the Otome system. Though only implied during much of the series, it is later confirmed she is the mother of Arika. In the S.ifr series, we learn that Lena was incredibly powerful even as a student at Garderobe, and is known to have overloaded and shattered her Coral GEMs. As a Meister Otome, she initially wields the Meister GEM Lofty Crimson Jade (which is itself overloaded and destroyed in the events of S.ifr). She later acquires the Super Meister GEM Blue Sky Sapphire from her grandmother, and only this GEM is capable of channeling Lena's abilities without shattering. Lena is revealed to be a descendant of Alyssa Searrs, and she has a HiME birthmark (though it visually matches that of Alyssa's and not the usual HiME mark). Through this mark, she is able to manifest the powers of the artificial Child, Artemis. Through Artemis, she is also able to employ the Blue Sky Sapphire's Robe without authorization, which then manifests a different form than the usual. In this form, she is able to overpower the simultaneous offense of the Five Pillars of her era. In the My-Otome manga, Lena Sayers is Arika's mother and the fake Mashiro's adoptive Mother. The fake Mashiro was given to her to keep him safe if/when the real Mashiro, His sister, would try to bring Darkness to the world with her magic powers as foretold. Lena first appears in Chapter 20, residing in the Black Valley; she mistakes Mashiro Blan de Windbloom for Arika. It is revealed that her home village was destroyed mysteriously and she was rescued by Rad. During an attack by Cardair, Nina Wáng recognizes her as the previous user of the Blue Sky Sapphire. In the aftermath of the Cardair invasion of the Black Valley, she is brought to Garderobe for medical treatment, under the care of Juliet Nao Zhang. Lena pushes Mashiro out of the way of Mai Tokiha's attack, causing herself to become fatally injured. After leaving Mashiro and Arika instructions on dealing with the HiMEs, Lena becomes the new Predecessor and enables the Otome to Materialise again. : A mysterious traveller who watches over Arika. She is shown to be very knowledgeable about Otome matters, and helps Arika and Mashiro remove the Blue Sky Sapphire from its socket after they make an impromptu contract early in the series. She is an android who has lived for a long