Seraphina Waters

#### The Empress' Spy

In ***Diplomatic Recruit*** Seraphina “Phina” waters and her best friend Alina are about to embark on one last childhood adventure before their 18th birthday aboard the QBBS Meredith Reynolds where they were born and have lived their entire lives.  Alina and Phina were teased very early in school because their names rhymed and instead of being mad over it, they decided to “Own it”, became best friends and “Phinalina” forever…

Alina is outgoing and very much girly, girly with a mad crush on one of the Wechselbalg Guardians, Maxim.  Phina is a late bloomer, not so much interested in boys yet but laser focused on her future career as a spy.  Neither girl has a great home life,  Alina’s parents ignore her as there primary interest is in each other and their work.  Phina’s parents died during the opening battle of the Leath Wars when she was 11 and she has lived with her father’s sister since then.  The problem with her aunt is that she can be very verbally abusive to Phina so she has learned to not let her emotions show. For a while after her parents’ death, she blamed it all on the Emprise and Etheric Empire, but she soon realized that the blame was misplaced, that her parents died because of not enough information so the military was operating semi-blind.  By the time she turned 12 she had decided that she was going to be a spy for the Empire and she started training herself in spy craft. For most that would be laughable goal at that age, but for Phina it wasn’t.  By the time she is 18 she is one of the best “hackers” in the Empire, forger of legal documents, physically fit and strong, knows 4 different languages and many other skills.

For Phinalina’s last childhood adventure, they plan on entering the Guardian Marines work out area so Alina can ogle the fit men.  Phina creates passes and they clam to be new recruits, but Todd offers to spar with one of them.  Phina steps forward because Alina would be incapable of sparing with anyone.

Phina was pounded but because of her acrobatic skills she was able to dodge most of it, enough that she actually impressed Todd with her moves and he told her with some actual training in fighting she would be a formidable opponent.

Then John Grimes shows up and takes her away to General Reynolds office where he soon leaves her with Anna Elisabeth Hauser who makes Phina a deal that she can’t turn down ... join the upcoming “Diplomatic Institutes” newest class.

Phina accepts the deal and Maxim is assigned to train her in fighting techniques.

Guardian Marine team:

* Maxim Nikolayevich – Pricolici Wolf
* Ryan Wagner  (Max Wagner’s son)
* Drk-vaen (a Yollin Marine)

In ***Diplomatic Crises***, Phina

In ***Diplomatic Resurgence'*** Phina comes out of her coma after 20 months to find that things have changed.

A stow-a-way, Sundancer, from Previdia. *You are my human, and you are failing to do your duties to worship me*.

Previdians are very long lived and they bond to someone to help them learn the Etheric Dimension and how to manipulate their abilities. Their bonding is often long distance, when a Previdian knows that they have a new charge, they travel across galaxies to find them. They are honor-bound to stay with their charges, not compelled too.

A delegation of Qendrok arrive at the Meredith Reynolds to talk to the Diplomats about joining the Empire, but at the first meeting the lead emissary spends the time insulting and refusing to deal with "a young female ambassador".

They eventually discover that there is something deeper and more sinister going on with the Qendrok.

Phina helps with the plans for Alina’s and Max’s wedding by planning the pre-wedding party and the honeymoon, since Max and Alina didn’t think they could take the time off right than so didn’t want to plan anything out.  Various people contributed to the expense as their wedding gifts to Max and Alina.

In ***Diplomatic Agent*** Anne (Etheric Researcher) helps Phina figure out the bracelets and device that allowed the Qendrok assassins to travel via the Etheric.

Anne immediately whisks Todd, Phina and the items away to her lab, located in the Etheric. Sundancer follows and meets Jinx

#### The Kurtherian Endgame

Phina spends years in the Buffer Zone, trying to find information on The Kurtherians, Gödel and the Ooken, she finally comes in "from the cold" during *Promises Kept* and brings information about an abandon Factory to Bethany Anne. Later she finally locates the Temple of the Ascension Path.

## Continuity

Takes place about 30 years after humans entered Yoll Space.  About 6 years after the “Battle of Karillia”.(Forever Defend #17 or Might Makes Right #18) and before Ahead Full #19. The events in this series only covers a few years.

Anne from the Etheric Research series makes an appearance in *Diplomatic Agent*.  “I’ve been working with the Etheric for... hmm... almost thirteen years now. seems to imply that it is 13 years since the Etheric Researcher series. But...  does that works with the 30 years from the exodus mentioned in the first book?

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## References

1. ↑ Weir, S.E.; Anderle, Michael. Diplomatic Resurgence (The Empress' Spy Book 3), Chapter 1 (Kindle Locations 133-134). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Weir, S.E.; Anderle, Michael. Diplomatic Resurgence (The Empress' Spy Book 3) (Kindle Locations 1508-1509). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑  Diplomatic Agent (The Empress' Spy Book 4) (p. 56). Ch. 6