She is a member of a secret society called the Friends of Red Jenny, an enigmatic group of subversive vigilantes trying to undermine the perceived abuse committed by the nobility of Thedas, the setting of Dragon Age, by engaging in espionage and social banditry.

[4] "Sera Was Never", along with other songs sung by Elizaveta Khripounova, are occasionally "performed" by a non-player character named Maryden Halewell whenever the Inquisitor enters the tavern in their base of operations.

[6] After the Inquisition, the player character's paramilitary organization, concludes their business at Val Royeaux early in the game, an arrow with a message attached will land nearby, giving the locations of three satchels with instructions.

[7] Sera's recruitment allows players access to side quests and war table operations, which involve locating information or resource caches left for a member of her vigilante organization, the Friends of Red Jenny.

[9] Kath Rella, guest writing for The Queerness for its gaming month in March 2017, said her first impression of Sera is "rude, crude and thoroughly argumentative", and that she is "like a chimpanzee on cocaine".

[10] Conversely, Fraser Brown from PCGamesN called Sera the best character in Inquisition, and mentions The Iron Bull being the closest contender.

[10] Lucy O'Brien from IGN felt Sera was very "alive" and "three-dimensional" in the game, though she clashed with her Inquisitor character on numerous matters of principle.

She disclosed that the aftermath of her character's relationship breakdown with Sera left her feeling "needy and gross and alone", but praised Bioware's integrity for not tying up Inquisition's romances in "neat little boxes", and for showing "a willingness to ditch the usual power fantasies in the pursuit of authenticity".

[14] On the other hand, Hylton alleged that the depiction of the lesbian relationship between the Inquisitor and Sera is "fetishized" and reinforces "some troubling stereotypes".