| “ | I am a crown without an adult and you are an adult without a crown. | „ |
| ~ Aanya to Viren |
Queen Aanya is a supporting character in the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. She is the child queen of the bountiful and fertile nation of Duren, the daughter of Queens Annika and Neha, as well as the younger adoptive sister of Grark and an old friend of King Ezran and Prince Callum. She inherited the throne at a young age following the deaths of her mothers.
She is voiced by Zelda Ehasz, Aaron Ehasz's real life daughter.
Background[]
Early Life[]
Aanya was born in the kingdom of Duren, which was once a bountiful and amazing home. Unfortunately, the kingdom suffered a seven-year famine, forcing Aanya's mothers to seek help from King Harrow. They stole the heart of a magma Titan that Lord Viren needed to replenish Duren's lands. Even though they managed to kill the Magma Titan, during the Kings' and Queens' return to the kingdom, they encountered the dragon Avizandum, who was protecting the border. Unfortunately Aanya lost her mothers during the battle, leaving the young princess an Orphan and a queen at a young age. soon, Sarai perished as well.
In her youth, she shares some form of history with Princes Ezran and Callum, who knew her well enough to write a profile of her in his spell book. He seemed to empathize with her because both of them lost their mothers[1] and Callum understands that Aanya was a strong leader.
Despite having a regent in her place until she came of age, Aanya dismissed her regent and took over her kingdom at age eleven. Many thought she was unfit to rule due to our young age and many assassination attempts were made on the young queen. However, Aanya managed to survive them all.
The Dragon Prince[]
Book 2: Sky[]
Aanya receives a letter with King Harrow's Royal seal and is summoned to a summit. However, she and her fellow monarchs are surprised to see that Lord Viren was the one to send the message. He tried dismissing Aanya, because he didn't think the young queen would be able to comprehend what was at stake. However, she proved him wrong. After Viren told the kings and queens about the deaths of Queen Sarai, Queen Neha and Annika, he proclaimed that with all their horses combined, they could defeat the "threats" they faced from their rivals, the Xadians. However, Aanya refused to agree with Viren's plans because she would not want countless lives to be lost, including her own men. As a result, the other rulers rejected Viren's offer and he vowed that they would regret for not heed his warnings that humanity was on the brink of extinction.
Book 3: Sun[]
Aanya accompanied Opeli, Barius and the remaining human forces to the Spire, aiding King Ezran and his allies in protecting the baby dragon Azymondias and Zubeia. During the Battle of the Storm Spire, Aanya noticed The corrupted Prince Kasef was about to kill Ezran's older brother, Callum. She shot and killed Kasef with an arrow and saving the younger prince in the process. After the heroes triumphed over Viren, Aanya witnessed Azymondias reunited with Zubeia and the war between Xadia and the human kingdoms ended.
The Mystery of Aaravos[]
Book 6: Stars[]
Aanya appears as a supporting character in Season 6, Where she attends her allies Jani and Amaya's wedding and becomes more well acquainted with King Ezran. However happiness is cut short when Karim launches an attack. Aanya later rescues Ezran and without Sol Regem's arrival, Karim's attempted rebellion is suddenly cut short.
After Karim's forced are defeated, Aanya and Ezran grow closer and bond as she feeds Bait. However, Ezran receives news that Sol Regem attacked Katolis from a messenger and breaks down crying. Aanya and Amaya later rush to his side, comforting him at the news.
Book 7: Dark[]
Personality[]
Most people usually had their doubts of Aanya due to her young age; This desire was so strong that some people were even willing to kill her, but she managed to survive every attempt. People like Viren believed child rulers to be inexperienced and unwilling to do what needed to be done. However, Aanya proved him wrong.
Despite her young age Aanya was wise and benevolent, knowing that going to war with Xadia would be an unnecessary. She remembered that countless lives were the lost in the battle against the Dragon King ten years ago, including her mothers and King Harrow's wife, Sarai. She feared that sending more troops in to Xadia would pointless cost more lives and as such, she disagreed with Lord Viren's plan to declare war on their enemies. However, Aanya changed her mind about entering Xadia by going to the Spire and help Team Zym, especially after learning that the dragon princess existence could mean there would be an ended this terrible war between Xadia and the human kingdoms.
Despite her kindness, Aanya also didn't refrain from being snarky, as she told Viren that she was a child with a crown while he was a mage without a crown.
She later witnessed Queen Zubeia and Prince Azymondias reunite.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Queens Neha and Annika - Mothers
- Grark - Adoptive Brother
Allies[]
- Team Zym - Friends and Allies
- King Ezran - Friend and Possible Love Interest
- Callum - Rescuee and Good Friend
- Rayla
- Azymondias
- Soren
- Katolis
- Opeli
- Barius
- Corvus
- Marcos
- Green
- Amaya
- Queen Fareeda † - Colleague
- King Florian - Colleague
- Zubeia
- Sunfire Elves
- Queen Janai
- Kazi
- Sabah
Enemies[]
- Avizandum - Indirect Enemy; Mothers' Killer
- Viren's Army
- Lord Viren
- Kasef † - Victim
- Aaravos - Indirect Enemy
- Claudia - Indirect Enemy
- Saleer.
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- ↑ Callum's Spellbook