Annebelle Liddell

### Relatives

Willa (Aunt), Jake (Little Brother), Alice (Cousin), Stephen (Honorary cousin), Luci (Ancestor)

## Appearances

### Debut

Book 1

**Annebelle Liddell** or just Belle for short is the main protagonist of Dreamland. She is a 17 year old girl who is worried about turning 18 and becoming an adult since a year passes between each journey into Dreamland she grows to 21 years by the end of the story. When her parents die and she is given their Storybook which sends her and her brother to Dreamland with her specifically possessing the body of Beauty from Beauty and the Beast.

## **Appearance**

### **Real World**

Belle has blue eyes and gold hair that goes down and splits into a pair of low twin-tails. On her bangs is a black headband with a pink star on its end, on her torso she wears a black tank top beneath a pink sweater that has hearts sewn on the pattern. Under that is a blue skirt which normally has an apron above it for when she does chores, under the skirt are black leggings and pink sandals.

### **Dreamland**

While in Dreamland she possesses the body of Beauty who actually looks a lot like her just in a different outfit. Her hair gets partly tied up and goes down in waves keeping its golden color, her sweater is replaced with a pink dress with a white shirt beneath it, she wears black heels, gloves and a tiara. Her entire body is covered except for the shoulders.

### **Prototype**

In her original design she appears as a pale skinned blonde girl with a tiny nose and dark blue eyes. Her hair is long and goes down and ends at the elbow with two ponytails at the bottom. On the side of her hair is a barrette shaped like a pink star. As a top she wears a black tank and above that is a pink dress that goes down and ends just before the feet, beneath that she wears two black boots and some perfectly white socks.

### **Ben**

Since the original concept of the story would have allowed a player to choose between masculine and feminine she has more than one design. This version of her has short hair instead of long, a black shirt and jeans and a pink jacket. The barrette and boots remained the same.

## **Personality**

Belle is a shy and quiet young girl, despite nearly being an adult she still acts rather childish and wishes she could be smarter like the grown ups around her. Although she may appear weak she does have a good sense of justice and will not stand for any kind of bad behavior. Even if the Beast asks her many times she will never give in to his evil desires and no matter how many bullies there are she will always protect her brother. Before Dreamland fairy tales was mostly just escapism from her hard real life, as she was on her journey she grows into the kind of person she's always wanted to be just more healthy.

## **Etymology**

Annebelle is a French name that means 'favored grace' or 'beauty' and Liddell is a name of Scottish and Northern English origin derived from on old river named 'Hl̄de' which means loud and old English word 'dæl' which means 'valley'.

## **Relationships**

### **Bonded Spirit**

* **Beauty** - They originally team up so that Belle can get home and Beauty can get her body back, but over their adventure they become best friends and an inseparable duo.

### **Family**

* **Willa Liddell** - The aunt that adopts her and her brother, she cares about her aunt despite how much pressure she's put upon her to grow up.
* **Jake Liddell** - Her little brother who she is very overly protective of, she wants him to enjoy the rest of his childhood with as little trouble as possible.
* **Alice Liddell** - She doesn't get along well with her cousin, they argue a lot but she still cares for her like a sibling would.
* **Stephen Isbert** - A childhood friend that is basically an unofficial cousin, they have a very strong bond.

### **Friends**

* **Willow Lamb** - Her best friend.
* **Robin Hood** - He helped her learn combat and encouraged her to join the rebellion, they became friends.
* **Rapunzel** - She encourages Rapunzel to escape the tower with her, she later gains a crush on Belle.

## **Full Story**

### **Backstory**

Once upon a time the most beautiful daughter was born to a happily married couple. She was given the name Annebelle by her parents and they passed their love of fairy tales down to her and her eventual brother, reading to her every single night. Her favorite fairy tale soon became Beauty and the Beast due to the strength that the character Beauty showed in all the hardest of times, she even dreamed of some day living a story of her own. Part way through her seventeenth year her parents would tragically die in a fire leaving nothing but the Storybook behind.

Belle and Jake moved in with their aunt and cousin Alice, becoming even more obsessed with the stories. Due to how busy her aunt was she was given almost all the chores around the house, not that she minded because she was glad to be helpful but the work kept her away from school and isolated from her classmates. One night after her love of stories being made fun of she agreed with Jake to get rid of the book, when they were about to place it by their parents grave suddenly the ground opened up and swallowed both of them whole.

### **Present**

Belle woke up inside a dark castle with all the windows boarded up, while exploring she befriends the maid named Willow and meets Prince Charming who convince her she just dreamed her past life and that she is Beauty, a girl chosen to marry the prince. After months of being alone she gains access to the village by promising to follow the prince's rules, 1, don't stay out past sunset, 2, don't go to any magic shops and 3, stay in sight of a castle staff member at all times. While exploring she meets Robin who recruits her for the rebellion, makes an agreement with Beauty's spirit to help get her body back and find clues on her brothers' whereabouts. Together they free the land from the dictator that is Lamia Charming.

## **Skills**

### **Items**

* **An old knife** - Stolen from the castle's kitchen.
* **Sword** - Borrowed from Robin.
* **Splint Mail** - Bought from the blacksmith
* **Runic Cap** - Comes with her cloak.
* **Light Belt** - For holding her knife or sword.
* **Splint Boots** - Bought from blacksmith.
* **Wand** - She has a wand for communicating with Beauty.

### **Stats**

* **Plant Magic**
* **Sword - 8/10**

## **Gallery**

Normal designDreamland designPrototype designGender bent design