Ansel Diggory

by Monica A. Borg

**Ansel Diggory** was a former Chasseur initiate.

## Biography

### Early Life

Ansel's parent's died in a fire when he was three years old so he was left orphaned. He did not remember his parents or their names. He grew up under the tutelage of Father Thomas.

### Serpent & Dove

Ansel is a Chasseur initiate living at the Chasseur tower. He admires Reid Diggory deeply. One day, he was tasked with babysitting Louise le Blanc, Reid's wife. Ansel had been warned of Lou's ways so at first, he was rather cold and wary of her, and was alarmed at Lou's bawdiness. They later become friends.

At the burning of Estelle Ansel realizes Lou is a witch but as he considers her a friend, he doesn't report her. After Reid finds out Lou is a witch and tells her she was not his wife and Lou gets captured by Morgane le Blanc, Ansel is the one to help Reid see reason. Ansel helps rescue Lou along with Reid, Beauregard Lyon, Coco Monvoisin and Helene Labelle.

### Blood & Honey

Running away from the church and Morgane le Blanc, Ansel travels with Lou, Reid, Beau, Coco, and Helene. After arriving at Cesarine again, the group stays at Léviathan. Lou gets a cryptic message from her mother and decides to go into the catacombs after she realizes Célie Tremblay is being kept captive. Before they go in, Coco uses her magic to try to divine the future and sees that a man close to Lou would die. Lou thinks it refers to Reid. Ansel eager to prove himself joins them in the catacombs. At the battle with Morgane in the catacombs, Morgane ends up killing Ansel in front of their friends by stabbing him in the head with a knife.

### Gods & Monsters

Ansel never truly left his friends as his spirit took the form of a white dog, and he followed them this way. The group were unaware of this fact and thought he was a matagot and bad omen, when in reality Ansel was trying to care for them and warn them of danger.

When Lou, Reid, and Coco arrive at L’Eau Mélancolique to drink of the waters in hopes of exorcizing Nicholina le Clair from Lou's body Ansel shows up in his human form as a ghost to say his final goodbye to Lou and Coco.

His ghost later attended Lou and Reid's wedding at Chateau le Blanc, where the pair had saved him an honorary place among guests. Although Ansel didn't make his presence known to his friends, Madame Sauvage was seemingly aware of him being there. When Ansel is watching guests dance, he sees his parents. His mother asks him if he was ready and that Etienne Gilly was also asking for him, which he notes causes butterflies in him just to listen to his name. Taking a last look at Lou, Reid, Coco, and Beau, Ansel takes his mother's hand and goes into the afterlife.

## Personality

Ansel was extremely tolerant and open-minded, even though didn't show these traits at first.

## Physical Description

Ansel had wildly curly brown hair that fell into his doe-like eyes, and his body had the appearance of being stretched somehow like he’d grown too much in too little time. Beyond his gangly frame, he looked handsome — almost androgynous with smooth olive skin, high cheekbones, sharp jaw, full clips, and long, curling eyelashes.

## Gallery

### Official Art

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## Trivia

* Ansel was a Pisces.
* If he was in one of the Hogwarts Houses Ansel would be a Hufflepuff.[*citation needed*]
* For Christmas, Ansel would receive a torrid romance novel (that Reid would probably steal).
* Shelby experimented with the idea of Nicholina being into Ansel in *Blood & Honey*, but ended up scrapping the idea.
* Ansel's favorite color is sunny yellow.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRezuEgwAF/— Shelby Mahurin on Instagram.
2. ↑ Shelby Mahurin's Instagram livestream with Epicreads
3. ↑ Shelby Mahurin Instagram Story - June 6, 2023