Ananke

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* Names
* Status

 Cause of Death The Time Storm carried her ketch far into the past, far beyond where she was born.

### Age

200 years old *(Chronologically, Chapter 1300)*
60's *(Physically, Chapter 1303)*
Late teens *(Physically, Chapter 1320)*
10 *(Physically, Chapter 1326)*

## Relationships & Affiliation

* Relatsh
* Occ
* Affl

### Occupation

* Priestess of the Nightmare Spell
* Follower of Weaver
* Sorceress *(Sorcery of Names)*

## First Appearance

### Novel

Chapter 1283 Ketch

**Ananke** was the owner of the ketch who rescued Sunny and Nephis in the vastness of the Great River. She introduced herself as the Priestess of the Nightmare Spell.

## Appearance

A person was shrouded in a dark mantle, making it difficult to identify their gender. The person was of small stature, terribly thin, and had long white hair. Their face was obscured by a black lacquered wood mask resembling a ferocious demon's face. The mask had bare teeth, four fangs, and three twisted horns. Inside its eyes, there was pure darkness. It was Weaver's Mask.

Underneath the mask was an extremely old woman with a spiderweb of wrinkles covering her tan skin and emaciated face. Her long, thin hair reveals glimpses of the brown parchment of her scalp. Her eyes, which had been piercing once, were now dull and obscured by milky cataracts. Her small, hunched body was frail and thin, as if ready to collapse from a gale. Her dark mantle hung listlessly and was too big for her, but she exuded a feeling of unimpeachable dignity, willpower, and sanctity.

As time passed, Ananke's condition improved, with more energy, longer lucidity, and a regained appetite. Ananke's condition became more apparent. Her hands stopped shaking, her grip on the steering oar became firmer, and her eyes regained some sharpness. She was no longer hunching, and her voice was not as weak as before. She grew less tired and dozed off less frequently, appearing to be growing younger. *(See more information about Riverborn)*

Ananke looked to be in her sixties with her figure which remained small and gaunt. She regained her original blue eyes without the cataracts. Her thin white hair turned grey and full, and her tan skin still mapped with wrinkles but became less brittle and transparent. Her frailty and fragility were replaced by wiry tenacity, making her a healthy old woman.

In Weave, Ananke was exquisitely beautiful and with her small stature and glistening ebony hair, dusky skin and piercing blue eyes, she looked like an enchanting river spirit. Her lovely face was lively and captivating, and her disarming smile was bright enough to illuminate the world.

She used to look only slightly older than Sunny and Nephis in Weave. Passing the third house, she was of the same age as Sunny or Nephis, or even younger. Reaching the fourth House, she seemed to be in her late teens.

Inside the eye of the Time Storm, she resembled a girl of ten years of age at most. She had a short and unruly ebony hair, and a lovely face that had become round and immature, with clear blue eyes and cheeks that had yet to lose all of their baby plumpness.

## Personality

Despite the Demon of Fate being a master of lies, Ananke seems to believe in the benevolence of the Spell. She is also very humble and subservient.

## Aspect, Ability, & Flaw

### Sorcery

Despite being the priestess of the Nightmare Spell and a follower of Demon of Fate, she was unaware of Weaver's sorcery. She is still a sorceress but instead of using runic sorcery created by Hope or sorcery belonging to Weaver, she used the ancient Sorcery of Names, the foundation for Hope's runic magic.

Ananke knew of few Names: *Name of the wind*, *Name of moving across water*, *Name of the sail*, *Name of concealment* and *Name of being hidden from predators*. The ketch has a True Name which serves as an anchor for the entire verse.

She mentioned her talent in sorcery is not that good.

## Possessions

Weaver's MaskThe Sacred Memory is a lesser facsimile of the true Mask of Weaver. Ananke inherited the Weaver's Mask from her mother and was one of the few who received a Sacred Rank mask. The Sacred Memory only possesses two enchantments.Dark Garment
The dark garment seemed to be a perfectly mundane robe but sewn from some mystical material. The dark mantle contained a strange spellweave. The weave of the ethereal strings was elegant and vast, but not as complex as the Memories.

All Memories shared universal patterns, such as the connection to the soul of the owner, the ability to manifest from and dissipate into soul essence, and the ability to self-repair in the Soul Sea. However, the weave of the mantle lacked these fundamental patterns. The weave of the mantle was created by someone else, possibly by the High Priest of the Nightmare Spell or one of his students. The weave of the mantle was technically not a Memory.

**See also:** Ananke's MantleKetchThe ketch was about seven meters long with very simple layout. There was only a single deck, with no roofed interior or cabins. The deck was completely open, with two masts, a longer one and a shorter one. It was made with a simple yet exquisite craftsmanship, with tastefully engraved wooden surfaces showing all sorts of flowing images. Despite its old age, the boat was maintained with care, remaining in near-perfect condition. At the stern, where the steering oar was supposed to be, there was only a mundane wooden bench. The ketch seemed like the loving creation of a supremely skilled artisan.

The ketch cannot be sense by other creatures.OthersSunny and Nephis were gifted with three tools by Ananke for navigating the Great River:
* Bronze astrolabe - not really an astrolabe, as there were no stars in the Tomb of Ariel.
* Something resembled a sextant but its principles were different from the waking world.
* Strange compass that showed direction between past, future, dawn, and dusk.

## History

Ananke shares with Sunny and Nephis a series of revelations about the beginning of the Nightmare Spell. The followers of a daemon were deemed heretics and persecuted by gods, leading to their demise. Ananke, who is also the Priestess of the Nightmare Spell, explains that at the beginning, which was also the end, when the Nightmare Spell was still in its infancy, it needs for people like the priestess to tend, protect and help it spread, so that it could grow stronger.

Ananke was aware of the fact that Sunny and Nephis come from the future and shared that she was warned. She received a message in her dreams that the Children of Weaver would come, and that she must help them reach Fallen Grace, where Dusk, the last of the sybils, reigns.

## Background

Ananke was born after Weave was already established, a Riverborn.

## Quotes

**Sunny**: "*I am sorry, Grandmother… but why did you call us the Children of Weaver?*"
**Ananke**: "*Because you are the Chosen of the Nightmare Spell. You are... a miracle. Your existence is Weaver's triumph.*"
― Conversation about the Awakened,
Chapter 1285 Ananke
## Trivia

* This person was different from the prisoner of the ruined cathedral. The dark mantle and the mask were the same, but the body hidden beneath them was not. Even with its features obfuscated, one could tell the difference.
* She verified that the spell was created by the Demon of Fate. Weaver was indeed the being responsible for the great calamity that had befallen Earth or its salvation.
* She is a native inhabitant of the Great River.
* She can summon a Memory as it was the ability of those infected by the Spell.
* She only met a true Defiled once.
* She also had considered going on her last journey but was stop due to her supposedly mission.
* In Chapter 1306, she mentioned that she reached Transcendence not too long ago.
* Ananke is one of those who refuse to become adults for decades.
* Her favorite fairytale is Well of Wishes.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 1292 History of Time
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 1297 Where Nightmares Come From
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Chapter 1285 Ananke
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 1283 Ketch
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 1284 Hail Weaver
6. ↑ Chapter 1300 Riverborn
7. ↑ Chapter 1303 The Great and Terrible Lord Sunless
8. ↑ Chapter 1308 Weave
9. ↑ Chapter 1320 Childhood's End
10. ↑ Chapter 1326 Eye of the Storm
11. ↑ Chapter 1295 No One Knows
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Chapter 1299 Nameless Things
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 1340 New Perspective
14. ↑ Chapter 1287 Blissful Ignorance
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Chapter 1335 After the Storm
16. ↑ Chapter 1286 Fortuitous Encounter
17. ↑ Chapter 1293 Defilement
18. ↑ Chapter 1305 House of Parting
19. ↑ Chapter 1319 House of Youth
20. ↑ Chapter 1331 The Well of Wishes