Anne Halford is a fifteen-year-old aspiring confectioner determined to become a Silver Sugar Master, honoring her late mother Emma Halford’s legacy. After her mother’s death on her fifteenth birthday, she journeys to Lewiston for the Royal Candy Fair, aiming to craft a sugar sculpture for the Day of Pure Souls. She has strawberry blonde hair often tied in loops with lavender ribbons, distinctive red eyes with orange accents, and a small, slender stature. Her typical attire includes a short-sleeved pink dress with a laced leather corset and brown ribboned flats. Raised on tales of fairies as victims of human oppression, Anne rejects the societal norm of enslaving them, yet pragmatically buys the obsidian warrior fairy Challe Fen Challe for protection, promising to free him in Lewiston. She struggles with guilt over controlling him via his wing and strives to treat him as an equal, balancing her ideals with survival. Her path is marked by systemic misogyny: male artisans belittle her skill, accuse her of deceit, and sabotage her work. A former acquaintance, Jonas Under, steals her sugar sculpture for the competition and attempts to have her killed, but she confronts him after his sabotage is exposed. Key trials include a commission from Duke Alburn to sculpt his lost fairy lover, Christina, which deepens her belief in art’s power to heal. Later, after losing her sugar crafting abilities due to a magical intervention, she perseveres to relearn her craft. Anne wins the Silver Sugar Master title, but Challe sacrifices his freedom to protect her, giving his wing to Bridget Paige in exchange for testimony clearing Anne of sabotage. Anne works tirelessly to win back Challe’s freedom, and after his return, they marry and establish a home near a sugar apple orchard, where she plans to create a workshop welcoming both humans and fairies. Her journey reflects resilience, moral nuance, and defiance of oppression, championing artistic passion, equality, and empathy across species.