Anthea Free

"“Hello, if you’re listening to this, I’m not dead”- Anthea’s first line."

Anthea Free
Anthea Free is the major antagonist throughout the book. She is the twin of Ava Free, a Auror obsessed with hunting her down and killing her, the wife of Wolfgang Eelgrass, her hapless partner and the mother of Stephanie Eelgrass

Throughout the story she is seen as being against the first Wizarding war, and pro-muggleborn rights. However she takes a violent stance to bringing across her beliefs.

Pre-Story
During her years at Hogwarts she was a Slytherin. Being a muggleborn Slytherin she probably didn’t have many friends, except for Fawnel-Dawn Haling, who is mentioned as a childhood friend.

During the prologue it is shown that Ava Free believed she had killed Anthea. Recounting seeing “her body grow lifeless in front of me”. While Ava originally shows discomfort recounting her sister’s death, perhaps hinting some positive feelings towards her, she suddenly insists she needs to kill her. Suggesting they have a rather troubled relationship resulting to Ava almost killing Anthea. Anthea however did survive.

Anthea also has a husband and daughter, when she married her husband and how old she was when she had her daughter are facet that are not yet confirmed.

Prologue
Anthea is the first character to speak in the book, even though it is only a recorded message. The book starts with Jack Bond showing Ava Free a tape recording of Anthea and Wolfgang. Anthea announces she is not dead, and asks Wolfgang to lighten up, before the recording is turned off. How the recording came into Ministry hands is unknown.

Ava announces throughout the prologue how she wishes to kill Anthea.

Chapter 5
Elea Mercier tells Noah Black that Stephanie Eelgrass have been announcing that her mother is alive. Noah makes the link that Anthea married into the Eelgrass Family.

Chapter 6
Anthea breaks into the library alongside her husband and murders Irma Pince. She is looking for a book with information on Emelia Riddle and Sapphire McKinnon, while dicussing sorting out her sister later (either by herself or with help from Evan or Stephanie).

She doesn’t seem to care about the books, throwing lots of books onto the floor. Only after Claire Abbott screams, does she notice that they are there, and stops her in her tracks, as Wolfgang stuns her.