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[sereina-a]

misc headcanons for serena’s stardew verse

The deepest floor of the mines she’s gotten to is 100. She’s been a bit apprehensive to try and go deeper after the Serpent attack that nearly killed her in the Skull Caves. Generally, she’ll just kind of be chilling at either floor 90, 95, or 100.

In living in the mines for a while, she became friends with the Dwarf, and has learned a bit of their language. She often traded gems and minerals she found in the mines with them for other goods, like food and supplies.

Her Obsidian Edge is her pride and joy, and she never leaves home without it.

When she tried to join the Adventurer’s Guild, she was told she had to slay ten Slimes in order to become a member. As someone who raises Slimes and takes care of them, this wasn’t something she wanted to do, as the Slimes were never hostile with her. Instead, she offered to slay twenty bats, a different monster but double what was asked, and became a member of the guild after doing so.

Ever since she accepted the Wizard’s offer to be his apprentice, Serena has noticed Junimo appearing around her house more often and in the surrounding woods. They actually get along very well with the Slimes.

After working for JojaMart in Zuzu City for nearly five years, Serena really hates Joja Corporation. She thinks they’re a miserable company that treats their employees like dirt. This only makes the sinking feeling that the company’s CEO may be related to her in some way even worse.

Besides the near death experience she had with the Serpents, there were times before where she had nearly been killed. Once after walking home from a late night shift at JojaMart, where she was exhausted and not paying attention, nearly stepping out in front of a speeding semi. Despite no one being around but herself, she was pulled back by the hood of her coat and out of harm’s way. She chalks this incident up to her being tired and doesn’t think about it much.

Another incident she had was at a friend’s party when she was younger held at a lake. Serena had wandered off into deeper waters by mistake, no one else noticing she had gone. Once again, despite no one being around but her, she was pulled from the water by something or someone unknown.

Ever since waking up from the attack, she’s found the Grim Reaper statue in the Quarry Mine to be an odd comfort to her, for reasons she can’t explain. The Slimes and Haunted Skulls aren’t hostile towards her there, and even seem to guide her to the statue whenever she arrives.

Serena loves all of her Slimes, but her pride and joy is a small lavender-colored Slime that she’s named Jello. She is very rarely seen without Jello, who is more of a timid and shy Slime than the rest.

[sereina-a]

Name: Serena Yvonne Bellegrade

Place of Residence: Cindersap Forest, north of the Secret Woods

Birthday: Fall 15

Loved Gifts: Bread, Cheese, Fairy Stone, Star Shards, Fairy Rose, Sunflower, Slime Egg, all universal loves, except Rabbit’s Foot

“This is so amazing, thank you so much!”

Liked Gifts: Pink Cake, Wine, all other Flowers, Void Essence, all universal likes

“Thank you, that’s thoughtful of you!”

Neutral Gifts: All universal neutrals, except for bread

“Thanks.”

Disliked Gifts: All universal dislikes, except fairy stone and star shards

“... You really shouldn’t have.”

Hated Gifts: Beer, Rabbit’s Foot, all universal hates, except for Slime Eggs and Poppies

“Ugh.... I’m sorry, but this is just awful. I really hate this.”

Serena was born and raised in Zuzu City, living in a small apartment with her mom, who was a prominent horse racer at the city’s track. They struggled to make ends meet for a long while, hardly scraping by. Even while in school, Serena was always thinking there was a better life for her out there besides what she and her mom had been subject to. While they were doing better financially as her mom could race more thanks to her being enrolled in school, Serena never wanted them to be in poverty ever again.

She began working long hours at her local JojaMart. Within the store were portraits of Joja Corporation’s CEO, and she couldn’t shake that the man looked eerily similar to her. She never knew who her father was either; it was always her and her mom, no one else. She passed it off as a coincidence instead.

After years of juggling work and school, she finally graduated. It was then her mom broke the news to her that she was retiring from racing after her undefeated streak and moving to Grampleton, a smaller town. As her graduation present, Grace gave Serena the rest of the money she needed, and Serena’s sights were set on a very small town nestled in a valley.

At 18, Serena moved to Stardew Valley with nothing more to her name than some gold, a backpack of items, and a sleeping bag. She frequently camped out in the Mines, as they provided shelter from the elements, and she’d learn of her love for adventure and exploration there, along with one of her passions...

Raising Slimes. For some reason, the Slimes in the Mines didn’t attack her, and weren’t aggressive with her. She could even pick them up, well, as well as she could pick up a gelatinous object. Mayor Lewis had come up to the Mines to check on her after learning she lived there. He had told her she could raise and take care of Slimes as long as she kept them out of Pelican Town, as it could cause issues with the townspeople. Serena came down from the mountains, Slimes in tow, as she scoured Cindersap Forest, eventually finding a rundown cabin north of the Secret Woods. That was where she’d make her home, clearing land and gathering wood to repair the cabin.

In the next years, she’d spend time taking care of her Slimes and raising them, adventuring in the mines, and crafting items. She learned how to craft Warp Totems, utilizing them to get place to place quickly. One place she warped to frequently was the desert, in which she’d enter the Skull Caves. The first few times she went in, she didn’t go down very far. On one particular day, though, she was feeling very bold and ventured further than she normally would.

While mining some stone for her future Slime Hutch, she was overran by a swarm of Serpents. By all rights, she should have died in the Skull Caverns that day. She remembered her fading consciousness and the injuries she sustained, and she remembered passing out, with no one even knowing she was here.

Yet, she woke back up days later. She was out of the Skull Caverns somehow, laying on the cold ground in the Quarry Mines, in front of the Grim Reaper statue at the very back of the cave. The Haunted Skulls and Slimes that inhabited the caves weren’t attacking her, but rather seemed concerned for her well-being. The injuries she sustained from the Serpents were all miraculously healed as well. It was as if she’d never been attacked at all, much less visited the Skull Caves.

From then on, whenever she dared to venture to the Skull Caves, she would take the bus to the desert instead of warping there. That way, at least if she didn’t come back, the driver would know to get help for her. Still, the sound of approaching Serpents puts her on edge.

After the experience in the caves and with the statue, Serena was approached at her home by the Wizard out of the blue. He didn’t refer to her as ‘a mundane’ like he did the rest of the townspeople. Instead, he offered to take her in as an apprentice, and to show her magic and the arcane arts. If she isn’t at home, or the mines, she’s at the Wizard’s Tower.