Anhelo

Anhelo was a vampire and the former crime-lord and boss of the Maestros family in New Capenna. He was the best assassin in the city but also an artist. He was compleated during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse and killed by his daughter, Errant.
==Description==
Anhelo saw no difference between a dagger and a paintbrush. He would get any job done and turn the crime scene into a work of art in the process. The man couldn't resist a little creative flourish here and there. Dagger, paintbrush, it was all the same to him. He loved to set a corpse up with a crime scene so pretty, any bystanders wished they had been killed instead. He called it his art, his bit of "hidden spectacle." Maybe he was trying to impress his boss or his darling daughter. Unnecessary, if you asked the average citizen, but vampires are just like that sometimes. Ironically for a vampire, Anhelo disliked people "who [work] in the dark," rather than having their work "out in the open." He applied his artistry to himself as well: he was vain and despised looking or acting cheap, which got him in trouble when someone with a grudge wanted revenge.
He had a daughter, Errant, with a now-dead wife named Serena. Despite the ruthlessness with which he approached his work, he was very close to them and tried to be a reliable and affectionate father. He had pale eyes, fair skin, and slicked-back dark hair that ran close to his head and curled around a high steel collar. Carefully manicured stubble lined his jaw. While assassinating a Nightmare at the request of Evelyn, he received permanent scars along his rib cage.
After his compleation, pale plates replaced parts of his body with sharp, unnatural angles and red sinew stretched up his neck. Parts of his flesh had been hollowed out, and there was a void where his heart once was.
==History==
Anhelo used to be a historian and a businessman all in one. Any business deal or contract with the Maestros or their museum had to go through him. He wouldn't say how he got the job, but that tidbit of knowledge was the family's worst-kept secret. He was Lord Xander's right-hand man before the city was built, and he still was long after.
Personally trained by Lord Xander for centuries, Anhelo was one of the best assassins in the city. Such a job creates enemies, though. Three years before the events of Streets of New Capenna, he killed Severo Sr.. Severo's son, Severo Jr. attempted to take revenge on the day of Errant's wedding to Parnesse by luring him into a cab and sending it into traffic, setting him up with stolen Halo. He also lost a devil assistant, who was sent in pieces through the mail.<c>Ominous Package</c>
As the former deacon of Xander, he was promoted after his boss's death during the Cabaretti Crescendo.
After Atraxa invaded the plane with her New Phyrexian forces, Anhelo was compleated. He faced his daughter, Errant, trying to stop her from blowing up Park Heights. He failed and died in the explosion.
==Story appearances==
Title	Author 	Publishing date	Set 	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
 	Elise Kova 	2022-03-28 	Streets of New Capenna	Theros, Capenna 	Elspeth, Ajani, Heliod, Xander, Anhelo, The Adversary (mentioned), Jetmir, Jinnie Fay, Kitt Kanto, Giada, Muri, Regis, Vivien, Ziatora, Tezzeret, Urabrask (mentioned)
 	Elise Kova 	2022-03-28 	Streets of New Capenna	Capenna, Dominaria	Elspeth, Ajani, Heliod (mentioned), Erebos (mentioned), Daxos (mentioned), Calix (mentioned), Anhelo, Nixilis
 	Elise Kova 	2022-03-30 	Streets of New Capenna	Capenna, Dominaria	Vivien, Tezzeret, Elesh Norn (mentioned), Urabrask, Navy, Anhelo, Elspeth
 	Elise Kova 	2022-03-30 	Streets of New Capenna	Capenna 	Xander, Anhelo, Ob Nixilis, Elspeth, Jinnie Fay, Kitt Kanto, Giada, Jetmir, Vivien Reid
 	K. Arsenault Rivera	2022-03-30 	Streets of New Capenna	Capenna, Dominaria	Anhelo, Errant, Severo Sr. (mentioned), Toluz, Evelyn, Fiero Vespin, Severo Jr., Antonio Swift (mentioned), Parnesse, Serena (mentioned)
 	Elise Kova 	2022-04-05 	Streets of New Capenna	Capenna 	Elspeth Tirel, Vivien Reid, Giada, Jinnie Fay, Kamiz, Jetmir, Ob Nixilis, Anhelo, Xander (mentioned)
 	Elise Kova 	2023-03-27 	March of the Machine 	Capenna 	Atraxa, Anhelo, Parnesse, Errant, Della, Perrie, Kamiz, Henzie Torre, Falco Spara
==In-game references==
==References==
Category:Assassins
Category:Vampires
Category:Phyrexians
Category:Deceased