Lena De Spell

“	To end the the line of Clan McDuck, She sought a token of their luck. Lo, with the eclipse in its prime, She'd trap old Scrooge within his dime. But Scrooge reversed her vengeance planned, and in his dime the witch did land. Yet as he struck the final blow, She cast a spy from her shadow. I walk the earth and wield her power To bring about McDuck's last hour.	„
	~ Lena De Spell's poem about her own origins in "The Shadow War".

Lena De Spell, later known as Lena Sabrewing, is a major character in the 2017 DuckTales reboot series. She is Webby Vanderquack's best friend, Violet Sabrewing's adoptive sister, Ty and Indy Sabrewing's adoptive daughter, and Magica De Spell's niece, who is later revealed to actually be her shadow in her physical form. She is also Magica's creation turned archenemy, as well as the archenemy of Phantom Blot.

She was voiced by Kimiko Glenn, who also voiced Chuluun in The Lion Guard, Ezor in Voltron: Legendary Defender and a child Dr. Anna Ripley in The Legend of Vox Machina.

Appearance[]

Lena is a teenage duck with white hair with a pink end. She wears a black shirt with gray stripes, a teal shirt inside, and light green shoes with white tips. Her pajamas consist of a white shirt, black shorts, and a black undershirt inside. She also wears a black necklace.

Personality[]

Lena is laid-back, snarky and mischievous in nature. She appears to share traits with all of her friends. Just like Huey, she can be knowledgeable and intelligent, and she knows a lot about the world. However, this presumably comes from personal experience as opposed to Huey's fact-based knowledge. Just like Webby and Dewey, she is incredibly adventurous, and she loves to explore without limitation.

However, she doesn't always consider the risks that may come with it. And like Louie, she is primarily laid back, level headed, and a smooth talker, knowing how to get her way in and out of situations and get people to do what she wants. True to her rebellious nature, she is never afraid to speak her mind to anyone, with the only exception appearing to be Magica, and has a endlessly cynical sense of humor to boot. Her inherent dislike of authority leads her to openly blow off or oppose those who try to enforce it, like Ms. Beakley or her aunt, Magica. In spite of this, she still finds it in herself to save the former in "The Terror of the Terra-Firmians!" However, it hasn't been made clear if she did so out of pure intent or simply to earn her trust.

Despite her dislike of authority, she is ultimately subservient of her aunt, Magica, to whom she is bound. Lena seemingly follows Magica's orders without much question and assists her in her quest to obtain Scrooge's Number One Dime, as it is the only thing that can separate the both of them. Even so, Lena never avoids the opportunity to sass her aunt or mock her obsession-driven evil plans, but still keeps herself in line. She also commits many of her more villainous acts with clear remorse, but does not actively seek to undo them if it can be avoided. Again, opposed to her aunt's ambitions and her ultimate goals, Lena possesses a lot of legitimate affection for Webby, whom she treats in an almost sisterly regard, and, to a lesser extent, the triplets, even risking Magica's entire plot in order to save Webby from destruction.

Biography[]

In "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!", Lena is first introduced writing messages in bottles and casting them out to sea. Webby discovers these messages and traces them back to Lena, who takes an interest in her spunk. The two begin to get along well, and Lena offers to take Webby to a party she knows of. The party, however, turns out to be the birthday party of Ma Beagle, hosted by the rest of the Beagle Boys. At first, Lena fails to understand why Webby is so terrified, but when Ma Beagle and the other Beagle Boys recognize her as the one who got Ma arrested in "Daytrip of Doom!" and capture her, Lena shoves Ma Beagle's face into her cake and escapes with Webby. Lena and Webby escape into an alleyway, where they nearly get run down by Burger, Bouncer and Big Time Beagle driving a truck. Upon escaping via a fire escape, Lena and Webby encounter another trio of Beagle Boys call "The Ugly Failures", and pretend to be two British offset Beagle Boys called the Beagle Birds in order to evade them whilst stealing their radio.

At a nearby playground, after evading another group of Beagle Boys called The Longboard Taquitos, the girls celebrate their victory, leading into Webby bringing up her relationship with Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Lena shows disdain for the triplets for being non-inclusive of Webby. However, the latter insists otherwise. Just then, the triplets appear, having previously gotten lost on their boat-trip and been searching for Webby since returning, and Lena isn't pleased to see them, calling them out for abandoning Webby and also mocking their similar appearances.

Before this can go on, the group overhears orders from Ma Beagle using the radio and is forced to hide from The Tumblebums, a clown-themed branch of Beagle Boys. While Dewey and Louie begin to fight, Lena attempts to goad Webby into leaving without them, but Webby refuses, not opting to abandon her friends. Webby and the triplets defeat The Tumblebums, but Webby is upset to see that Lena had seemingly abandoned them during the conflict. As she mourns over loosing a friend while being comforted by the triplets at the docks, Webby finds another bottled message from Lena, which explains that she didn't abandon them and was actually captured by the Beagle Boys.

Webby and the triplets then rush to save Lena at the amphitheater, where the Beagle Boys plan to had her over to Ma as a gift. However, Webby and the triplet's plan goes horribly wrong and leads to them being captured. Lena chastises Webby for getting herself captured, while she berates Lena for being the one who got them into trouble in the first place. When Lena restates that families do nothing but fight, the two of them come to realize how they can escape the Beagle Boys—Lena then asks the Beagle Boys which one of them will get the most credit for capturing them, leading into a massive fight between them. Lena, Webby and the triplets take advantage of this opportunity to escape, while the Beagle Boys are left with an angry and disappointed Ma. The group walks back to McDuck Manor, where Lena, now closer with the triplets and Webby, parts ways with the two of them. Lena then returns to the amphitheater, and uses her talisman to summon her aunt Magica, reporting that she has gained access to the McDuck family, which pleases her.

In "Terror of the Terra-firmians!", Lena goes to the movies with Webby, the triplets, Launchpad, and Beakley, the latter upset with her for taking them to a horror film. Webby and Huey soon start arguing about the plausibility of creatures not documented in the Junior Woodchuck guidebook, and, when Webby brings up the Terra-firmians seemingly living under Duckburg, Lena decides the three of them should look for them themselves. After sneaking away from the group, Lena, Webby, and Huey investigate an abandoned subway tunnel, and end up in a rundown train, where they are confronted by Beakley and the others. Beakley immediately blames Lena for leading them there before a cave-in blocks the exit.

Beakley takes Lena with her to unhook the other cars from the train, promising to keep her from seeing Webby again after they escape, leading to Lena refusing to help her and Beakly berating her as a bad influence. Ultimately, Lena helps Beakley unhook the car, although the two get into another argument. When Launchpad kickstarts the train because of his paranoia of Mole Men, Lena hurriedly avoids the lights when Magica's shadow is reflected onto the wall of the car, and jumps onto the moving train with Beakly. However, Launchpad ends up crashing the train, leaving Beakley trapped under one of the cars. Lena, who is against Magica's prompting, uses her magic to save Beakly and the two of them regroup with the others. Following their encounter with the Terra-firmians, the group heads to the surface via a hole created by them. While the others are distracted, Magica demands that Lena tell her why she let Beakley live, and, after Beakley reveals that she has found some respect for Lena and grants her access to the mansion, she tells Magica that she "has to play the long game".

In "Jaw$!", Magica has Lena slip in an artifact known as the Hunter's Stone into Scrooge's Money Bin, where the Stone manifests as a money shark Magica calls Tiffany. Magica plans to have Tiffany locate Scrooge's Number One Dime and have it bring the dime to her via Lena. Lena, having become attached to the McDucks, is against this, and aids them in destroying Tiffany, her friendship with Webby being able to destroy the beast. However, Magica reminds her that Lena sought freedom in exchange for aiding Magica.

In "The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!", Magica has Lena sneak into Scrooge's room and use a magical Vesuvian Diamond Dagger to cut the Number One Dime from his neck, but she's inadvertently foiled by Webby. Disappointed, Magica learns that Scrooge, aware that someone is going after his dime, is hiding it inside his Other Bin. She then schemes to retrieve the dime by infiltrating the Other Bin and coerces Lena to manipulate Webby into helping to locate the dime.

Eventually, Lena finds the dime, causing Magica to regain a physical form, albeit still as a living shadow. When Webby breaks into the dime's chamber and confronts Magica, Magica transforms Webby into a doll and uses it to torment Lena until she accidentally destroys Webby. It's soon revealed that this sequence was in fact a dream induced by a dreamcatcher. Lena rejects Magica for good. But before she can alert Scrooge of Magica's presence, Magica possesses Lena completely and decides to get the dime herself.

In "The Shadow War!", still in Lena's body, Magica infiltrates McDuck Manor to steal the Number One Dime for herself, despite Lena briefly breaking free from Magica's control to fruitlessly try to warn Scrooge of the danger he is in. When Magica successfully regains her corporeal form, she imprisons Lena and Scrooge. Lena apologizes to Scrooge for her actions, and he promises to let her into his family after defeating Magica. However, Magica traps Lena in her shadow once again. Webby's friendship with Lena eventually leads to the latter breaking free of Magica one last time in the climax, but Lena is seemingly vaporized by Magica, much to Webby's dismay. However, after Magica's defeat, Lena is revealed to be hiding in Webby's shadow, implying that she's still alive in the Shadow Realm.

Lena would later be brought back to corporeal form by Webby with the help of her new friend, Violet Sabrewing, in "Friendship Hates Magic!", ending her villainous role. She later moves in with Violet's family, becoming Violet's older adoptive sister. However, she is still seen as a prankster in the Season 3 episode, "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchuck!", where she encourages Violet to trash-talk Huey. However, Violet defends the latter and tells her sister to stop, showing even Violet has her limits with Lena at times.

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Trivia[]

Lena was based on Minima De Spell from the DuckTales comics, as she too appears as Magica's niece who befriends Webby. She was also partially based on Magica's shadow from the original DuckTales series episode, "Magica's Shadow War". They were both brought to life by her magic for the purpose of stealing Scrooge's Number One Dime, but they ended up turning on Magica, due to her abusive ways. However, that shadow became a villain even more evil than Magica, forcing her to work with Scrooge, while Lena joined the heroes.
Despite calling Magica her aunt, Lena is considered to be the latter's daughter, due to Magica creating her. This might be because, since she fused her amulet with her brother, Poe's, Lena might've come from Poe's magic, making her his daughter. Ironically, Lena doesn't have any interactions with Poe.
Due to being 14-15 years old, Lena is the only non-adult DuckTales villain.
The reason why Lena was a villain is because she tried to help Magica defeat Scrooge McDuck.
In Lena's debut episode, "The Beagle Birthday Massacre!", she and Webby get caught by the Beagle Boys. When that happens, they yell, "We're gonna die!" This foreshadows Lena's death in the Season 1 finale, "The Shadow War!" In that episode, Magica uses her magic to kill Lena.
After being killed by Magica, Lena gets revived by Webby and Violet's magic amulet. This makes Lena the only DuckTales villain who gets revived after being killed.
At the start of Season 3, it's revealed that Lena was adopted by Violet's fathers. This was confirmed when Lena said, "That's my sister from a couple misters!", while she was cheering for Violet.
After being adopted by Violet's fathers, Lena's name was changed to Sabrewing. Despite this, she was still seen interacting with Magica a few times.
Lena referring to Dewey as Bluey could be a reference to the fact that he wears a blue shirt. It could also be a reference to the title character from the Disney Junior TV show of the same name.
Despite not being an actual villain, Lena is considered to be a foil to the following characters:
- Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack: They both had a tough relationship with their family members for different reasons (Webby was forced to stay in Scrooge's mansion because her adoptive grandmother, Betina Beakley, was being overprotective; Lena was forced to be the shadow of her aunt/creator, Magica De Spell). They also betrayed their family members when they did something bad (Webby betrayed Betina after finding out that she wasn't really her grandmother, and that she lied about her life; Lena betrayed Magica after she tried to convince her to hand over Scrooge's Number One Dime). However, Webby was able to reconcile with Betina at the end of the TV series. As for Lena, she refused to reconcile with Magica. Mostly because she tried to hurt Webby, her friends, and her family. Another thing that Webby and Lena have in common is that they both became friends with Violet Sabrewing. But unlike Lena (who didn't trust Violet during their first meeting), Webby immediately became friends with her. Lena servers an example of what Webby would've become if she hadn't reconcile with Betina and accepted Violet as her friend.
- Violet Sabrewing: They were both known for being scared of Magica and her shadow. However, Violet was able to use her amulet to scare away Magica's shadow. Lena, on the other hand, was forced to be Magica's shadow when she tried to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime. Lena represents what Violet would've become if she let her fear of Magica and her shadow consume her.
- Louie: They didn't trust their family members for different reasons (Louie didn't trust his mother, Della, because she had been stranded on the moon for 10 years and she didn't know how to be a parent; Lena didn't trust her aunt, Magica, because she was always forcing her to be her shadow). However, Louie was able to change his mind after Della saved his life. As for Lena, she betrayed Magica after she tried to hurt her friends. If Louie hadn't learned to trust Della, he would've ended up like Lena.
- Scrooge McDuck: They both hated their families for different reasons (Scrooge had an argument with Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie after the latter four blamed him for losing Della; Lena was forced to help Magica steal Scrooge's Number One Dime). However, Scrooge was able to reconcile with Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and they became a family again. And even though Lena became a member of Violet's family, she still had a grudge against Magica. If Scrooge let his hatred of his family consume him, he would've ended up like Lena too.
- Betina Beakley: They both have a tough relationship with Scrooge because of something that he did (Betina doesn't like it when Scrooge refuses to spend some time with his family; Lena doesn't like it when Scrooge tries to hide his Number One Dime from her and Magica). However, Betina is always supporting Scrooge when she's working in his mansion. Lena, on the other hand, is always trying to do something bad when Magica tells her what to do. As a bonus, Betina and Lena lied to Webby for different reasons (Betina lied about her life and Webby's backstory; Lena lied about being Webby's friend). However, Betina was able to reconcile with Webby, and the latter accepted her as her adoptive grandmother. And even though Lena reconciled with Webby, she was still trying to get used to being her friend. Lena represents what Betina would've become if she hadn't been there for Scrooge. Lena also represents what Betina would've become if she hadn't told Webby the truth about herself.

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