Anastasia Alexandrovna

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

## Character Information

### Epithet

The Northern Imperial Princess
Beloved cousin
Princess of Dusk
Princess Imperial, Princess of the Blood
The 2nd Wonder of of Kochō High
Nee-chan, Nee-san, Nee-sama
Onee-chan, Onee-san, Onee-sama
The Pretty Manager
The Regent Tsarina Dowager, Elena Glinskaya of Russia`s Descendant
The Imperial Japanese-Russian Romanov Grand Princess
Grand Princess of Moscow
Tsar Michael of Russia`s Descendant
The White Queen
Grand Duchess North Sallow
The Greatest Grand Princess of all time
Her Imperial Highness, Grand Duchess Fuyu Tsuyuri`s first-cousin
The Heiress Apparent
The Andalorian Flower
The Creator
Grand Duchess North, the Supreme Ruler of the Supernatural Nation

### Also Known As

The Northern Imperial Princess
Beloved cousin
Princess of Dusk
Princess Imperial, Princess of the Blood
The 2nd Wonder of of Kochō High
Nee-chan, Nee-san, Nee-sama
Onee-chan, Onee-san, Onee-sama
The Pretty Manager
The Regent Tsarina Dowager, Elena Glinskaya of Russia`s Descendant
The Imperial Japanese-Russian Romanov Grand Princess
Grand Princess of Moscow
Tsar Michael of Russia`s Descendant
The White Queen
Grand Duchess North Sallow
The Greatest Grand Princess of all time
Her Imperial Highness, Grand Duchess Fuyu Tsuyuri`s first-cousin
The Heiress Apparent
The Andalorian Flower
The Creator
Grand Duchess North, the Supreme Ruler of the Supernatural Nation

### Height

156 cm (5'1") - 2012
182.3 cm (5'11. 8")

### Weight

46 kg (101 lbs) - 2012
70.7 kg (155.9 lbs)

## Background Information

### Family

❖Elena Glinskaya (Ancestor; maternal side)
❖Michael of Russia (Ancestor; maternal side)
❖Johanna Prescott (Ancestor; paternal side)
❖Fuyu Prescott (Ancestor; paternal side)
❖Mentioned Grandmother (Grandmother; maternal side)
❖Mentioned Grandfather (Grandfather; maternal side)
❖Mentioned Grandmother (Grandmother; paternal side)
❖Mentioned Grandfather (Grandfather; paternal side)
❖Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski (First-Cousin; paternal side)
❖Preston Hermès (First-Cousin; paternal side)
❖Mentioned Mother (Mother; deceased)
❖Mentioned Father (Father; deceased)
❖Mentioned Older Brother (Older Brother; deceased)
❖Mentioned Older Sister (Older Sister; deceased)
❖Mentioned Niece (Niece)
❖Fuyu Tsuyu (Wife)

### Likes

❖Chuupet (jelly fruit sticks)
❖Volleyball
❖Her position as the team manager
❖Her teammates
❖Anime
❖Slice of life Anime
❖Archery
❖Dancing
❖Ballet
❖Volleyball
❖Volleyball Matches
❖Beach Volleyball
❖Beach Volleyball Matches
❖Figure Skating (formerly)
❖Ice Skating (formerly)

### Dislikes

❖Injuries
❖Her hip injury hurting
❖Remembering when she used to be able to compete in ice skating competitions
❖Missing volleyball practice
❖Being sick
❖The Promised Neverland
❖Horror Anime
❖Sad Songs

## Professional Status

### Occupation

High School Student (2nd Year, Class 2) - 2012
V.League Division 1 Manager
Imperial Princess/Grand Duchess

### Teams

❖Yako Junior High (Former)
❖Kochō High (Former)
❖Black Shadows (Current)
❖Japan National Team (2021)

### Number

❖19 (Junior High 3rd Year; Manager)
❖10 (High School 2nd Year; Manager)
 ❖2 (High School 3rd Year; Manager)
❖2 (Black Shadows; Manager)
❖11 (2021 National Team; Manager)

## Seiyu Information

### English Actor

Cherami Leigh

**North Sallow** (Japanese: **ヤナギ ()  北 (きた)** , *Yanagi Kita*), born as **Grand Duchess Anastasia Alexandrovna of Andalor, Nero Austria and Jefrouvania** (Russian: Анастасия Александровна Романова, tr. *Anastasíya Alexandrovna Románova*; born 19 May [O.S. 6 May] 1995) is the second-youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the current reigning soverign of Nero Austria and Jefrouvania, and his wife, Tsarina Tatiana Feodorovna.

Anastasia is the younger sister of Grand Duchesses Olga Alexandrovna, Maria Alexandrovna, Sophie Alexandrovna, and Alexei Alexandrovna, and is the elder sister of Nikolai Alexandrovich, Dimitri Alexandrovna, Igor Alexandrovich and her adoptive younger sister, Annika Alexandrovna. She witnessed the murder of her youngest siblings by a group of terrorists' during a hostage-prisoner situation in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 2000.

Persistent rumors of their possible escape circulated after their deaths, fueled by the fact that the location of their burial was unknown directly after they were killed and buried. The acidified remains of the two youngest Grand Dukes (Nikolai and Igor) and the youngest Grand Duchess (Annika) were discovered in 2011. These remains were escorted by the greatest and biggest Imperial warship, HSM Atlántico back to the Andalorian Empire, where they were laid to rest inside the sunlit chapel at Petrogradsky Fortress in 2013.

## Biography

### **Early years**

Anastasia was born on 19 May 1995. She was the fifth daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Tatiana. When she was born, her parents and extended family were elated that she was a girl. They had hoped for another female who they would be able to pamper and coddle, as she would not have any major duties unlike her older sisters and brothers. Her father went for a long walk to compose himself before going to visit his wife and their newborn child for the first time. Her paternal aunt Grand Duchess Galina Feodorovna of Nero Austria said, "My God! What a surprise! My sister-in-law was so frail and weak that she and my brother dared not try for another child and yet! Yet, she became pregnant with this child. This child is the hope and the future of the Empire itself!" Her first cousin twice removed Grand Duchess Katina Konstantinovich of Nero Austria wrote, "God bless the Lord, for we have been graced by his divine light and blessings! Alas, though we hoped for another niece, we dared not ask. The fragile health of the Empress would be put in further peril another child and yet the Empress lives, as does the child. That child is hope itself!" Her closest first-cousin, Fuyu Tsuyuri later wrote, "Her birth was unexpected but it perpetuated a succession crisis, as all of her elder siblings were born exceedingly frail and her older brothers were excluded from succeeding to the throne, thus making her sixth in the line of succession to the Imperial throne of Nero Austria. However, the general public feared that Anastasia would be fragile like my aunt and me, thus they wanted me to become the heir apparent of both Nero Austria and Andalor; something which has never happened before."

Anastasia was named for her deceased relative; Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia as well as the fourth-century martyr and past reigning empress St. Anastasia. "Anastasia" is a Greek name (Αναστασία), meaning "of the resurrection", a fact often alluded to later in stories describing her supernatural powers in full and painting her as the sole guardian and protectress of the cycle of life and rebirth. Anastasia's title when translated from Russian to English reads as "Grand Princess". "Grand Duchess" became the most widely used translation of the title into English from Russian.

The Tsar`s children were raised as simply as possible. They slept on their own individual futons on the floor, bathed and swam in the icy rivers surrounding their homes no matter the weather, and were expected to tidy their rooms and do needlework to be sold at various charity events when they were not otherwise occupied. Everybody in the household was expected to treat the Imperial family with a large amount of respect and always addressed by their respective titles and styles. The French version of her name, "Anastasie" was forbidden from being used in the Grand Duchess` presence as Anastasia despised the French language in general.

Anastasia and her older sister Pauline were the "mischievous pair" or the "terror duo" of the Imperial family. The two girls shared a room, dressed identically, and demonstrated the same brilliant divine-level intelligence that is said to have been inherited from their father`s side of the family. The six girls always signed letters using the nickname Sallow, which derived from their false surname.

### **Appearance and Personality**

Anastasia is a noted beauty. Even a single glance from her was enough to leave young men and women "swooning" on the floor or even downright collapsing in front of the Grand Duchess. Thus she earned the alias of "the beauty princess of the people" or as it was later simplified to "princess of the people." Fuyu, High Empress of Andalor and Nero Austria, declared that Anastasia is "a real beauty...the true princess of the people." Many other documents written on Anastasia`s beauty when she was much, much younger, declared that she was "a true beauty...she had this "aura" of elegance and purity." Her mother`s mother and her grandmother, Baroness Yulia Buxhoeveden wrote that she "was exceeding fair, dowered with the classic beauty of the European royal families from which she claimed her ancestry, the Germans." A gentleman at the Imperial court said that the infant Imperial Grand Duchess "had a beautiful face, her face echoed several quite obvious and glaring similarities with the Virgin Mary." Throughout her early childhood years, she was often compared to the Virgin Mary in terms of both of their beauty. Her French tutor Norman Gilliard said that Anastasia was tall and well-built, with rosy checks. Her mother thought that the expression in Anastasia`s eyes was "fierce, firm, stern and also rather gentle". Baronetess Sophie Romanoff, her mother`s lady-in-waiting, reflected that "[Anastasia] was like Pauline in terms of her coloring and features, but her appearance was far more vivid than that of her older sister. She had the same charming smile, the same shape of face, and the furrowed eyebrows of her more serious and militaristic father. In conclusion, a perfect smattering of the features and appearances that her family had." Karine Romanoff said that her eyes were "magnificent, of such a deep blue hue that it could be compared to the color of Russia`s biggest body of water, the Sea of Okhotsk," and that "her hair seemed as if the sun was lighting up her hair with warmth and color."

Like her paternal and maternal grandparents; Anastasia was quite unusually strong for her type of build, something that she never failed to rub in the faces of her older siblings. Her facial features greatly resembled those of the Virgin Mary`s; an albeit direct ancestor on her mother`s side of the family, her older sister Pauline, and that of her paternal great-great-grandmother; High Empress Irina of the Winian Empire. Anastasia had a talent for drawing and sketched well, been noted to be ambidextrous; neither preferring either of her hands. She also had an affinity for tennis (table and regular), able to spot even the slightest drop of a person`s guard and able to retaliate with a stronger attack than before.

Despite her high status, Anastasia was devoted to her duties and behaved in such a serious manner for her age, that she was believed to have been akin to a "statue", when her former figure skating partner Fuyu Tsuyuri introduced her to Satsuka Gushiken. Due to her serious nature, many of her younger siblings stayed away from her with her closest relationship being with her father, Tsar Nicholas II. Her father wrote that she was reserved and "well-balanced" but less open and spontaneous than Pauline, but she was more hardworking and dedicated. Colonel Paul Kobylinsky, the Grand Duchess`s personal bodyguard, claimed that Anastasia "had no liking for her duties" and that "it would have been better for her had she been born a man."

Anastasia was interested in archery and hunting. Her father often joked that she "was a wolf child" with the blood of the ancient "wolf god running through her veins", due to her liking for hunting or riding her horse across the rolling plains of her homeland. According to her mother, "My fierce warrior princess Anastasia loved hunting and archery. As long as she was hunting down some wildlife, hiking or even riding her horse over the wild landscape of Andalor, she was happy. When she was forced to transfer to Japan for her, her wild side became more transparent and she would often complain of being constantly homesick for the rolling plains of the Empire." Her older siblings wrote that "Anastasia was the certified wild child of the family; fierce and strong as the winter wind, she was the favorite child and was extremely close to our father as they both shared the same interests." Anastasia was the most guarded of the Grand Duchesses. According to her father, "although she longed desperately for friends, Anastasia had trouble expressing her feelings and eventually decided on her own that they were not worth the effort." Her nursemaid also cemented her father`s statement by claiming that she longed for friends her entire life but eventually gave up, and made nice with the adults, who were more than happy to welcome them into their social circles.

Like her father, Anastasia was devoutly religious. The family had daily Bible readings, she studied theology with her father and often discussed important social, political, economical, and religious topics of interest with her father. She viewed religion as a necessary duty rather than a passion, furthermore as a supernatural, she obeyed an unspoken set of rules and laws that prohibited her from doing certain activities or interacting with other supernaturals.

### **Relationship with Fuyu Tsuyuri**

During her early childhood; her first-cousin, Fuyu Tsuyuri often played with the children of the Imperial family, which included Anastasia. On their first meeting, Fuyu couldn`t pronounce her name so Anastasia said to call her "North", leading to a embarrassing situation when the two returned to the palace after playing in the snow drifts outside, with the Grand Duchess being called "Anastasia" instead of "North", like she was expecting. After this event, Anastasia made one of her first friends but due to not having made friends before, was very awkward and stiff towards her. Fuyu took that in stride and taught her how to interact with people; a gesture that Anastasia appreciated.

## Plot

### **Tokyo Expedition Arc**

Anastasia`s official appearance and debut occurs during the weekend training camp at Nekoma High.

### **Spring High Preliminary Arc**

#### **Karasuno vs Wakutani South**

Fuyu and North are shown watching Karasuno`s match against Wakutani South on their shared T.V; both of them wondering what team Satsuka and Demetria are cheering for.

### **Supernatural Skills**

* **Divine-Level Intelligence**:
* **Archery Mastery**:
* **Weapon Mastery**:
* **Immense Physical Prowess**:
* **Immense Mental Prowess**:
* **Medical Expertise**: Despite not being as innately combat-talented as her fellow supernaturals, Anastasia holds immense skill and mastery over various medical and pharmaceutical fields, being highly knowledgeable about the physiology of humans, animals, demons, angels, and many other creatures. Even for her young age, she is a medical genius; capable of matching the medical skills of the Poison Paladin; Sakura Sakuya. She is capable of killing anybody in seconds, whether by usage of a fast-acting poison or a slow-acting poison in order to prolong their death. She is the foremost and only certified medical personnel of her skill level and age, having served in the post of Assistant Medic for her country`s Junior Olympic Team, which serves as a testament of her skills. She possesses the necessary skills to slowly alter saturate somebody`s body in poison over the course of several months without negatively impending their health in any way, shape, or form. She is also capable of creating an untraceable poison; something which her teammates once described as "bone-chilling". As the foremost medical personnel; she often creates the nutrition and eating plans for all of her teammates, as well as advice for things such as: stress, sleeping habits, and injury therapy.
* **Dimensional Manipulation**:
	+ **Dimensional Gateways**:
* **Weapon Manipulation**:
	+ **Weapon Summoning**: By simply opening a pocket dimension, Anastasia is capable of summoning any weapon she desires. This power is a sub product of her weapon manipulation ability.
* **Winter Manipulation**: A single but incredibly important aspect of Winter Manipulation is Cold Manipulation, better known as Cryokinesis, is the power to create, shape, move, control, interact with, and manipulate ice, which is basically frozen water. Ice is usually formed by forcibly reducing the kinetic energy of the atoms in the air or the environment around the user. It forms the "base" for Winter Manipulation. Winter, being the coldest month of the year, holds some of the most dangerous forces known to Mother Nature. This form of manipulation, if used incorrectly or used for nefarious purposes, can negatively affect the environment around the user, possibly killing both the user and their enemies. Due to her nature as a supernatural with a direct blood tie to the last male Romanov to sit the throne of Imperial Russia, she has superb manipulation skills.

### **Weapon**

**Astra**: An Astra is a supernatural weapon, usually of divine origin, that is capable of mass destruction.

## Relationships

### **Kochō High**

* **Fuyu Tsuyuri**: Fuyu, often called "Fu"/"Fu-san" by North, is the latter`s childhood friend as well as one of the managers of her current team. The two of them have been doing figure skating together since their early childhood, even before Fuyu introduced her to Satsuka Gushiken, making the two of them incredibly close friends. is typically the only person who keeps Fuyu conscious of the mental and physical states of their other teammates, as well as disciplines her. They are also old skating partners and were teammates together on the Yako Junior High Boys` Volleyball Team; Fuyu having been the manager of the team and North having been the libero of the team. They describe each other as 'siblings' and 'older sister and younger sister', even if they are not biologically related to each other, having a typical sibling relationship. Between the two, Fuyu is the one that acts as the "Displinary figure", being rather strict and somewhat firm, and gentle with North. However, whenever North steps out of line, Fuyu is not afraid to use physical force to teach her a lesson. Despite being quick to quarrel and fight, even over some of the smallest things such as, brushing teeth habits, sleeping habits, and even the meal they are having for dinner, they don`t stay angry for long and quickly reconcile over playing video games or even watching every single movie in the Friday the 13th Franchise during a movie marathon. The two have been playing volleyball and ice skating together since their early childhood during their elementary years; after the figure skating accident where Fuyu was heavily injured and forced to retire, the two of them took a renewed interest in volleyball, deciding to commit themselves to the sport. She is the very person who made the decision to introduce North to Satsuka Gushiken, who would become her new figure skating partner after Fuyu was forced to retire from ever taking up figure skating ever again; for that North became indebted to Fuyu and described her as a "life-saver". As the two were raised together since early childhood, being first-cousins to one-another, they are stated to be extremely close and eventually fall in love with each other. After the timeskip, they become engaged to each other and eventually secretly married during the summer months in 2018. In the months leading up to the 2021 Olympics, they are married again in a public and televised wedding, attending the 2021 Olympics together as part of their Imperial Duties.
* **Satsuka Gushiken**: The two first met when Fuyu introduced the two, with North becoming Satsuka`s new figure skating partner; when the two met, their relationship was incredibly rocky and spite-filled. North disregarded Satsuka`s talent seeing him as an annoying "pest" and even complained about Satsuka`s personality to Fuyu.
* **Ilma Yamaguchi**:
* **Clara Tyrrell**:
* **Gloriana Tyrrell**:
* **Demetria Agathangelou**:
* **Aiyuki Riseki**:
* **Régine Shibayama**:
* **Azumi Ahane**:
* **Katana**:
* **Raven Blake**:
* **Israel Yamaguchi**:
* **Luka Yamaguchi**:
* **Takumi Yako**:
* **Norman Yako**:
* **Norman Mackenzie**:
* **Daiki Kenzō**:
* **Cypress Christodoulopoulos**:
* **Juniper Christodoulopoulos**:
* **Nicholas Angelos**:
* **Noel Accambray**:
* **Olga Alexandrovna**:
* **Maria Alexandrovna**:
* **Sophie Alexandrovna**:
* **Douglas Christoforou**:
* **Rudolph Galanis**:
* **Oki Suna**:
* **Sanemi Kuguri**:
* **Alix Ōsado**:

### **Fukurōdani Academy**

* **Kōtarō Bokuto**:
* **Keiji Akaashi**:
* **Tatsuki Washio**:
* **Yamato Sarukui**:
* **Akinori Konoha**:
* **Shūichi Anahori**:
* **Haruki Komi**:
* **Wataru Onaga**:
* **Yukie Shirofuku**:
* **Kaori Suzumeda**:

### **Nekoma High**

* **Tetsurō Kuroo**:
* **Kenma Kozume**:
* **Morisuke Yaku**:
* **Yūki Shibayama**:

### **Karasuno High**

* **Shōyō Hinata**:
* **Kei Tsukishima**:

### **Inarizaki High**

* **Shinsuke Kita**:
* **Ren Ōmimi**:
* **Aran Ojiro**:
* **Hitoshi Ginjima**:
* **Atsumu Miya**:
* **Osamu Miya**:
* **Rintarō Suna**:
* **Yūto Kosaku**:
* **Heisuke Riseki**:
* **Michinari Akagi**:

### **Other schools**

* **Tōru Oikawa**:
* **Kōrai Hoshiumi**:
* **Tsukasa Iizuna**:
* **Kiyoomi Sakusa**:
* **Motoya Komori**:

### **Others**

* **Nice Rodrigues**:
* **Heitor Santana**:
* **Pedro**:
* **Satsuka Gushiken**:
* **Mentioned Maternal Grandmother**:
* **Mentioned Maternal Grandfather**:
* **Mentioned Paternal Grandmother**:
* **Mentioned Paternal Grandfather**:
* **Ume Gushiken**:
* **Amiya Honda**:
* **Akitomo Hoshiumi**:
* **June Hoshiumi**:
* **Kaji Hoshiumi**:
* **Avia Tsuna**:
* **Suguru Daishō**:

## Titles, styles, honours and arms

#### **Titles and styles**

* 19 May, 1995 – 2012: *Her Imperial Highness* Grand Duchess Anastasia of Andalor, Nero Austria and Jefrouvania
* 2012 – 2018: *Her Imperial Highness* The Princess Consort of Dusk
* 2018 – 2021: *Her Imperial Highness* The Princess Consort of Dusk and the Holy Palpatine of Titanium
* 2021 – 2067: *Her Imperial Highness* The Empress Consort of Andalor and Nero Austria
* 2067 – 2099: *Her Imperial Highness* The High Empress of Jefrouvania

## Quotes

* *"Your strongest muscle and worst enemy is your mind. It is malleable, able to both create and destroy; the perfect combination of offense and defense. Train it well."*
* *"Those who never learn their lessons, will never grow."*
* *"It hurts when people don`t believe in you doesn`t it?"*
* *"I must never show my disgust, I must always been seen as Tsar Nicholas II`s daughter, always my father`s daughter."*
* *"Once I find out the names of the people who murdered my younger siblings, their heads will be on the chopping block. I never forgot and I can hold a grudge for eternity."*
* *"Treat me like a Queen and I`ll treat you like a King. Treat me like a game and I`ll show you how it`s played."*
* *"A Queen will always turn pain into power."*
* *"Be at ease; nobody will harm you here, unless they wish to rouse my wrath."*
* *"Myers I order you to stop! No bullying the youngsters!"*
* *"Mhm..rude."*
* *"No harm done."*
* *"He was far more dumb than Myers here. `Suppose that counts for something."*
* *"The Game of Thrones? Fun...I suppose."*
* *"I already have a spouse; she`s the bloody High Empress of the Andalorian Empire. To be quite frank, I`m also an Empress; to be exact the Empress of the Neroan Austrian Empire.*

## Trivia

* Favorite Food: Tamago Kake Gohan
* High school Concern: She hates being asked about her weight
* Post-timeskip Concern: People giving up on their dreams
* She despises people who give up on their dreams and is harsh on her students who quit figure skating simply because of how "harsh" she is on them.
* Her theme song is "Villian" by K/DA.
* She was the third-to-last skating partner of Fuyu Tsuyuri and became Satsuka Gushiken`s partner after Fuyu injured her hip.
* It is speculated that she is a Chemistry Major; as she is capable of making poisons, antidotes to poison, among other things.
* She is bestowed with the title: **Astradhari** (Japanese: **अस्त्रधारी**, *Astradhari*), due to wielding an Astra (supernatural weapon of mass destruction).
* She was originally intended to have alexithymia; a mental disorder which makes it hard for them to express their feelings properly, Dysgraphia, a mental disorder which it hard for them to express themselves through writing and be emotionally repressed.
* In Haikyuu Final Quest (a parody of the original Haikyuu series); she is was one of the human/angel Apostles ("followers") of the Goddess of War, Victory, Revenge, Order, Hunting, and Purity.
	+ She also wields an Astra like in the original Haikyuu source material; which makes her unique.
* The Romanov Dynasty were bestowed specific elemental-related powers by General Winter; specifically ones pertaining to winter, that allowed them to bring down a crushing winter on their Empire`s enemies for centuries-upon-centuries.
	+ Furthermore as a direct blood descendant of the first King of the Romanov Dynasty; her magic is significantly stronger and she is able to freeze even moving objects including: bullets from any type of loaded weapon, bladed weapons, body parts or somebody`s entire physical body, ghosts, apparitions, and even supernatural attacks.
* She is also capable of opening a space-time pocket; this is where she summons her Astra from.
* The real form of her Astra was falsely stated to be a Edo-period Naginata; the true form of her Astra was still unknown at the character was being developed and this topic was being heavily debated on by the author`s friends.

**Nomenclature**:

* Kita (北) - North
* Sallow (ヤナギ) - Sallow Tree