Serenella Jordain

Serenella Jordain is a human girl who grew up on the casino planet Vorzyd V in the Outer Rim. Her mother Lucinda had been one of the first humans lured there by the promises of riches but only eked out a miserable existence as a stripper and prostitute. She had been married for a while to a no-good loser, a rather unhappy marriage that brought forth a daughter, Inanna, who grew into a tomboyish strong-willed little girl. Serenella herself was merely an ‘accident’ six years later and Lucinda didn’t even know which of her lovers was the father. She wasn’t very interested in caring for her daughters and charged a reluctant Inanna with babysitting her little sister, while working hard to make ends meet for the three of them.

While the sisters spent a lot of time together, the age gap was really too large to turn them into girlfriends and Serenella grew up feeling unwanted and uncared for by anyone. Even as a little girl she realized that the only way to get some attention was to be loud and annoying. She couldn’t understand Inanna’s interest in masculine hobbies like arcade games and swoop racing and hated being made felt like a pet by her older sister’s rowdy friends. %r %r She found consolation in the glitzy world of the casino shows, often hiding in dressing rooms and closets to dress up, paint her face and imitate the dancers.

Lucinda did not want either daughter to follow into her footsteps and lead the same sad life, but after Serenella’s persistent nagging allowed her to take dancing lessons. The young girl was fuelled by a great hunger and ambition to leave their life of poverty behind and trained hard and as soon as she had developed a feminine buxom shape began appearing in casino shows, usually lying about her age and pretending to be older. She began to develop a hedonistic lifestyle with drinking, smoking, spice and men, mostly out of a sense of teenage rebellion against her mother who didn’t understand that Serenella’s antics were mostly a cry for attention. It was a great blow for the growing girl when she lost her only confidante, her older sister Inanna, who left Vorzyd in search for employment elsewhere. It caused a rift between the sisters that is only just beginning to heal. Feeling left behind by her sister and annoyed by her mother’s permanent complaining, she began to dream of leaving Vorzyd behind, too.

In 16 BBY, when she was seventeen, she found a pilot who took her along on his journey, but their affair didn’t last long and Serenella found herself unceremoniously dumped on the smuggler’s moon Nar Shaddaa. Lost and helpless, she turned to the only person, she trust, her sister Inanna, who came to pick her up and took her to Caspar where she had found employment with the FLS. Fate brought her together with shady pilot Antoine Dareus and she followed him to Ord Mantell, where they both got involved with the local maffi group. Serenella had no qualms about joining the underworld, hoping that they would help her in her quest to become a famous singer and dancer. But when things didn’t come together she auditioned for a new club on Etti IV, where she is now staying with her new employer Malif Tal-Tahn who promised to make her a star.