This is Fira Long, Drake's mother. She is a powerful Queen of the Pagodrake Country and rules with the passion the very flames she wears on her crown represent. She cares a lot about the Dranans she watches over, especially her children Sal and Drake. She knows Drake will likely be the next emperor and raises him more strictly, but she knows he has great potential and when he unleashes it after his children are born, she is finally able to retire knowing her 2000 year old job is complete.
1. Fira is one of those characters who's name was drawn out of a hat. I had the idea to name her after the chinese word for Fire (Huo), but that just didn't sound good at all no matter how I tried to put it. So I just decided to call her Fira, which isn't the most fantastic name either, but it's something.
2. Speaking of hat, I actually had no idea what Fira looked like until I finally drew her just now. I always imagined her looking like a female Drake but wearing more ornate clothing (granted Drake used to be nude before I gave him a robe).
3. Fira would be one of the few beings who existed before Starmaninja was created, as she was queen of Sauradon before Sauradon was connected to Starmaninja. To her though, Sauradon was technically always part of Starmaninja as she never really explored beyond the oceans and Starninja is an ocean away anyway, so it just seemed like discovering a new continent to her.
4. She used to have a speech quirk where she would always be voiced speaking Chinese exclusively (with subtitles) and only Drake would understand her (though he speaks english), but that idea is going to be scrapped. It was an idea back when she was a background character, and now she's pretty major and will have many appearances.
