Annalisa

Annalisa, a character in the The Royal Masquerade book, is Your Character's older adoptive sister. She is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Annalisa has blue-gray eyes, long dark brown curly hair, and fair skin. She wears a maroon and gold jacket-bodice, and muted gold necklace with rhodolite garnet pendant.

Personality
Annalisa is protective towards the ones she loves, willing to stand her ground for her beliefs, and a good sister. She enjoys reading romance novels, but only reads them once because once read, she believes they lose their "spark".

The Royal Masquerade

 * Chapter 1: The Royal Masquerade
 * Chapter 2: A Noble Effort
 * Chapter 3: Predator and Prey (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: A Night Under the Stars (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 7: Betrayal
 * Chapter 8: Sisters
 * Chapter 9: A House Divided
 * Chapter 10: Wildfire
 * Chapter 11: Court of Whispers
 * Chapter 12: Lovestruck
 * Chapter 13: Love and Power
 * Chapter 14: Secrets
 * Chapter 15: The Conclave
 * Chapter 16: Truth
 * Chapter 17: Unity

Your Character
You have known Annalisa since you were a little girl, both of you loving the other with no regard for bloodlines. Even though you were sent to the Royal Palace Library to be a scribe, she sent you packages including books to read, the last being The Last Dance. In Chapter 1, she comes to get you, bringing you back home and dressing you for the Royal Masquerade. When she falls unconscious and unable to wake, you decide to take up the Head of House mantel to fight for her dream and wish of making your House noble.

In Chapter 8, when she awakens, she asks that you remain Head of House for their best interests as you have already gone through half the social season as the Head of House and know about the players at Court. If you decide to reminisce with her in the premium scene, she apologizes for leaving you at the library for so long. When your adoptive parents died and your aunts came to take over the estate, she was not of age to have her wishes considered. She could not fight your aunts who sent you away, so she orchestrated a plan to bring you home: become known at Court, make friends with high placed individuals, and petition for your House to join the Noble Houses. When approved, your aunts would have the comfort of the position as nobles, and she would be free to bring you home.

In Chapter 9, you discover that she has affections for Percival Beaumont and it is your choice to encourage their relationship at the Beltane Festival and Nevrakis' manor. She tells you that she does not mind that you are Head of House as her new position allows her to follow her heart and not worry about the future. However, in Chapter 13, she agrees to be married to Hector Nevrakis to ensure Theodosia's vote. Even if you tell her that you would not do that to her, she reassures you. If you were willing to marry Hector or Olive Nevrakis to benefit the House, she is also willing.

When you become Queen of Cordonia in Chapter 16, she resumes being Head of House. This can change if you decide not to marry Fabian Rhys, as you can also choose if you want to return to being Head of House. She does not protest either way.

Vasco
Vasco has been Annalisa and your House's steward for many years. She trusts him to hold the magical charm gifted to the House by Queen Kendra, the Jade Mirror, which he presents to you. At the Royal Masquerade, he accidentally gives her the wrong invitation for the queen, and upon finding you in the throne room with the assassin, he helps you bring Annalisa home.

Zya
In Chapter 1, when Zya looks down upon your entrance into their home, Annalisa reminds her that she leeches from Annalisa's success and should hold her tongue. In Chapter 3, Zya tells you that Annalisa's blind doting love for you has always been one of her weaknesses.

Elise
Annalisa harbors a little resentment against both Aunt Zya and Aunt Elise. Upon her parents' deaths, Zya and Elise arrived to manage the estate but Annalisa felt they only wanted to enjoy the wealth and status. They also pushed for you to be sent to the library as soon as you were old enough and Annalisa could do nothing to stop them.

Queen Kendra
While her parents amassed land and wealth and became a family of “some renown” (according to Kana), Annalisa amassed the queen's favor and Queen Kendra gifted your house the Jade Mirror. It was at the Royal Masquerade Ball that Annalisa was to invite the queen to the House's Noble Debut after the queen recognized the House as one of Cordonia's Noble Houses. For the first time in generations, a new family would ascend into the ranks of nobility and be an advocate for the commoners. However, tragedy struck and Queen Kendra was unable to see it through.

Percival Beaumont
They are revealed to be lovers in Chapter 9. If you have encouraged them in a premium scene, they will get married in the final chapter. Otherwise, they remain lovers.

Trivia

 * Her character model resembles Theresa Holland from Most Wanted, Book 1, and Claire Pierce from Rules of Engagement and The Freshman and its sequels.