Annabel Lee

> "To you alone, i have left myself completely defenseless."
>
> Annabel Lee to Lenore

* Current
* Spectre
* Past

**Annabel Lee Whitlock** is one of two main characters in the webtoon known as *Nevermore*, created by Kate Flynn and Kit Trace. From the very beginning, she has been using the other students as pawns in order to ensure that both her and Lenore have the chance of a new life. Annabel Lee is well known around the school for being the first student to manifest a spectre. She is the leader of **Annabel's Group***.*

## Appearance

Annabel Lee is a slim woman of average height and tanned skin. She has long, platinum blonde hair often styled in the form of ringlets. She has light pink eyes and pale eyelashes. She always wears two rings, one on each hand. The left ring is a plain silver one with no design. The right ring has floral designs patterned on the surface and is made of the same material as the other one.

When she was alive, Annabel was shown to wear long, elegant dresses with expensive-looking accessories. Because of her father's high status, it is probable that she owned many gowns and frocks. Her hair was the same length, colour and style.

While in Nevermore, her uniform is more on the feminine side with a white shirt, poofy gray skirt and a softer shaped blazer with the Nevermore logo on the back.

## History

In the past, Annabel Lee was the daughter of an England socialite, Ira Whitlock. She was clearly smarter than most, but knew that eventually she would have to find a man to marry. Keeping this is mind, she told her father she would only marry a man that beat her at chess. Because of her skills in the game, she remained undefeated and unmarried.

Once she ran out of suitors, Annabel's family decided to travel to New York for Ira to make new acquaintances. Two weeks after they arrived, Ira met an American aristocrat named Thaddeus Vandernacht. The two began to speak with one another and while Ira was visiting Thaddeus, Annabel visited Thaddeus' daughter, Lenore. The two quickly became friends. One evening, while Lenore is playing a tune on her piano, Annabel requests that she write her a song. Lenore declines, stating that she wasn't a soloist. Shortly after, Annabel Lee tells her that she must leave for the social season and won't be returning. Lenore, who never knew of this until now, begs her to stay, which leads Annabel to reveal that her visits were at the request of Lenore's father. He wanted Lenore to have a good, ladylike influence. Lenore stands there, shocked as Annabel make her departure.

Presumably in the same day, Annabel attends a dinner in one of Thaddeus' estates. She is accompanied by her father, Thaddeus and his wife, and another family with a son named *Percy*. As they eat, Percy's father brags about the chess tournaments his son has participated in. Annabel asks how many he's won, which causes Percy to break into a nervous sweat and inform her that he has infact, won none. The door suddenly slams open and a man quickly runs over to Thaddeus and whispers the sudden news into his ear. He apologises before grabbing his wife and seeing himself out. Annabel excuses herself and chases after Thaddeus, asking if everything is alright. The man tells her that theres been a fire at their cottage in Finger Lakes, before pausing and turning away. Annabel's eyes go wide upon realising that Lenore lives in the Finger Lakes cottage. She asks if his daughter is alright, to which Thaddeus replies that he doesn't have a daughter. This causes her to panic, entering what Ira calls one of her '*attacks*.' He quickly pulls her in and tells her to stop it at once, and Annabel manages to successfully calm herself down.

After the dinner, Annabel is seen soaking in her bathtub and listening to her own thoughts, before suddenly experiencing a hallucination of Lenore. This reveals the guilt she faces for leaving Lenore behind, and how she herself is not in the right state of mind. The following morning, she is awakened and told that her presence has been requested by a young man. She gets prepared and heads downstairs, introducing herself before recognising the young '*man*' as Lenore. However, it seems Lenore has assumed the disguise of *Leo*, Thaddeus' nephew.

A massive leap in time later, Annabel dies before her wedding and ends up in Nevermore.

## Spectre

Annabel Lee's Spectre is a "Lady in White", an entity who died suddenly before she was to be wed. This Spectre is categorized as a "Ghost Bride" type, considered Malevolent.

According to Annabel and Poppet, the reason why she is this type of Spectre is due to her being betrayed and killed by a person that loved her above all else, murdered before she could attend to her own wedding. The person who killed her, the reason why they did it and her groom are currently unknown. Although not completely confirmed, it's heavily implied that she was shot.

When Annabel is in this form, her eyes start shining with a blue light, her skin takes a light blue hue and the tip of her feet gain a black gradient. A hole with the shape of a heart appears in the middle of her chest, with a red shinning gem inside the gap. While she is a Spectre, Annabel wears a white wedding dress along side a veil. Her hair stays similar but purpleish-redish peony decorations appear on both side of her had that leave a trail of petals behind.

### Abilities

When Annabel is in her Spectre form, everything around her drops in temperature and her body becomes so cold that can hurt people that touch her or cause them heavy discomfort.

* **Withered Peonies**: Annabel's peonies decorations that she has on her hair constantly leave behind withered petals that she is able to control. This petals can be used both to cut or to block other people's movement. She uses this skill to kill one of the monsters that was attacking Morella during the Maze Arc.
* **Rigor Mortis**: Annabel is able to summon a white fog that she is able to control. This mist cause cold to the people in it and seems to slow their movement. She uses this skill to slow down Lenore and try to stop her from ringing the bell during the Manor Arc.
* **Kiss of Death**: Anyone that kisses Annabel in this form (presumably on the lips) will die. She tries to use this skill against Lenore during the Manor Arc, to stop her from ringing the bell.

## Trivia

1. Annabel Lee is named for Edgar Allan Poe's *Annabel Lee*.
2. Annabel's Spectre is the first one shown in the comic.

## Gallery

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