during the main story; Serenity and Ataraxis share the same default outfit because the latter is a clone.
* Out of all the Mimigas in Cave Story, King is her favourite. This is shown in Lunar Shadow v0.4's ending where her father takes on the form of King when she's trapped in the ending before returning to life.
* The medical eyepatch she wears after *Lunar Shadow* can be obtained in *Lunar Shadow* itself, in a treasure chest hidden in the Entrance.
* It was confirmed by Cibryll (as "Kim") that Serenity is ambidextrous, it is unknown if her clones share this trait.

**Characters** Serenity Horton • Ilina Horton • Serenity Clones • Shinica Horton • Valerie Horton • Valkyrie Horton • Xydia Horton

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