Sena Steele

Sena Steele is a Forger and a good friend of Claire and Sophie.

Skills and Abilities

 * Forger magic: As a Forger, Sena can do Forger related magic
 * Sword wielding: She is rather skilled at wielding swords.
 * Intelligence: Sena is intelligent for her age. This is shown by how she is able to read her parents alchemy journals in the Fire in the Stars, which is how she figures out that her parents are trapped in a portal between Arden and Earth. Also in book one, she's able to recognize that Nett stepped into razor mud.
 * Hair braiding: She is good at braiding hair.

Appearance
Sena has long red hair that kept in a braid pinned atop her head. She has green eyes and pale skin. She also likely as freckles, as people with either red hair, pale skin, or both, are more prone to having freckles. She is implied to be Sophie's age.

History
Sena's parents are the famous alchemists Sylvia and Mathieu Steele. Her parents were trying to reawaken chimeras, which are a mix of Forger and Tiller magic, and they ended up being successful. However, when Sena was eight years old, she accidently let out the chimera. This ended up leading to her parents getting arrested for jumbling magic, and for the fact that her mom is a Forger, who married her dad, a Tiller. Her parents were to be put on trial before the Grand Council. However, because Sena was a child, the town council took pity on her, and decided to not not put her trial with her parents. Instead they banished her from all Forger cities, like Fryton, and allowed her to be adopted by Francis Green, who was her father's old mentor. Since then, she's become the foster sister of Nettle Green, and is treated like part of the family.

The Unicorn Quest
She stole the Unicorn Harp and gave it to Master Scythe in exchange for information about her parents' whereabouts and put the blame on Sophie.

When Claire want back to Arden for the second time, alone, she and Nett questioned her about Sophie's whereabouts. When they went to the village meaning, Sena and Claire were accused and locked in a cage crafted from both Tiller and Forger magic. They were saved by Francis Green and Nett, who helped them go to Fyrton in order to craft a mirror that would help them find Sophie.

Nett, Claire and Sena snuck out and met Thorn Barley, who decided to help them.

Secret in the Stone
She was spotted and was about to be executed.

Fire in the Star
She's reunited with her parents at the end, where it's revealed that her parents escaped from prison, and built a portal that got them stuck on earth.

Trivia

 * Etymology: The name Sena is a variation on the name Selena, the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology. Steele, (usually spelled steel), is a type an alloy of iron and carbon.
 * In the beginning of the Unicorn Quest, Sena has a butter knife. Later on in the book, she is able to turn it into: first a magnet, then a sword named Fireblood, which she gives to Claire at the end of the book. She gets it back in either book two or three, and gets destroyed in the middle of the Fire in the Stars. At the end of Fire in the Star, the unicorns gift Sena is a new sword named Clearcut.