serafina pekkala

Serafina Pekkala is a witch queen from a tribe in Inari, Finland, who first appears in Northern Lights and last appears in The Amber Spyglass. She rules over certain clans in the Lake Enara district. Serafina appears throughout the fantasy trilogy and is closely associated with Lyra Belacqua's and her companions' journey. Serafina Pekkala's dæmon is Kaisa, a large grey goose. In The Golden Compass, the movie adaptation of the first book in the trilogy, Northern Lights (The Golden Compass was the American title of the book), the role Serafina Pekkala is played by Eva Green.

She once had a child by the Gyptian Farder Coram, who saved her life when she was attacked by another witch's dæmon. For witches to fall in love with men appears common. There are men within the witch society who serve the witches, or who can be taken for lovers or husbands. Witches are said to be capable of appreciating men for their beauty, intelligence, and bravery; but due to the witches' long life-span, the men …more

Characters

Lyra Belacqua

A young girl who inhabits a universe parallel to our own. Brought up in the cloistered world of Jordan College, Oxford, she finds herself embroiled in a cosmic war between angels and a pseudodeity called The Authority. Source: Wikipedia and Wikipedia.&hel...
Will Parry

A 12-year-old boy who befriends Lyra Belacqua when he meets her in the world of Cittàgazze and teams up with her in order to uncover the mysteries of Dust. Source: Wikipediamore...
Mary Malone

Dr. Mary Malone is a physicist from Wills world (which is supposed to be the world in which the reader and author live), who is investigating dark matter, known also as Dust, and is told she must play the part of the Serpent for the second Adam and ...
Pantalaimon

Pantalaimon is Lyras dæmon. We first meet him in the form of a moth, camouflaging with the dark wooden atmosphere of Jordan College. He takes many forms throughout the trilogy, but is most often seen as an ermine, a wildcat or a mouse. He even takes...
Lord Asriel

A member of the aristocracy in a universe parallel to our own. Lord Asriel is a military leader and a fellow of Jordan College, Oxford, as well as the guardian of Lyra Belacqua.more...
Iorek Byrnison

Iorek Byrnison is a male armoured bear (panserbjørn in Norwegian). Like all Panserbjørn, Iorek follows a very strict code of conduct, and will not, in any situation, betray a promise he has made. He possesses incredible strength, and like many of his kind...
Marisa Coulter

A woman from a universe parallel to our own. Mrs Coulter is a cunning politician who is highly placed and trusted in the Magisteriums hierarchy.more...
Lee Scoresby

Lee Scoresby is a skilled "aeronaut" balloonist from the country of Texas. In regards to Scoresbys name, Phillip Pullman says: "Lee Scoresby comes from two sources. One is the actor Lee Van Cleef, who looks just like the character. And the other is ...
Roger Parslow

Roger Parslow, a young kitchen boy and youngest of the Parslow family - who had long been employed as masons for Jordan College - was the best friend of Lyra Belacqua during her early life in Jordan College. Like Lyra, Roger possessed a strong sense of ad...
Stanislaus Grumman

Colonel John Parry, aka Dr. Stanislaus Grumman, or Jopari, is the father of Will Parry and the husband of Elaine Parry. John Parry was a famous English explorer and a major in the Royal Marines in Wills world. At one point, he went on an archaeologi...
Serafina Pekkala

Serafina Pekkala is a witch queen from a tribe in Inari, Finland, who first appears in Northern Lights and last appears in The Amber Spyglass. She rules over certain clans in the Lake Enara district. Serafina appears throughout the fantasy trilogy and is ...