![]() ![]() He chalked up these slips of the mind to the burden of parenting a child alone. Gregori would often find the girl sitting in her mother’s rocking chair near the hearth, hugging Tibbers and staring into a crackling fire, where he was sure there had been nothing but cold ashes. Naïvely, Annie believed her mother would one day return. In the crib, a now-healthy Annie played with her stuffed bear, Tibbers, but Amoline was gone. The next morning Gregori awoke, weak and groggy from his sickness. Amoline grew desperate, deciding at last to fetch icy water from the nearby river. As night fell, Annie began to burn with fever, and soon she was so hot, she could no longer be held in her mother’s arms. When Annie was still a toddler, she and her father took ill. Gregori remarked later that his daughter was eager to play with her new toy, for there, on an ember-warmed hearth, Amoline brought Annie into the world. Just as she finished sewing the last button eye on the stuffed bear, the quickening of labor overcame her. ![]() During their journey, other colonists’ tales of the great shadow bears that once roamed the territory had captivated Amoline-now heavily pregnant, she passed the time sitting near the fireplace, creating a toy version of the protective creatures. The young couple claimed a piece of land beyond the Ironspike Mountains to the north, finishing their small home just before winter and the arrival of their first child. Gregori the Gray and his wife, a witch by the name of Amoline, preferred to demonstrate their Noxian strength by taming the borderlands, rather than partaking in the political intrigue of the noble houses. Lost in the perpetual innocence of childhood, Annie wanders the dark forests, always looking for someone to play with.īoram Darkwill’s last years on the throne were a time of great uncertainty for Noxus, and many with an aptitude for magic left the capital for the relative peace of more distant provinces. Her natural affinity for fire manifested early in life through unpredictable, emotional outbursts, though she eventually learned to control these “playful tricks.” Her favorite includes the summoning of her beloved teddy bear, Tibbers, as a fiery protector. Even in the shadows of the mountains north of Noxus, she is a magical outlier. Dangerous, yet disarmingly precocious, Annie is a child mage with immense pyromantic power. ![]()
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