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Since we're getting more companion threads going, I figure this would be an excellent time to start one for Sera.

 

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Lukas Kristjanson was the author for our lovely elf.

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From the poster Lightning Poodle.
 

 

 

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Thanks to Hrungr for getting this action still out there.

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Sera's voice actress is the lovely and talented Robyn Addison.

 
Songs put up by Lukas for Sera:
 

Really? I mean, I'm not one to make the subtext text, but Sera is.

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I imagine Sera dancing hard to this, but she she'd do that selective singalong thing where she only knows the lala parts and "busting their noses!":

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Sera's likes and dislikes according to Lukas:

 

 

Oh fine. I suppose her Q&A was a little threadbare because she was the first out of the gate. They didn't have the format down yet.

 

Likes: cities, busy taverns, moving fast. Dislikes: Nature smells awful and is full of weird.

 

 

 

Sera's profile is here.

 

If you aren't able to get to the site, here's the article about her in spoilers below:

 

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Here is Sera's very own tavern song!
 
 

I'm not sure if this was posted yet...

 

ShackNews' interview with Mike Laidlaw at E3.

 

http://youtu.be/pOf9-ZF_QHk

 

- Not a whole lot new, but Mike does talk about his favorite character in DAI - Sera - towards the end.

 

"... She's sassy, she's a little trashy. She likes the dirty jokes. But she's very distinct from someone like Isabella. She's very different. She's much more for the people, about the common good. And when you have a whole party of people that are kind of like Lords and Ladies, she has her own kind of network of spies and stuff that she relies upon that are completely different from anyone else. Meaning that her demeanor, her attitude is kinda like a breath of fresh air in the Inquisition. Everyone is like very serious and then she comes along and is like, 'I bought you a hat!'"

 

:lol:

 

 

Here's his comments about the DA2 female elven archer concept art, which some made the mistake of thinking this was Sera's original art:

 

That may be, but this wasn't character design. This was an archetype for an overall game style concept. They do that so the purpose of each person in the scene is immediately recognizable. No name, no story, no nothing. Never even built the model, far as I know. She was only in mock-ups. You'll notice the accompanying party were other archetypes: "bad ass knight/warden" and "bad ass qunari/barbarian-looking dude."  And there you have the sum total of their backstories. Truly one for the ages. Kidding aside, they were interesting designs, but there's no context to return to. We could go back to the visual, but everything would still be starting fresh.

 

No connection between her and Merril (I'm not seeing any carry over there, actually). And no, never the same as Sera. I didn't pitch the Sera character until well after DA2. I believe I once said Sera could have hair like that if they wanted. That's about all they ever considered using. There's offshoots and relative one-offs like this all the time when concepting. The stuff you don't see get's real interesting, but also includes lorebreaking stuff. Pitch meeting stuff, not intended for you guys.

 

 

 

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Sera was confirmed as a lesbian romance as of E3.

 

Photo courtesy of Jessica Marizpan

 

 

 

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By Quendri

 

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Art by the wonderful Lady Aimo.

 

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Sera's Card!  

 

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More fanart!

 

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Art by Arteantiquis.

 

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Art by Sashaza.

 

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Art by Merwild

 

Character Kit 

 

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The link to Sera's character kit is here.

 

 

A sample of her personality.   ;)


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from your image, she looks like a lot of fun.then again she is an elf and may hate humans with a hot passion. if she happens to be fun going, she would be an excellent pair with varric, i would like the idea of having more than one joker in my party.

 

lets just hope for the best.


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I guess the question is, Que Serah Sera?

 

The leaked survey made her sound like the least likable person ever.


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I guess the question is, Que Serah Sera?

 

The leaked survey made her sound like the least likable person ever.

I take it you haven't read the description of Vivienne yet.  The information that was just released, not from the survey.


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She looks like such a good time, I'm dying to know who voices her.


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She looks like such a good time, I'm dying to know who voices her.

Is there any VA that comes to mind for her?



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Since we're getting more companion threads going, I figure this would be an excellent time to start one the fans have dubbed "Sera."  

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I know we have little to go on for now, but what do you guys think she'll be like?  

what does her arm position even mean?


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what does her arm position even mean?

Given what her other arm is doing in that picture, I'd say telling a dirty joke.  


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No matter how many times I see that picture, I have to laugh at poor Cassandra's face. 

 

I think she will be kind of a smart*** and cunning. But I have no idea what I am basing that on. Kind of like Fiona in The Calling, but not full of rage.



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Looks like she may be a little rough around the edges and totally unapologetic about it, but I think I'll like that about her.  I imagine a party of Sera, Varric, and Iron Bull would be great times.


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Based on what we got from the survey, I wasn't too thrilled with how her personality was depicted.

 

 

"Sera- Sera is young, frenetic, and a brat through and through. She revels in the athleticism of being an elf, of being different. But her culture isn't elven, or for that matter strictly human. It's the underbelly of the city in her network of rogues; what you do it more important than where you're from, and friends open more doors than titles. Robs from the rich to keep for herself."


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I hope her haircut looks more charming in-game, but that's just a aestetic gripe on my part.

I'm kinda imagining her like a female elven version of what would be the middle ground between "Varric" and "Oghren"



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I guess the question is, Que Serah Sera?
 
The leaked survey made her sound like the least likable person ever.

Why do you think that?

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I would love to know the story behind the gesture she's making.

That said, the best part of that concept-art piece is definitely Cassandra's expression.

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Based on what we got from the survey, I wasn't too thrilled with how her personality was depicted.

You know, Varric could be considered a "brat."  You've seen my posts.  I could be considered a "brat through and through." :P    Plus, that information in the survey was really paraphrasing and details could have changed since then.

 

To me, "Sera" looks fair more approachable than Vivienne does.  

 

 

Why do you think that?

See Eluvianix's post.


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You know, Varric could be considered a "brat."  You've seen my posts.  I could be considered a "brat through and through." :P    Plus, that information in the survey was really paraphrasing and details could have changed since then.
 
To me, "Sera" looks fair more approachable than Vivienne does.  
 
 


See Eluvianix's post.

Yeah, saw it. I agree with you.
It seems from what the Gamestar preview said that she might be the next companion announced, after IB will be shown.

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"Sera- Sera is young, frenetic, and a brat through and through. She revels in the athleticism of being an elf, of being different. But her culture isn't elven, or for that matter strictly human. It's the underbelly of the city in her network of rogues; what you do it more important than where you're from, and friends open more doors than titles. Robs from the rich to keep for herself."

 

I'm in love :wub:

 

 

Is there any VA that comes to mind for her?

 

None :( but I'm also terrible with thinking of voices, I'm only good if I hear them lol


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From what little info we have, I think I'm going to like 'Sera'. 

But as I've said before I have an extremely hard time actually disliking companions so.... yeah.

Hope they will release some more info on her soon. 



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You know, Varric could be considered a "brat."  You've seen my posts.  I could be considered a "brat through and through." :P    Plus, that information in the survey was really paraphrasing and details could have changed since then.

I guess...except I considered neither Varric or you a brat. I will give her a chance, but I'm still not a big fan as of now. Brats drive me absolutely up the wall. Lord knows I deal with enough of that already lol



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I guess...except I considered neither Varric or you a brat. I will give her a chance, but I'm still not a big fan as of now. Brats drive me absolutely up the wall. Lord knows I deal with enough of that already lol

 

I would imagine with you being a wee babe and all :P

 

seriously though I think it's a tie for and Viviene with with me.


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What I find interesting in the survey is the 'network of rogues' mentioned. It might be the reason why she get recruited by the Inquisitor. Which is similar to IB. They both could give the Inquisitor important, different assets.
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I guess...except I considered neither Varric or you a brat. I will give her a chance, but I'm still not a big fan as of now. Brats drive me absolutely up the wall. Lord knows I deal with enough of that already lol

Fair enough.  I hope that she's an interesting character.  If you really love her, then the writers did their job.  If you really hate her, then the writers did their job.  :D

 

Even among the companions that I don't think I'd get along with, they at least seem interesting enough to possible invoke some sort of strong emotional reaction.  Well, so far.  I'd rather have a companion that I really disliked (Oghren) versus one I could care less about (Sebastian.)


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Frenetic contributes to my scepticism almost as much as "brat" does



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Agreed with Natashina. So far every confirmed/rumoured companion seems interesting to me.

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If you really hate her, then the writers did their job.   :D


While this is true - and with BioWare writing it tends to be more true than untrue - there are a lot of fictional characters out there that are badly written and which are hated for, y'know, being badly written. Not because they're controversial or designed to make you uncomfortable about something or whatever.