Ana Varela

> **"What is WRONG with you people?! There's no way you guys are really this stupid, right?"**
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Snarky and stubborn, **Ana Varela** never really got over her hall monitor phase. The valedictorian of Solaris Academy's class of 1101, her magical prowess is her most prominent feature. Her hobbies include painting, drawing, and getting into frivolous arguments with people online.

The one with the biggest ego.

## Personality

Ana comes off as very hostile and argumentative to people she's not familiar with. She can be very bossy at times, usually believing she should take the lead in most situations.

She's not really the best in social situations due to her abrasive personality. Behind this exterior, however, she is insecure about herself (although she'd never admit it) and tends to get easily flustered.

## Physical Appearance

Ana is a slim and dainty young woman with brown skin, brown eyes and long, curly black hair. She dresses in a goth style that is very feminine, wearing lots of skirts and makeup. She owns several different pairs of glasses and always wears whichever ones go with her outfit.

## Background

Ana was born on December 11, 1082 in Cestral, Solaris. She has twin older brothers, who are ten years older than her. Both of her brothers are extremely talented and successful mages that live and work in Bastire's capital, Oakenshaw.

## Middle School

Before attending Cordea Middle School, Ana attended a private school in Kestral. Due to Cestral not having its own public middle school, she later attended Cordea Middle in seventh grade along with Noelle Dumont, Evie Sandler, Jojo Mack, and Max Tran. During her time at Cordea Middle, she was consistently at the top of the class, but wasn't very well-liked among her classmates. She strongly disliked Evie, Jojo, and Noelle due to their status as troublemakers. She took the Solaris Exam in the eighth grade and passed with the highest score.

## High School

### 9th Grade (1097-1098)

In the 9th grade, Ana begins studying at Solaris Adventuring Academy. There, she forms a party with her roommate, Jojo, and another student, Charlie Rafferty.

### 10th Grade (1098-1099)

Ana makes the choice to pursue Solaris' Mage track, becoming the party's mage. Due almost entirely to Ana's skill, the party passes their second-year exam, albeit barely.

### 11th Grade (1099-1100)

Ana becomes immensely popular at Solaris due to her quick thinking and academic talent. Other students become jealous that she's not in their parties. Ana's party begins freelance adventuring work, as required by Solaris' curriculum, and begin preparing for their fourth-year exam.

### 12th Grade (1100-1101)

Ana and the rest of the party pass their fourth-year exam with flying colors, allowing all three of them to graduate from Solaris Academy.

## Post-Graduation

In the summer of 1101, Ana officially joins Adventuring Party #1822 alongside Charlie, Noelle, Evie, Jojo, and Max.

As of 1106, five years after the events of the story, Ana has gone to college and is studying to become an investigator of magic-related anomalies.

## Relationships

* Jojo Mack: Ana's best friend. Ana used to hate Jojo when they were in middle school, but after becoming roommates in high school, the two eventually learned to tolerate each other. Despite this, Ana thinks Jojo can be a bit obnoxious sometimes.
* Charlie Rafferty: Was one of Ana's close friends. The two were polar opposites in personality, which occasionally led to arguments between them, but she did genuinely care about him. However, she tended to get annoyed when he talked too much.
* Noelle Dumont: Ana considers Noelle a close friend. Ana appreciates Noelle's intelligence and rationality, and despite not seeing them since the 8th grade, she feels very safe being in a party with them.
* Evie Sandler: When they were in middle school, Ana found Evie extremely annoying. However, after both of them became members of the party, Ana had since calmed down and warmed up to Evie.
* Max Tran: Despite being in a party together, Ana didn't know very much about Max besides the unflattering things she'd heard about him from Noelle, but she thought she could have fixed whatever was wrong with him.