Anastasia is a ghost in the night, a fleeting flicker against a bullet-pocked wall, a face glimpsed peripherally in a crowded tavern. She is so adept at hiding that she sometimes loses her identity in the effort of standing motionless in shadow and listening to every whisper. A sentry unlucky enough to shout a challenge finds his words cut short by a knife thrown from the now-empty darkness.
Anastasia was trained as a spy and an assassin by one of Llael’s myriad scheming political cabals. Already highly experienced by the time Khador invaded, di Bray became even more determined to master her craft after the fall of her nation. She eventually reunited with members of her former cabal and joined the Resistance gathering in Rhydden. Anastasia helped these patriots in the futile siege of Merywyn and the many lesser battles that followed.
Di Bray has transformed herself into a creature of the shadows able to penetrate any security perimeter, slip past the most watchful guards, and steal vital secrets from enemy headquarters. Her dark eyes and silent stare barely hint at the passions that torment her soul. Only her peers in the Llaelese Resistance truly understand the driving motivation behind her every action: purging the Khadoran invaders and the traitors who aided them. Anastasia plans a reckoning with Deyar Glabryn and the others who sold out their people, but for now she does what she can to aid the Resistance. She smuggles weapons and supplies and organizes the most effective urban cells in Merywyn and Laedry. From there she helps to lead the Resistance’s small intelligence network. Her unparalleled field work has drawn the admiration of leaders like Ashlynn d’Elyse, who entrust Anastasia with the most critical and dangerous of the Resistance’s desperate missions.
In fact, it was Anastasia who was dispatched to discover the religious leanings of the ranking Greylords of occupied Leryn—information crucial to the Menite liberation of that city. When the Menites rose in the night to kill the Khadorans, Anastasia assisted again by silencing sentries who might have otherwise raised the alarm. Since then, as the Resistance has grown wary of the Protectorate, Anastasia has been gathering intelligence on the Menites. What she has found so far has sent ripples of unrest throughout the already-worn Resistance. Undeterred, di Bray remains determined to throw off the yoke of Khadoran rule—no matter how much time it takes or how many throats she has to slit.