Lady Anna Koopa

* The Feeble King (II)
* The Feeble King (I)

> *"I must stay. I'll be fine here, promise." - The Feeble King (IV)*
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**Lady Anna Koopa** is the second daughter of Lord Richard Koopa, the duke of Sherbet Land during the late 15th century, and Lady Tulisa Python, being their fourth child overall. She is a supporting character in *Wars of Frozen Flames* who makes her debut in the first part of *The Feeble King*, although she doesn't have a prominent role in the chapter until its second part, in which she is married off to Lord Gerald Garnet, causing the concern of her elder brothers due to Lord Garnet's violent reputation. Even more so when Garnet betrays her and hands her over to Queen Cynder as a slave in the third part, and is later revealed to be expecting a child from Garnet during the fourth part. Anna is at first portrayed as an optimistic and carefree young lady who tends to act before thinking, but that matures over the course of the series, learning to look after both herself and her loved ones.

Anna is based on Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter.

## History

### Backstory

Anna was born as the second daughter of Lord Richard Koopa and Lady Tulisa Python, being their fourth child overall. Judging by her name, is likely that she was named after her paternal grandmother, Lady Anna Kassimeer, who died shortly after laying the egg containing her father Richard. Not much else is known about Anna's childhood compared to her other siblings (except for her younger sister Ursula), but judging from her excitement at the prospect of being married to a duke and leaving Sherbet Land, it can be assumed Anna may have had big life aspirations growing up.

### The Feeble King

#### Parts I and II

In the first part of *The Feeble King,* Anna first appears alongside her siblings and mother, as well as Lord Greyford and the Python sisters Lily and Rose, waiting for their father to celebrate him becoming King's Claw, only to be informed by Richard that Lord Sigmund Phoenix was chosen over him, much to the dismay of everyone. She then shows up during the Loveday Feast at the Koopa Castle with the rest of her family. Anna's role during this part is rather limited because of her lack of dialogue, same as her sister Ursula.

In the second part of *The Feeble King*, Anna has a much more significant role and even speaks for the first time. She is first shown bidding farewell to the Lord Richard Koopa after he deposes Lord Sigmund Phoenix of the position of King's Claw and regent and has him imprisoned for his corruption and the desertion of his troops. Anna initially scoffs at her father not taking her to the Valley, but he tells her that she must stay behind because she is expected to marry Lord Gerald Garnet in the upcoming days, and that her brother Halbert will escort her to his castle.

A few days later, Halbert and Anna ride their musties to Lord Garnet's castle, with Anna hoping that he is as handsome and rich as she has been told he was. Halbert is unsure about the wedding, as Garnet has a reputation for being violent and he is afraid that he will try to hurt Anna, but Anna tells him to calm down and that she is sure Garnet will protect her. When Lord Garnet introduces himself to the siblings, he compliments Anna on her appearance and is overall polite to them, but Halbert still has his doubts. Anna on the other hand is very excited about her upcoming marriage and new life. Later on Halbert tells his concerns to Robert, who claims that he will not forgive Garnet if he does something bad to Anna.

#### Part III

Over a year later, it's revealed Lord Garnet has betrayed Anna and her family, kidnapping her and handing her over to Queen Cynder as a personal slave in order to prove his loyalty to King John Koopa VI, becoming another one of Richard's children being held hostage by Cynder alongside Tobias and Rickon. Anna is forced to serve Queen Cynder while the men are in the battle of Whomp City, mainly acting as a cup bearer for the Queen. Despite her harsh treatment of Anna, Cynder does admit she feels some pity for her, as Lord Richard married her off to a man who betrayed and mistreated her, saying she relates to Anna in that sense, as it's very similar to what her own father put her through when she married her off to John VI.

Richard learning of Garnet's betrayal and Anna's kidnapping is another one of the decisive factors for him to start a the Battle of Whomp City against the Kayenne forces. Anna's elder brothers Robert and Halbert also swear vengeance against Lord Garnet for his betrayal, with Robert defeating Lord Garnet in battle. In addition, Lord Garnet himself taunts Robert and Halbert about Anna's situation right before the battle, fueling the brothers' anger.

#### Part IV

Following the victory of the Sherbet Forces at the Battle of Whomp City, as well as the execution of Lord Sigmund Phoenix, Lord Richard demands for his position as King's Claw to be restored, as well as for Tobias, Rickon and Anna to be released from their imprisonment, to which John VI accepts, much to Queen Cynder's frustration. Lord Garnet is also imprisoned in the Black Tower by Richard for his betrayal and kidnapping of Anna.

Six months later, now in the year 1478, Lady Anna is living on Lord Garnet's castle in Koopa Cross, with one of Garnet's knights, Sir Devon, serving her. Lord Richard arrives to visit his daughter alongside Sir Hakon Tusk. Once Richard is left alone with his daughter, he apologizes to her for everything that Garnet had done to her, saying that had he known that he would betray and mistreat her the way he did, he would have never married her off to him. The duke of Sherbet Land lets his daughter know that as soon as the realm is at peace, he'll have her marriage to Garnet annulled. To Richard's surprise, Anna says she doesn't want her marriage to Garnet annulled, and when questioned by her father about this decision, she reveals to him that she is expecting a child from Lord Garnet. Richard tries to convince Anna that she can't stay in Koopa Cross, but Anna begs not to, knowing very well that should her marriage to Garnet be annulled, she'll be separated from her child, promising her father that she will be fine on Koopa Cross by herself. Richard chooses to respect his daughter's wishes, assuring Anna that as long as he is under control of the realm, Lord Garnet will remain locked away.

## Appearance and Character

As Richard and Tulisa's daughter, Anna is very similar to both of them in terms of appearance, just like the rest of her brothers and sisters. She is a female draconic Koopa with blue skin, an ice blue snout, a dark blue head and yellow eyes, much like her father, and long black hair with ice blue streaks, the main color being inherited from her mother Tulisa, and the color of the streaks being inherited from her father Richard. She keeps her hair tied in a small bun. Anna wears a black spiked shell, a silver necklace and a pair of silver bracelets, one on each arm, a pair of black heels, black nail polish and pink lipstick. Overall Anna's color scheme denotes her Sherbet heritage, mainly taking after her father, but with a few features belonging to her mother.

In Part I of *The Feeble King*, Anna's design is drastically different from her following appearances in the series. Her hair is entirely ice blue and isn't tied in a bun, and the color of her shell and nails is light blue instead of black. Starting with Part II, it was changed to the aforementioned design.

Initially, Anna is portrayed as a refined, carefree and somewhat immature, yet kind girl, having great expectations of her life as the wife of a Duke and ignoring the warnings of her brother Halbert of Lord Garnet being a man who has a reputation for being violent and unpredictable. This leads to Garnet betraying her and handing her over to Queen Cynder as a slave, leading to catastrophic consequences. Following this experience however, Anna appears to start maturing as a person, and actively puts her unborn's child future over her own happiness. In spite of knowing that Lord Garnet is a violent man, she doesn't want her marriage to him being annulled as otherwise she'd be separated from her child, showing that she is now aware of her situation and what she is being subjected to, unlike when she was first married off to Lord Garnet, where she was mainly only thinking about her fantasies.

## Trivia

* Anna was originally intended to be the eldest of Richard's children, just like her real life counterpart, but was ultimately made Richard's second daughter due to her sister Olivia marrying and leaving Sherbet Land prior to the series, as Freeze believed it wouldn't make much sense for Richard to send away his second daughter first.
* Anna's second and current hairstyle is based on Nessa's, a character in the *Pokémon* series that appears in *Pokémon Sword and Shield*.