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Anne was the wife of Kaiser Sigmund, and former Empress of Kislev.[1] Anne was the mother of Ricardo Banderas.
Biography[]
In 9969, Empress Anne and her unborn child were secretly targeted by the Ethos's Kislev branch, called the Committee. As revenge for being driven out of Kislev by Kaiser Sigmund[2], the Committee plotted to disrupt the Kaiser's line of succession by having Anne's primary physician, a secret Ethos agent, administer drugs that changed Anne's unborn son's genetic makeup.[1][3]
When Ricardo Banderas was born, he had much more overt demi-human features than that of his father. The Ethos associates banished Rico and Anne from the capital and told Sigmund, who was out on the front lines of Aveh at the time of Rico's birth, that his wife and child had died.[1]
Ethos had inflamed the spread demi-human prejudice in the region as part of a wider plan. As Rico grew up, his already obvious demi-human features became even more pronounced, resulting in other children tormenting him, much to his mother's dismay.
Eventually, Anne developed a wasting illness, which eventually claimed her life, leaving Rico an orphan at the age of ten.
Trivia[]
- Anne, likely to due asset reuse, wears the same clothing as Rue Cohen.
- Considering all the Christian symbolism in Xenogears and Xenosaga, she may be named after Saint Anne, the grandmother of Jesus Christ.