Anabella Rosfield

Anabella Rosfield is a character and antagonist in Final Fantasy XVI. Anabella is the Duchess of Rosaria, the wife of Elwin and the mother of Clive and Joshua. Anabella was born into a high noble family that often married into the ruling Rosfield Family, leading her family to be credited in breeding many Dominants for the duchy. As part of an arranged marriage, Anabella married Elwin Rosfield, becoming Duchess and birthed two sons with him, Clive and Joshua. Despite being their mother, Anabella treated her two sons quite differently. After Clive was "rejected" by the Phoenix and Joshua was chosen instead, she began to view Clive as a failure, treating him coldly and with borderline disdain, all the while coddling Joshua. Anabella even shows angst when Joshua leaves the safety of the royal castle, actively retrieving and scolding him after he attend one of Clive's trainings. Though regarded as beautiful with her short blonde hair, clear skin and brown eyes, they belie Anabella's cold and arrogant nature. Further, reflecting her obsession with status and elitism, Anabella typically wears high quality clothes. When she was Duchess of Rosaria, Anabella typically wore purple and white dresses that likewise showcased her royal position. Due to her upbringing, Anabella is an arrogant woman who believes bloodline to be sacred and that one's worth is entirely determined by lineage, looking down on anyone, even Dominants, of low birth. Anabella is also a narcissistic parent, throwing her expectations onto her children and being resentful when they fail to live up to them.