la_serena_de_la_noche
[[Original]] character by [[Merryweather]], [[AT2.]] and "ironmouse":[https://twitter.com/ironmouse]. La Serena de la Noche is an anthropomorphic (and genderbent) representation of [i]El sereno de la noche[/i] (lit. "night dew"), the [b]humid outdoor air at night[/b], which in Latin-American folklore is believed to contain "bad air" or "evil spirits" that can cause sickness. This makes Serena a humanoid miasma spirit of the night.

Serena appears as a massively [[tall_female|tall]] [[dark-skinned_female|Hispanic woman]] with [[long hair|long]] [[brown hair|dark brown]] hair and [[aqua eyes|turquoise eyes]]. She has turquoise teardrop-shaped [[earrings]]. She wears a low-cut [[lace-trimmed dress|lace-trimmed]] [[black dress]] (inside colored turquoise) with [[elbow gloves|elbow-length]] [[black gloves]] and [[high heels]]. She also wears a black [[veil]] and a wide-brimmed [[black headwear|black]] [[hat]] (again, inside colored turqoise). Overall she resembles [[Hasshaku-sama]] but with a darker color scheme.

Serena also carries a normal-sized (appearing small in her hands) [[spear]] with a lantern hanging off near the spear tip. This is a reference to historical [i]sereno[/i] nightwatchmen, who were known to also carry a similar style of spear and lantern in Latin America.

h5. Concept art

* post #4759041 [tn]with veil[/tn]
* post #4759044 [tn]without[/tn]

h4. See also

* [[Hasshaku-sama]] [tn]Japanese urban legend spirit with similar appearance[/tn]

h4. External links 

* "Mexican-American Folklore, pp 143-144":[https://books.google.com/books?id=1_1GfN28tQMC&pg=PA143]
* "Wikipedia: Pombero":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pombero] [tn]Different spirit, but known under a similar name in Argentina.[/tn]
* "ES Wikipedia: Sereno":[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sereno_(oficio)] [tn]Historical Spanish/Latin American nightwatchmen and inspiration for Serena's spear and lantern.[/tn]
la serena de la noche (merryweather)