Serena Dracroy

Serena Dracroy (セリーナ・ドラクロイ) is a High Countess hailing from the Sacred Vollachia Empire. She is one of the most prominent nobles in the Empire and an acquaintance of Priscilla Barielle.

Serena was indirectly mentioned in Arc 5, and she helped Priscilla into the Empire following the events of the same arc. Furthermore, she played an important role in the second story featured in the spinoff volume Ex 5. She made her debut in Arc 7.

Appearance
Serena is a tall woman with a stocky physique. Her hair is of auburn colour, and she has a big scar on the left side of her face, which was carved onto her by her father after he lost the position of the head of family to her. She bears a noble's attire, but she prefers to keep it on her shoulders instead of wearing it normally.

Personality
The embodiment of the word fierce, Serena is a bold woman that talks with a kick to her voice. She is strong, prideful, and enjoys talking with others.

History
When she was a teenager, Serena became the head of her family. Her business required her to travel to the Kingdom of Lugunica, where she sought to resolve a dispute. However, assassins were sent to follow her to Lugunica in a targeted attempt to kill her. Before she could be killed, she was saved by Roswaal L Mathers, who found out that the assassins were sent by her father, who wanted revenge for losing his position. Upon returning to the Empire, Serena would confront her father. In the resulting conflict, her father carved a large scar onto her face, but she ultimately proved victorious and proceeded to burn him alive, which led her to be known as the "Scorching Lord". Some time after these events, Jorah Pendleton helped her bring her family together as she was having a hard time doing so by herself.

Seven years before the main story, Serena sent her servants Balleroy Temeglyph and Miles to the Pendleton Estate in order to invite Jorah and his wife, Priscilla, to the Gladiator Island Ginunhive. While they were there, the gladiators attempted to spark a revolution that would render the island independent from the mainland, which later ended up failing thanks to the intervention of the Imperial Army. After the group left Ginunhive and returned to Serena's estate, Priscilla thanked her for the invitation in the stead of her resting husband.

At an unknown point in time after Jorah's execution, Serena ordered Balleroy and Miles to look for Priscilla, as there was a rumour going around about some bandits who kidnapped a girl looking like her. The duo successfully found her and managed to bring her to the estate. Afterwards, Serena found a way to smuggle Priscilla out of the Empire and into the Kingdom of Lugunica.

Abilities
Flying Dragon Squadron (飛竜隊, Hiryūtai): The Flying Dragon Squadron is an attack force owned by Serena. It is comprised of an elite group of flying dragons and dragon riders that possess complete mastery over the air. The current squadron under Serena is said to be the strongest it has ever been.