Anya

Short Bio
A human orphan taken in by Lear. She follows him around nearly everywhere. Since she is mute, her true emotions are often a mystery, and most of the time, she stays in the background, silently finishing his dirty work.

Personality
Anya is a very gentle and intelligent girl, but her past has made her very timid and nervous. She has a hard time trusting others, and mostly hides behind Lear whenever strangers are around. Although she appears as if she couldn't hurt a fly, she is somewhat unpredictable in her actions. Most of the time, she appears very stressed and anxious, and there is only one person who has ever seen her smile.

History
Anya is raised in a very poor household, constantly neglected and maltreated by her parents. They hardly ever show her affection and often abuse her mentally and physically, which is why she stops talking at a very young age. She spends most of her childhood silently doing the housework for her family, until her parents are killed by Lear, who is at a mission in her village at that time. Although he considers killing her, he can't bring himself to do it, and decides to takes her in. She is scared of him, but still decides to follow him, since she has never learned to defend herself, and just silently accepts her fate. He mostly keeps her in his mansion near the Tearless fortress, where she spends the time helping him with his housework or drawing. She is rarely involved with the clan's business and silently works in the background, hardly in contact with anyone besides Lear (and Giles later on).

Lear
Lear serves as a kind of weird foster parent for Anya, and despite his usually cruel and sadistic character, he loves her from the bottom of his heart and cares for her dearly. She has conflicted emotions about him – on the one hand, she is touched by his affections (since she has never known what it's like to have a loving parent), but at the same time she's scared of his often ruthless behavior towards others.

Giles
Giles is probably the one Anya trusts the most. After he starts working for Lear, he often looks out for her, being used to playing the bigger brother and instantly feels responsible for her. They spend a lot of time drawing and cooking together, and he takes care of her when Lear is out on missions. Giles is the only one who has ever seen Anya's smile.

Trivia/Writer's Corner
I feel so horrible for writing this character omg. I'm sorry baby. She probably has the worst fate of all the characters in the story, but I like her relationship with Giles. It's really sweet.