Fira Penn was Artha and Lance Penn's mother. She's where Artha gets his black hair when Connor Penn has red hair. Fira was Connor's wife for several years, but died from a form of cancer two years after Lance was born. Neither of the boys really knew their mother, and Connor has never remarried. He has also never shown his grief for his lost wife in the series, the only time viewers have heard about Fira being in The Alchemist transcript. According to interviews with the show's creators, Fira's name comes from the word "Fire", and she used to be a member of the Dragon Flares Crew.