PokeFantasia App: Anna Herbert

Name: Anna Herbert

Gender: Female

Birthday: January 3rd

Age: 20

Pokemon: Skiddo named George

Kingdom: Annwyn

Job Class: Acolyte

Deities: 

Groudon: Titan of the Land

Xerneas: Spirit of Life

Feats:

Sacred Vow of Abstinence: You have willingly given yourself to the service of a good deity or cause, denying yourself an ordinary life to better serve your high ideals. To abstain from alcoholic beverages, drugs, stimulants such as caffeine, and intoxication. 

Likes: Perhaps it’s hereditary, but Anna enjoys sewing and embroidering, even if she’s not very good at them. That doesn’t stop her from entering local sewing competitions, though, even if what she makes always manage to appall the judges in the most undesirable ways. She’s naturally curious, and loves learning about nature: pokemons, herbs, fruits, berries, everything under the forest canopy. Anna even teaches George everything she has learned, despite him being a pokemon. No matter, for she loves company. Festivals and holidays are her favorite times of the year, as she just can’t wait to weave through the crowds and smell the scents of excitement.

Dislikes: Anna isn’t musically talented, but she’s strangely irked by loud, out-of-tune singing. That, above all else. She’s also a bit of a clean freak, and likes order, a trait that conflicts with her love of festivities. Well, she figures, the best holidays are the well-organized, pleasantly charming ones. Despite her love for forests and all types of pokemons, Anna is afraid of city bugs: karablast and even shelmet. Most of all, however, Anna is afraid of change. She doesn’t like letting go of others, moving to new places, or adapting to environments.

Personality:

            Thin-slicing Anna is easy: A bumbling, stubborn girl whose most common facial expression is a cheery, simple smile. She is friendly, conversational, and determined, yet… she is highly insecure. One can go as far as to say she has an anxiety disorder. While she struggles with trusting others, especially men, she craves close, one-on-one relationships. Anna can handle herself in a crowd, but will remain quiet in group events. She doesn’t want the spotlight on her, but yearns for attention, especially from those she value. Easily persuaded and exploitable, Anna often finds herself in situations she has no idea how to get out of. That was alright, however, as long as she was beside the person she loves… Right?

History:

            Soon after Anna was born, her father left the family. Her mother, a seamstress, could barely get by, let along taking care of Anna’s two older brothers and her. Thus, Anna’s new father appeared. These events were in mere backdrops, however, as Anna spent her childhood happily playing in the woods with their household pokemons. She became well-acquainted with the forest, so much so that her mother jokingly called her a forest spirit. Her brothers leaving for jobs and apprenticeships were the only dark speckles in her otherwise halcyon days. Anna aimed to become a seamstress like her mother, even if she was never particularly good with needles.

            When she turned 12, she found that most of her schoolmates were… not like her. She had pimples and was taller than most, and was bullied with name-calling. Ogre, ogre—They would sing and dance around her. Anna’s sunny disposition disappeared, and instead of going out, she spent time with herself. Herself and her step-father, to be exact. About the time Anna started staying home, he had lost his job as a guard. Anna didn’t mind, though; he was gentle, kind, funny, and most importantly, would never make fun of her. The two got close, and spent every day together. Day after day, her mother would leave for the marketplace, and her step-father would tell her how beautiful and perfect she was. Anna, my little girl. Anna, my pretty one. Anna, my favorite thing in the entire world. Anna, Anna. My Anna. Now, Anna, wouldn’t you listen. Your father has a fun game. Anna, Anna, my Anna, let’s—

            He crossed the line, leaving blood on the blankets they had sat on and read together so many times. Not knowing why or how, simply that she was so, so AFRAID, Anna ran away into the forest she once knew and loved. When the sun began to set, she tentatively returned home to find her parents arguing. The next few days, her mother brought in priestesses and her brothers returned. She didn’t know the words they were saying to her, didn’t know anything, really. Except that whatever her step-father had done hurt. It hurts. She never saw him again.

            Soon, she was relocated to live with her aunt, far away from the small forest town she grew up in. Anna didn’t understand why she couldn’t see her step-father anymore: the only person who cared about her, who accompanied her, who would never tease her or laugh at her. Because oh Anna, I would never hurt you, she would imagine him saying as she ate random plants and fungi in her aunt’s herb shop. Better to end all this than to go on without him. However, she survived the medicinal poisoning. After her physical recovery two months later, Anna began to patch up the gaping wound in her heart. The progress was slow, sure, but she found the daily maintenance of the small garden and farm relaxing.

            A few months later, when Anna was 14, Anna met George. George’s mother refused to take care of the small skiddo when he was born, so her aunt handed the baby goat over for Anna to take care of. Anna saw herself in the skiddo, not yet having recovered from her own loss and loneliness, and quickly took on a maternal role for the small goat. Her emotional wounds continued to heal as she raised George into the young buck he is today. When she was 16, she started taking a more active role in her aunt’s herbal shop. Soon, after accessing her abilities and willingness to aid pokemons and humans alike, she decided to become an acolyte, vowing abstinence, and devote herself into studying the art of healing.

Additional Info:

Anna is 5’5”

Anna specializes in herbal medicine

Anna has two older brothers. They are 34 and 29 years-old, one of which now resides in Telisia. They would visit Anna once in awhile.

Anna’s no longer very close to her mother, as her mother visited her less and less since meeting another man in her birth town. However, she is now extremely close to her aunt.