Anna Fugo

**Anna Fugo** (アンナ・フーゴ, *Anna Fūgo*) is a supporting character in GRANBELM. A prideful descendant of the Carmine Witch, she despises Shingetsu Ernesta Fukami for an apparent past betrayal.

## Personality & Character

As a child, Anna was very cheerful and kind. She helped find Shingetsu's family's magic stone, with the idea that they could become mages together. However, as she grew older, she became resentful and jealous of Shingetsu's magical talent, developing an agressive and cruel personality. Her burning desire to surpass Shingetsu erased all other ambitions, driving her to murderous extremes in her anger. Such is her fury that she can feel physical heat from her fiery passion, often bathing in ice cold water in an attempt to cool her down.

## Skills & Abilities

Due to being born under a star which did not bless her as a mage, Anna possesses notably inferior magical potential compared to Shingetsu. However, she does seem to possess the ability to alter the temperature around her, further heating an already bubbling, boiling hot bath and melting ice. As well, she is often able to set up complicated spell traps in advance during fights.
She is also established to be very talented at mundane pursuits such as sewing, studying, and cooking, and she made her own and Shingetsu's childhood dolls. However, Anna has largely discarded those hobbies in further pursuit of magical training.

Her Armanox is **Aconite Gris** (アークナイトグリス, *Ākunaito gurisu*), a red mecha resembling royalty. Despite having very low magical power, she is able to fight in the Granbelm due to her Armanox providing her with a great deal of magic. She specializes in her family's trademark magic of temperature control, allowing her to manipulate both fire and ice. She is also able to make decoys to fight her battles for her.

## History

When Anna was young, the Fugo family lived in Europe. Her family took in Shingetsu Ernesta Fukami, the orphaned daughter of a family of powerful mages. They became close friends, and she helped 'Ernesta' find a shard of her family's magic stone in the hope that they could become mages together. They often practiced together, with Anna instructing Shingetsu in the magic of her family.

She once tried to perform a two-person spell in an attempt to prove that she could become The Witch. While she appeared to successfully perform the technique, Shingetsu had secretly assisted her, impulsively aiding her to make her happy. Satisfied that she had the potential, this event became the foundation of her self-confidence as she grew older. However, she eventually became deeply jealous of Shingetsu's natural talent, which drove Shingetsu to leave the Fugo residence.

Several years later, she would repeatedly clash with Shingetsu in the GRANBELM tournament. During one round, while pursuing her downed VIOLA KATZE, she spotted Mangetsu Kohinata, who had been drawn in by Magiaconatus. Dispatching her underlings, Suishou and Rosa, to capture Mangetsu, she returned her attention to Shingetsu. When Shingetsu warned her from that position that she could not win, Anna became enraged, attacking her barbarically. Although Shingetsu did defeat her, she was able to escape with her ARMANOX's core intact, lamenting its slow rate of recovery.

The following night, she dismissed Rosa, whose magic stone had shattered, and left her outside the closed gates of the Fugo residence. Following this, she took an ice cold bath while replaying last night's battle in her mind. Her fury heated her even through the icy bathwater.

The next day, she found Mangetsu's school, which Shingetsu had transferred into. Although Mangetsu had decided to participate in the tournament, she told her to think about it, calling Shingetsu a demon who tried to take over her family to defend her own. When Shingetsu stiltedly denied this, she tried to slap her, but Shingetsu caught her wrist, asking if she was ashamed of such barbaric behaviour. She tried again with her free hand, but she dodged that too, reminding her that she could not win.

Later, on the way back from one of Clare's gymnastic competitions, the rest of her family discovered Shingetsu as they passed her in the street. Whilst her family was delighted, Anna hatefully slapped Shingetsu, who allowed her to strike her as she left. She attended another on the night of the next round, absently observing her routine. In this round, she once again pursued Shingetsu, dispatching her Embers to fight WHITE LILY on her behalf. While beleagured Mangetsu, she destroyed them after some time.

As VIOLA KATZE had not completely recovered from the damage it received the previous month, Anna was able to get the upper hand on Shingetsu. Although she gloated her intentions for Shingetsu with a vulgar expression, deploying so many Embers had drained her magic power, preventing her from firing.

Her victory was interrupted by the arrival of a new ARMANOX, SETSGETS BAIKA. Withdrawing from her dominant position on the chest of VIOLA KATZE, both machines were blown away by its powerful gravity control magic. She chased the newcomer, but struggled with its exceptional speed, summoning a trio of Embers to aid her. However, they were far too slow to compete again SETSGETS BAIKA, which cut them down near instantly. Whilst she locked blades with SETSGETS BAIKA, JI GUAN LONG targeted them, together with her Embers, WHITE LILY, and VIOLA KATZE.

After surviving the bombardment, she once again tried to assault VIOLA KATZE, but was intercepted by WHITE LILY. Raving furiously about people's love for Shingetsu's face, voice, and hair, she battered WHITE LILY, knocking it down. Striking WHITE LILY with a stream of fire, she raced past it after Shingetsu. However, another bombardment began momentarily, lightly striking her, causing her to break off her pursuit as the beams chased her. She called Suishou for backup shortly after, but she refused, as she had discovered JI GUAN LONG's hiding place. Surviving a final, spare volley, Anna made it through another round as the moon set.

The next evening, she furiously reprimanded her servant for failing to come to her, regardless of the circumstances. When Suishou spoke back to her, she raised her hand to strike her, but lowered it when she was perturbed by Suishou's answer: "Smiles!" Instead she turned her back to Suishou, ordering her to bring her the report on the previous battle and the data on the other ARMANOX. Afterwards, she took a boiling hot bath, which became even hotter when Clare told her she had learned which school Shingetsu went to.

## Relationships

* **Shingetsu Ernesta Fukami**
* **Clare Fugo**
* Anna's Mother
* **Suishou Hakamada**