Anna (Reincarnation)
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Anna was a reincarnation of Tatyana Federovna, or rather, some fragment of her soul that escaped the Mists and wound up in Faerun. Her mind was not left intact, so she was eventually committed to the Asylum in Waterdeep an insane asylum. She remained like that for over a hundred years.[1]
In 1067 DR, Jander met and fell in love with, Anna on one of his visits to the asylum to feed upon. She was serene and kind, if mostly mute. On occasion, she would fly into a horrible frenzy to escape her confinement.[1] (Jander would later learn she was what Barovians know as a Lost One)[2] Whatever her exact mental state, her malady was apparently caused by magic, as she hand languished in the asylum for a hundred years. All Jander knew was her affliction had something to do with Barovia.[1]
In the middle of winter some thirty years later[3] (1098 by Dale Reckoning[4]), Anna fell under a seemingly incurable disease connected to her magical nature. Jander tried to turn her into one of his kind, but she instinctively refused and pushed him away. Following her death, Jander flew into a horrible rage and murdered every person in the asylum. He vowed to the gods that he would find the cause of her suffering and make him pay. The Mists descended upon Waterdeep and enveloped him.[5] The Dark Powers had responded to his vow by delivering him to the Land of Mists.[4]
Within the Land of Mists, a version of Anna haunted Jander's dreams, goading him to seek out and avenge her against the cause of her madness[6] . However, after failing to fully destroy Strahd, Jander realized how he had been manipulated by the Dark Powers. Dream Anna was merely a deception, a fabrication of the Dark Powers to goad Jander and Strahd's conflict with each other.[7]
