Serina (TOS-RH)

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Serina was the mother of Boxey and the wife of Apollo, with whom she took the seal of marriage before her tragic death.

Serina died half a yahren after the Battle of Cimtar, when Troy (then known as Boxey) was six yahren old. His biological father had been killed by the Cylons some yahren earlier during the attack on Caprica. Following Serina's death, Troy was left in Apollo's care, and Apollo became his father in every way that mattered. Adama and Athena loved Troy as if he were their own blood despite his not being a blood relative. (RH: Armageddon, Warhawk)

Possessions

Among Serina's possessions was a bracelet made of a thin strand of oregg with three bright green gemstones along its center. Apollo allowed Troy to go through Serina's things several yahren after her death, and Troy saved a few items to remember her by. During Dalton's novayahren celebration in 7359, Troy gave this bracelet to Dalton as a gift with significant romantic implications. (RH: Warhawk)

Visitation on Kobol

Many yahren after Serina's death, Apollo encountered a being named Talen on Kobol who helped coordinate the Fleet's evacuation as the planet prepared to self-destruct. As Talen began to dissolve through a crystalline wall, Apollo ran after her and pressed close, asking who she was. She smiled and replied, "Someone who has loved you for an eternity."

Talen's features then flowed and rearranged themselves into their original form, revealing Serina—"the one great love of Apollo's life," the face he had known in his dreams even before he was born, before he met her, before he fell in love with her. It was the face that still came to him night after night, the ghost that still haunted his heart.

Apollo began to weep and laugh simultaneously, telling Serina he missed her and that no one else had ever been able to take her place. Serina responded that he would not allow anyone else to try. When Apollo declared his eternal love for her, Serina kissed him softly and told him he must find room in his heart for other loves. She communicated telepathically: "You must let go, and live. I've moved on, and so must you."

Apollo called out to her, asking if he would see her again, but she had already faded back into the quartz wall. Apollo touched the crystalline surface, wondering if she had really been there or if it was merely a trick of the light playing on the facets of crystal. Though his heart ached for her, Apollo felt oddly at peace. Serina had not been returned to life, but she had been returned, however briefly, to his life. Apollo felt he had achieved closure, believing the great wheel of life had brought them back together one last time and that he might finally be able to move on. (RH: Resurrection)