Serah Farron



Serah Farron (セラ・ファロン Sera Faron) is a supporting character in Final Fantasy XIII revealed by Yoshinori Kitase at Gamescom 2009. She is a teenage girl with the same pink tint of hair Lightning has, wrapped into a ponytail onto the side. She wears a red pleated skirt with black lace and a white sleeveless dress shirt, with a semi-transparent sweeper in the same style of shirt over it, with thigh-highs and boots. Serah is described as "the cutest girl" in the game by Kitase. Her destiny is one of the central plot points in the game.

The voice actress portraying Serah in the Japanese version is

Story
Serah is the younger sister of Claire "Lightning" Farron by three years, and is also the fiancée of Snow Villiers, as revealed at the Final Fantasy XIII Premiere Party in September 2009. Those two argue about her in the trailers of the game. Lightning accuses Snow of failing to protect Serah.

In the web novelization Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero: Promise, it is mentioned that before the events of the game, Serah was about to attend Eden's university, but during her summer vacation she fell in love with Snow, much to her sister's dismay. However, Serah had gone into the Pulse Vestige ruins which the traitor fal'Cie Orphan took from Pulse, and she was marked on her upper left arm as a l'Cie by the fal'Cie Anima entombed in the ruins, her Focus being to lure more people to the ruins to be made into l'Cie. Though she drove Snow away out of fear, he refused to abandon her and offered to aid her in any way he can. Four days before the game, Serah met Vanille and told her that she'll get through the mission with her friends' help. Vanille apologizes to Serah after realizing what her Focus was. Two days later, Serah attends the fireworks festival with Snow who soon proposes to her, which she accepts. The next day, she and Snow tell Lightning about her becoming a l'Cie, and their engagement. This infuriates Lightning, believing Serah's lying to her as an excuse to marry Snow and drives her off. Next they try to evade PSICOM forces wishing to Purge them. They escape on an air vehicle to the Pulse fal'Cie. Serah jumps onto a ledge as Snow tries to steer the vehicle, but she becomes trapped by a silver liquid substance that pulls her into the fal'Cie.

When Serah is found unconscious within the Lowerworld Vertigo by Lightning, Sazh attempts to kill her after learning she was a Pulse l'Cie. When Snow arrives with Vanille and Hope, Lightning scolds him for not protecting Serah. Then Serah tells Lightning that she can save Cocoon and since everyone was around, her Focus was completed and she was crystallized, leaving behind a tear-shaped crystal for Snow. After the party are turned into l'Cie and wake up in Lake Bresha, they eventually find Serah, who has become part of the crystallized lake. Soon after Lightning, Vanille, Hope and Sazh abandon Snow, who stayed behind to try and free Serah, she is brought aboard the Lindblum along with Snow when he is captured by Fang and Cid's troops. After this, Serah mainly appears in flashbacks and continues to be mentioned by the other characters. At the end of the game, Galenth destroyed the crystallized Serah to unnerve Snow. However, after Orphan is destroyed and Vanille and Fang sacrifice themselves to keep Cocoon from crashing into Pulse, Serah is restored, and she reunites with Lightning and Snow. There, Lightning finally accepts Serah and Snow relationship with each other.

Musical Themes
Despite not being a playable character, Serah's leitmotif appears in lot of pieces of the Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack. Serah's Theme often plays when Serah is featured in the story, mainly during cutscenes that show flashbacks of Serah's life before the Purge. The leitmotif shares a melody with that of FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise, In the Sky That Night, Forever Fugitives, Sunleth Waterscape, The Archylte Steppe, Fabula Nova Crystallis, FINAL FANTASY XIII - Miracles, Determination, and Ending Credits. Lyric-wise, Sunleth Waterscape is notably more brief and reflective than Serah's Theme.

Lyrics
Make my wish come true, let darkness slip aside Hiding all our hope, mocking what we treasure Battles we can win, if we believe our souls Hang in for the light, till dawn Fate will not leave you, hate will not heal you Pray and one day, peace shall flow everywhere

English Version
Make my wish come true, let darkness fade to light Show me there's still hope, show me it's not over Battles we can win, our struggle lies within Love will not leave you, hate will not heal you

Trivia

 * Serah is 18 years old and 164 cm tall according to the Ultimania Guide.
 * Serah's engagment pendant resembles Final Fantasy XIII's [[Media:Final Fantasy XIII Logo.jpg|logo]]. A matching pendant is also worn by Snow Villiers.
 * The bracelet that Serah wears is also worn by her sister Lightning. Both wear it on their right arm.
 * Serah's earrings feature the cat logo of NORA. Snow's pendant also shares this motif.
 * Though her name is spelled differently and she is not royalty, Serah continues the Final Fantasy tradition of supporting female characters named Sarah.
 * According to the web novellas, Serah is a straight A student and one of her favorite subjects is history.
 * Her crystal is in the shape of a tear drop
 * In the English Version of the game, "Serah's Theme" is played during the scene of the fireworks festival, in place of "Eternal Love," in the Japanese version.