Annerose Nichtsehen

Annerose Nichtsehen (アンネローゼ・フシアナス) is a strong swordswoman, hailing from the Velgalta Empire.

Appearance
Annerose is a beautiful woman with blue hair with a slim built.

She wears dark blue armor along with a cape that covered her back.

Personality
While a proud swordswoman, Annerose presented herself as cynical and aloof. When she first met Jimina (Cid in disguise), she assumed that he was not skilled as a swordsman and condescendingly told him that. Despite this, she's a good person deep down and will step in to defend others, especially those she unwittingly placed in trouble.

She wasn't always like this, however, as long ago, she was passionate about swordsmanship that she left her home to become stronger but the time she spent wandering the world and failing to face any opponent that can match her skills has made her the way she is today.

It was only when she met Jimina that she finally found a worthy opponent and showed she is capable of changing her opinion when facing him. Once that happened, she became confused and suddenly flustered whenever the two met. It was after her defeat at Jimina's hands that she regained her love for swordsmanship before she left her home.

Background
Annerose was once one of Vegalta's symbolic "Seven Blades", but she has abandoned that name and is on a journey of training.

Holy Ground Infiltration
Annerose was one of the contestants who took part in the "Goddess's Trial", winning her duel against the spirit of Ancient Warrior that was summoned to fight her, called Borg. She has not been seen after Shadow Garden intervened in the trials. She was the only combatant who was able to summon a "legendary warrior".

The God of War Tournament
Annerose arrived at Midgar Kingdom to participate in the God of War festival. It was there that she met Jimina Sehnen who she believed to be a weak swordsman. She tried to sway Jimina from participating, but this act unknowingly caused the other participants to harass Jimina. Initially, she stayed from the side lines so that Jimina would receive a harsh lesson but finally stepped in to defend the man when Quinton went too far in the assault. Annerose apologizes to Jimina, but then observed that Jimina sports no visible wounds from the assault. Annerose then watch Jimina fight against Gonzales Machom on the qualifying thirds round match and saw that Jimina wins the fight as she notice his strike by observeing his movement.

Curious about this new upstarter, she, along with Quinton watched Jimina's match against Goldoh Kinmeki on the qualifying fourth round. To their surprise and the shock of the entire audience, Jimina easily won. While everyone ponders how this had happened, Annerose did noticed the methods Jimina did that allowed him to win his match. Unfortunately, this is met with laughter by Quinton as Jimina's ways are so over the top ridiculous to be possible.

The swordswoman of Vegalta met up with Jimina after winning the qualifying final round and told him about their match-up together and that she knew how he won. Regardless of Jimina's skills, Annerose boasted that she's more than match for him. To her surprise, Jimina merely scoffed at her and revealed that he had been holding back; having used weights during his entire run.

Once their match began, the two clashed but her attacks hardly faze him and he was able to swat her aside. Annerose realized she was being fooled into thinking she could get an advantage and admitted she should have expected him to be skilled after seeing his true strength. She continued to attack but Jimina easily overpowers her and defeats her.

After the match, she gets medical attention and finds Jimina in the halls and talks with him, admitting defeat and thanking him for good battle. She inquired on his true identity but he answers that he was only a wanderer who abandoned everything in search of power and Annerose said that she would return to Velgalta and train from scratch, also asked Jimina if he would join her kingdom to become a great warrior though he refuses and walks off, despite her asking he do so if he changes his mind. Since Jimina left the venue before revealing his true identity, she does not know that he is Shadow.

In the anime, Annerose was seen leaving the Bushin Festival venue to the train station and she didn't notice the battle between Shadow and Beatrix that was happening in her back.

Powers & Abilities
Annerose has earned renown because of her skill with the sword. During the Goddess's Trial, she was one of the few to materialize a projection and was a favorite to win the God of War Tournament.

Swordsmanship
Annerose is considered a prodigy at wielding a sword. She was so skilled that she went without a worthy opponent for the longest time until she met "Mundane Mann". She was also able to see through some of Mundane's moves and was his first opponent who was not beaten in a single blow.

Mundane Mann
Mundane was an opponent Annerose faced in the Bushin Festival. Annerose initially pegged him as weak but was surprised when Mundane proceeded to advance through the tournament. Annerose had gotten more interested in Mundane and his abilities, deep down she believed the man to be the opponent she had been waiting for. After being defeated by him, Annerose was genuinely happy rather than upset she lost and she developed deep admiration for the mysterious man. Annerose vowed to train more in hopes she could challenge Mundane once more.

Trivia

 * The name Annerose means "favor; grace" in German.