Summary

Born to a powerful and influential family, she was always overshadowed by her two sisters, who showed much more interest in political affairs than she ever did. Seraphina preferred to spend time outside, walking the city, or learning basic swordplay to sitting in on boring senate meetings, though she did enjoy fanciful banquets and, being a fairly social person, found it quite easy to get along with people of all sorts, provided they didn't start talking about politics or her sisters. In her late teens, her parents decided the best thing to do with their daughter was marry her to another powerful family to gain political sway and power. She strongly opposed this idea, but wasn't completely against it as long as she could do as she pleased. Unfortunately, her fiance turned out to be controlling and manipulative, and her family refused to listen to her pleas of annulling the engagement. Shortly after, she decided the best choice for herself was to sneak aboard a trade ship with some sailors she knew and try to start a new life away from home, finding the best way to earn a living was to put her skill with the sword and lock picks to use doing petty work for small towns.

Unfortunately, she's quite recognizable, so she tries her best to stay out of the public eye, especially in large cities, and often wears clothes that cover her face. She took up the moniker Magpie as an extension of her disguise, and rarely tells people her real name. Magpie likes to keep herself as her past as much of a mystery as she can. She dodges questions about herself and where she came from to an extreme degree, even to the point of outright lying, even to people she trusts. Her strong common accent often gives away that she's a foreign traveler, despite how hard she works to sound like she's from whatever region she's visiting. She's terrified of being discovered and sent back to her home, and has become a bit paranoid about being in the public eye because of it.

She's accustomed to an expensive way of living, and being newly thrown into the poorer lifestyle of a beginning adventurer, she's struggling to adjust to not being able to enjoy the finer things in life. Still, she's happy to simply be her own person, and finds happiness in simple things and kind people. She still has trouble not looking down on "peasants", and finds average things gross or beneath her.

After a few years under her fiance's thumb, she enjoys flirting with and spending time with men that aren't awful. She enjoys the attention and basks in it, until it becomes too much or hostile. For her, women could be a fun night, but she doesn't see herself in a lasting relationship with another woman.